My favorite gadget is the outside the sewing machine bobbin winder, about $25 I think. Gadgets show how creative people still are. Even if I can't use it, each gadget is somebody's baby. They thought up the idea, made it and got it manufactured. What it is is their 'dream come true' and I applaud anyones dream coming true. I've kept my veg a matic for many years just to look at it. I just bought a Campbell soup gadget that pops up the pop tops. Bet it does not work but I like it for the above reason. I give money to people who need it; why not to an inventor who worked for it. I think the needle that threads for hard-to-see-the-hole people, by sliding through a slit in the metal is pure genius.
While on the hard-to- see topic, I'll tell you a true heart warming thing I saw yesterday. A driver could not make it through the intersection because traffic stopped suddenly and he was left on the crosswalk. A blnd lady started to cross with the stick ahead of her to help her and she reached the car front fender with her stick and stopped. The driver put the car in park, got out, spoke to her and walked her to the other side of the street. I was driving in the opposite lane but would have helped if he hadn't. People can be so nice.