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Gadgets, are you a gadget person?

TheCatWoman

Do you have to have all the latest gadgets? Do you have drawers full of stuff that was bought for a reason and is still there because it will come in useful one day?

I think the world falls into two camps those who like gadgets and those who don't. Unsurprisingly I'm not a fan of gadgets, I prefer one thing that works well and stick to it, my ex husband was a gadget person, he's see me doing something like sewing a button on a coat and then try and get me a gadget specifically for sewing on buttons, some that would sit in a cupboard 364 days of the year. I often find that gadgets take more time than doing something by hand.

What gadgets do you really use and find useful, for me its my potato ricer, it makes such good mash, and my vintage needle threader, much sturdier than the wire loop ones, but not good for thick threads.

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  • Your post made me think about what gadget actually means. The Merriam Webster dictionary describes it as: "an often small mechanical or electronic device with a practical use but often thought of as a novelty"

    I have a laptop but it's quite old, has an out-dated operating system and is too heavy for me personally to carry it far, and as gadgets are supposed to be portable and innovative I don't think my laptop can be classed as such.

    I have a "smart" mobile phone which is again some years old - it's 4G. But I use it mostly with the internet turned off, making it into a "dumb" phone as I mainly use it for calls & texts. It makes the battery last much longer.

    I have an Xbox console but it's not portable and definitely not a novelty or innovative now.

    I also have a Kindle tablet. It's portable and has multiple uses, so I think it probably counts as a gadget? So that's the only one I have I think.

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  • Your post made me think about what gadget actually means. The Merriam Webster dictionary describes it as: "an often small mechanical or electronic device with a practical use but often thought of as a novelty"

    I have a laptop but it's quite old, has an out-dated operating system and is too heavy for me personally to carry it far, and as gadgets are supposed to be portable and innovative I don't think my laptop can be classed as such.

    I have a "smart" mobile phone which is again some years old - it's 4G. But I use it mostly with the internet turned off, making it into a "dumb" phone as I mainly use it for calls & texts. It makes the battery last much longer.

    I have an Xbox console but it's not portable and definitely not a novelty or innovative now.

    I also have a Kindle tablet. It's portable and has multiple uses, so I think it probably counts as a gadget? So that's the only one I have I think.

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