I prefer needle-nose pliers and a nice bourbon for my nose hair treatment.

Not really - I have one of those $8.00 trimmers I got at Walgreen's, and it works great for the nose/ears.

/Yes, getting older sucks.
//Better than the alternative, however.

Johny McStabbs:

We should make people wear some sort of scarlet "G" next to their handle for grammar nazi-ing. Anyone with a scarlet "G" next to their name you can shun and ignore and make fun of. Same goes for anyone totally ruining the language, the people who turn "are you" into "R U" should wear a scarlet "B" for butchering.



I think anybody who uses 'prolly' for 'probably' should be "pantsed" in public.

Bah; I usually just gather my nosehairs up in a Scrunchie and shove 'em back up in my nostrils.

rulego66: Or a scarlet "R" for throwing in a Rotsky...

Yes, it was funny for about a week, like "I'm rick james biatch!" was. Scarlet G's, B's, and R's works out great. Thread jacking for a constructive purpose is fantastic.

I've been AVOIDING buying a nose-hair trimmer because I think they're all going to crap out on me. Right now I use really, really sharp scissors.... And I live in earthquake country, so this makes me nervous.

Plucking is out of the question.

Tips anyone??

zobear: My personal favorite: www.lasikathome.com

are you kidding me!?! is that for real!!

idrow: Okay, I'll throw in a fourth bottle, the applicator glove, and a state of Kansas jell-o mold. $29.95!

should that be state of colorado jello mold?

That onion chopper he was going on about has been around for 20 years. Bought ours at the Texas State Fair when it had a German name. We call it the German Death Trap.

Johny McStabbs: That way the rest of us who type decent decently enough can live happily ever.

FTFY.

Sorry, pet peeve.

I have a mandolin which can slice a potatoes in about two seconds flat. The hard part is peeling them (no, I don't like the skins). Maybe I should take a look at those gloves. Sometimes we make a massive load of potatoes and I end up spending 15 minutes peeling and 2 minutes slicing.

Gulper Eel: And how does your dobro work for dicing peppers?

I hope that's some kind of rotsky.

/I usually use a tuba for peppers

Shocktopus: Johny McStabbs: That way the rest of us who type decent decently enough can live happily ever.

FTFY.

Sorry, pet peeve.



Hey, I think I do alright for a public school taught southerner. At least I give the effort to make things I type 95% grammatically correct. Still, you've won the Scarlet G, congratulations.

the old crow: Evidently you haven't met my husband.
(I'm gay!)

Here's a clue: nobody gives a rat's ass that you're gay, and it doesn't make you special, so quit waving the damn flag.

I acutually have a Conair ear hair trimmer. Works great, and sadly, I have to use it on a regular basis.

//okay, use it only before a date
//but it works

No love for the Egg-Stractor? (new window)

Best infomercial/commercial EVAR.

NSFW language.

Where's the love for Aalton Brown?

I've acquired a fair amount of kitchen stuff over time... and threw out a whole bunch this year. Why do I need two sets of mixing bowls? Why do I need lots of preparation knives? All I need are basics that are multipurpose. I'm really choosy about my actual gadgets. I do like and use my mandoline, it's well worth the space. I also spent $9 on an OXO vegetable peeler. It works really well on everything (it actually cuts), so it's worth it.

Extra junk or expensive junk is only worth it if you will actually use it often.

If you really want to try all the weird gadgets, just go to a secondhand store and pick it up for $1.

And you can think of the extra stuff in two ways. One, you can have lots of extra stuff so you don't run out of a clean tool or container. Two, if you have less crap, you have less crap in your cupboards, and you're forced to clean stuff quickly, which means your place stays cleaner. I've started to go with option 2.

...here comes the science!

AnnoyingKidNextDoor: You didn't really need that Nose Hair Trimmomatic 5000 afterall

And you really didn't need that space bar after all subby. FAIL

A quick Google search will squash that thinking. Submittard, however, fails for submitting this poor excuse for a headline.

Wait... this is my headline? Yay!

/equal opportunity heckler

Arbitrator: I've been AVOIDING buying a nose-hair trimmer because I think they're all going to crap out on me. Right now I use really, really sharp scissors.... And I live in earthquake country, so this makes me nervous.

Plucking is out of the question.

Tips anyone??

Sharper Image has a great ear/hair nose trimmer with different attachments for different orifices. Plus, it has a little light on the end so you can see what you're doing. Worth every penny...or so I've heard.

When I'm sitting around picking my nose, if I can get a hold on a hair, it's too long, so I yank it out. No need for any fancy pants devices.

Dude. Vidalias are mild onions. You can chop them tear free with a plain old knife.

TrixieDelite: Arbitrator: I've been AVOIDING buying a nose-hair trimmer because I think they're all going to crap out on me. Right now I use really, really sharp scissors.... And I live in earthquake country, so this makes me nervous.

Plucking is out of the question.

Tips anyone??

Sharper Image has a great ear/hair nose trimmer with different attachments for different orifices. Plus, it has a little light on the end so you can see what you're doing. Worth every penny...or so I've heard.

The best thing I've found a good year ago was this:

Philishave Multitrim, 4in1 Link to a online seller (but I bought mine locally) (new window)

Fantastic device for the beard and all other places needed.

I just saw that they have a 7in1 model (with more heads I gather)

Johny McStabbs: phukitol: AnnoyingKidNextDoor: You didn't really need that Nose Hair Trimmomatic 5000 afterall

And you really didn't need that space bar after all subby. FAIL

and here come's the grammar nazi.

annoyingkidnextdoorhasnospacesdipsh][tfail

We should make people wear some sort of scarlet "G" next to their handle for grammar nazi-ing. Anyone with a scarlet "G" next to their name you can shun and ignore and make fun of. Same goes for anyone totally ruining the language, the people who turn "are you" into "R U" should wear a scarlet "B" for butchering. That way the rest of us who type decent enough can live happily ever.

/or we could just send both groups into camps
//where have I heard that idea before...

Put 'em both in the same camp. Let nature take it's course

emerson7: are you kidding me!?! is that for real!!

Don't blink!

I'm waiting for the microplane people to make a mandoline - their graters are fantastic.

Good Housekeeping magazine did a test on all the on tv gadgets, the worst one was the "hercules" hook for hanging stuff on walls, and one of the best was the vidalia chop wizard... I might have to get one.

Arbitrator:

Tips anyone??


Mind you, it stings a bit at first.

Mind you, it stings a bit at first.

The micro-jet? That's only the Nose Hair Trimmomatic 2000.



Here's a pic of Drew's dad with the 5000.

You know, I've always assumed that all infomercial stuff is junk, and readily avoid it and its commercials, but the article sure got me interested in the Chop Wizard thing. One of the reasons I don't cook as much as I'd usually like to is because I hate chopping so much. Looks like they have a "pro" version for 2x the price...I might actually look into that one. I hate peeling too, but I don't peel everything...I usually chop everything though.

Arbitrator: I've been AVOIDING buying a nose-hair trimmer because I think they're all going to crap out on me. Right now I use really, really sharp scissors.... And I live in earthquake country, so this makes me nervous.

Plucking is out of the question.

Tips anyone??

Buy a nose trimmer.

Tips anyone??



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