{"id":246,"date":"2009-04-16T22:07:55","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T06:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/?p=246"},"modified":"2009-04-16T22:13:20","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T06:13:20","slug":"day-64-purchases-that-i-have-regretted-in-ascending-order-of-regretfulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/?p=246","title":{"rendered":"Day 64: purchases that i have regretted, in ascending order of regretfulness"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/ppets3757601dt14.jpg\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/ppets3757601dt15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px\" title=\"pPETS-3757601dt\" border=\"0\" alt=\"pPETS-3757601dt\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/ppets3757601dt-thumb.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/a>Tidy Cats cat litter<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/ppets3757601dt15.jpg\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/a>         <br \/><\/strong>I bought this brand, instead of our normal Fresh Step brand, because it was on sale.\n<p>Although their motto is \u201cKeep Home Smelling Like Home,\u201d it was best at making our home smell like cat poop a lot faster than Fresh Step.&#160; I suppose if your home smells like cat poop to you, that\u2019s a fair slogan. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>   <br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/052009012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px\" title=\"05200901\" border=\"0\" alt=\"05200901\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/05200901-thumb2.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a> Cold Heat Soldering Iron<\/strong>       <br \/>I don\u2019t know what I was thinking.&#160; I don\u2019t solder things.&#160; I\u2019ve never used this.\n<p>It might work very well.&#160; I wouldn\u2019t know.       <br clear=\"all\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <br clear=\"all\">  <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/932682-75052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px\" title=\"932682_75052\" border=\"0\" alt=\"932682_75052\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/932682-75052-thumb.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a> The Ship<\/strong>       <br \/>I bought this years after the game came out because it was cheap at Target and I thought the premise was interesting.\n<p>A tip for any potential buyers: The Ship is primarily a multiplayer game.&#160; The single player experience is essentially a tutorial that teaches you the controls and rules.&#160; I think there was, oh, about 1 server still running by the time I started playing this.&#160; It\u2019s hard to engage in a multiplayer experience where there are only 3 other people in the world who still play the game.       <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/conair-deluxe-hydro-bath-spa6vxdetail.jpg\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px\" title=\"Conair_Deluxe_Hydro_Bath_Spa6VX-detail\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Conair_Deluxe_Hydro_Bath_Spa6VX-detail\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/conair-deluxe-hydro-bath-spa6vxdetail-thumb.jpg\" width=\"186\" height=\"200\" \/><\/strong><\/a><strong> Conair Deluxe Hydro Bath Spa        <br \/><\/strong>To be fair, this thing works OK.&#160; It\u2019s not horrible in terms of functionality.&#160; It\u2019s just so\u2026embarrassing.\n<p>From it\u2019s phallic shape, to the fact that you\u2019re submerging part of an electrical device in water, to the pitiful attempt to make your bathtub feel like a spa (nay, a Deluxe Spa!), it\u2019s just not a very marketable product.&#160; And yet, I bought one.       <\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/41ftpw12yhl-sl500-aa280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px\" title=\"41ftpW12yHL._SL500_AA280_\" border=\"0\" alt=\"41ftpW12yHL._SL500_AA280_\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/41ftpw12yhl-sl500-aa280-thumb.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a> Intec DSL Ultimate Game Case for Nintendo DS<\/strong>       <br \/>What a piece of crap.&#160; I can\u2019t believe I fell for the \u201cUltimate\u201d tagline.\n<p>In the uselessness arena, it scores big points for holding an extra battery and a battery compartment screwdriver (both not included).&#160; It\u2019s also <em>huge<\/em> and is made from hard plastic, such that getting games in and out of the case was hard work.&#160; I still regret having spent $5 on this, when I could have eaten 25 candy bars instead.       <\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/l-pasta-express5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px\" title=\"l_pasta_express5\" border=\"0\" alt=\"l_pasta_express5\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/l-pasta-express5-thumb.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a> Pasta Express<\/strong>       <br \/>The purpose of the pasta express is to make cooking pasta easier and faster.&#160; Unfortunately, it does neither.\n<p>You still have to boil water, but instead of just putting pasta into a saucepan, you have to pour it into this thin tube.&#160; Since it is no longer on the burners, the water gets cooler faster and your pasta is undercooked.       <\/p>\n<p>Then, when you go to strain the water, be careful not to hold the tube itself (you have to use the blue slippery glove!), lest you get burned.&#160; You\u2019ll probably still get burned anyway, as the flimsy top falls off from the force of the water, spilling water and pasta everywhere.       <\/p>\n<p>Enjoy (cleaning up and eating undercooked pasta)!&#160; I did use the pasta express once to soak tea eggs for a day, for which it did a decent job.&#160; I think we\u2019ve since given this monstrosity to a charity or homeless shelter or something.&#160; God help them. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tidy Cats cat litter I bought this brand, instead of our normal Fresh Step brand, because it was on sale. 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