# Gadgety things that you love. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 15, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgety-things-that-you-love/348524 "2006-03-15T21:58:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgety-things-that-you-love/348524/1 "2006-03-15T21:58:57Z")
[The sweater Stone](http://www.planetnatural.com/cgi-bin/planetnatural/sweater-stone) This little $8.00 or so stone, which is like a pumice, but lighter, really works great on wool sweaters. YAY I just thought I’d share. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgety-things-that-you-love/348524/2 "2006-03-15T22:00:00Z")
I paid $8 at a local yarn shop. YMMV Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![MizGrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgety-things-that-you-love/348524/3 "2006-03-16T13:18:38Z")
I recently started another thread about gadgets that sunk like a rock. 😕 I just got a [Vibrating Cat Litter Scoop](http://www.harrietcarter.com/Detail.cfm?pth=13&Cat=15&prod=5126&sr=1) It’s a little flimsy so I have to be careful, but it does a great job. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgety-things-that-you-love/348524/4 "2006-03-16T15:56:35Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > This little $8.00 or so stone, which is like a pumice, but lighter, really works great on wool sweaters. Does it really take off pills?? I got these excellent [snips](http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/001032.php) to use for basketmaking. They are nice and strong and can really get level with the weavers to cut off spokes. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgety-things-that-you-love/348524/5 "2006-03-16T16:33:57Z")
> [@RSSchen](#): > > I recently started another thread about gadgets that sunk like a rock. 😕 > > I just got a [Vibrating Cat Litter Scoop](http://www.harrietcarter.com/Detail.cfm?pth=13&Cat=15&prod=5126&sr=1) > > It’s a little flimsy so I have to be careful, but it does a great job. Does it scoop vibrating cat litter, or does it scoop liter of vibrating cats? ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgety-things-that-you-love/348524/6 "2006-03-17T02:51:17Z")
I love my egg separator. It’s just a little handmade ceramic cup, tapered slightly at the rim, and just below the rim there’s a little “smile” cut out. You crack the egg(s) into the cup, and pour the whites out through the smile. The corners of the smile are great for squeezing off the thick part of the albumen. I use it all the time, 'cause my standard waffle recipe calls for beating the whites separately. And it just looks keen. It’s handmade, a lovely, mellow blue-green, and nestles just beautifully in the palm of your hand. A good friend brought it for me from a little artist’s market in Germany.