Lame things you bought you're way too excited about

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It was literally faster for us to make waffles from scratch than to make Eggo’s in the toaster. Last time we had the nieces over I had to broil bread to make toast since it took so long. So after 2 weeks of reading reviews, stats, and opinions we got this $35 4-slice toaster and being a dork I am so excited: Oster 4-slice Toaster.

I feel like I went from a Horse-drawn carriage to %$@ no wait… a mule-drawn carriage to a Ferrari. Our old toaster lasted nearly 15 years, so if this cheapo thing lasts that long I’ll be slightly more happy than if it didn’t. LOL

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I bought one of those home bidets that you attach to your toilet and it’s the most awesome thing since scratch waffle makers! Who knew?

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I stayed at the Fairmont in Jakarta recently, where every room had one of these wonderful wonderful inventions. The heated seat and heated air dryer completely sold me on the superiority of the bidet.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009IJ2LJ2/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1479167208&sr=8-3&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=toto+bidet+seat&dpPl=1&dpID=31e3NMwj9lL&ref=plSrch

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Long ago I bought a copy of the One Ring. Recently I bought a cheap gold plated chain for it. Now I wear it outside sometimes, but under my shirt. If I meet anyone that would understand, I geek out. Was able to show a bartender friend recently. She thought it was cool.

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I recently purchased a huge lot of old Battletech manuals and guides via Ebay. I am such a geek but now I have a full set of the original House books and many more as well.

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I am curious, are these running on batteries? Rechargeable Lithium Ion stuff or ?

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They plug into the wall, so you need an outlet nearby.

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You have dashed my dreams… ha ha … no outlet anywhere nearby.

As for lame things I bought - it has to be this lame ass mechanical keyboard that cost way too much that only I get excited about and no one else does.

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Haha at first i thought you were responding to Granath’s post! Manuals that run on batteries?! Hahahahahahaha!

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hahahahaha… the danger of Discourse! And if one quoted too much, one received the wrath of @wumpus :P :P :P

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I have a toilet seat bidet as well that heats the water and has a blow dryer for your butt!

I love this thing!

Can you imagine the marketing people asking the engineers what else can me add to our bidet to make it stand out from the competition and someone says a BBD (butt blow dryer)!

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You are not alone!

I only barely restrained myself from making a “what do you type on (that is interesting)” thread in Hardware.

(Seriously though, this thing is great. I even went so far as to write a long-ass Amazon review for it, since there were so few.)

https://www.amazon.com/Matias-Ergo-Pro-Keyboard-Force/dp/B019CUT6SA/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1479228665&sr=1-2&keywords=matias+ergo+pro

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Get with the times, broseph.

He says, typing on his work-keyboard, entirely separate from his home-keyboard, or his travel-keyboard-since-work-bought-him-one-and-invalidated-the-need-to-bring-his-own-anymore.

In the spirit of the thread, I recently bought some rubber anti vibration pads for my washer and am hoping to put them on tonight, finally ending 5 years of hellish washer bouncing.

https://www.amazon.com/Washer-Anti-Vibration-Anti-Walk-Pads-VIBRAFIX/dp/B0051S4ZZM

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You know what’s even better than hellish washer bouncing?

Hellish washer bouncing mashed up with Death Metal Rooster.

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I bought those or substantially-similar pads a couple years back. They do NOTHING!

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DON’T TAKE THIS FROM ME TIN, MY GIRLFRIEND LITERALLY HAS TO SIT ON THE WASHER NOW BECAUSE SHE IS TOO SMALL TO HOLD IT DOWN OTHERWISE.

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Uh, you sure that’s why she’s sitting on the washing machine?

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Make laundry fun again!

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Fidget spinners are real… so real…

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071CJBQ8J/?tag=codihorr-20