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Gadget I use every day is a slightly nicer looking carabiner key ring. I am forever cliping my car and house keys on and off one another. Totally unauspicious object I love.
Also, the Leatherman mini with fold out scissors. I love my leatherman, but in reality I use the keychain sized mini much more. It has fold out scissors and a screwdriver: that’s 90% of the tools I use. Clipped to. y keys with the anbove gadget.
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(Happily surprised to see they're still making them!)
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Air fryer. We've gone thru 2 already; each lasting only a year. This last one is about 3 years old: https://www.amazon.com/Ninja-Multi-P...07SCGY2H6?th=1
Saves time and money since it replaces our oven in almost all situations. Also makes the food taste better than oven. |
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By jove, that takes me back. In the mid 60s, in the UK, I was an avid buyer of DC and Marvel comics (Oh, how I wish I'd kept them all pristine and hoarded them - they'd be worth a packet nowadays). I used to see the ads for things that were unobtainable in the UK and no idea how to write my UK address (what the hell was a zip code? - we didn't even have post codes back then . X-ray glasses - they would've been great. I think what you had to do was pull a face at people as you looked at them to freak them out!
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Never heard of it. Read up a little on it. What do you like so much about it?
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For a second I thought you were referring to one of those (supposedly) oil-less fryers for making fries. How is this thing different from a regular electric oven other than in size? So many kitchen appliances I'd love to have but don't have the space for!
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It’s an awfully easy and obvious answer, but I’m going with the smartphone. I remember somewhere about 20 years ago owning a cell phone, an MP3 player, a “palm pilot” organizer, a camera, a Kindle, etc. and it was patently obvious that all of these functions were gonna be incorporated into one pocket sized device and it wasn’t gonna take long. And then soon they were. I bought a blackberry back in maybe 2005 and then by 2011 I had an iPhone, which was all of those things. And I’ve stayed in the Apple ecosystem since, because they’ve always just worked well for me. And the current iPhones really are just about everything I’d ever want in one device. The cameras keep getting better and better, as does nearly every other function. They really are “the world in your pocket, at your fingertips”. They’re so ubiquitous now and seemingly just one of life’s necessities, that we don’t even really think of them as “gadgets” anymore, but they really are the ultimate gadget and if we take a couple steps back and think about it, they’re really pretty miraculous. They have major downsides too - every great sword has two edges and social media has clearly done at least as much harm as good. But that’s not the technology’s fault - we just haven’t adapted to having sooo much information easily available. Yet, and maybe we never will. But on balance, I wouldn’t want to go back to pre-smartphone days. They’re just so dang handy for so many things.
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+1 on cell phones, as far as technology gadgets. Camera, video camera, Internet browser, calculator, flashlight.... does anyone actually use one to take calls any more? GarageBand, included free with Iphones, has more capability as a multitrack recorder than the Tascam I had back in the day.....
and +1 on Leathermans. Mine's a Sidekick, every day carry for the last 10+ years. When we got married, my wife wasn't sure if I'd wear a wedding ring every day, but she knew I'd have a Leatherman with me....so she got one engraved for me. |
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Cell phones…
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Oldie but goodie
agree with leatherman, I have one of the original, when there was only one model.
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I think the most used gadget I ever bought was my Boy Scout knife, which I still have and still use daily. - Glenn
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It cooks complete meals in about 30 min, prep to finish. Cooks all types of foods simultaneously, so vegetables w/ protein comes out perfect. My father in law is a famous chef, he said my Brava lamb chops were superior to his! Easy to clean.........watch one of the videos. It cooks using light instead of radiant heat. Good luck. It has a smart window with 10,000 recipes, and you can watch the food cook on your phone if you want.
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At 7 years old you need to be mindful of security updates. Especially so with some Android phones.
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