| Author | Message | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4578 Registered: 12-2000 |
When we were first married I was teased by my husband for my love of gadgets, in particular an 'egg pricker'. This was an item onto which you put an egg and it stabbed a hole through the shell. This was to help when boiling it. I forget now why as I haven't boiled an egg in decades. Anyhoo, the other day my husband said 'that widget you bought is fantastic'. Hah, after 31 years of marriage there's a widget he loves! What widget is it? Stabs in the dark are acceptable, as are the usual probing questions. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1444 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the widget sold on an infomercial? Does he mostly use it? You? Both? Is the widget used for cooking? Cleaning? Indoors? Outdoors? Is your husband entertained by it? Does he like how it makes things simpler? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4580 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is the widget sold on an infomercial? I don't know, so irrelevant Does he mostly use it? You? Both? we both use it Is the widget used for cooking? sort of Cleaning? Indoors? this Outdoors? Is your husband entertained by it? Does he like how it makes things simpler? this one | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1445 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it used for preparing meals? Is it a mixer of some sort? A chopper? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4581 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is it used for preparing meals? not really Is it a mixer of some sort? no A chopper? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1456 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it used for eating? For food in any sense? For drinks? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4582 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is it used for eating? For food in any sense? For drinks? this one | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2219 Registered: 6-2006 |
What type of drinks: Alcoholic? Non-alcoholic? Frozen? Coffee? Tea? Juice? Soda? A hot drink? A cold drink? Water? Does it help mix a drink? Cool it? Stir it? Measure it? Brew it? Heat it? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4583 Registered: 12-2000 |
What type of drinks: Alcoholic? Non-alcoholic? Frozen? Coffee? Tea? this one Juice? Soda? A hot drink? A cold drink? Water? Does it help mix a drink? Cool it? Stir it? Measure it? Brew it? this one Heat it? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2205 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the tea in bags? Or is it loose leaves? Is it one of those little metal or mesh balls in which you put tea leaves, and then dip it into hot water in order to make tea without leaves floating around? Or is it something more high-tech? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4584 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is the tea in bags? yes Or is it loose leaves? Is it one of those little metal or mesh balls in which you put tea leaves, and then dip it into hot water in order to make tea without leaves floating around? no Or is it something more high-tech? It's not high tech at all | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3083 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is the widget manufactured and sold as such? Or can it be constructed at home? Is it used to change the flavor of the tea? Make it easier to brew? Brew it in an unusual fashion? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4585 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is the widget manufactured and sold as such? yes Or can it be constructed at home? no Is it used to change the flavor of the tea? Make it easier to brew? this one Brew it in an unusual fashion? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3087 Registered: 5-2003 |
Does it brew more quickly? More conveniently? More cheaply? Is the tea being brewed in a cup? A pot? A machine? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4586 Registered: 12-2000 |
Does it brew more quickly? yes More conveniently? and so yes More cheaply? no Is the tea being brewed in a cup? yes A pot? A machine? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2218 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the cup itself the gadget? If not, is the gadget placed: in the cup? Under the cup? On top of it? Around it? Or is it used before the water ends up in the cup? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4587 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is the cup itself the gadget? no If not, is the gadget placed: in the cup? at one point Under the cup? On top of it? Around it? Or is it used before the water ends up in the cup? used before, during, and after the water ends up in the cup | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2222 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does the gadget do something to the tea bag? Does it: hold it? Squeeze it? Move it? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4588 Registered: 12-2000 |
Does the gadget do something to the tea bag? Does it: hold it? yep Squeeze it? yep Move it? yep *************** SPOILER ************* Simple really. This gadget picks up the teabag with it's arms, you dunk it in the hot water, press the plunger which squeezes it really firmly, this makes the tea very quickly, you can then remove the teabag and press or pull something else (I forget which without trying it again) and that opens the arms and you can get rid of the soggy bag without ever touching it. You can see one here. http://lakeland.scene7.com/is/image/Lakeland/12644?$dynamic1$ A simple pleasure, but after 31 years, a widget that His Nibs likes! | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2727 Registered: 1-2007 |
I want one. | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4590 Registered: 12-2000 |
I actually bought it to get pickled onions out of the jar but it was a too thick so I used it for its intended purpose. |
