LORDKAHUNA
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11/29/2004 at 14:53 |
So last wednesday I'm crusin to Toronto to meet a few friends and it's raining like a muthabitch, and my wipers just smear the water across the windshield. Tiring of squinting through the haze, I pull into the first gas station I see, I look around the store and realize that they don't have the wiper blades that I need, but they do have Rain-X. The dude behind the counter tells me that I'll see better if I don't use my wipers at all, Just apply this stuff to your windshield and drive into the downpour.
Dude did not lie, I was cruising down the 401 goin 120 KM and did not use my wipers once, and the rain just bounced off my windshield! This shit is incredible, and I will probably use it for the rest of my driving days.
I know that this may sound stupid, but as a consumer I tire of shitty, wasteful, useless products.
Have you ever had an experience with a gadget/product where you were shocked by how well it actually worked?
[Edited on 29/11/2004 by LORDKAHUNA]
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vasudeva
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11/29/2004 at 14:57 |
Lint brushes always manage to calm me with efficiency.
On the flipside, I've never met a garlic chopper worth a shit.
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ghostrider
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11/29/2004 at 15:10 |
120 km !!?? ain't that like 600 mph, or something like that ?
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LORDKAHUNA
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11/29/2004 at 15:28 |
ghostrideryyz: 120 km !!?? ain't that like 600 mph, or something like that ?
Thats like 75 mph
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11/29/2004 at 15:31 |
I hate shaving, period. I always cut half of my face off and then I'm a bitch all day. So, instead of using shaving cream, I use baby shampoo, and I never, ever get cuts. Must be the baby oil or summshits.
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LORDKAHUNA
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11/29/2004 at 15:34 |
vasudeva: Lint brushes always manage to calm me with efficiency.
On the flipside, I've never met a garlic chopper worth a shit.
Garlic press?
This is a groovy Choppah!
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ghostrider
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11/29/2004 at 15:50 |
Embarrasing detail #5-Swiffer sweepers.
I hate marketed product for cleaning as a rule, but these swiffer things work like fucking magic. We got a dog and a cat, and 2000 sq. feet of hardwood floors. I'm always busy boy.
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vasudeva
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11/29/2004 at 17:47 |
LORDKAHUNA: vasudeva: Lint brushes always manage to calm me with efficiency.
On the flipside, I've never met a garlic chopper worth a shit.
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. Goddamn I hate peeling garlic.
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11/29/2004 at 19:48 |
vasudeva: LORDKAHUNA: vasudeva: Lint brushes always manage to calm me with efficiency.
On the flipside, I've never met a garlic chopper worth a shit.
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. Goddamn 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. |
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ragoo
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11/29/2004 at 20:10 |
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.
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Dumbskull
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11/29/2004 at 21:19  |
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.
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Lefen
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11/29/2004 at 21:34 |
vasudeva: That's what I really want. An automated garlic clove peeler. Goddamn 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]
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vasudeva
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11/29/2004 at 21:46 |
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 shit, huh?
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ddy
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11/29/2004 at 21:57 |
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.
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vasudeva
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11/30/2004 at 01:18 |
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]
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LORDKAHUNA
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11/30/2004 at 02:49 |
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.
And DS, I was aware of the existence of RainX, but never used it.
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sparboyle
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11/30/2004 at 02:56 |
Ice formed after dripping off of tree? |
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vasudeva
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11/30/2004 at 03:06 |
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: GODDAMN PARTICLE TOMFOOLERY LOL.
[Edited on 11/30/2004 by vasudeva]
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dragonstaff
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11/30/2004 at 10:00 |
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 damn 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]
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Dumbskull
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11/30/2004 at 10:34 |
Vas indicates if the remote is missing then you should first look in your wife’s twat! 
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11/30/2004 at 12:04 |
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. Goddamn I hate peeling garlic.
Yeah - that shit gets under ur thumbnails! 
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ddy
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11/30/2004 at 15:59 |
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 crap: http://tvgadgetjudge.com/CMS/index.php
Link?
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Lefen
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11/30/2004 at 17:24 |
ddy:
Link?
haha, n00b!
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Dumbskull
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11/30/2004 at 19:41 |
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.
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11/30/2004 at 19:50 |
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 shitty part of peeling in the first place.
[Edited on 11/30/2004 by vasudeva]
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11/30/2004 at 19:57 |
Yeah the stem section is usually cut off, only because it is hard and does not crush or chop well.
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Lefen
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11/30/2004 at 23:11 |
//yeah. cut the foot off and crush the clove.
$effort = "0"
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11/30/2004 at 23:43 |
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.
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12/1/2004 at 04:14 |
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]
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Crackalackin
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12/1/2004 at 04:19 |
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.
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