alishan 99 invite me in 2 min <| sep |> Can you purchase it through Best Buy online ? <| sep |> It ' s ok to feel the way you do . I think a lot of us have have been there . The shame and self hate can be the hardest thing to overcome . It takes a lot of time , energy and grit to eventually be free , but you will be . <| sep |> I ' m just going to reply using the same format as you . 1 . I thought this through briefly , and came to the conclusion that , wine bottles , especially full ones , are pretty heavy . You ' re talking about potentially 8 glass bottles with liquid . A quick google search says that a full wine bottle is roughly 3 lbs , and that ' s on the lighter side of the scale . That ' s potentially 24 lbs , which is a fair amount of weight . I think the wood block in the center is to add weight and stability . 2 . These obviously aren ' t from recent times . They may very well be 100 years old or more . Nowadays , everything is compacted and made to save space . We have cell phones that fold up , guitars that fold in half , and a million other things that are created with the idea of saving space . I don ' t think that was really a concern from whatever era these things are from . Also , I think there is an aesthetic aspect , and that they may have also been made partially for show . 3 . This I ' m not entirely sure about if I ' m honest . The best thing I could come up with is the fact that a lot of wine bottles have rings around the top of the neck which would help prevent the metal rings from out mystery device from sliding off as easily . Also , you have to remember that I am saying that this device was part of a homemade winechampagne kit . It ' s possible that in order to keep homemade spirits out of the stores , a separate style of bottle was sold that better fit the rack and degroging system . 4 . The portability aspect is a tough one to tackle . They may simply have handles so that when it did come time to move them , a person wasn ' t awkwardly lugging around a wacky device which is obviously hard to transport even a few feet . Remember I said that I think they are partially for show , so being able to move them around someone ' s house with ease could be appealing . Keep in mind that all of this is 100 % speculation and I am just throwing out ideas . I ' m very glad you typed out these questions , though ! I have been thinking about this thing all damn day , going over different points that don ' t make completely sense and trying to then make sense of them . Let me know how you feel about what I ' ve said ! I ' d love some feedback . Thanks !