Am I really the first to point out that a Thneed is what everyone, everyone needs?
I find a mobile phone makes a far superior magnifying lens. And flashlight. And it’s already in your pocket.
I have Kudzu, but I cannot knit. Alas.
That’s what I have been using up to now, but a simple lens would probably be more convenient for me I think - Both things need to be taken out of the pocket, but the phone then needs to be switched on and unlocked, the camera app opened, zoomed in and (in the case of my somewhat older phone), coaxed into focusing up close.
If you don’t already have slow-closing, slam-proof toilet seats, you are missing out on the greatest innovation of the 21st century.
We have that in one of our bathrooms, but it’s starting to fail. The lid still closes gently, but the seat slams if let go. I have to figure out what I need to tighten; surprisingly it’s not immediately obvious.
I think magic is involved. Maybe there’s an incantation that will help.
That’s what rulers are for. They don’t work quite as well, but I always have one handy (used to be a draftsman)
Harbor Frieght sells this extendable thing with a bear looking claw.
It also has a magnet. I assume it is for fishing small parts out of somewhere.
It makes for a great back scratcher and is cute to boot.
And you can hang it on the fridge, if you’re so a mind to.
I was in complete agreement with the slow-closing toilet seat proposal - until we got our HEATED, bidet, exhaust fan equiped toilet seat. Totally worth it.
A sharp kitchen knife (or 3)
A sharp folding knife (for camping)
Edit. A jack. A tow rope. A wheel spanner.
That was going to be my answer to the OP. The first one was an indulgent ($1000) joke present for my wife’s birthday ten years ago. Now all three toilets in the house have one.
I love my air fryer and use it all the time. Part of the reason I bought it was to cook hashbrowns. But despite repeated attempts I’ve never been able to get them to come out right.
Can you share your secret to crispy hashbrowns cooked in an air fryer?
Yeah. They print the handful of required nutrients in big print, and the actual ingredients in tiny print. I think they might be required to do the former, and nothing’s preventing them from doing the latter as long as the ingredients are on there somewhere. (It’s not entirely the size of the label, as there nearly always seems to be plenty of room on the label for large colorful pictures and/or logos – sometimes featuring something that’s actually the ninth ingredient of thirteen if you do read the fine print.)
However I’m already schlepping so much stuff around in my pockets that it’s easier to take my glasses off and hold the container up to my face than it would be to carry around and then dig out a magnifying glass, of whatever type, and hold that up to the container.
And they print the calorie count in a massive font like that is any indicator of how nutritious an item is.
Especially when they’ve already jiggered the serving size.
But yes – hey, folks, calories are actually a nutrient. You need some.
ETA: And some relatively high-calorie foods are nutrient dense otherwise; while others are not.
In addition to its intended use, I find that my bamboo backscratcher is great for fetching things that fall under my desk so I don’t have to get down on the floor (which with my knees requires a crane hoist to get up), as well as for pulling things forward that have slid to the back of high shelves.
As far as back scratchers go, this is my favorite (mine is Oregon myrtle). The curve it has is just lovely.
But, really, everyone needs to have a personal stuff aide, to help them get rid of all the excess stuff they keep accumulating. People in general are owned by way too much stuff.
(but, what really surprised me is that no one has suggested “laid” )
I expected that in the first response.
This was Bob Dylan’s thought on the subject: