Has it become part of your daily routine? Is it useful for one season out of the year?
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handmade teacup (2019ish)
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bicycle panniers (2017)
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bicycle pedals (2022)
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winter gloves (2023)
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overlarge lined hoodie (basically a wearable blanket) (2020)
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Nintendo Switch (2022?)
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Tetris GameBoy cartridge (1990?)
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selection of Korean floral teas (2024)
Wow, you have some long lasting items! Very cool to have been gifted these things
I forgot my JBL bluetooth speaker (2017) but it’s on its way out right now — I was using it this afternoon to blast Christmas music while taking the lawn and it was staticy and turning off randomly.
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Steam Deck is the first thing that comes to mind, I use it everyday.
There are a few EDC items I got as gifts that I use nearly everyday as well:
- Leatherman Surge
- Leather holster for Surge and other gear
- Benchmade 551-1
- Shokz Openmove bone conductive headphones
This t-shirt every year since 2015ish.
We normally don’t gift unless an excellent idea comes up. We were struggling with our ice maker not keeping up (Ice water constantly, cocktails in the evening, etc) and my wife got me a countertop nugget ice maker (chewy ice). It is no good for daily ice water which needs big cubes to melt slowly but I turn that sucker on every day a 3PM and my evening drinks are much improved!
I got an Atari STE when I was 14 for Christmas. I’m 48 and it’s still going strong. Best Christmas present I ever had. Sure, it spent 20 years in the attic while I was living my 20s and 30s, but I refurbished it about 5 years ago and I still love it. Got my kids playing it now and then, although Golden Axe doesn’t really compete with some of the PS5 stuff they’re into.
That’s so good! Yeah, they didn’t have all the research about building the perfect addictive game back then.
Instant pot is one, it’s so useful and forgiving to me as someone who is not a confident cook.
Stainless steel frying pans. I think they cook best of all, I’m a big fan of the cooking methods of the restauranteur Frank Prizinsano even if he is an asshole in his personal life, and that’s what he uses.
I honestly can’t remember. I haven’t been gifted anything in about 7 years now. I guess this sweater? I think I got it as a gift, I’d never buy Hilfiger clothes myself.
AirPods Pro 2. Love em.
My mom got me this folding LED desk lamp that I use for electronic repair work. She got it when TEMU first came out, so It’s got that quality you’d expect from such platforms. I don’t use it often, but when I need a lot of light in the living room, it comes in clutch!
Football jersey
