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Sometimes a banana is just a banana...

By malleron Bananaprotector

Sorry, but the first thing I thought of when I saw this was NOT how to keep bananas from bruising. Indeed, for a split second I thought Good Vibes had come out with a new product. Imagine if they had, they'd be on permanent backorder since the colors have that Mac-inspired translucence that just screams "I'm fun!!" At first glance, I thought the "ribbing" was to elongate the housing to accommodate longer bananas -- you know, like a collapsible cup -- but upon viewing more product images, I see this is not the case. Instead, there are holes on either... »MORE

August 06, 2007
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What would you do to reuse?

By malleron Imga0019_large

So, I've got this small collection of chocolate containers.  For some reason -- probably having grown up among the Depression Era memories of my grand-relatives -- I am loathe to throw away obviously useful things. When I lived in my house, I had amassed a collection of French Market coffee tins that I couldn't reuse fast enough. When I had to sell my house, I still had over 40 to get rid of. I don't drink coffee anymore, but I do have a tendre for drinking chocolate. This is an expensive addiction so I don't indulge  it too often, still....Since... »MORE

April 08, 2007
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A little more Dyson love

By malleron Death2pic_medium

VintageSwank has a post gushing about the Dyson animal vacuum and I feel compelled to put my 2-cents in.First, I don't have the animal model -- I have the original taxi-cab yellow model. I picked it up at Best Buy for around $350. That's a serious chunk of change, especially for a vacuum, and for me at that time it was a small fortune. Indeed, it was the most I'd ever spent on anything and it was caused me a great deal of pain to buy.But I bought it. I had done my homework for months beforehand trying to decide... »MORE

February 20, 2007
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