The new router sucked up all the information from my old router and kept it's name/password information stable in the transfer so I didn't have to spend the rest of the afternoon attaching devices to a new router. All phones, tablets, laptops, and various and sundry devices connected without any input from me. So, wasn't too bad, just terribly inconvenient.

I would like a pen or felt tip marker that could unwrite, so when I see a spelling mistake or wish to change a word, I could unwrite what is there and write in the updated version.

Er - that's pretty much what Tippex does, Chick.

A range of school text books with the words "Why the hell would you need to know this?" printed in large letters on the first page.

Jo, I don't want White Out, I want it erased cleanly, like pencil with an eraser that works and doesn't smudge or leave a lump or anything. I want backspace for paper.


An automatically refilling coffee cup or tea cup that sends hot beverage to your cup without having to get up from one's lazy butt to go refill.

Old-fashioned Tippex came as little slips of paper which you held over the offending letter as you struck the same key again.  It filled the indent with white, allowing you to type the correct letter over the top.

An egg with a transparent window, allowing you to check if it has boiled long enough to set to the desired level.

Auto cleaning clothing. Take it off, shake once, ready to be worn again without any lingering smudges, slopped spaghetti sauce, wrinkles, or smells.

Non-stick foot apparel to help prevent transference of debris to the house but especially inside the car.

Boots with a small battery-powered cam in the heels, to give you a bit of help up steep hills.

Foolproof critter alert and automated evasive maneuvers on all new model cars.

Quote from: CCoburn on May 03, 2025, 03:13:39 AMFoolproof critter alert and automated evasive maneuvers on all new model cars.

Mine's got one - it's called "the driver".

Spectacles with an external film projecting an image of eyes moving and blinking, so that the wearer can grab forty winks at their desk without their boss knowing.

A new model husband who doesn't misplace (AKA lose) the wife's stuff. Reverse could also be a possibility.

Curdle Free Milk Product


A milk product that won't curdle in the presence of exotic teas.

A friend brings me all these fancy teas. I like my tea with cream and sugar, but these teas often make the milk do weird things like separate and congeal.

Quote from: CCoburn on May 06, 2025, 03:50:45 PMA friend brings me all these fancy teas. I like my tea with cream and sugar, but these teas often make the milk do weird things like separate and congeal.

That, to me, suggests something strange about the exotic teas rather than the milk  ;-)

You know those pimply rubber finger-stalls people used to use to count banknotes?  Well, one of them but nine inches long, so you could go on applying moisturiser to your heels which - as everyone knows - get further away the older you get.

Quote from: Gyppo on May 06, 2025, 07:08:00 PMThat, to me, suggests something strange about the exotic teas rather than the milk  ;-)

I think so. I did try them black with sugar, but I think I prefer the green tea that I've had an abundance of here with the traditional cream and sugar instead.

An upholstered armchair where the arms can be lowered when then are not needed.