Gadgets you thought were stupid until you used them....

[happyroo_bunji]

Stealing the idea from icy

What gadget you thought was stupid/useless until you used one?

For me its a t-shirt folding board, now that I work in a clothing retailer I really appreciate having something that folds the t-shirts exactly the same

[lyndal1838]

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@lloydslights wrote:

In a former life, I ironed the 7 measured creases required in a sailors bell bottoms.  We progressed to "whites" which also needed measured creases in the starched fabric.

I haven't ironed my linen shirts for a while.  I'm waiting for the ironing basket to fill up a bit more before the justification of pulling the ironing board out and warming up the iron.  Then I'll have to dampen the starched fabrics to proceed.

DEB

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Now that I can relate to.....did you use the cigarette packet method of measurement?

By the time I moved in here I had two littlies and did not have time to fiddle with bell bottoms.  I discovered that there was a local drycleaner who would pick up and deliver, press only.  When I discovered that he was ex Navy I could not get his phone number quickly enough.  He did a great job and really quite cheaply.

That was also the time I discovered spray starch....did not do as good a job as the real deal hot water starch but so much easier and quicker for the every day shirts.  I still used the hot water starch for the collars though.

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

In the US Navy, we only had to concern ourselves with a nice sharp crease down the legs of the trousers........

My first assigned duty upon going up to the division was as assistant chart P.O.  We had a secure space where we were supposed to correct charts for up-coming deployments, but that's where Izzy and I had an iron and starch for our dungarees, which were returned from the laundry a wrinkled mess.

[tcmsecretuseid]

I bought corkcicles(for wine bottles) as a gag gift for a few friends. They loved them. 

I just noticed that they now make them for beer too. I can't imagine someone taking the time to insert the corkcicle into their beer between sips. 

[azureline**]

just discovered an apple peeler, slinky, corer!!! so I bought myself one........... amazing piece of equipment!

I am currently staying at my daughter's while they are away and I have charge of my 2 grandsons............ one won't eat apples because he is afraid of getting near the core.

So he asked me if I knew how to slinky an apple............

I had to google, lol.

[sineaterdoodah]

az,you can also use that to make curly fries!

[azureline**]

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@sineaterdoodah wrote:

az,you can also use that to make curly fries!

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[sineaterdoodah]

shoot. sorry. you do know what they are,i hope? or was i just very rude? i'm sorry!!!

[imastawka]

Must get one.  Youngest grandson loves curly fries

[azureline**]

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@sineaterdoodah wrote:

shoot. sorry. you do know what they are,i hope? or was i just very rude? i'm sorry!!!

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yes, I just never considered how they were made, lol

not rude, well, not that I am aware.

[sineaterdoodah]

honest,i'm not usually rude! 🙂 

and there's a REAL contraption that is specifically for curly fries,the kind you normally see that are fairly thick. it's vertical looks like this one. mine is metal,and i can use it to peel stuff too! 

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Progressive-Curly-Fry-Cutter-14-5cm-x-14-5cm-x-33cm-WDH-/300881675573?pt=...