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Reviewers Swear By This Tool For Pulling Weeds
If doing yard work has become a literal pain thanks to all that bending over and kneeling, you're going to want to hear about the genius stand-up weed puller that reviewers are calling 'a magic wand for weeds' — no bending required. Made by a family-owned small business, Grampa's Weeder has been around since 1913, according to the brand. Over 100 years later, it's a viral TikTok darling and an Amazon bestseller with over 47,000 5-star weeder's handle is 45 inches long, and the head has a footpad that you step on to push the tool into the ground, so you can pull out weeds without needing to bend down or kneel in the dirt. This is especially handy for people with mobility issues, arthritis, carpal tunnel, or a large area they need to cover because of how quickly it head's four-claw design is best for working on softer soil, according to the brand, but it can remove weeds down to their roots, something reviewers appreciate. 'This is the best thing I have EVER bought. It plucks the weeds right out of the ground, full root and all! It could not be easier or more fun to use!' said one reviewer, who also noted the tool 'goes into the ground like butter.' In fact, this handy little tool is so adored it has reviewers writing full-on love letters. 'I never knew I could be in love with a yard tool, but I guess the universe works in mysterious ways. I have fallen in love with this thing, and I can not get enough. I walk around my yard pulling weeds out all the time,' one reviewer wrote. They also called the tool the 'best invention ever.' 'I love that I do not have to bend over, this tool is seamless, and very easy to use.'Another said, 'What would have taken me hours to do took 20 to 30 minutes, tops. The best part is that it was sooo satisfying. I feel like sneaking into all my neighbors yards and getting all the weeds. It's addicting lol. Just buy it.'Multiple others were so enamored with the weeder, they also gifted it to friends and family. 'Have since bought 2 more for each father for Fathers Day and they love them,' one reviewer said. 'My dad 90 years old finished his yard and has moved on to neighbors yard. It makes it effortless to get out weeds of all kinds not just dandelions.' Below, check out some more promising reviews for Grampa's Weeder — and know that this only scratches the surface, because many more customers have written creative odes to the tool's capabilities and ease of use. $40 to save time, save your back and have fun? Sounds like a bargain to us. Get it from Amazon for $39.97.
NBC News
24-04-2025
- NBC News
Highland Park gunman Robert Crimo III sentenced to life for July 4th shooting in 2022 that killed 7
WAUKEGAN, Ill. — The young man who opened fire at a Fourth of July parade near Chicago in 2022, killing seven people and leaving behind an "ocean of grief," will spend the rest of his life behind bars with no possibility of parole, a judge said Thursday. Robert E. 'Bobby' Crimo III, 24, was a no-show in court on Thursday and declined to make a statement to the court, his lawyer said. It did not appear that any relatives of the killer's family attended the sentencing. "The court finds he's irrevocably depraved," Judge Victoria Rossetti said as she handed down the maximum sentence. "He is beyond any rehabilitation." Crimo pleaded guilty last month to a host of charges stemming from the mass shooting that wounded nearly 50 more people in addition to the seven deaths. The July 4, 2022 parade in Highland Park was about 30 miles outside of Chicago. "In the middle of that joy, in the middle of that celebration, 83 shots rang out over 40 seconds. Eighty-three attempts to hurt people, do as much damage as possible. Eighty-three attempts to kill. Eighty-three attempts to reduce light in the world," Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart said. "He intended to end the happiness he saw around him. " The seven people killed by Crime were Stephen Straus, 88; Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza, 78; Eduardo Uvaldo, 69; Katherine Goldstein, 64; Jacquelyn Sundheim, 63; and married couple Kevin McCarthy, 37, and Irina McCarthy, 35. Cooper Roberts, then 8, was shot and paralyzed. Some in the court sobbed and hugged one another as Rinehart summed up the mass trauma left by that shooting. "I cannot attempt to reign in the pain, ocean of grief, pain, trauma, heartache and loss," Rinehart said. Thursday's hearing was a continuation from Wednesday when more than a dozen witnesses testified, recalling the horrors of that day nearly three years ago. John Kezdy and wife Erica Weeder both survived their wounds from that day, but were left with permanent emotional scars, she said. 'Because of this mass shooting, this act of terror,' Weeder testified on Thursday, 'I and my children and entire community now know no one is ever really safe.' Kezdy, a punk rocker -turned-state prosecutor, was killed a year later in a bicycle accident. Weeder said she's still nervous about driving and hearing loud noises from construction sites. 'John and I willed ourselves to minimize the impact of shooting on our lives,' Weeder said. After his capture, Crimo told police he was trying to avoid shooting children, targeting adults and aiming for the 'chest up.' Life without the possibility of parole is the most severe punishment Crimo faced as Illinois doesn't have capital punishment.
