What's a gadget that every home should have?

Smiling Jane said:
That doesn't look like a cake cutter to me, although its purpose might be as a cutter of some kind. I have several metal spatulas that are something like that without the angled end. Some are straight, some are offset.

I always have a couple of putty knives among my cookie decorating utensils. They come in handy for other things than spackling.
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Mine came in a box of miscellaneous kitchen items purchased at a garage sale. That's probably why I made the association with culinary. The blade on my is about 9'' long and 1'' wide.
 

Kitchen scissors.
I think I use it for non-kitchen stuff about as much as for it's intended purpose. I don't want to ruin my 'good scissors' on heavier items.
The 'teeth' marked for stripping herbs work a treat at opening suborn twist on bottle caps.
 
Big Horn said:
Recoil is momentum divided by the weight of the gun. That's the quick and dirty measure, but it's fine for comparison. I have several guns in .380. My North American Arms, the lightest, is a stinker. My Makarov, the heaviest, is quite pleasant. I'm surprised that that iteration of the Makarov isn't more popular.

I carry a S&W Model 638 loaded with Magsafe ammo. Bullet weight is only 52 grains so it's quite pleasant without sacrificing stopping power. The gun is so light that I hardly know that it's there.
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I shoot 38 special+P.
 

Not literally a gadget, but I'm fond of my ice tea spoons. It took a bit of searching to find where to buy just one. I found it at Bed Bath & Beyond. They also have tablespoon ice tea spoons, which I didn't know existed. I got one of each. VERY handy for getting stuff out of tall jars.
 
Not a gadget really, but a small size fire extinguisher is a good idea. (I already have all the kitchen aides. :sentimental:)
 
HipGnosis said:
Not literally a gadget, but I'm fond of my ice tea spoons. It took a bit of searching to find where to buy just one. I found it at Bed Bath & Beyond. They also have tablespoon ice tea spoons, which I didn't know existed. I got one of each. VERY handy for getting stuff out of tall jars.
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I use a bar spoon for the same reason; I've sometimes wished for a bar spoon with a bigger bowl.
 
Marie5656 said:
A CO2 detector, smoke detectors on every floor and fire extinguishers. And a shower that pulses.
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You can buy a replacement shower head that has several functions, including pulsing. Just dial the spray pattern and function you want! Mine has 6 functions:
I tried 'em all, including "pulsing", and now I just use the standard spray setting. All those other settings are baloney.


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debodun said:
A toilet seat that can tell the difference between a male and female approaching. If the seat is up and it's a female, it will go down. If it's down and a male nears, it will go up.
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You mean there are actually people in this world that sit on a toilet without the seat down?

The seat on a toilet should always be up on a spring and you sit on ir to keep it down.

Ask me why.
 

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