Miscellaneous Monday - Odd presents

[Jeff Tillett]

A couple of years back, I got a wall outlet mounted power strip with built in usb ports. I was like uhhhhhhh.......

Then I became helplessly dependent on it, and ended up getting 3 more. Now i've converted all the outlets in my kitchen to have built in USB LOL.

[Esme Crutchley]

That's awesome @Jeff Tillett 

I wanted to have them all over the house, but we have black and red electricity cabling, which wouldn't be the best thing apparently!

[Kimberly Deal _Columbus ACE_]

My partner's sister bought him these.  So not really a gift to me, but they were in the 'stuff' moved into my house, with a "do you really need these?" 
Short answer Yes!  Scrambled eggs in a minute, no dirty pan, & perfect size for english muffins.  They're amazing.

[Esme Crutchley]

Awesome! I have an egg cooker that makes perfect dippy eggs every time (something, alas, I haven't mastered!):

[Kimberly Deal _Columbus ACE_]

I am *not* a fan of runny eggs!  LOL.  But I am glad you found a way!

[Esme Crutchley]

I am NOT a fan of eggs full stop, or rather they don't like me! But apparently my ineptitude at being able to cook them shouldn't stop my husband being able to eat them!

[Jack Brickey]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ESME! Great article! While there was a similar one at Christmas about your worse gift this is a really cool spin on that. I had to really think back (which is hard for me at my age) on my birthdays to come up with this one.

I don't recall which birthday it was...

I do a lot of wood working and I was in the process of building frames for some shadow boxes. When I opened it I thought...i don't need this thing. Well after quite a few builds I realize just how handy it can be. I have used it since for corn hole boards, cabinets, frames, etc.

[Esme Crutchley]

Thanks @Jack Brickey 

That's a really cool little gadget!

[Valerie Palmer]

Happy birthday!!  My bday was on the 29th and it was wonderful celebrating in quarantine!  

[Esme Crutchley]

Happy birthday for 29th @Valerie Palmer 

My mother gave us our presents over the garden wall! It was quite amusing! Then I spent most of the rest of the day blasting out music! Just because I'm 40 now doesn't mean that I need to act like it!

[nina_schmidt]

Same problem at the 15th 😢

[Jisu Oh]

Wait, it was your birthday when we had the meetup? happy late bday @Esme Crutchley  and hope you had a blast(for sure in the garden with music!)!

So interesting gift... my best friend got me sudoku toiletroll for housewarming gift(it was reciprocating gift from her side as i got her the same for her housewarming, following tradition at home)

Well.. now it's finally finally paying off 🧻

[Esme Crutchley]

Thank you for my birthday wishes @Jisu Oh - yup, April 2nd, all day and various Summit events!!

That's an amazing present! I might have to look for some for gifts for Christmas!

[Vinod Ramadoss]

Good one @Esme Crutchley , i once recieved this weird gift, if i remember it right it was a new year present, and the gift by itself was a sqeeze stress ball, however the strange part was that puking yellow yolk stress ball.

I had this unpleasant feeling at first, and had doubts how can this relieve stress, but sooner i realized it was awesome, i not only used it to releive stress but also scare away people in my family with that yellow yolk that pops out :)

[Esme Crutchley]

That's amazing @Vinod Ramadoss 

Being able to squeeze things in times of stress, especially to scare family off, sounds like a win win!

[Brant Schroeder]

Got this and thought it was odd but it works great.

Angry Mama Microwave Cleaner

[Esme Crutchley]

Snap! I have it in purple!

[Veronique DUFOUR]

I received a pineapple slicer a few years ago and only used it now, 3 times during past month or so and it works well, it is easy to clean and do not take too much space in a kitchen drawer. Now I crave for pineapple !!