ClosArgs said:
OT, but I have to tell my pocket hose story.
My husband luuvvvsss gadgets. Any type, any kind.
Well he got the miraculous pocket hose a 3-4 weeks ago. We were having some landscape guys clear a pocket of wilderness so we could plant a new garden. They wanted a bonfire so they asked that we get them some water to keep in some 5 gallon buckets for safety. Husband excited as helll to grab his new pocket hose to fill the buckets.
The guy and I are standing there watching as hub hooks the new pocket hose to the spigot and holds it out proudly. Slowly the hose begins to lengthen and hub breaks out in a triumphant grin. Then suddenly when it reaches it's full length the head pops off and hits the worker in the shoulder followed by a burst of water. I quickly turned off the water as the rubber hose rapidly shrank back inside the clothlike sheath. I looked at my guy's disappointed face as he stared down at the limp sheath dribbling the last bit of water. I then looked at the landscaper and we both laughed so hard we cried.
OT but just had to carry this over from the other thread and add what happened to me...
I am also a glutton for punishment when it comes to new gadgets and buying stupid stuff from infomercials. Does anybody remember the "EAGLE EYES" sunglasses that
-were supposed to give us like SUPER-VISION and MIRACLES + WONDERS
-and had a lifetime guarantee so I could send it back if anything went wrong and they would send a new pair
-and THATS NOT ALL, you get 2 pair (not just 1 pair)
.....welll.......
You guessed it, how could I go wrong, so I bought me a pair and I anxiously waited their arrival and when the delivery truck rolled up, I happily tore open the box and was at first happy to see a nice metal silver case, but then quickly became concerned when I saw the lenses were plastic instead of glass. But then I thought, well, these cant be too bad, and as I went to put them on, HORROR sets in as one of the plastic lenses literally flew out of the glasses and onto the floor.
I tried to pop it back in, but it kept popping out. On top of that, when I went outside to look through them, they were horriblle. It was like someone spray painted a dark coating on clear plastic and they had a terrible distortion. No matter, I could not accept defeat quite yet. I mailed the one pair back, and literally before I could ship the box off the other free pair lens also fell out. So, I ended up shipping both back and got 2 NEW PAIR. WHIPPEEEE. They did honor the warantee and when they came, they lasted about a month, and one of the lenses popped out of those too.
I finally gave up on them and threw them in a drawer. And now I have a $200 pair of auto-adjust Serengettis that have lasted me 10 years.
Lesson learned. You get what you pay for sometimes.