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#280797 11-Jan-2021 13:03

Maybe nobody cares, but thought I'd see how the above goes.

You don't have to put a lot of thought in, just any pet pointless invention you found lying around.

I'll start - the leaf blower. I mean what exactly is the point of rearranging leaves on the ground anyway ?

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#2633595 11-Jan-2021 13:21

Leaf blowers are awesome.

They are handy for their intended purpose. We get a tonne of leaves in autumn and moving them to one easy place to pick them up makes the job easier.

They are also good for using on the deck instead of a broom, and when mowing the lawns they make short work of getting clippings off the driveway or even worse, some rocks or other feature in the yard.

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#2633624 11-Jan-2021 13:57

Yes, +1 for the leaf blower. I also use mine to rapidly cool down my coffee beans after roasting, sweeping the garage, blasting spider webs from under the eaves. So many uses for the humble leaf blower.

I'm going to put the performance SUV out there. A vehicle that neither performs well as a performance car or an SUV.

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#2633625 11-Jan-2021 13:58

My leaf blower also sucks....literally. Much better than blowing stuff around. Gives it a bit of a mulch as well, then I chuck it in the bin/compost.

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#2633626 11-Jan-2021 13:59

ghettomaster: Leaf blowers are awesome.

They are handy for their intended purpose. We get a tonne of leaves in autumn and moving them to one easy place to pick them up makes the job easier.

They are also good for using on the deck instead of a broom, and when mowing the lawns they make short work of getting clippings off the driveway or even worse, some rocks or other feature in the yard.

My one sucks. The blower I mean :-) It sucks and shreds the leaves, awesome.

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#2633648 11-Jan-2021 14:29

The leaf blower is good for blow drying the car according to Mike Hosking.

If you have a petrol / battery powered one you can sit is a swivel office chair and see haw fast you can get dizzy, would be good for Friday night drinks.

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#2633664 11-Jan-2021 15:02

Ok, maybe the office chair thing is useful, but I still hate them. Maybe its because I see people blowing stuff everywhere but not actually picking stuff up after its piled together, they just blow leaves from the drive onto the grass edging. Maybe I hate the noise (possibly affected by the chain saw king next to us). Maybe its because I don't have one. OK, I'm not giving up - mostly useless apart from all the stuff you mentioned.

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#2633665 11-Jan-2021 15:07

Ooooh, I know, Harley Davidson.

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#2633671 11-Jan-2021 15:16

Revolving doors.

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#2633724 11-Jan-2021 16:15

I would say kitchen appliances that take longer to clean than the time they save doing their task. Like a george forman grill vs a frying pan.

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#2633731 11-Jan-2021 16:37

My fridge comes with a 15 minute wine cooler.

When reading the instructions, you put the wine in the freezer, hit the button and 15 minutes later it start beeping to tell you to take it out.

F&P - technically not false advertising but really is a load of crap!!

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#2633834 11-Jan-2021 19:22

Boeingflyer: My fridge comes with a 15 minute wine cooler.

When reading the instructions, you put the wine in the freezer, hit the button and 15 minutes later it start beeping to tell you to take it out.

F&P - technically not false advertising but really is a load of crap!!

Ha I love that!

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#2633870 11-Jan-2021 20:44

ghettomaster: Leaf blowers are awesome.

Builders couldn't live without them, you just can't beat it for cleaning up sawdust, concrete dust, plaster dust, ....

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#2633985 11-Jan-2021 23:12

The light in my car that tells me whether the passenger airbag is on or off. Pointless. Especially as it’s in my eye-line when driving at night.

I need to know when the airbag has a fault not whether it’s off when I have no passengers. Other than that, leave it on or stick the light where I can’t see it!!