Confession…. I hand over a techno gadget to someone smarter than me to work.  Usually to my sons because Bob isn’t any better.  Zackary comes to the rescue when none of the TV equipment is working correctly.  Now give me something to craft and I’m your girl. 

I keep trying to be tech savvy, but just not my forte. 

One gadget I refuse to give up is my P-38, a Marine tool found in sea rations (MRE’s now)  A P-38 is nicknamed a John Wayne.  I don’t know why, an honor I suppose.  It’s a very sharp hook that will open can.  I can open a can of coffee with this puppy faster than a can opener.  Once it was on my key ring when I was flying and the TSA said I couldn’t take it on the plane.  I made them hand it over to the pilot and took it back when I exited.  He was so curious about it that I opened a soda can to show him. Yes, you could kill someone with this tool, its that strong and sharp. 

Now if we’re talking appliances or products…. I test out everything.  I should have been a consumer advocate.  If it doesn’t do what it claims, I’ll shout to the heavens.  If it works, I’ll do that same.  It’s a necessary habit because our government doesn’t pay military jack so I’ve always had to hunt the bargains.  Its smart shopping.

The Dyson vac.  VERY pricey, $600 for the one for pets, which has an attachment for pet hair on upholstery.  It works great, never loses suction and can be taken completely apart and cleaned.  I know this because someone in my house got drunk, barfed then used my NEW vac to clean it up!  If it didn’t come apart, some young men were going to pay for a new one.  No one has confessed to it, btw and oh yeah, I was on the warpath that day.

Hoover Floor Mate hard floor cleaner… scrubs and sucks up the dirty water.  Plus it’s a quick dry vac as well.  I use it almost every day. 3 cats, a dog and 3 men?  Oh yeah.

Dollar Store LA Awesome orange cleaner.  No kidding. That cheap stuff is great.  Squirt it in your stained coffee pot and you’ll be stunned at how well it cleans.  $ store has a oxy type that is great in a bathroom, though the scent reminds me of troops cleaning the Head (bathroom) in a barracks.  But it does the job, cheaply.

CLR.  I mention this because I had a black pen explode in my new dryer recently and in a panic reached for it.  It took the baked-on black ink out of the dryer and off the plastic parts.

Now, you’d probably think I’m cleaning nut with all this.  Far from it.  I have more important things to do and I stall till its embarrassing because in a house of testosterone, I have to be ‘kicking ass and taking names,’ as Bob’s says, to get help.