The first luxury item you bought?
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Duds13
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That's a beauty
Duds13
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Love it!
kenmbz
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I bicycled to my first 4 jobs, farthest was 8 miles each way. I didn't get my license until I was 18 as I could not afford a car or insurance.
Having a nice Fuji road bike was a real change up from the hand me downs I had previously.
masseyrider
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Much of my stereo equipment over the years has been Yamaha.
My first major component was if I remember the model number CR-2020.
It was a monster in beautiful rosewood with a brushed aluminum front.
One of the things I miss from the beast is analog tuning.
The tuner was excellent and picked up stations that modern digital tuners want nothing to do with.
I liked listening to AM signals at night from pretty much every corner of North America.
One of the stations was for truckers. Guys would call in with what was going on, song requests etc. It was interesting to hear weather reports from Florida to Alaska and everywhere in between.
And I built my own speaker boxes with my electrical shop teacher.
He was big on Electro Voice speakers.
The ones we installed were 15" woofers, with horn mid range and tweeter which were all concert grade.
Looked kind of ridiculous in my bedroom being dresser size before I got my own place.
They still sound great.
The ex didn't like them because they took so much space and didn't match the furniture.
My first major component was if I remember the model number CR-2020.
It was a monster in beautiful rosewood with a brushed aluminum front.
One of the things I miss from the beast is analog tuning.
The tuner was excellent and picked up stations that modern digital tuners want nothing to do with.
I liked listening to AM signals at night from pretty much every corner of North America.
One of the stations was for truckers. Guys would call in with what was going on, song requests etc. It was interesting to hear weather reports from Florida to Alaska and everywhere in between.
And I built my own speaker boxes with my electrical shop teacher.
He was big on Electro Voice speakers.
The ones we installed were 15" woofers, with horn mid range and tweeter which were all concert grade.
Looked kind of ridiculous in my bedroom being dresser size before I got my own place.
They still sound great.
The ex didn't like them because they took so much space and didn't match the furniture.
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dodge man
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Small world, my first good bike was a Fuji. I also rode it to work which I bet was a similar distance, about 8 miles.
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We had been married for a few months and bought a washer and dryer to put in our trailer. Wife and I stood and watched the first load cycle thru with the lid up. Then put the clothes in the dryer and waited until they were dry.
It was 1974!
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It was 1974!
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paulsharvey
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So, ill give a couple "luxary" items we have/used to have/whatever, that arent really expensive, but beyond the most basic
1) black peper grinder. Not expensive, but sure beats the old plain dried powdered pepper in a can
2) real butter and a butter boat; so much better than "artifical butter inspired gel oil spread"
3) espresso maker; not even high end, they can be $500+, but for like $90, one of the pod ones, and discount pods
4) cold water and ice maker on fridge
Nothing big, but minor, things you use every single day
1) black peper grinder. Not expensive, but sure beats the old plain dried powdered pepper in a can
2) real butter and a butter boat; so much better than "artifical butter inspired gel oil spread"
3) espresso maker; not even high end, they can be $500+, but for like $90, one of the pod ones, and discount pods
4) cold water and ice maker on fridge
Nothing big, but minor, things you use every single day
paulsharvey
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I heard it referred to as "touch points" in vehicles/tractors. The things you touch, every day, are the things that make a difference. Not huge, but the little things that you interact with, dont have to be big upgrades, but a dozen tiny things you touch/use multiple times per day, are often a bigger thing than a single big item.
You're going to make coffee twice a day. every day, until you die; have a coffee maker and coffee you like
You're going to sleep in a bed 1/4 of your living hours, so make sure its comfortable
You will spend 1/12 of your life and 1/8th of you're waking hours in a vehicle, let it be something you like
Heck, yall dont want to hear or admit it; but your phone. Your going to use your phone dozens of times, between text, call, videos, emails, games.
You're going to make coffee twice a day. every day, until you die; have a coffee maker and coffee you like
You're going to sleep in a bed 1/4 of your living hours, so make sure its comfortable
You will spend 1/12 of your life and 1/8th of you're waking hours in a vehicle, let it be something you like
Heck, yall dont want to hear or admit it; but your phone. Your going to use your phone dozens of times, between text, call, videos, emails, games.
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