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¿Question #5054?
Randy Cox: Need a little help here...about 15 years ago, I was listening to "All Things Considered" on NPR on my way home. There was a story about auctioning unclaimed freight at customsin U.S. ports (from bankrupt companies' shipments). The commentator discussed the odd things one can find and kept refering back to some three-pronged trivet that interested him. It was the hook to keep me in the driveway waiting for this 20-minute story to end, but I eventually gave up--story was going on too long. Anyone know how it ended and what that trivet thing was?

ocdspectrum: A Christmas tree stand.
pwilz: To trivet, trivet, trivet, trivet, trivet up and down! To trivet, trivet, trivet, trivet trivet trivettrivettrivet trivet trivet trivet trivet trivet trivet trivet..... So trivet up and down!
Woelf: TL DR
Bokrug: Nope.
vandemonium: I've sent a message to NPR. I'll let you know if I get anything back from them. **Update: Here is the response I received: Thank you for contacting NPR's All Things Considered. Unfortunately, access to archived shows on NPR.org only go back as early as 1996. The University of Maryland Libraries in College Park, Maryland have become the institutional curator and depository for the NPR News Programming Collection prior to the date mentioned. The Library of Congress is also an institutional curator for the Programming Collection prior to 1996 as well. Here is the contact information for The University of Maryland Libraries in College Park: http://www.lib.umd.edu/ Here is the contact information for The Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/help/contact-general.html We regret the inconvenience. We are always delighted to hear from listeners. Should you have additional questions regarding your inquiry, please contact NPR Services at (202) 513-3232 or reply to this e-mail. Thank you for listening to All Things Considered, and for your continued support of public broadcasting. For the latest news and information, visit NPR.org.
jdberry: Turns out, you can set hot foods on a trivet and you won't damage the table.
Hector Vortac: I am just the kind of person who remembers stuff like that! Didn't hear it.
Csigs: Rosebud.
boldot: It was a trivet.
sdonohue: Yes.
aleo09: nope
ColtsFan76: A metal stand with short feet, used under a hot dish on a table.
POvidiusNaso: I don't know.
DHEK: Sorry, can't help you out here.
eddyspaghetti: Sorry, nope.
Nimrod6: A grappling hook
purvisa: Not a clue
daveroswell: www.npr.com
SybotCB: MMMM, NPR, good.
heli: You know, you can email NPR about things like that and they'll look it up and answer it for you. I've done it re http://debka.com/
scriptorum: It was just a normal trivet, but the commentator didn't realize it was upside down.
mrspank: It turned out the auctions were completely legal and the auctioneer's name was Trivet.
LemonyFresh: I don't - but if I did, I'd be excited to tell you!
rawdawg: ok
brainrob: Not me
Keng Ho: From Google: a three-legged metal stand for supporting a cooking vessel in a hearth or a stand with short feet used under a hot dish on a table
skrutsch: No, but I can identify with your story.
Loquutus: You need television, dude.
MisterCranky: Randy, you loser, just go to some website somewhere and read all the transcripts.
jttm: It was a tri-matrix defribulating fomstopple.
puck4604: heheh...no
Lord_Prussian: Nope and along the same lines I tried to find a transcript of an NPR show on evironment and corporations that mentioned Walmart
skelebone: Hmm, I don't have any idea, though this is an interesting three-pronged thing (http://www.keukens.be/images/informatie/starck-juice.jpg) -- It's a Philippe Starck juicer.
chaddyboy_2000: Nope.
dakarp: I love NPR, but I missed that story.
CDRodeffer: I never listen to NPR, and I'm ashamed that my tax dollars go to support it.