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[quote=FlyerInHi]I’ve always wanted a luxury European toilet. The kind that hangs on the wall and has a hidden tank. Don’t think I will ever have one.[/quote]

i want an outdoor toilet.

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svelte is a near anagram for velvet, which leads me to believe some of these issues may be unresolved.

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My mom gave me an allowance but not in cadh. She kept a ledger. We could see the balance grow. Sometimes I’d make a “withdrawal” but it hurt to see the balance dip. I think it was discouraged at least mildly.

Who knows how things might have been had she just put the weekly money in my clammy little hands.

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Ever since then it’s been the velvet underground.

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She wore blue velvet
Bluer than velvet was the night
Softer than satin was the light
From the stars

She wore blue velvet
Bluer than velvet were her eyes
Warmer than May her tender sighs
Love was ours

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[quote=svelte][quote=scaredyclassic]but i cannot have funw ith money. that’s the issue. it triggers enormous feelngs of guilt, thinking about spending it on jewelery or frivolities…
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For some people, stackin’ $$ high in the bank brings them the greatest joy. If that’s the case, who am I to judge? You ARE enjoying your money, just in a different way than I do.

But going for the $100 watch…I would warn against that.

When I was about 10, I wanted a blue velvet bedspread. Trying to analyze that from my adult eyes, I have no idea why. I just did.

I told my mom and next time we were at the store, I pointed out the one I wanted. It was expensive. She talked me into this blue shag-carpet looking bedspread at a fraction of the cost. We bought it. I hated it. We might as well have bought nothing because it brought me more pain than joy.

That is when I learned that if there is something I’m really set on, something of far lesser quality is probably not worth buying as a substitute.[/quote]

A blue velvet bedspread sounds so sensual. This may have been an early sexusl desire. Your mother’s interference with it must have been very frustrating. That pain you felt…the thwarting of desire and longing. How that velvet would have felt. You will never know. Transcendent pleasure was so close.

I think I want a blue velvet bedspread now. Of the highest possible quality. Unless it’s really expensive. Then I’ll go for the shag.

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http://shop.connoisseuroftime.com/Omega-Vintage-Midsize-Seamaster-Automatic/dp/B013EJU7EW?field_availability=-1&field_brandtextbin=Omega&field_browse=2347339011&id=Omega+Vintage+Midsize+Seamaster+Automatic&ie=UTF8&refinementHistory=brandtextbin%2Csubjectbin%2Ccolor_map%2Cprice%2Csize_name&searchBinNameList=brandtextbin%2Csubjectbin%2Ccolor_map%2Cprice%2Csize_name&searchNodeID=2347339011&searchPage=4&searchRank=salesrank&searchSize=12

this one is priced high by a niche company trying to simplify the buying process an dreduce risk, and is a little small at 31.5 mm, but it has an awfully nice looking dial.

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lets say you’re in a timed situation. judge tells you you have 15 minutes to voir dire a particular set of jurors. it looks pretty lame if you whipout your galaxy s6 amd time with your phone or keep anxiously squinting across the room to see a clock on the wall. But if you discreetly look at your classy imtimepiece on your wrist asyour time is winding down, jurors might think, yeagh, this guy kind of has it together. maybe he is not a complete bonehead.

of course, this mightbe just foolish justification for a dumb purchase that a $25 watch from target would handle

the perception of others is of course irrelevant. no one cares or notices. they’re not close enough to get a good look anyway, even if they did care, which 99 perc. of people wouldnt.

the reason is because it does feel kind of good to have good stuff you put ona good suit, i carry an expensive type of mechanical pencil, you have an expensive briefcase, you just feel slightly armored. like youre geared up for battle

i guess a watch is a little bit of that for me.

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i think every louis vuitton purse is a grand or two.

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on the other hand, women buy 1000$ purses all the time that depreciate rapidly. why cant men accessorize and not feel dumb for spending money on something absolutely unnecessary.[/quote]

What women do you hang around with? I have never dreamed of spending that kind of money on a purse. I would feel very dumb if I ever did. On the other hand, I did find a Tag Heuer Targa Florio watch on deep discount one day and bought it for my husband. It was a good investment, and it is very good looking – and it made him happy.[/quote]

women lawyers. i think their shoes cost a lot too

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[quote=Reality][quote=paramount][quote=scaredyclassic]true but i only want one watch to rule them all … i would be loyal to it, i would have no tothers before it. when you put it on, it gives you superwpowers.[/quote]

Are we talking a Man on the Moon?

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no. just a regular omega seamaster in 14k gold, but in perfect condition. i doubt very much it would go down in value, but it could require hundreds of dollars of work while i use it. say it costs about 1500, maybe 2000. i wear it for 10 years, it tracks inflation, it’s worth another 500 plus. I spend 500 to maintain it. basically i got to use and enjoy a 2000 watch for a decade for free. how can i not do that? seems foolish to not buy one…

on the other hand, there are many things that could go wrong with it. decay. failure. loss. 2 grand is a lot to have on your wrist.

on the other hand, women buy 1000$ purses all the time that depreciate rapidly. why cant men accessorize and not feel dumb for spending money on something absolutely unnecessary.

at the end of the day, it feels like only a moron would spend a lot of money on something that wasnt necessary.

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to compound things, I have another competing urge to buy a vintage 1960s watch that is not only very expensive, but will require lots of money in maintenance and upkeep.

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[quote=Reality]Nobody needs a watch these days. I haven’t worn one in many years. Your phone is also a watch. Duh![/quote]

it’s a misdemeanor to bring a cell phone into a jail while visiting. there are no clocks in there. also, i think lawyers look more serious if they weara fancy watch.

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but i cannot have funw ith money. that’s the issue. it triggers enormous feelngs of guilt, thinking about spending it on jewelery or frivolities…

although the thai food we bought tonight triggered no guilt.

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[quote=Blogstar]I still have to watch money to be sure not to go broke, I don’t mean super stingy or anything like that but modesty is a requirement. Sometimes I feel like that is a very healthy place to be. I am kind of anti-comfort anyway. My son and I joke that I want to be a homeless guy- he is my homeless advisor. We are having a lot of fun with that. “Should I live under this bridge or that overpass, son? Maybe I’d rather cut a tunnel in that brush and live in there. I’d have to have my Y membership though. I don’t mind getting dirty, but I don’t like staying that way, I think I could thrive homeless into my 80″s or longer. It seems healthy in a lot of ways. The murder rate for transients is just too high and cops like to push them around. That side of it is really discouraging.[/quote]

i wouldnt mind being a hobo. less worrying i think. i once read about a vietnamese guy, very old, I think 70s or 80s, still working as a rickshaw rdriver in vietnam. his family was ashamed, they wanted him indoors where they could care for him, but he insisted on doing the rickshaw thing, which made them feel humiliated, like they couldnt take care of him. seemed like a guy who lived on very little money.

i have so much and im worrying like crazy about the future. this guy earns his ofood every day day by day pulling a rickshaw and at least in the interview he sounded super happy.

wasnt worryig about the image he projects with this watch or that

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