Worth every penny
A cool list of 30 things that are expensive but worth it. I rank 13/30.
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October 20th, 2013 at 11:56 am
I am not a Keurig fan.
October 20th, 2013 at 12:55 pm
I have only three of those things if the hard drive on my laptop is an SSD. The others are Benjamin Moore paint (although it’s not as good as it used to be in Illinois because “green”) and, of course, knives. I’m totally queer for knives.
October 20th, 2013 at 2:33 pm
It’s super easy to get addicted to kitchen knives.
October 20th, 2013 at 2:46 pm
Got a nice set of ceramic knives. Can’t use them as screwdrivers or pry bars, but you shouldn’t be doing that anyway.
I don’t do coffee at all, fiance does but it has to be decaffeinated or she becomes a little blurry around the edges.
I have a magnetic HD but backups on 8G micro SDs, which are real easy to not find.
About time for a new mattress, though. Much shopping to do.
October 20th, 2013 at 4:07 pm
You know, Walmart makes and sells a memory foam mattress for $300 that sleeps just as well as a $2000 one. Having delivered mattresses in college, I was a skeptic. But I took a chance on it for $300 with the idea that it would become the guest room mattress if it was no good. 2 years later I’m still sleeping like it’s the $2000 tempur pedic that I once delivered.
October 20th, 2013 at 5:25 pm
I’m also 13 for 30….but I must say we got a set of nice high-thread count sheets, and YEAH they’re soft and nice…but they RIP like crazy. My expensive sheets and currently being cut into gun rags and bore patches.
They DO make a LOT of nice patches and rags. But it simply isn’t worth the short lifespan and cost for bedding.
I will say some nice flannel sheets if you live where it gets cold is 100X nicer than those Egyptian cotton sheets ever were. And a bunch cheaper!
October 20th, 2013 at 7:40 pm
12 of 30 here, and radar detectors ARE worth every penny… just sayin…
October 20th, 2013 at 7:57 pm
“You know, Walmart makes and sells a memory foam mattress for $300 that sleeps just as well as a $2000 one.”
Which one? That’s one I’m lacking. Need it for a king.
October 20th, 2013 at 7:57 pm
Weerd, get the egyptian cotton. No rips and you can get a $600 set on amazon for like $70.
October 21st, 2013 at 12:13 am
LASIK was the best money I ever spent. It’s been 15 years since the procedure and I’m still glasses-free.
October 21st, 2013 at 12:15 am
14/30
I see I’m not the only fan of fine cutlery here. Though it sucks when your dinner guest takes the Brillo end of the sponge to the mirror finish of your Solingen steel. Ugh. Anyone have any tips for getting those scratches out? Brasso did nothing.
Weerd, hold off on those sheets until the spit-up stops. Your sheets will spend more time in the washer than your mattress.
October 21st, 2013 at 12:21 am
8,9,16,17,20,24, and of course, 30.
I will stick with flannel sheets here in der mountains.
October 21st, 2013 at 3:15 am
TS at 11. If it’s a true mirror finish, only the factory can restore it. It takes a high speed buffer with the blade held on a jig. A very dangerous procedure — nothing to try to home. Professional knifemakers do not do it, they supply a satin finish with their belts. Rubbing the scratches out by hand with jeweler’s rouge is possible with a lot of work but it will give you a cloudy finish, not a true mirror finish. I have read about the vaunted Japanese water stones but I have no personal experience with them, and the information is that Japanese sword polishing, where they’re used, is a highly skilled art done only by a handful of people.
October 21st, 2013 at 7:04 am
huh – that was mainly a list of things I don’t need (dyson – no carpets; lasik – nope; amazon premium member – wrong country; electric toothbrush? are you serious; water flosser??? Some people have way too much money … etc etc etc)
October 21st, 2013 at 7:07 am
TS: Thanks man! I’m still new at this and hadn’t thought about that part!
Right now I’m washing crib sheets because my little stringbean doesn’t fit well into the newborn diapers and somebody sprung a leak!
October 21st, 2013 at 8:08 am
Spa Sensations 8″ Memory Foam Mattress, Multiple Sizes
October 21st, 2013 at 10:39 am
Thanks nk! I was incorrect to call it a mirror finish- it is satin. Still any effort to do this by hand seems not worth it. I think it will seek out a pro with a buffer.
I recall talking with a Japanese sword collector about polishing. He told me sword making was a 7 year apprenticeship, and sword polishing was a 14 year apprenticeship. Or something along those lines.
October 21st, 2013 at 2:45 pm
@OldNFO radar detectors ARE worth every penny
Oh heck yeah! My Escort is always right up there in the radar tests. Don’t want to be leader of the high speed pack though. Let the other guy be the zappee. 🙂
German steel in this houses kitchen, right above the Keurig.
October 22nd, 2013 at 5:02 pm
YETI Coolers: built for life, warranteed for 5 years, cost several hundred dollars.
I have an Igloo Playmate cooler, purchased in 1985 and used from the Canadian border to the Yucatan, which still works just fine.
Sure it doesn’t keep ice solid for 3 days, but paying huge amounts for extreme performance that isn’t ever used is conspicuous consumption at its finest.
As for radar detectors, current radar works in 0.25 second or less; laser detectors are even harder to detect than microwave ones. Can you slow down that fast?