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Gordon Booth · 04-08-2014, 15:37

Have a look in your kitchen cupboards, under the stairs, in the garage. How many things are there that you used once or never and never will again?

Like the two wheeled trolley that converts into a four wheel trolley that converts into- I can't remember, it was either an aircraft carrier or a lunar landing module.
Trouble is it weighs about the same as a small aircraft carrier, by the time you've dragged it out, uncollapsed it and dragged it over some garden steps you're shattered and you know that when you put that weight on it you'll get a hernia trying to move it. Also it will ground itself on the garden steps as firmly as the Costa Concordia.
Or the blender which has a huge box of attachments which will do everything except clean themselves.
It turns a lovely pan-full of fresh chopped veg into a brown tasteless sludge which if you saw it in the toilet would make you rush to ring the doctors.
Or the halogen patio heater which fixes under the sun umbrella so you can sit out in the cool of the evening nice and snug while you relax with a nice cold beer.
Trouble is, by the time you've got it out, sprained your wrist trying to fit it on the umbrella(they're heavy), run all the wiring and switched on your beer's flat and it's bedtime. But you can't go to bed, you've to put it all away because if you don't and it rains it will electrocute you next time you switch it on.
How about the sandwich press which does just that- it squashes your cheese toasty into a thin piece of cheese flavoured hardboard.
What are your 'best buys'?

04-08-2014, 15:37	#1
Gordon Booth Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,402 Liked: 715 times Rep Power: 46613	Why did we buy that? Have a look in your kitchen cupboards, under the stairs, in the garage. How many things are there that you used once or never and never will again? Like the two wheeled trolley that converts into a four wheel trolley that converts into- I can't remember, it was either an aircraft carrier or a lunar landing module. Trouble is it weighs about the same as a small aircraft carrier, by the time you've dragged it out, uncollapsed it and dragged it over some garden steps you're shattered and you know that when you put that weight on it you'll get a hernia trying to move it. Also it will ground itself on the garden steps as firmly as the Costa Concordia. Or the blender which has a huge box of attachments which will do everything except clean themselves. It turns a lovely pan-full of fresh chopped veg into a brown tasteless sludge which if you saw it in the toilet would make you rush to ring the doctors. Or the halogen patio heater which fixes under the sun umbrella so you can sit out in the cool of the evening nice and snug while you relax with a nice cold beer. Trouble is, by the time you've got it out, sprained your wrist trying to fit it on the umbrella(they're heavy), run all the wiring and switched on your beer's flat and it's bedtime. But you can't go to bed, you've to put it all away because if you don't and it rains it will electrocute you next time you switch it on. How about the sandwich press which does just that- it squashes your cheese toasty into a thin piece of cheese flavoured hardboard. What are your 'best buys'?