What is your biggest extravagance?

kowloon · 09-07-2020 2:41pm

gibgodsman wrote: »

Most I have ever spent in 1 go, 2,150 on new parts for my already stupidly good PC which I upgraded in January with an i9 9900k and 2080 Super among other upgrades

Though I have been saving ALOT for a wedding and Mortgage so I felt like I deserved the expense as without it I would be spending loads on outings weekly

Keep telling yourself that!

I'd still be on my computer even if it was a pile of junk.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 09-07-2020 4:40pm

SnowyMay wrote: »

Really? What brand, if you don’t mind me asking?

I’d spend about €16 on a pair of tights / stayups (Falke brand) and, bam, ladders in them after about one wear.

Then again, I’m a clumsy biach..

Hey! The expensive ones I used to buy were Wolford. Sadly, I can’t afford them anymore but actually, a make I really like isn’t actually that expensive is Gipsy. They are very keenly priced and are good quality. I get them on ASOS mostly though I’m sure they have their own site. I agree that Falke are not great. By cheapo ones, I mean that I never buy tights in Penneys or Dunnes. They are just not worth the low price. M&S is pretty decent for them but my rec would be Gipsy.

I love tights. I’m so glad I live in a country that is cold enough that wearing them isn’t gross and sweaty most of the time. :pac:

09-07-2020 5:00pm

Deleted User wrote: »

A future extravagance will be something plastic surgery related on my face. A bit of a lift and a tuck. I'm not too concerned about wrinkles it's sagging and lack of firmness that would bother me.

That's something I'd do, also. I'm paranoid about getting one of those turkey necks. I have eye wrinkles due to years of squinting when I should be wearing glasses, but it's the sagging I really dread. You have nothing to worry about, though, having the countenance of a young but somehow wise child.

frozenfrozen · 09-07-2020 5:01pm

Very cool seeing all the mentions of Jack B Yeats works. My dad has a huge collection of all the Cuala Press prints and a good few illustrations are by Jack B. Must do more learning about it for when they're eventually mine

Not many extravagant purchases for me, I tend to do the buy once cry once thing, an extravagant purchase was probably a set of Technics 1210 mk2 turntables. I got a huge amount of use out of them but they just sit now. Having said that I just looked them up on ebay and I've probably broken even or maybe they have appreciated slightly, so maybe not so extravagant after all!

ELM327 · 09-07-2020 5:02pm

50k on a Tesla model S.
Before that it was 15k on a 60's american car, and similar on a 80's rolls royce.

I like cars.

JohnnyFlash · 09-07-2020 5:06pm

I own a racehorse. Patchy form so far, and outgoings are significantly greater than prize money.

I’m also a member of one of Dublin’s more prestigious links golf courses.

Church on Tuesday · 09-07-2020 5:07pm

kowloon wrote: »

Once you've had one you can never go back to regular eggs.

"If you eat caviar every day, it's difficult to return to sausages."

09-07-2020 5:07pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

That's something I'd do, also. I'm paranoid about getting one of those turkey necks. I have eye wrinkles due to years of squinting when I should be wearing glasses, but it's the sagging I really dread. You have nothing to worry about, though, having the countenance of a young but somehow wise child.

Or jowls

Clazbeag · 09-07-2020 5:16pm

Brunch (all of this pre Covid). I'd happily go out to a place with friends and get egg, avocado and sourdough and spend €15 when I know I could make it for a €5 at home. Instead we get some good coffee or a cocktail, and enjoy a couple of hours catching up somewhere nice. It can often tip into a few drinks afterwards so a "brunch day" could end up costing about €75 quid all in!!!! It would only be once a month and I wouldn't swop it for the life of me:)

Necro · 09-07-2020 5:18pm

My car is my biggest extravagance tbh, and it's not that fancy

Got a job which required an 130km round trip to get to daily and had a crap car so took out a loan and forked out for a new one.

Love it really though, even though I'm now back only 15 mins drive from work!

09-07-2020 5:19pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Or jowls

We're lucky in this regard, at least we have the option of getting rid of them. I know it's only a first-world problem but if you had jowls or turkey-neck in the 1990s, you had it for life. I'm glad that cosmetic surgery has lost its stigma, there is no valid reason for anyone to feel bad about improving their self confidence.

Kamu · 09-07-2020 5:43pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

We're lucky in this regard, at least we have the option of getting rid of them. I know it's only a first-world problem but if you had jowls or turkey-neck in the 1990s, you had it for life. I'm glad that cosmetic surgery has lost its stigma, there is no valid reason for anyone to feel bad about improving their self confidence.

Absolutely not, if it makes the person feel better about themselves they should have no hesitation (besides the fact it is a medical procedure) with undertaking cosmetic surgery.

However I know first hand how addictive it can become, or in other terms, how it may change a person's mindset.

Girl from school had a birthmark and spider veins removed. She later started to get her lips done. Got her nose done and was adamant that was it.
She started getting Botox last year and there are talks of her getting her breasts done next year.

I've no doubt it won't end there. It's sad to see really.

SnowyMay · 09-07-2020 6:01pm

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

Hey! The expensive ones I used to buy were Wolford. Sadly, I can’t afford them anymore but actually, a make I really like isn’t actually that expensive is Gipsy. They are very keenly priced and are good quality. I get them on ASOS mostly though I’m sure they have their own site. I agree that Falke are not great. By cheapo ones, I mean that I never buy tights in Penneys or Dunnes. They are just not worth the low price. M&S is pretty decent for them but my rec would be Gipsy.

I love tights. I’m so glad I live in a country that is cold enough that wearing them isn’t gross and sweaty most of the time. :pac:

Thank you. I will investigate these! Off to do some online shopping!

Ok - on topic - sometimes I spend too much on online clothes and electronics shopping. I only got into in last year and.. well - it’s dangerous for somebody with impulse control problems like me.

Garzard · 09-07-2020 11:33pm

Scale model kits - few things I look forward to more than sitting down on a weekend night with a few beers, a decent film in the background and putting together a historic piece of engineering; mainly German vehicles and tanks from WW2. Some companies have recently released kits with full interiors, engines and automotive components to be assembled, adding to the challenge and joy of it - done properly and with patience, the kits look fantastic when finished. Have a fair collection built up now!

Wibbs · 10-07-2020 7:20am

At the start of the lockdown stuff a mate of mine into the scale models who's into that(and bloody good at it) sent me a couple to keep me occupied. WW2 planes(was never into tanks really). Hadn't put one together since I was a kid, so the first effort was a bit meh. Then he gave a loan of an airbrush and after viewing a load of youtubes on the subject the second one was better, the third is the only kit I ever built that doesn't immediately look like a lump of badly painted plastic. I can definitely see the appeal, though I'm a bit impatient so...

Ultrflat · 10-07-2020 7:29am

Does spending €1800.00 on a longines watch for my ex wife count.

To be fair tho its a damm nice watch

antodeco · 10-07-2020 8:37am

For me, cars and watches. Currently have a collection of cars and and a collection of watches. Easily 6 figure sums at this stage...

Garzard · 10-07-2020 6:09pm

Wibbs wrote: »

I can definitely see the appeal, though I'm a bit impatient so...

Don't you muck about with watchmaking though? :pac:

All that fandango · 10-07-2020 6:33pm

blue note wrote:

For a wedding gift from my wife I got a new golf club for â‚¬400. The logic was that it's the only excuse I'll have to spend that on a golf club, but to be honest there's no real justification for spending that on one club. It's a disgraceful price. And I won't be doing it again any time soon.

So wait you bought your own wedding present from your wife?

Deadmou5e · 10-07-2020 6:34pm

Gave up gambling 16 years ago and put a €5er away in a jar every day (a lot less than I used to lose gambling) and said I’d treat myself once I got to 1000 days so bought a Rolex with it. Still have it and only wear it for special occasions.

Josh. · 10-07-2020 6:51pm

Turkey Teeth when i eventually get them

As johnny rotten was fond of saying , the only toothbrush I seen growing up was for cleaning my boots

Between that and accidents and addiction they'll need to be replaced

bitofabind · 10-07-2020 7:10pm

Boob job. Not the sexy kind, I had them reduced. Cost a small fortune and the immediate aftermath was pretty intense. Life changing though, wish I'd done it sooner for the emotional aspect of having boobs I don't feel I need to hide all the time, being able to exercise without taking an eye out and being able to wear cute little tops and not feel like some sort of inappropriate porn star.

Wibbs · 10-07-2020 10:33pm

Ultrflat wrote: »

Does spending €1800.00 on a longines watch for my ex wife count.

To be fair tho its a damm nice watch

Good choice of maker. Come over to the watches forum and we can focus the extravagance on yourself. *chant* Join us...

Ever since I was a kid I was a longines man, because my dad was. Helluva history going on there, more than many of the other big brands in many areas. One of my Longines says hello, all the way from 1916*.

So they do last long enough like...

And one of the most accurate mechanical watches I own. Wearing it now. Though about as waterproof as a teabag.

Garzard wrote: »

Don't you muck about with watchmaking though? :pac:

Oh I have dabbled G. With much twitching, eye strain and cursing.

It did help I must say with assembling tiny parts. They're much bigger than most watch parts. And helped hand painting a 3mm high skull and crossbones on the bomb(and later some German writing) as was the fashion in them days. US bombs could have essays chalked on them.

*one of those ones I picked up for feck all(around a 100 quid IIRC) in those preinterwebs days when it was just an "old watch". Removed the original radium glow in the dark stuff(dangerous stuff) and repainted it with modern Seiko goo and it glows in the dark like a mofo. It showed me how skilled those original women dial painters really were. Took me ages.

Garzard · 10-07-2020 11:33pm

Wibbs wrote: »

Good choice of maker. Come over to the watches forum and we can focus the extravagance on yourself. *chant* Join us... Ever since I was a kid I was a longines man, because my dad was. Helluva history going on there, more than many of the other big brands in many areas. One of my Longines says hello, all the way from 1916*.

So they do last long enough like... And one of the most accurate mechanical watches I own. Wearing it now. Though about as waterproof as a teabag.

Oh I have dabbled G. With much twitching, eye strain and cursing. It did help I must say with assembling tiny parts. They're much bigger than most watch parts. And helped hand painting a 3mm high skull and crossbones on the bomb(and later some German writing) as was the fashion in them days. US bombs could have essays chalked on them.

*one of those ones I picked up for feck all(around a 100 quid IIRC) in those preinterwebs days when it was just an "old watch". Removed the original radium glow in the dark stuff(dangerous stuff) and repainted it with modern Seiko goo and it glows in the dark like a mofo. It showed me how skilled those original women dial painters really were. Took me ages.

Might start looking at getting a watch - I've gone without one for years and never really been on my radar. They're definitely a nice treat though!

And that Stuka is a fantastic build, some planes just always make for a beautiful kit. And it takes some steady hand it takes to do those Jolly Roger markings and the like.

I started off when I was a teenager doing aircraft, still build the odd one like the Argentine Skyhawks in the photo link below but I'm mostly doing 1/35 scale tanks these days. I'm probably unusual to have model building as a hobby for my age (26) though one of my best mates is equally in love with it.

Now they're a pure money pit especially when it's a frequent hobby, but it's become a much easier thing to master IMO in the last few years with the introduction of dedicated, excellent quality paints for whichever war theatre, as well as weathering and tutorials.

Here's a few I've done over the last year:

11-07-2020 12:15am

The watch forum is like porn for me because I have a thing for a good solid wrist and forearm.

YFlyer · 11-07-2020 12:21am

Did the early season 12 pubs of Christmas. Had to spend €9 plus per joint before buying a drink. Was like Santa and Rudolf at the end.

Bobblehats · 11-07-2020 12:23am

That would be my unyielding, effervescent panache.

YFlyer · 11-07-2020 12:39am

Bobblehats wrote: »

That would be my unyielding, effervescent panache.

It be a disaster for the young bucks. Better they stayed for the long haul in each location.

Wibbs · 11-07-2020 10:02am

Deleted User wrote: »

The watch forum is like porn for me because I have a thing for a good solid wrist and forearm.

I'd be no use then as a wristorexic.

Funny enough with vintage watches and straps you can see how larger men have gotten over the last hundred years. I'd not have particularly thin wrists say 80 years ago. I knew someone years back in the rag trade who was into collecting vintage dresses and the like and she had a collection going back into the 19th century and I remember her commenting on how tiny framed women used to be as well.

Wibbs · 11-07-2020 10:07am

Garzard wrote: »

I'm probably unusual to have model building as a hobby for my age (26) though one of my best mates is equally in love with it.

Yeah I kinda assumed it was more for old farts like me trying to recreate their childhoods when they were the toy for young kids, but was surprised to find that quite a percentage of younger guys and the occasional gal were into it too. Seems to be mad popular in Europe particularly Eastern Europe among the younger set.

What is your biggest extravagance?

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