Yes - listen oh marketing research Mavens - I want more boring gadgets, actually - I want gadgets that are less interesting - to my two year old.
I have some great gadgets - but a lot of them get very little play now that the roving romper is on the beat. With a reach nearly four feet high, only the very portable or very boring gadgets have a chance outside of locked and zippered cases (so far the zipper principle has eluded scooter).
Yesterday was a bad day - scooter conquered the door-knob problem. Luckily there was an "interesting" gadget nearby to divert him from the stairs and bathroom and sharp objects that awaited his escape from the nursery. Interesting gadgets get dialed, dropped, licked, pulled and pounded. Boring gadgets get ignored. He has yet to get real interested in the new dishwasher. It has no front dial or settings. Neither does it make a horrendous noise that makes the cat flip off the counter like an Olympic high diver. He misses the old machine with it's amazing water works and stunning eye-level cutlery collection.
Now phones are another matter - if it beeps at all it's interesting, my cell phone not only beeps, rings and buzzes, it also lights up like the Mother ship from Close Encounters. It has to stay inside a black zipped bag for safe keeping. Where it inevitably goes off and I find out about the important call I was expecting later - much later.
So I need to rethink the whole gadget strategy. I need a combination cell phone, PDA, MP3 Player and Pedometer. Really, oh and add a hydration system. That will get me down to going out the door with only two bags. Considering the size of water delivery systems these days there is a lot of room to work with. I also have a Cab Commander to keep all my bags and gadgets from taking wing in the car, sort of an uber-auto bag, or tote-tote.
I have shades that play MP3's, A Pedometer that gets FM, a camera-phone, two nuclear clocks (don't ask), a printer/fax/scanner, a microwave steamer, and a toaster oven.
It's not just me that needs simplicity, my beloved Captain Gizmo is my go-to guy for everything gadget, he even has the all important Bluetooth® ear phone. But it has not been in evidence lately so I asked him about it. Seems it is very cool, and wireless, but that means it has it's own little case, which needs to be carried around in a bag, when the phone rings the earphone is protected by two layers of zippers and the calls go to voice-mail.
A cunning way of lowering cell phone bills glows my husband and professional negotiator.
Well I'll be! I would have never guessed he was so smart.
On an unrelated note, every time scooter practices his flushing technique lately he keeps repeating this bizarre phrase - "Bye Bye Bootooth, Bye Bye Bootooth" what can it mean?
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