[Misc] Items that made you think "GAME CHANGER"

[CHAPPERS]

Not so much an item itself but the use of said item.

BUM BAG. At the AIRPORT.

Scrabbling around in your pockets for your passport? Heart skipped a beat because you've put it in the 'wrong' pocket? Not anymore sonny jim. I wouldn't travel without this now, keep all your stuff in the same place and the whole airport thing is a breeze. I can fit the following:

Pocket 1: Headphones, receipts (expenses). House key, car key (if applicable)
Pocket 2: Phone, passport, wallet. It's important that all these items are kept together for additional peace of mind.
Pocket 3: Power bank and lead.

The bonus that you look like a ****ing don when wearing this truly revolutionary piece of kit is the cherry on top. I have got a Carhartt one because I'm cool and I would always recommend spending that little bit extra for quality gear. But well, buy once.

 

[Bozza]

Not so much an item itself but the use of said item.

BUM BAG. At the AIRPORT.

Scrabbling around in your pockets for your passport? Heart skipped a beat because you've put it in the 'wrong' pocket? Not anymore sonny jim. I wouldn't travel without this now, keep all your stuff in the same place and the whole airport thing is a breeze. I can fit the following:

Pocket 1: Headphones, receipts (expenses). House key, car key (if applicable)
Pocket 2: Phone, passport, wallet. It's important that all these items are kept together for additional peace of mind.
Pocket 3: Power bank and lead.

The bonus that you look like a ****ing don when wearing this truly revolutionary piece of kit is the cherry on top. I have got a Carhartt one because I'm cool and I would always recommend spending that little bit extra for quality gear. But well, buy once.

I've always had you marked down as one of the community with a certain level of taste. You have standards and you won't compromise on them.

If that post is a serious one, you've just blown my opinion right out of the water.

 

[boik]

Ctrl-c and Ctrl-v

#wizardry

I'm guessing you mean in a Windows world, rather than in a Unix world where Ctrl-C really is wizardry!

 

[mikeyjh]

Of recent times, the impact driver. First things I've used in a long time and thought 'how did I live my life without THIS?'

 

[CHAPPERS]

I've always had you marked down as one of the community with a certain level of taste. You have standards and you won't compromise on them.

If that post is a serious one, you've just blown my opinion right out of the water.

What if I told you I actually wore it around Lisbon whilst on holiday? What then?

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

ENCARTA.

Rewind to circa 1995. An 8 year old Mejona comes home with yet another piece of homework about DINOSAURS or ROCKS or whatever.

"Oh mother", I ask. "How WILL I ever read enough books on dinosaurs to answer these difficult questions about the prehistoric beasts?".

"Don't worry little Mej", she said.

And then she handed me that disc. Encarta.

Bewildered, I open the disc tray, then close It again, then open it, then get told off for playing with the disc tray.

Finally, I insert the disc and the intro will stay with me forever. Patriotic American music, Neil Armstrong's famous words, Martin Luther King's speech....and then a world of information at your fingertips.

I used to hand in my homework and feel like an imposter. I've used the SINGLE greatest source of information a computer can (and will ever) provide and none of you know it.

 

[LlcoolJ]

So before email, you'd have been getting someone (not the secretary, he's gone home) to book a courier?

In Sheffield? In 1998? Would have had more chance with a carrier pigeon. And the boss would have been too tight to pay for that let alone a courier.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Knickers. No more uric acid build up on my trousers/jeans/shorts. Job done.

 

[Bozza]

What if I told you I actually wore it around Lisbon whilst on holiday? What then?

I'd not be paying any more attention to your restaurant reviews.

 

[ROSM]

ENCARTA.

Rewind to circa 1995. An 8 year old Mejona comes home with yet another piece of homework about DINOSAURS or ROCKS or whatever.

"Oh mother", I ask. "How WILL I ever read enough books on dinosaurs to answer these difficult questions about the prehistoric beasts?".

"Don't worry little Mej", she said.

And then she handed me that disc. Encarta.

Bewildered, I open the disc tray, then close It again, then open it, then get told off for playing with the disc tray.

Finally, I insert the disc and the intro will stay with me forever. Patriotic American music, Neil Armstrong's famous words, Martin Luther King's speech....and then a world of information at your fingertips.

I used to hand in my homework and feel like an imposter. I've used the SINGLE greatest source of information a computer can (and will ever) provide and none of you know it.

You did your homework? Well thats a shock

 

[The Clamp]

Certainly not a new invention but for me, thermal Long Johns. I began wearing them on a camping holiday to Cornwall, then they crept onto my legs for trips to Withdean, now theys are a staple from November through to March/April.
Honestly one of the best things I've discovered. I simply never get cold and if you get quality pairs from a proper outdoor shop they are breathable and very comfy.
Try them. You won't regret it.

 

[seagully]

Can't be arsed to trawl through the whole thread to see if this has been said before, but those ball throwing things that dog walkers use. Sheer GENIUS and such a simple idea.

 

[Klaas]

Those pens with the woman wearing a bikini that disappears when you turn it upside down.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

I remember being DESPERATE for a pager when I was about 12.

 

[surrey jim]

Heated steering wheel on a car.

How I coped steering with a a cold wheel all these years I will never know.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Heated steering wheel on a car.

How I coped steering with a a cold wheel all these years I will never know.

I thought the same when I got one of the cassette player adaptors to play my mini disc through the tape deck.

 

[BensGrandad]

I am surprised this thread has gone on this long and nobody has mentioned the microwave oven. No moire keeping dinners hot on a plate over a saucepan of boiling water or drying up in the oven. That is apart from cooking convenience food.

 

[Curious Orange]

I thought the same when I got one of the cassette player adaptors to play my mini disc through the tape deck.

Yeah, but now they 3.5 jack sockets in cars make such gubbins... well.... gubbins!

 

[DFL JCL]

sticky stamps instead of the ones you had to lick.... how did they take so long to come about when the world had produced Panini Stickers for so long before.

 

[surrey jim]

I am surprised this thread has gone on this long and nobody has mentioned the microwave oven. No moire keeping dinners hot on a plate over a saucepan of boiling water or drying up in the oven. That is apart from cooking convenience food.

I would actually vote this as the most pointless kitchen gadget. Takes up a massive amount of worktop space i and everything you cook in it can be done on the hob/oven. The last time I can remember using it was to sterilize baby bottles/ a dummy, never cook using it.