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I walk to work, I often stop on the way and buy a coffee.
Alone, this action would be fine. I have two hands, one for
the coffee and one kept in reserve for itches and doors.
However, I often like to buy a breakfast sandwich. This
puts me in a very awkward position. I can hold both the
coffee
and the sandwich easily, but then I can't really
unwrap the sandwich. So I have to stop and put the coffee
down, eat about half the sandwich, so that it's manageable
with one hand. Then I can carry on, sandwich in one hand,
coffee in the other and a dangerously low hand-reserve.
Imagine you had a cup holder about your person. Cars have
long had a variety of folding arrangements that would
prove a useful cup-holder resource. The belt seems initially
logical, but moving legs might interfere here, so I think
some form of cross-chest strap or possibly build it into a
sturdy jacket, some form of gimbal arrangement may be
appropriate for those fussy about relative beverage-
gravity orientation.
This would free up both hands for eating the sandwich,
while holding it may be effectively achieved with one hand
on a temporary basis. For example while attending to an
itch, opening a door or investigating a newly-acquired
sauce stain. Every now and then, the coffee could be
accessed for the usual reasons.
Such a device would be a boon to sandwich eaters,
standing-around-in-very-cold-weather enthusiasts and the
one-handed alike.
(?) Folding cup holder
http://www.germansu...7551&cat=387&page=1 Needs a gimbal and a shoulder strap [bs0u0155, Dec 05 2013]
Two Cups Of Coffee
Two_20Cups_20Of_20Coffee Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best
[8th of 7, Dec 05 2013]
The basic model just holds a book, but the luxury model comes with cupholder and sandwich slot.
Reading_20while_20walking [normzone, Dec 05 2013]
No-spill coffee cup
http://www.gocontig...ess-travel-mug.html Get one like this. This one in particular is excellent. [Custardguts, Dec 05 2013]
(?) http://www.youtube....watch?v=cTiXtnlhZYU
[spidermother, Dec 09 2013]
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A belt-mounted cup-holder would work, and would
have a sort of Batman utility belt resonance. |
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I heard utility belt resonance was a small, but
significant cause of infertility? |
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That's why Batman wore such tight clothing in the
groinal area. |
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The answer to the problem is a cupholding
hat, shirley ? |
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Hats to carry cans of beer are WKTE. They
have a holder on each side to allow balance
to be maintained. |
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This inevitably leads to the idea of the Two
Cups of Coffee hat. |
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As an alternative, we could make adult sippy cups
fashionable. |
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Starbucks already have, handles or no, you still need
at least one hand. |
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//Hats to carry cans of beer are WKTE.// |
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My dentist suggested that I drink coffee through a
straw. I will resist this to my last breath. |
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[+] for the notion, but mostly //cupholding hat// |
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+ for attending to an itch and low hand reserve |
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This is a great idea, I would suggest using a no-spill coffee cup such as the one I linked (that way you don't need to be as good at gimballing the cup). |
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In fact, a side-hip holster would work fine with something like this. |
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I already have one of those! Mine is orange. It's
currently sat on my kitchen counter with some no-
longer fresh green tea in it. |
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Oh they are the very devil to clean if you were to say, leave sweet milky tea in them for a couple weeks by mistake. |
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Another solution would be a hot drinks-compatible camelbak. |
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An insulated CamelBak would be a useful
development. What with recent rucksack
developments, bags are no longer in contact with
your back, so I took my CamelBak-equipped bag up a
mountain recently only for all the water to freeze.
Most inconvenient. I already knew there was plenty
of FROZEN water up there, I didn't need my own
liquid water submitting to peer pressure. |
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[Bs0] - you just need enough ethanol in the water so that it doesn't freeze..... |
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Oh, and I thought insulated camelbak's were already a thing. Could be wrong.. |
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they are, as standalone units, not as part of my
climbing bag though. I found using warm water and
an old bubble-wrap envelope the key. |
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