Comments on: post off: what item just didn’t work for you? http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/ where people who love their homes click Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:12:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: shelterrific » Blog Archive » five things we learned last week http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-270493 shelterrific » Blog Archive » five things we learned last week Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:02:25 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-270493 [...] 2. Mandolines can be hazardous to your health. More than one reader commented that the mandoline was a gadget they thought they’d love, but… Elizabeth says, “Mine came with this piece that was supposed to prevent you from slicing your fingers, but it wouldn’t stay on the food, and I’d bang my fingers instead of slicing them, then I’d try without the piece and definitely slice them, and on top of all the physical injury, I could never adjust the various metal pieces to slice different sizes or shapes!” Read the harrowing and funny tales of the disappointing gadgets here. [...] [...] 2. Mandolines can be hazardous to your health. More than one reader commented that the mandoline was a gadget they thought they’d love, but… Elizabeth says, “Mine came with this piece that was supposed to prevent you from slicing your fingers, but it wouldn’t stay on the food, and I’d bang my fingers instead of slicing them, then I’d try without the piece and definitely slice them, and on top of all the physical injury, I could never adjust the various metal pieces to slice different sizes or shapes!” Read the harrowing and funny tales of the disappointing gadgets here. [...]

]]> By: LeeAnn http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-269115 LeeAnn Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:15:52 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-269115 I love my mandoline - but mine is one of those ridiculously expensive ones. I would have never bought it myself. I've used less expensive ones, and they're worthless. I still like my good knife better. All manner of fancy veggie peelers - crap. Or maybe I just can't use them properly. Again, Space Bags. How are they still selling those things? Garlic presses cheat me of the opportunity to beat the crap out of something. I enjoy smashing garlic - it always makes me feel better. I love my mandoline - but mine is one of those ridiculously expensive ones. I would have never bought it myself. I’ve used less expensive ones, and they’re worthless. I still like my good knife better.

All manner of fancy veggie peelers - crap. Or maybe I just can’t use them properly.

Again, Space Bags. How are they still selling those things?

Garlic presses cheat me of the opportunity to beat the crap out of something. I enjoy smashing garlic - it always makes me feel better.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-268386 Elizabeth Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:41:32 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-268386 Hear hear on the mandolines! Mine came with this piece that was supposed to prevent you from slicing your fingers, but it wouldn't stay on the food, and I'd bang my fingers instead of slicing them, then I'd try without the piece and definitely slice them, and on top of all the physical injury, I could never adjust the various metal pieces to slice different sizes or shapes... what a trial! Stick to a knife. :) Hear hear on the mandolines! Mine came with this piece that was supposed to prevent you from slicing your fingers, but it wouldn’t stay on the food, and I’d bang my fingers instead of slicing them, then I’d try without the piece and definitely slice them, and on top of all the physical injury, I could never adjust the various metal pieces to slice different sizes or shapes… what a trial! Stick to a knife. :)

]]> By: Ellobie http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-268004 Ellobie Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:34:11 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-268004 My mandoline went in the garbage after I managed to slice open my thumb, even though I was using the guard thingee. My mom got the space bags, called me up while she was compressing everything to rave about them, then stuffed them under her bed. Months later when she needed something from them she had to take her bed apart to get them out because they had decompressed and wouldn't budge. :D Another item that I thought would be awesome but have ended up using only once or twice is an egg poacher for the microwave. I like my eggs better scrambled or fried and it takes about the same time on the stove as in the microwave, so... My mandoline went in the garbage after I managed to slice open my thumb, even though I was using the guard thingee.

My mom got the space bags, called me up while she was compressing everything to rave about them, then stuffed them under her bed. Months later when she needed something from them she had to take her bed apart to get them out because they had decompressed and wouldn’t budge. :D

Another item that I thought would be awesome but have ended up using only once or twice is an egg poacher for the microwave. I like my eggs better scrambled or fried and it takes about the same time on the stove as in the microwave, so…

]]> By: jpt http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-267806 jpt Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:44:55 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-267806 For me, it's an endless quest for a mop that wrings out well. I've tried mops made of cotton yarn, slabs of sponge, and what looks like sliced counter wipes, with a variety of self-wringing mechanisms. It's sad, really. I like clean floors and I'm willing to work for them, as long as harsh chemicals and superfluous electricity usage aren't involved. Yet somehow I just can't seem to find the right tool for this job. For me, it’s an endless quest for a mop that wrings out well. I’ve tried mops made of cotton yarn, slabs of sponge, and what looks like sliced counter wipes, with a variety of self-wringing mechanisms. It’s sad, really. I like clean floors and I’m willing to work for them, as long as harsh chemicals and superfluous electricity usage aren’t involved. Yet somehow I just can’t seem to find the right tool for this job.

]]> By: Angela http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-267637 Angela Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:22:24 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-267637 I second the Space Bag. I was amazed when all my stuff shrunk down to half the size...but that lasted maybe two hours. I second the Space Bag. I was amazed when all my stuff shrunk down to half the size…but that lasted maybe two hours.

]]> By: Mary T http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-267614 Mary T Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:42:48 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-267614 Your responses are all cracking me up, especially the last two. Thanks! Your responses are all cracking me up, especially the last two. Thanks!

]]> By: Sher's Creative Expressions http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-267610 Sher's Creative Expressions Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:34:52 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-267610 Hey, I say just get a new refrigerator with an automatic ice maker and forget it!! LOL Blessings, Sher Hey, I say just get a new refrigerator with an automatic ice maker and forget it!! LOL

Blessings,

Sher

]]> By: Dorian http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-267598 Dorian Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:17:01 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-267598 Daffodil, you took the words right out of my mouth! I too had dreams of perfectly julienned vegetables dancing in my head, and, well, that's where they stayed. In my head. Oh, my other thing that I just HAD to have, and on the day of a big authentic Mexican Fiesta dinner party no less, was a tortilla press, that my ever loving bf dutifully ran out and bought me, but I ended up patting the tortillas out by hand. It turns out it's not that hard. I sorta tried to pretend that I used it so he wouldn't be annoyed, but he caught on. Daffodil, you took the words right out of my mouth! I too had dreams of perfectly julienned vegetables dancing in my head, and, well, that’s where they stayed. In my head.

Oh, my other thing that I just HAD to have, and on the day of a big authentic Mexican Fiesta dinner party no less, was a tortilla press, that my ever loving bf dutifully ran out and bought me, but I ended up patting the tortillas out by hand. It turns out it’s not that hard. I sorta tried to pretend that I used it so he wouldn’t be annoyed, but he caught on.

]]> By: Mary T http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-267458 Mary T Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:48:36 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/03/06/post-off-what-item-just-didnt-work-for-you/#comment-267458 See, I told you, morte100 -- I'm ignorant in the ways of ice cubes! Perhaps I'll give them another shot. Though I have to say, it still sounds like more thought than I want to put into my ice cubes. : ) See, I told you, morte100 — I’m ignorant in the ways of ice cubes! Perhaps I’ll give them another shot. Though I have to say, it still sounds like more thought than I want to put into my ice cubes. : )

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