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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Gold Bond eczema relief cream.

Costs a good bit more than "normal" moisturizer lotion. But when I have a flare up that stuff is a life saver.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Electric wire strippers (I do a lot of electronics).

And a low power large work height microscope

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

The Lance of Longinus has its uses.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

A drawing tablet. Now I don't have to worry about running out of paper or other art supplies!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Haven't bought it yet so I'll have to update but I definitely think a street and trail dirt bike will make life so much better, especially where I live.

I'll save so much on gas. All the places nearby like local restaurants, friends houses, and my job all have back roads and trails I can hop on to get to faster. It'll be so much more fun. When something does break or need replaced it'll be easier to do myself. A bike will just be so much better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You need to PRACTICE and be constantly aware of just how shit knobby tyres are on roads, just how shit road tyres are on trails and how overwhelmingly mediocre dual purpose tyres are at both... If you want to stay upright.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

An electrical potato peeler.

My girlfriend loves potato purree ... I just couldn't do it anymore

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Why not just leave the skins on? Adds a bit of texture. Yukon potatoes work best for this

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

When making potato puree, you can't leave the skin on. It's supposed to be smooth, so you dont want any other "texture". Potato puree is not what you know as mashed potatos. You boil the potatos, then you either use a fork or a masher to smash them, add butter and milk and mix until smooth. Having skins on them would ruin the dish.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Potato puree isn't the same as mashed potatoes. Dont get me wrong, I actually prefer mashed potatoes that are a bit more chunky and with the skin, but potato puree is supposed to have a smooth texture without any chunks. Usually people use devices like a potato ricer to make puree, which would get clogged up with the skins

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

A roomba. (Long time ago though. Not sure I'd get one of the new models.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

A Fatboy Lamzac.

My wife really likes the beach, but I hate the sand and I find laying flat in a towel very uncomfortable.

This thing fits in my backpack and folds out to a very comfy air filled bed. It does lose some air over time, I expect to re-fill it every 2 hours or so, but filling it is just a matter of catching some air by moving the Lamzac around. It only takes a couple of seconds and doesn't require a pump or anything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago
  1. Legal documentation up to date. Hated paying the fees and having to visit lawyer's office. Easier to manage.
  2. Nice stainless steel water bottle with a wide mouth. Easier to wash.
  3. Pilates bar. When I have no time to go to in person classes, this bar has been super useful and I can store it easily. Easier to workout.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Two* empty cardboard boxes. One is roughly the width and length of my desktop tower; another is ~1/3 of the size of the first.

My desk used to have two drawers, right below the surface top. I was always hitting those bloody drawers with my thigh. Eventually I had enough, unscrewed them, and threw them away.

...ok, but what about the stuff that I stored there? Inside the big box, that is now over my desktop tower. The smaller one and its lid became divisions for the bigger one. It's organised, within the reach of my hands, and far from my thigh.

*actually three. One of my cats saw it on my chair, as I was organising the stuff here, and went into "if it sits, I fits, I call dibs" mode. It's in my living room now.

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