meep that actually works!

Lint brushes always manage to calm me with efficiency.

On the flipside, I've never met a garlic chopper worth a meep.

120 km !!?? ain't that like 600 mph, or something like that ?

ghostrideryyz: 120 km !!?? ain't that like 600 mph, or something like that ?

Thats like 75 mph

I hate shaving, period. I always cut half of my face off and then I'm a meep all day. So, instead of using shaving cream, I use baby shampoo, and I never, ever get cuts. Must be the baby oil or summmeeps.

vasudeva: Lint brushes always manage to calm me with efficiency. On the flipside, I've never met a garlic chopper worth a meep.

Garlic press? This is a groovy Choppah!

Embarrasing detail #5-Swiffer sweepers.

I hate marketed product for cleaning as a rule, but these swiffer things work like meeping magic. We got a dog and a cat, and 2000 sq. feet of hardwood floors. I'm always busy boy.

LORDKAHUNA:

vasudeva: Lint brushes always manage to calm me with efficiency. On the flipside, I've never met a garlic chopper worth a meep.

Garlic press? This is a groovy Choppah!

I've got one of those, "das uberchoppy" as Vlad calls it. It works really well on peeled cloves. It works semi-well at actually peeling those cloves. That's what I really want. An automated garlic clove peeler. meep I hate peeling garlic.

vasudeva:

LORDKAHUNA:

vasudeva: Lint brushes always manage to calm me with efficiency. On the flipside, I've never met a garlic chopper worth a meep.

Garlic press? This is a groovy Choppah!

I've got one of those, "das uberchoppy" as Vlad calls it. It works really well on peeled cloves. It works semi-well at actually peeling those cloves. That's what I really want. An automated garlic clove peeler. meep I hate peeling garlic.

If it is ever aviailible, buy garlic that is literaly fresh out of the ground. The peel stuff slips right off, it is like naturally lubricated or something. This is probably only availible at farmer's markets though.

The wife swears by this garlic press she got from The Pampered Chef. Drop in a couple of cloves with skins on, press, and the good stuff gets extruded through, leaving the skins behind. No muss no fuss.

LK I know you are really happy about your new find, but Rain-X has been around for years; at least 15 years that I know of. You mean to say it just now got across the border?

The best gizmo that I have ever found was the tv remote control. Nothing in the world can beat it.

vasudeva: That's what I really want. An automated garlic clove peeler. meep I hate peeling garlic.

cut the ends off and crush the clove under the flat of a broad kinfe (use the heel of your hand to apply pressure) - clove is ready for cooking and skin falls away intact, y0.

[Edited on 29/11/2004 by Lefen]

Dumbskull: LK I know you are really happy about your new find, but Rain-X has been around for years; at least 15 years that I know of. You mean to say it just now got across the border? The best gizmo that I have ever found was the tv remote control. Nothing in the world can beat it.

No meep, huh?

I've used RainX and it does work, but I found one catch : you have to keep applying it every month or so. For me it worked fine, but once it wore off a bit the rain wouldn't bounce off so well, it'd just become tiny beads that wouldn't quite blow off the windshield. I'd have to use by wipers and those wouldn't work properly because the leftover rainX would screw up my wipers.

That being said, I'm a junky for all those late night infomercials. I think my Ronco food dehydrator is one of the best TV products I've purchased. Best beef jerky ever.

ddy: That being said, I'm a junky for all those late night infomercials. I think my Ronco food dehydrator is one of the best TV products I've purchased. Best beef jerky ever.

I used to use a dehydrator. They're actually pretty cool.

Look at you, all photoblog artfairy.

That's pretty. What is it?

EDIT: GAARG FUKING NO-LINK WHATEVERISM.

[Edited on 11/30/2004 by vasudeva]

vasudeva:

ddy: That being said, I'm a junky for all those late night infomercials. I think my Ronco food dehydrator is one of the best TV products I've purchased. Best beef jerky ever.

I used to use a dehydrator. They're actually pretty cool.

Look at you, all photoblog artfairy.

That's pretty. What is it?

It's like a little white box, with a red X in the middle of it.:D

And DS, I was aware of the existence of RainX, but never used it.

Ice formed after dripping off of tree?

Nice guess, but I'm pretty sure this is an army of vortex worms caught on film as their tachyon harness forces them through time dilation, suddenly exposing them to unaided human sight.

EDIT: meep PARTICLE TOMFOOLERY LOL.

[Edited on 11/30/2004 by vasudeva]

I have actually seen that image ( or one very like it ) before it became a photo. It is a fountain either just starting or about to stop.

As for gadgets, I want one that will FIND the meep TV remote ( and the dvd one , the digital box one, the surround sound one, not to mention the portable 'phone. )

I wasn't going to mention the portable 'phone.

[Edited on 30/11/2004 by dragonstaff]

Vas indicates if the remote is missing then you should first look in your wife's meep! ;)

I've got one of those, "das uberchoppy" as Vlad calls it. It works really well on peeled cloves. It works semi-well at actually peeling those cloves. That's what I really want. An automated garlic clove peeler. meep I hate peeling garlic.

Yeah - that meep gets under ur thumbnails! :(

vasudeva: Look at you, all photoblog artfairy. EDIT: GAARG FUKING NO-LINK WHATEVERISM.

HA

Yea it's just a water fountain..

Kinda back on topic though, this guy reviews a lot of the TV infomercial meep: http://tvgadgetjudge.com/CMS/index.php

Link?

ddy: Link?

haha, n00b!

The easiest way to peel garlic does not require a fancy gadget. Just place the cloves in warm to hot tap water for a few minutes before peeling. The skins will fall right off with little effort.

Interesting. I'll try that.

It occurs to me to ask: you guys cut off that tough little "foot" thing on the clove, right? The spot where it plugs into the garlic-bulb nervous system?

I do, and I suspect this is a stupid question, except that no one ever mentions the foot, which is like 1/3rd the meepty part of peeling in the first place.

[Edited on 11/30/2004 by vasudeva]

Yeah the stem section is usually cut off, only because it is hard and does not crush or chop well.

//yeah. cut the foot off and crush the clove. $effort = "0"

I've always wanted to get some of those Miracle Blade knives to see if they really do chop pineapples like that.

SOMEONE BUY THE KNIVES OF MIRACLE AND TELL ME IF THEY DO INDEED WORK.

Lefen: cut the ends off and crush the clove under the flat of a broad kinfe (use the heel of your hand to apply pressure) - clove is ready for cooking [Edited on 29/11/2004 by Lefen]

Correct!

Kahuna: is this True or False: This Rain-X liquid stops working after two hours.

Something that "just works"? A Mac computer + OS X. I was pleasantly surprised. But, I am going to stick to SuSE / x86 for development and comms and Gentoo / x86 for serious lifting.

[Edited on 1/12/2004 by Crackalackin]

no, the full effects seem to diminish after a few days, but now when I use my wipers occasionally, I notice that they are much more effective.

I suspect that I will need to reapply this again soon, but thats ok, it's cheap as fuk.

Rain-X is the meep.

The key to it's continued effectiveness is the pre-application preparation.

Wash the windshield, and then wipe it down with IP alcohol or acetone.

I have this big problem with spiders. I hate them and they hate me. We hunt each other, and then when it's over the victor takes the spoils! If you think I'm delusional think about the number of times you've found a spider under your pillow, after it spends a week watching you from the corner of your room? How often do spiders 'fall' onto you as you walk thru a door way? How often do the spiders in your house hide next to the light switch, waiting for a moment to pounce? I know they all out to get me and as such I have searched hi and low to find the ultimate spider killer.

1) Hornets - these cool little flying insects kept my huntsman spider problem at bay all last summer. I had a nest next to the door and they either killed all the spiders or scared them off because i think I only had 1 or 2 get into the house.

2) Industrial strength insect killer used in copious ammounts. I have found that spiders can hold there breath when they smell they regular spider spay from your local supermarket. So I asked a guy I knew who used to do pest control and he recommended a spray that you're only ment to spray outside as it is so potent. Ha ha ha I sprayed it inside and I havn't seen a spider in 6 months.... hmm also my Hornets are dead for some reason.

So I am working away on an exam study guide when the ball and chains comes running into the room with panic in his eyes. You have take care of this... NOW. I go into the kitchen and on the wall just a few feet above the reach of a very interested cat is a plump spider like creature that think he/she has found a warm home for the winter. I look closer. The ball and chain is yelling in the back... DO NOT SWAT THAT THING TOWARDS ME. I lean over towards the wall and gently grab hold of a leg with my fingers. Then I squeeze it very hard between my bare finger tips. I hear a cracking sound as the chitin shell breaks and feel the juices running over my fingers. As I walk out of the room to wash my hands, I turn towards the trembling ball and chain...

YA BIG meep!

:D

qwerty: I have this big problem with spiders. I hate them and they hate me. We hunt each other, and then when it's over the victor takes the spoils!

In honor of the first quality qwerty post, I bring you all:

Bananas in Pajamas.

Qwerty, the Boss has the same problem with huntsman spiders, but they gang up on her. Try having a whole nest of half grown ones fall on you from the ceiling as you lie in bed asleep.

DS, that is just plain cruel ( to the B&C). I think it was a cool way to deal with the thing but not one I could use.

[Edited on 1/12/2004 by dragonstaff]

Hey Vas, 1400 posts yaaaay!!

i've heard this is the bomb, but i haven't yet tried it.

I want a couple for the Boss but they dont ship foreign orders :(

Hey Qwerty, the Boss says that setting a few Mortein insect bombs off every few months does the trick with the spiders.

That looks awesome, CHILLOW FIGHT!