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Normally I would not think of Craigslist as the place to look if I had need of some sort of medieval torture device.  And as it turns out, I would be wrong.  In fact, you can pick up a variety of strange and unusual old-school punishment devices, if you know where to look.  I wouldn’t say these items are particularly common, but there are definitely out there.

Some may see these as historic or cultural items, bespeaking of a different time and place, one that we’ve thankfully left behind us.  Others, however, might see these antique devices as opportunities to solve new problems using old technologies.  Some of these things may be applicable in the bedroom, while others can solve certain unwanted problems in straightforward ways.  Sure, you may end up in jail if you use these for their intended purposes, but there is no reward without risk.

Here are three such items that I found sitting up for sale.  Some of these ads are quite old, so if you’re thinking of going to find them, you may be disappointed.  Finding such exquisite objects is a lucky break that happens only once (or perhaps thrice) in a lifetime.

The first consists of someone selling some stocks.  He makes some astute suggestions as to what can be done with them and even offers a great deal by throwing in a stripper pole.  You can tell from his writing that he doesn’t have a very high regard for strippers, which leads me to believe that these ideas he “suggests” may actually have been developed in practice.  In that case, said individual might just be looking for a way to get rid of some of the evidence.

For the witches and strippers

Got a witch you need imprisoned in the town square? Perhaps the village idiot has crossed one too many lines, or some street rat has stolen bread? Then look below and no further as I have a set of working, and locking stocks, custom made by burly, god fearing hands that expect old school protestant justice. So come haul them away and lock up whom ever needs a good punishing! All for $150 or best offer. That's punishment value you can't shake a stick at and if you did it would be to flog the intended victim. 
Second on the block is a portable stripper pole. Constructed by the same burly god fearing hands. Come on, you can't have Christianity without hypocrisy. Large 4' x4' base and 8' pole comes complete with bags of sand to weigh it down. You don't want those stripper breaking a leg now do ya? How else are they suppose to support their fatherless children and/or cocaine habit if they hurt themselves. Also $100 obo. 
Buy both, and if the stripper sucks you can lock her up! Its a win win situation and also puts her in a perfect standing doggie style position. These items won't last long! Call or text

This one is less likely to get you arrested and more likely to cause some sort of injury.  There is a reason that sex toy technology has been improved over the last 70 years and using something like this on yourself or another person might be the key to understanding that first hand.

ANTIQUE hand crank Womens vibrating dildo

Amazing condition for being over (70 years old) but still works great . 
Was my great Grandma's, and passed down to my grandma, and then to my mother. 
my wife was not interested in it so I need to sell ASAP need money for christmas. 

And finally, a nice little device for the family that perhaps grew too quickly and needs to size down by one head.  Or maybe just a great way to get junior to do his homework via the old-fashioned “threaten them until they break” method of parenting.

Children's guillotine

Looking to get rid of this childen's size guillotine, only used once. Has been cleaned and recently oiled, sure to make any child happy! Christmas is coming up soon so don't miss this one!! 

So, as you can see, pretty much anything can be found on Craigslist.  And if you have some strange device of pleasure or pain sitting on the shelf in your garage, it’s easy enough to get rid of it here.  Crank-powered dildo or guillotine for kids, the people at Craigslist are all-too-happy to let you sell it through them, no questions asked.

Just a few weeks ago, on October 16^th, a Russian Briz-M rocket failed and exploded while in orbit.  While no one was on board and thus there were no casualties, the explosion of the rocket does present a problem as well as bringing to light a concern for organizations seeking to further the progress of space travel.  That problem is the growing cloud of space debris that is cluttering the orbit of the planet Earth.

Just one rocket left more than 500 fragments of itself floating around the planet.  While some of these may harmlessly pass into the Earth’s atmosphere and burn up upon reentry, most of the pieces will simply continue to circle.  Since they are moving at such a high speed, they are potential threats to not only the International Space Station, but any satellite or future space mission that has to fly through them.  One small piece, moving at high velocity, can cause major damage to the complicated machinery of space craft.

What most people aren’t aware of is the fact that there are hundreds of millions of tiny pieces of debris in orbit right now.  More than 22,000 of these pieces are around the size of a softball and another 500,000 are about marble-sized.  Even these small pieces are a danger.  While the ISS can maneuver out of the way when it sees a piece of debris coming, it still consumes expensive fuel and hastens the need for a mission to resupply it.

The concern all this raises is that of a continually growing cloud of rubble that could eventually cause all future space missions to have an increased risk of danger.  Satellites could be crippled, rockets punctured and space stations forced to do continual repairs.  Some of this can be remedied by advancing our technology and creating space craft that are more easily able to resist damage from debris, but the true impact of the space junk will not be known until we have to face it head-on as a major obstacle to future missions beyond our planet.

This book was written to help homeowners create the home they want instead of going out and purchasing a new, even more expensive home. As the title of the book implies, the philosophy behind it is about working with what you have instead of going elsewhere.

This is especially relevant in light of the last few years when being able to move to a more expensive housing option was not necessarily the wisest financial decision of most people. Smartly remodeling a home can be done for a far lower cost than the price of a new home.  

Of course, attempting drastic remodeling is not the kind of thing that should be done without careful consideration of what the homeowner wants and what they are working with. This is where Staying Put attempts to help by providing the homeowner with advice on what is possible and how to accomplish it. The book is written by Duo Dickinson, an architect with some 30 years experience in the trade.

The book starts out with an explanation of why staying in their present home might be a good idea for some American families. It also points out some of the many reasons people may want to change homes, ranging from expanding families to just a general dissatisfaction with the set-up of their home. Then it proceeds into a detailed explanation of what a homeowner must do in order to improve the condition of their home.

Since moving is not a workable option for most homeowners, Dickinson advises them to focus on renovation and/or remodeling. They will need to consider such factors as cost as well as getting a home that is right for their lifestyle. There is advice on everything from choosing the right site, to designing the perfect home office.

Staying Put provides the perfect general guidelines for homeowners who have chosen to work with what they have until they can afford something better. 

Put together by a French chef with a very unique vision, the Ultraviolet restaurant in Shanghai is a dining experience that is designed to be an event to stimulate the senses.  After years of development, it finally opened this last May and is presenting its customers with something that can be found nowhere else in the world.  The intention of such a show while eating is, according to the brains behind its inception, to focus people on the food via a cleverly crafted combination of sights, sounds and scents.

The Ultraviolet appeal begins with the journey there.  Since it’s not advertised, few know exactly where it’s located.  Therefore, they send a private driver to take their customers to the restaurant.  As soon as one walks in, the strangeness begins.  The waiting areas are stark and plain, with sliding doors and an atmosphere that conveys a secret, conspiratorial feel.

The dining room is a plain white table surrounded on all sides by video screen walls.  These walls are used to project images and create the many environments that diners will find themselves transported through.  There is just one dining room, however, so only ten people may dine at any given time.  The goal of Ultraviolet is not to bring in lots of customers, but to sell the experience to a select clientele.

Dinner begins with the tolling of a bell and hymn-like music, akin to opening mass at church.  This is followed by a sharp change to some metal music and then continues on to many other themes.  Rainstorms and beaches and even the Beatles have a place in the 22-course meal.  Altogether, eating at Ultraviolet takes about four hours, the end of the journey followed by a tour of the kitchen and a look at all of the technology required to make the experience possible.

To a typical traveler, a trip to the Ultraviolet may be a bit out of range in the cost department.  It’s more than $300 a head to eat there, so a full party of 10 should expect to spend well over $3000 for their four-hour excursion.  If you happen to have the money and want to eat some top-rated food while being enveloped in an experience you’ll never forget, however, then Ultraviolet has no peers.