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Darth_Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 03:47 PM
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"Impractical" purchases/hobbies YOU don't regret......
paying for. :)

Sure you could be squirrelling away money (which I'll admit is VERY smart!!) :evilgrin:, but what do you spend money on that could be put to "better" use. :think:

Me, my tiel, Murphee, Sure I didn't "have" to buy her, I have debts to pay off, things for the apartment I need to buy, but I don't regret buying her. She's my last "big purchase" I'll be making for the next few months, and she gives me a lot of love. :bounce:
:hug: :)
:loveya:
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 03:48 PM
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1. My Guitars
ROCK ON!!!!!....dude.
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nono Donating Member (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 03:58 PM
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2. My 1950 Dodge
My Sunday car.
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Ladyhawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 04:17 PM
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3. Of all things, my tattoo
Probably because it is something indelible, something that can never be taken away from me...at least not without causing somebody else a LOT of trouble. :)
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BlackVelvet Donating Member (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 04:21 PM
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4. Books
lots and lots of books.
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Darth_Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 04:40 PM
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7. How are your babies, LadyHawk?
:)
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 04:34 PM
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5. a set of pricey sunglasses
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 04:39 PM
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6. Ha...my buddy spent $300 buck on sunglasses...
Left them on his jobsite...spent another $300 that weekend his dog knocked them off the dock into the lake!

He had to go swimming for an hour to find them...too much money for me to spend on sunglasses!
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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 04:48 PM
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8. $900 range hood
In a $37,000 house. The contractor thought I was crazy, "You can get a perfectly good range hood for under $100." But it's copper and beautiful and it just about sucks the lids off the pots so I can cook anything without smelling up the house. I've never regretted it.
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DuctapeFatwa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 05:55 PM
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9. books, old chinese embroidery, and of course, the reindeer fur boots

My rationalization is, if I had saved the money, and waited ten years, I would still want the same books, the same embroidery, and ok, ok, the same reindeer fur boots, but they would all cost more, so taking the long view, I saved money.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 05:58 PM
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10. Books are my guilty pleasure
I have too many and I've probably not read half of them. But you could start a progressive library with my collection. I need to stop buying them so I can catch up on the reading.

Next up - Paul Krugman's "The Great Unraveling", but I just bought "Fast Food Nation" yesterday
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DisgustipatedinCA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 05:58 PM
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11. Photography
A digital SLR, several lenses, and all of the trimmings. It doesn't make financial sense, but it helps me to find a center in myself, or at least to get closer.
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alwynsw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 05:59 PM
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12. A Colt .45 ACP Government Model
Yup. It a handgun. Semi-auto, even. I target shoot.

(Guns in rational hands are no threat.)
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 06:04 PM
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13. My 12 inch powerbook Macintosh computer
that I bought for a very significant birthday....

I had a relatively good winblows machine but I was of the impression that this birthday needed to be observed in a more significant way than normal. I had been eyeing the Mac each time ventured into the Apple store.

I love my Mac and don't regret it even when I make the monthly payments.


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alwynsw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 06:08 PM
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15. I'm getting to the age that ALL birthdays are significant
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 06:07 PM
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14. Um.....what does sniper kitty think of the tiel? n/t
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earthman dave Donating Member (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 07:06 PM
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16. Novation Supernova II synth
I hardly ever play, and i can hardly play at all, but hey, the dirty distorted analogue synth sounds have to be heard to be believed - very very nice to just fek about with after a spliff :)
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