Just to be cantankous:

What luxury do you indulge in?

1) I bought a single 1848 silver spoon that I use daily to stir my coffee. I weren't born with a silver spoon.. but I got one now! PS: Silver is a natural anti baterial... I seldom wash the spoon.

2) My glasses have all the trimmings.. aint even gonna say what I paid  

3) My recliner will conforatble seat a 6 foot 300 lb man, it was special orderd but never picked up. I got it for cost ( $600 in 1993) its all green TX suede. PS: i am 5'7 150 soaking wet...

4)Since I build my own computer ... I keep it pretty up to date by just changing whatever has been made obsolete. So the memory is 5 years old but the video card is brand new.

5) I dont drink much or often... but its Makers Mark or Patron or Mich Ultra.. in that order.  .... speaking of its after 5 on a payday!

6) I bought my own computer keyboard for work. it cost $100... but I like it.

I have a weakness for Cohiba VI cigars- $70 a pop. (one or two a year) In a pinch I will smoke a Cohiba IV-$40 a pop.
I have 7 cameras and many many lenses, and I spent $700 for a Riese tripod, and $400 for a Wimberly gymbal head for it.
I spent $7000 on a stereo amp for my hi-fi system, and $700 for a 7' pair of speaker cables.
And $2650 (with shipping) on the AME chopper kit for the bike.
I also like Basil Hayden bourbon.
When I dress to impress, I wear my Bulova Precisionist watch and hand made leather brogues or wing tips (which I bought second hand), and a small gold nugget tie pin, which I found.
My wife has MS and requires a lot of help, so after I take care of her ($25000 worth of mobility aids in the last three years) I take care of ME!
P.S. My glasses cost $870.
P.P.S. Lest you think I'me crazy, the hi-fi took over 20 years to amass the right stuff, as did the camera stuff.

Uhhhh,... nuttin'...  I never pay full price, or go top of the line...

... but,.. I'm now thinkin' about gettin' me a silver spoon...
That might just be cool... ...

I feed Wolf or Brown Bear to my cheaper guns, or even reloaded brass if the price is right, but for my baby I like to feed it never fired brass of reputable quality. I have paid 1.75/round for Gold Medal Match grade 7.62x51. That was in a time of need. Cabela's will usually have it on sale cheaper.

I like my vodka to be Absolut.

I also have a project car that I usually don't bat an eye when whipping out the credit card and ordering parts for.


--Steve

Steampowered Boy wrote on 09/07/12 at 19:13:25:


Think you're broke now try getting a wife  

I roll my own cigarettes, I cant enjoy a cigar any more, they cost too much.,I dont use or buy "the best" regularly. My pickup is a 1987 , 300 CID 4 speed. I do have a Kawasaki W 650..& if someone handed me a blank check to buy any bike I wanted, Id get one of those. But I paid less than $4,000.00 for that,,

I just bought a 7" coby android tablet. Love it!

Things I've never skimped on-
Surfboards
Kayaks
Sandals
Sunglasses (unless the cheapo pair fit perfectly and are still UV a/b)
Tools
Vacations (including the two time shares I have on Paradise Island in the Bahamas)
Batteries
Coffee just like Tarantino said in Pulp Fiction " I don't need you to tell me how f@c&ing good my coffee is, okay? I'm the one who buys it. I know how good it is. When Bonnie goes shopping she buys S#!T. I buy the gourmet expensive stuff because when I drink it I want to taste it."