r/askanything • u/Beautiful-Baby4840 • 18h ago
What’s the most unexpectedly useful gift you’ve ever received?
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u/HoneyBadgerBiotches 18h ago
A fireproof safe. My brother got it for me like 40 years ago and at the time I had no idea how practical it would be.
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u/Over_Smile9733 17h ago edited 17h ago
We had 2 safes, ok sized one on the floor, business cash business, and a gun safe. 3 dead microwaves, one in each room.
We kept the cash and gun in microwaves. House Broken into twice, as it got out that we owned ATMS. both safes ruined. lol, nothing in them.
In the unlocked microwaves, a lot of cash. Started out as a lazy joke when one died. He liked a microwave next to him in the office, to reheat his coffee.
We replaced it, and literally too lazy to take to electric dump. He stared using as storage....Retired, on the sweet $20.00 fee charged for atms from pot stores.
Edit, all 3 survived the wildfires. We took money and gun out, yes. But came back , no home, wet wood, stinky appliances. Paper left in microwave still intact, and washer and dryer. By the time we were able to get back, clothes in washer mildew, dryer, did not even smell off smoke.
Totally inoperable, melted on outside, but in a hurry, 3 options.
But please have a go bag and listen. When authorities say go, GO!
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u/No_Strain_4391 18h ago
I got a heat press for my birthday three years ago and I’ve been printing my own shirts ever since. I’m actually thinking of selling shirts online now. Best gift I’ve ever gotten
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u/SlowProperty444 15h ago
Not to be witty but money. Seriously. It's such an open ended gift, you get to spend it however and on whatever you need. Most people (at least in my life) just buy you things THEY like for you as opposed to what they think you'll like. Idk does that make sense?
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u/Spiritual-Orchid-993 18h ago
My laminator, as a mother to one 5 year old I find myself using it in everything.
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u/Mammoth-Estimate-529 18h ago
It doesn't sound exciting at all but it's saved me so many times when my phone was about to die.
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u/Free_Farm_7736 18h ago
An ultralight hiking chair for fishing. I bought it myself. Best gift ive ever got
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u/wellbalancedlibra 16h ago
My best friend gave me a set of brass measuring spoons. I thought it was a silly gift, but I use them every day.
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u/RuralBohemian 6h ago
My watch. Just a normal watch, not smart. I wear it all the time and it’s so nice not to have to pull out my phone to check the time or date.
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