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Re:That Old-Time Hucksterism: The Oddest Doohickeys of Indus... by Animats on Friday January 20, 2017 @02:22PM (#13446283)
Doorstop alarms were not odd. They are still available. From General Electric, at WalMart, no less.[1]

[1] https://www.walmart.com/ip/GE-Door-Stop-Alarm/10258356

Re:That Old-Time Hucksterism: The Oddest Doohickeys of Indus... by binarymax on Friday January 20, 2017 @11:25AM (#13444858)
Where can I get one of those mustache protectors?

--EDIT-- https://www.amazon.com/MoGuard-The-MoGuard-Mustache-Guard/dp... ...Everything is plastic these days. The silvery one looked much nicer.

Re:That Old-Time Hucksterism: The Oddest Doohickeys of Indus... by rossmiller on Friday January 20, 2017 @12:56PM (#13445540)
Looks like there's also a metal one with a sweet carrying case (still not slivery though) --http://a.co/6yuAmGR
Re:That Old-Time Hucksterism: The Oddest Doohickeys of Indus... by poppingtonic on Friday January 20, 2017 @05:21PM (#13447447)
The funniest thing on that page is the "Frequently bought together" section. A moustache-twirling coffee mug?
Re:That Old-Time Hucksterism: The Oddest Doohickeys of Indus... by mrlyc on Friday January 20, 2017 @04:15PM (#13447033)
My favourite ones from my own family history were the plugs to put into wall sockets to stop the electricity leaking out.
Re:That Old-Time Hucksterism: The Oddest Doohickeys of Indus... by Malic on Friday January 20, 2017 @01:47PM (#13445980)
"Laying Down Glasses", heck, I could use a set of those. There might be the revival of a product idea here...
Re:That Old-Time Hucksterism: The Oddest Doohickeys of Indus... by cbr on Friday January 20, 2017 @02:05PM (#13446140)
Re:That Old-Time Hucksterism: The Oddest Doohickeys of Indus... by ThinkingGuy on Friday January 20, 2017 @01:50PM (#13446010)
I actually had something like this when I was a child. It was a contraption, like a periscope, made of cardboard, that you wore over your eyes (it fit over my glasses) to read while lying down. It worked great. As I recall, I ordered it out of novelty catalog.
Re:That Old-Time Hucksterism: The Oddest Doohickeys of Indus... by LordKano on Friday January 20, 2017 @03:51PM (#13446889)
Little guns are still a thing. They go boom, just like their bigger counterparts.