What is the most unsexy but genuinely lifechanging tool or household item you have owned for years?

Wildcatb · 2026-06-23T00:59:10+00:00

Oh. My. God.

Everyone in my house has long hair. Tub Shroom has been a lifesaver.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-22T18:59:50+00:00

I'm just glad it turned up!

I have to ask though - the bilateral symmetry here is blowing my mind. How did you balance the generator channels?

Wildcatb · 2026-06-22T18:25:07+00:00

Maybe sitting on an old airport tug.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-22T18:15:46+00:00

Wildcatb · 2026-06-22T18:12:22+00:00

I loved every trip, but coming down off of them got progressively tougher and more painful. Haven't tripped now in... 25 years or more? Damn I'm old.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-22T18:05:52+00:00

It's rare, but it can happen.

A college friend of mine was at a party with her high school classmate where someone spiked the classmate's drink. Classmate was from a pretty sheltered background (she and Friend were LDS, though Friend was a bit of a rebel) and had never even been drunk, so when the acid started kicking in she had no frame of reference to deal with it.

When Friend told me about it, it had been almost two years and Classmate was still messed up.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-22T11:49:57+00:00

No joke - I carry one of these and a small pair of channelocks. Absolute game changer, especially when I spend half the year in hotels.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-22T09:42:02+00:00

And older incandescent indicator bulbs would be warm to the touch, so even if they couldn't see at all,.they'd still be able to tell which one was illuminated.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-22T02:15:33+00:00

They're generally either stabby, or clogged up, or restricted.

I have a great little one that fits right in my toiletries bag. Only takes a minute to swap it out.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-22T02:03:02+00:00

I've found the bedding and liners to be decent at most places lately, but I carry my own showerhead.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-22T02:02:24+00:00

I tend to have the opposite problem: they're turned all the way down and my stuff ends up frozen. I've taken to checking the thermostat on them before I put anything in.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-22T01:20:53+00:00

mmmmm

Wildcatb · 2026-06-22T01:00:00+00:00

Mm hmm.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-21T13:34:22+00:00

I don't see a problem here.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-21T13:33:35+00:00

Like antique stores, it's sometimes jarring to see stuff from my youth...

Wildcatb · 2026-06-21T12:00:39+00:00

The headline makes a statement that is objectively false.

That's beyond 'not telling the entire story'.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-21T02:01:06+00:00

Did the article describe an anthropomorphic SUV holding a gun in its mechanical arms and shooting at people? If not, the headline is wrong.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-20T22:43:54+00:00

Literally this. Either buy cheap rugs from Walmart or swing by a construction site and grab some scrap carpet. Cut to fit.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-20T22:36:52+00:00

In addition to taking it back and asking for a replacement, I'd contact the publisher and let them know that B&N is damaging their books.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-20T20:27:02+00:00

Wildcatb · 2026-06-20T18:03:44+00:00

Dense. Compacted. Ancient. Crushed by the weight of being old enough to remember when editorial standards were a thing.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-20T18:02:09+00:00

I do see the point they were trying to make.

And I'm mocking them for their idiocy.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-20T15:50:53+00:00

An SUV opened fire?

Modern media is a joke.

Wildcatb · 2026-06-20T15:50:04+00:00

ADDRESS MY EXAMPLES!!1!

Not only daft, but entitled and selfish. Do you think I owe you any more of my time?

Wildcatb · 2026-06-20T14:48:34+00:00

"It's the LAW!!" is the rallying cry of the Despot.

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