What is your #1 Luxury craving... [Archive] - Straight Dope Message Board

Stoid

11-13-2010, 12:28 PM

the one thing you want that is currently outside your financial reach. The thing that you consistently, passionately desire, if anything. Not passing fancies, the first place you go when you think of the lottery win. (After giving it away and so forth...the first personal inulgence.)

Mine has been the same my whole life long: a pool. My own pool. I love looking at real estate porn here in LA, but all I really do is go for the pool shot. Yeah, the space the location the decor...nice, I'd like it, great kitchen, blah blah...but the thing that gives me an ache in my chest is the pool. The bigger, the more it makes me ache. If it's pretty and surrounded by beautiful landscaping I could almost cry.

I could be very happy with everything else as long as I had a pool of my own. A big one, heated year round. If I had that I would never wish for anything pricey again.

(And before you say it I'd grow bored with it, no I wouldn't. I rented a house with a pool for a few years, a tiny, pain in the ass pool. And I NEVER tired of it. I'd pay the big bucks to heat it in winter so I could swim.)

Silvorange

11-13-2010, 12:33 PM

On a smaller scale, I would like a bigger, fancier TV than I have any jusification for buying even if I had the money.

On a larger scale, I want to build a LARP town with all kinds of built-in coolness, like fog machines and tunnels.

carlotta

11-13-2010, 12:43 PM

Travel!

This would be an indulgence of time as well as money, as I have three young children and they don't really fit well into my fantasies of wandering around letting my attention be drawn by this and then that.

These days just a weekend trip a few hours away is a luxury not to be dreamed of. Heck I even sweat the price of the gas it takes to get to the other end of town, sigh.

Cat Whisperer

11-13-2010, 12:48 PM

NinetyWt

11-13-2010, 12:49 PM

A big piece of land. 80 to 100 acres in the woods, with a tiny little cabin in the middle. A place for hubby to run a few cows and have a big truck garden. That would be heaven.

Hanna

11-13-2010, 12:50 PM

A really, really nice RV.

even sven

11-13-2010, 12:53 PM

Fancy cosmetics and expensive new clothes.

Rhiannon8404

11-13-2010, 01:06 PM

Travel. I have fantasies of heading to the airport and asking, "What's your next international flight out of here?" "Where do you want to go?" "Where ever the next flight is headed."

emmaliminal

11-13-2010, 01:23 PM

Small: I have wanted permanent laser leg-hair removal since I first heard it existed. Though I have to admit I'm less interested now that I live in a cold climate and am getting older.I have more leg hair than many men, it's dark and my skin is pale, and I get ghastly ingrown hairs with every type of hair removal I've ever tried.

Big: I'd LOVE to have an architect-designed house built to my specs. Ross Chapin (http://www.rosschapin.com/) would be my preferred architect. It'd be super-efficient, passive solar, small (under 2000 sq ft), detailed, maybe straw-bale construction, with many custom features including an indoor-outdoor rabbit habitat with a cat-flap type door leading into the kitchen. Built-in bookshelves with sliding glass doors everywhere. Everything designed for sensible use of space and easy cleaning, but also nice to look at -- my preferred style is a sort of hybrid of Craftsman, Shingle, Shaker, and modern. Clean lines, good proportions, no frou-frou. The bedroom would be a sort of bump-out above the top floor with windows on all sides and skylights, just big enough for a king-size bed, like a permanent tent. A different room would hold clothes closets and drawers and a washer and dryer. The house would be sited on a gorgeous piece of non-manicured land through which a stream runs, lots of wildlife, far from any urban noise, and within easy walking distance of nice coffee shops and other civilized amenities. Haven't quite worked out the logistics on that last part yet.

Gatopescado

11-13-2010, 01:32 PM

V-12 Ferrari.

Absolute

11-13-2010, 01:54 PM

A Cessna Corvalis TT (http://cessna.com/single-engine/cessna-400.html).

Can I have more money than that? A Pilatus PC-12 (http://www.pilatus-aircraft.com/) (click PC-12 NG in the upper left).

This was a great reminder for me to get off the damn SDMB and get back to work.

maplekiwi

11-13-2010, 01:55 PM

To have my garden landscaped. I hate looking at the mess it is now.

alphaboi867

11-13-2010, 02:00 PM

An indoor swimming pool with adjacent hot tub and sauna. My grandparents had an indoor pool (no hot bub or sauna) in their basement. Swimming was a normal part of Chrismas for us kids when I was little. After my grandfather's stoke/accident at the lake cottage he went into a coma and the upkeep was just too much for granny. Even after my brother & his wife moved in with her he never got around to reopening the pool (but he did put a hot tub in). The pool was fixed until after she died and even that was only because they sold the house.

dzero

11-13-2010, 02:26 PM

powered sail plane. I've always wanted a glider but never liked the idea of needing a tow.

LouisB

11-13-2010, 02:40 PM

A custom designed and built home on a lake. Has to have an indoor-outdoor swimming pool and a billiard table, a snooker table, and a pool table. And concubines. Lots and lots of concubines.

aruvqan

11-13-2010, 02:44 PM

california jobcase

11-13-2010, 02:45 PM

A (hot) maid- just someone to clean house, do my laundry, and go away. Every day. Maybe from Alabama or Ohio.

Seriously. I'm pretty much a slob.

SecondJudith

11-13-2010, 02:46 PM

A three-bedroom house with a garden (or at least a patio; somewhere to sit and drink outside in the summer) in London. In Zone 1. Preferably in the City so I can walk to work.

Sattua

11-13-2010, 03:02 PM

A very large greenhouse attached to the house, with a swimming pool in it (and also a koi pond). I've always wanted a pool since I was a child... and I have recurring dreams that happen in large, beautiful greenhouses. Being able to grow delicate plants year round would be lovely.

carlotta

11-13-2010, 06:04 PM

A (hot) maid- just someone to clean house, do my laundry, and go away. Every day. Maybe from Alabama or Ohio.

Seriously. I'm pretty much a slob.

Why from Alabama or Ohio? Is that where all the best maids come from? Does "clean house" or "do laundry" or "go away" have some extra meaning I don't know? I'm always finding out that there are dirty connotations for what sound like the most innocent expressions to me.

Kolga

11-13-2010, 06:25 PM

A house. I rent, and fantasize daily about owning my own home, with a yard large enough for a garden, a basement for canning and growing stuff indoors in the winter and doing crafts, near enough to work that I could walk or bike (or near to a light-rail station, since there's one right at the school).

Hari Seldon

11-13-2010, 06:37 PM

If I won the lottery (although as I tell people, I always win by not playing), or better had I asked Sergei to let me know if he ever started a company to exploit his idea for a great new search engine--I am not kidding--the only change I would make in my life style would be that whenever I flew I would go first class.

Had I been a founder of Google, then I would want a private jet.

Fear Itself

11-13-2010, 06:44 PM

A stem cell transplant for my wife.

salinqmind

11-13-2010, 07:29 PM

A big old beach house by the ocean. Maybe a Queen Anne style, all white and sky blue with with a turret, gingerbread carving, a fabulous antique weathervane, stained glass windows, wide wraparound porch with rocking chairs and huge pots of non-stop begonias, geraniums, fuschia. White curtains, wood floors, fireplaces, books. A cliche, I suppose, but I once spent happy summers in such a house. Oh, I'd have a big old grill and every weekend all my friends would come over for grilled seafood and steak, with bushels of fruits and veggies I'd bought just that morning at the farmer's market. We'd spend happy evenings on the enormous screened in porch, gathered around an outdoor fireplace. A glass of Pinot Grigio? Perhaps a Sam Adams Oatmeal Stout? Grey Goose on the rocks with a twist? Thanks, don't mind if I do!

My twenty cats and five dogs (that I would acquire) and I would be very happy and comfy there...That's my country getaway.

I would also have a nice penthouse apartment in the city, waaaaay up high, views to die for through my west-facing glass wall. I would have a book full of menus from every restaurant in the city, and I would order food sent in for every meal, and never have to cook a thing. One wall would be taken up by a humongous, professionally maintained salt-water aquarium which would enchant and mesmerize my many visitors. That's my little city place, convenient for walking to the many concerts, theaters, movie houses, and clubs I'd be checking out.

Drain Bead

11-13-2010, 08:07 PM

Not that we don't have the money for this, but it's so frivolous that we'll never do it...but I REALLY want a hot tub. One of the ones with little TVs in it.

I also want a chauffeur. That one we really can't afford.

Lucky 13

11-13-2010, 08:10 PM

A designer wardrobe (including a Hermes Kelly bag and lots of Chanel) and custom-made shoes. My feet are small and relatively wide, and it's hard to find size 6E shoes that are within my budget. So if I could afford it, I would totally have custom-made shoes for every occasion, and never have to complain about aching feet again.

River Hippie

11-13-2010, 08:19 PM

A $5,000 an hour hooker.

Ever since I heard Elliot Spitzer had a $4,000 an hour hooker, I've wanted one that was $1,000 an hour more.

divemaster

11-13-2010, 08:32 PM

Rare books in horror/mystery/weird fiction. First editions from Poe, Stoker, etc. and some of the sci-fi greats. Stuff like that.

I've got a couple of nice collections but even the most collectible books on my shelf are in the rather modest range (couple thou). But when I see those rarities costing many thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars -- I WANT.

hogarth

11-13-2010, 08:37 PM

Not going to work in the morning.

Markxxx

11-13-2010, 08:37 PM

Teeth I would love to get all my teeth capped so I could have a beautiful smile

2nd would be a new car. I never had one. I've had cars but they've always been used. I don't care what kind of car, it could be a Yugo, but just once before I die, I'd like to own a brand new car

salinqmind

11-13-2010, 08:41 PM

Of course my big city pad and beach retreat would come equipped with a chauffeur. When Mr. Sali needs a box of Ho-Hos at 10 at night, I could just have Raymondo scoot up to the 7-11. Take me grocery shopping (and bring all the stuff into the house). Drive my mom to the doctor's on a snowy day. Weekend trip to the casino, road trip to Florida, take the kids back to college - Oh, I would be SO happy to never have to drive ever again! No $5,000 hooker could possibly bring such pleasure, unless she had a driver's license, too.

drachillix

11-13-2010, 08:53 PM

Dinner every night at the sushi bar

housekeeper

SpoilerVirgin

11-13-2010, 08:59 PM

A house in Belgrave Square (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23675534-record-100m-price-tag-on-london-house.do).

Girl From Mars

11-14-2010, 02:18 AM

My own hairdresser, to dry/style it every morning. Head massages are probably required as well.

DrDeth

11-14-2010, 02:20 AM

My own home. And, I am working on it.

Commissar

11-14-2010, 03:04 AM

Unprocessed black caviar, straight from Iran. Seriously, that is all that I want. If the stuff did not cost approximately $10,000 per kilogram, I would have been perfectly happy working the blue-collar jobs.

GuanoLad

11-14-2010, 03:21 AM

A Film Production Studio for me and my friends to make our own projects at our own pace in our own way.

And maybe some funding for the productions themselves, without the need to actually make a profit in return, though we would probably be able to achieve that anyway because we're so talented. Ahem.

Broomstick

11-14-2010, 03:48 AM

Airplane(s).

I miss flying....

Antigen

11-14-2010, 04:58 AM

A vacation.

KarlGrenze

11-14-2010, 06:37 AM

Expensive clothes... Heck, even Banana Republic or Zara clothes. I love them, and I really like how Zara style fits me. And a lot of expensive lotions and shower gels.

IvoryTowerDenizen

11-14-2010, 06:50 AM

A house by the ocean. Somewhat private and one where I can hear the crashing waves in my bedroom. It could be a two room cabin or small bungalow, but it must be on the ocean (Atlantic preferably).

Teacake

11-14-2010, 07:26 AM

Travel. I would track down our old motorhome, buy him back, have him made completely perfect, then we'd take off again, leaving everything behind... and this time we wouldn't have to come back. I dream of it every day.

Bam Boo Gut

11-14-2010, 07:40 AM

msmith537

11-14-2010, 08:06 AM

Not going to work in the morning.

Actually, that one is fairly doable in this economy!:D

I'm thinking I'd like a ridiculous Manhattan penthouse appartment. Maybe near Central Park except I like the Soho/West Village area a bit better.

Hello Again

11-14-2010, 10:57 AM

I had to give this some thought, but if money were no object, I would want a live-in housekeeper who would also make me breakfast every morning. I would never do laundry or dishes or clean the toilet ever again.

I like to cook, so I wouldn't want a permanent cook -- but I never get up early enough to deal with breakfast. I get sick of yogurt and reheated oatmeal.

panache45

11-14-2010, 10:59 AM

Cosmetic surgery. My partner swears I don't need it . . . but I know better.

Katriona

11-14-2010, 11:04 AM

A Birkin. And one of everything in every color from Nars, Smashbox, and BeneFit.

E. Thorp

11-14-2010, 11:08 AM

I'd fly first class every time.

gallows fodder

11-14-2010, 04:01 PM

A really nice digital camera, and a really nice sewing machine.

Rhythmdvl

11-14-2010, 04:10 PM

I'd like a little something from Magrathea. Preferably with fjords, but I'm not that picky.

SaharaTea

11-14-2010, 04:18 PM

My own hairdresser, to dry/style it every morning. Head massages are probably required as well.
Beyond the usual "new house, no job," this is what I'd want too. I have naturally curly/frizzy hair and hate it. I envy women who can afford professional blowouts every week.

supergalactic

11-14-2010, 04:58 PM

Dinner every night at the sushi bar

Can I join you?

supergalactic

11-14-2010, 04:59 PM

An off-the-grid self sufficient home. Solar, composting, the works.

tumbleddown

11-14-2010, 05:00 PM

I would love to have an annuity, $50,000 per year for the rest of my life, and a small property in Arizona with a small house and garden on it that is custom designed to deal with my various handicaps that I own outright, no mortgage or liens, on 1 scre of land with a good deep well, with the entire acre fenced in with 10" tall chain link fence and a gate that operates by a keycard thingy.
This works for me, though I need the house to be designed for both accessibility and eco-friendliness, I need the fence to be something more elegant than chain link, perhaps reclaimed timber, and I need the property somewhere in a far suburban ring in the western side of the Carolinas. Also? A Prius.

california jobcase

11-14-2010, 05:16 PM

Carlotta- I was referencing the Neil Young songs A Man Needs A Maid, Ohio, and Alabama and a National Lampoon parody thereof.

(hot) is just so she'd be a pleasant sight.

Sassy

11-14-2010, 05:56 PM

Custom made clothing & books - lots and lots of books!

jsgoddess

11-14-2010, 05:57 PM

I want to be warm all the time.

Cat Whisperer

11-14-2010, 06:05 PM

Custom made clothing and shoes is a good one, too. I've spent a lifetime in hand-me-downs and clearance rack clothes; it doesn't bother me much, but clothes that fit ME perfectly, made exactly the way I want them - I can't even imagine how that would be.

brainstall

11-14-2010, 06:09 PM

So many things... the country estate would be nice, lots of acres of nature and privacy and a comfy home with a handyman and a maid.

I think most immediately I would buy a vehicle that comfortably fits me and my three dogs and all my dog training equipment. With power everything.

Tess Trueheart

11-14-2010, 07:21 PM

I like the suggestions of a new car (I've always driven one 10 years older or more), clothes made to fit you specifically, and a ton of makeup to play with... but my number 1 has to be a piano. A beautiful grand in an all (or mostly) white/light colored room so that the piano is clearly the star of the space.

lorene

11-14-2010, 07:43 PM

I was going to say the usual new house, new Birkin, bunch o' Chanel. But now

A stem cell transplant for my wife.

I want a stem cell transplant for Fear Itself's wife. :(

elbows

11-14-2010, 07:45 PM

I'd never own anything again, especially not a pool.

I'd rent a cabin, on the lake I adore, for the summer, fly in by bush plane, and stay all summer.

Travel, travel, travel. Let's see, I'd go to Sri Lanka (a long cherished dream!), Egypt definitely, Australia, of course, heck, maybe even Europe. I'd just roam the world, wherever my heart desired for as long as I felt like it, then, on to the next place. Or, maybe come home to visit, but then be able to head out again as soon as the mood strikes me, now that would be heaven!

I would spend days in London, England just doing museums. For days and days, it would be heaven!

Purd Werfect

11-14-2010, 08:16 PM

A nice small and comfortable house in a quiet place. Someone to clean and cook. A digital view camera. L-series and high-end tilt and shift lenses. An original Richter and an original Rothko. Travel.

Fear Itself

11-14-2010, 08:40 PM

I want a stem cell transplant for Fear Itself's wife. :(Thank you.

AClockworkMelon

11-14-2010, 09:20 PM

Those chocolate seashell things.

I'm a man of simple tastes.

the lone cashew

11-14-2010, 09:30 PM

The option of going to the very best dentists and doctors in the world and have the unlimited funds to pay for it.

Rushgeekgirl

11-14-2010, 09:38 PM

A houseboy who doesn't speak ever and has the best back scratching skills in the world.

elfkin477

11-14-2010, 10:11 PM

A house of my own, somewhere here in town. That way I'd still be close for when my parents need me, but not this close.

BaneSidhe

11-14-2010, 11:22 PM

Have a really, really good horse trainer to come work with me and my horses.

FordTaurusSHO94

11-14-2010, 11:30 PM

A custom lake house with a Ford GT in the impressive garage.

Onomatopoeia

11-14-2010, 11:35 PM

Not going to work in the morning.Not having to go to work.

I've been working pretty much non stop since I was 15. I worked all through college without a break, and for a solid 25 years since then. It's become so much more difficult to pull the 12- to 15-hour days now that I'm pushing 50.

I know I have no right to complain, after all millions of people are out of work, but I'm just so tired.

SurrenderDorothy

11-15-2010, 12:00 AM

I've always wanted a playhouse- like a little one, me-sized.

Once me-size became pretty much regular-size (as opposed to little girl sized) I didn't stop wanting a playhouse, but now I want one for my kids. Like an amazing, opulent playhouse on the ground and a tree house. the tree house would still be pretty fancy (and safe), but not in the tiny curtains and china style that the playhouse would be.

I don't have kids yet, but it's still something I want.

Chopper9760

11-15-2010, 10:21 AM

Land, at least a section and I'd plunk my abode right in the center. I'd build all kinds of 4 wheeler trails, have game cameras and food plots everywhere. There'd be a good 1,000 yard stretch for shooting. I'd have a nice cedar smoke house and a walk-in freezer. I'd have a big silly dog, a persnickety cat, and a dirty, dirty pickup.

I'd love to build my own house but I'd be happy enough in a double wide as long as I could have the land.

Edit: Also shoes. I love shoes and boots and keens and....I would have a shoe room right next to the gun room and the library....in my double wide....*shifty eyes*

purplehorseshoe

11-15-2010, 10:46 AM

To pay someone else to scoop out the litter box and clean the toilets. (Then I'd get a couple more cats. And poop a lot! :))

villa

11-15-2010, 12:30 PM

Apart from the 100 acres of wooded mountains with a cabin in the middle that people have mentioned...

A kitchen. A dream kitchen. With a big ass 6 burner stove with griddle, and twin ovens. And a huge stainless steel fridge. And a butcher's block island. And that really cool tap to fill pots that pulls out over the stove. And counter room for every appliance I could dream of. And a full set of cookware to go with it. And someone to clean up after me.

Chopper9760

11-15-2010, 05:34 PM

mack

11-16-2010, 01:37 PM

I'd like a modest townhouse in Manhattan with a garage. Nothing huge.

Also, all my driving life I've driven either pickup trucks or wagons, first for hauling drums, and now for hauling kids. I'd love to have a little roadster.

gurujulp

11-16-2010, 01:52 PM

Glad you asked - Laurent Perrier please: http://www.laurentperrierus.com/ultrabrut/index.htm doesn't have to be this one. On the pool front, I do think I will eventually build a small plunge pool, can't have it too big since I'll want to fill it with the above beverage .... in my dreams.

Not that I have the money to throw around on this type of thing- but this doesn't seem to be all that pricey...

http://www.klwines.com/detail.asp?sku=1006280

ralph124c

11-16-2010, 02:30 PM

I'd like to wear new clothes all the time..like Jay Gatsby-I'd have a man in London buying stuff forme, and sending them over.

TruCelt

11-16-2010, 03:03 PM

Time. Complete control over how I spend my time. That represents a complex combination of wishes really, fiscal security, a housekeeper, reliable transportation, no job to get to, no chores demanding to be done, all that taken care of so that I am free to study what I want, or play with the Celtling, or even just take a frickin nap or go to the bathroom when I need to.

I want time.

kip70

11-17-2010, 04:11 PM

One from my friend, I want her to live without all her current problems with immigration and this lawsuit against her.

Zsofia

11-17-2010, 04:14 PM

A cleaning lady and personal assistant!

The Last of the Puritans

11-17-2010, 05:27 PM

Small - A Louis Vuitton bag. Not one with the logos all over it, but a beautiful, understated and classy one that would dress up what ever slobby outfit I ran out the door with that day.

Big - 1) A loft smack dab in the middle of SoHo or Greenwich (sp?) Village in New York City, with floor to ceiling windows and lots of natural light for painting. 2) An apartment in Paris or Rome with enough room for my family to come and visit whenever they want without worrying about paying for a hotel. 3) That new Astin Martin sedan or a Porsche Panarama.

Luxury cravings; you can't have just one! :D

Princhester

11-17-2010, 05:33 PM

I'm assuming that the OP is looking for a physical thing. The problem is that for me physical possessions aren't the problem. The problem is time. For example I would like a yacht and I could afford one, but I would have no time to use it if I bought it. I could quit my practice and then I'd have time, but then I couldn't afford the yacht...

cuberdon

11-17-2010, 05:41 PM

I was going to say, get my house finally fixed up, or travel, but really I think it would be this:

A (hot) maid- just someone to clean house, do my laundry, and go away. Every day. Maybe from Alabama or Ohio.

Seriously. I'm pretty much a slob.

I don't care about hotness, but if she can keep my crap put away, that's perfect.

YogSosoth

11-17-2010, 05:47 PM

I took a while to think about this, but if I had unlimited funds, I'd want a super cool house designed to my specifications.

I often get wistful looking at pictures of kitchens and bathrooms of rich people with their fancy ass sinks and whatnot. I wish I could have something like that. There would be retractable sunroofs, infinity pools with waterfalls, the shower could be turned to mist, etc. It would be grand

dobieman

11-17-2010, 06:28 PM

My compound in the wilderness. My husband and I have been making plans for it for years now (not seriously, as we'll probably never have the money to go build it properly, but it's a dream for a possible future). I think we've got a moat, three or so pools (one that you can swim into and out of the building proper), some waterfalls, a grotto, cougars on patrol, a huge habitat for endangered animals, a large rectangular house with a courtyard in the middle, a heli-pad,...it's a work in progress. :)

I would echo this sentiment but would place it up here in Alaska where I live. A nice 160-acre plot (standard homestead size) with either a creek or a lake on it. The periphery would be delineated by "NO HUNTING" signs and right below them a similar posting of "NO TRAPPING" with the standard warning that trespassers will be trapped and skinned. The land would have a feed station for ravens, some isolated suet stations for the small-smalls like weasels, squirrels, voles, foxes, etc, and an open area for willow growth fort the moose. In there somewhere would be a small cabin with a fenced area for a few dogs (dobies and pit bulls, both of which I have raised and which are extremely friendly given half a chance not to mention great hiking companions) and a nice meandering trail system.
Oh, yeah...and a big neon sign on the outskirts that tells Sarah Palin she is an idiot as well as a quitter. Just knowing it's there would drive her nuts. Uh..nuttier.

Rachellelogram

11-17-2010, 06:35 PM

A living situation without roommates. I'm 27 years old and I have never ever in my whole entire life lived in a place that was only mine. It's really the only thing I want that is totally out of reach. Rent here is out-fucking-rageous, I live paycheck to paycheck, and I can't save money because I don't make enough.

Hopefully I can make it happen once my car is paid off. 3.5 years from now... :(

Invisible Chimp

11-17-2010, 06:47 PM

In Order

1 Maid Service
2 Travel

FoieGrasIsEvil

11-17-2010, 06:58 PM

Pay off my mortgage
Travel with my children all over the world to experience other cultures/food, etc
Build an addition onto my house to make it bigger
Pay someone to properly terrace and landscape my hilly yard
Corvette ZR1 and a new Jeep Wrangler
Give to charitable causes
Invest the rest
Eat out at the best restaurants as often as possible
Quit my job forever
Buy a new, state-of-the-art computer for gaming

Ike Witt

11-17-2010, 07:15 PM

A modern 150`+ yacht.

John DiFool

11-17-2010, 07:22 PM

I'd probably split my time 50/50 between:

Long tranquil beatific trips on sail boats/ships, and

Participating in various road rallying events in a Porsche or Ferrari or something.

Wesley Clark

11-17-2010, 09:22 PM

World travel, extended sailing trips, learning aviation. Not being tied down to a job would give me freedom, and having the financial ability to do so would be nice.

Fried Dough Ho

11-17-2010, 10:47 PM

A house of my own to include a La Cornue stainless steel stove

Take a look and drool..... (http://lacornueusa.com/products/chateau/chateau-180/gallery)

Yllaria

11-17-2010, 11:49 PM

I'd like a little something from Magrathea. Preferably with fjords, but I'm not that picky.

That's cool. But I want minions. Not a bunch all at once, more like serial minions. I could have a good time thinking up projects for them to do.

The Second Stone

11-18-2010, 12:21 AM

Bugatti Veyron Super Sport

A boy can dream.

Meow Max

11-18-2010, 01:18 AM

aruvqan

11-18-2010, 01:44 AM

A house of my own to include a La Cornue stainless steel stove

Take a look and drool..... (http://lacornueusa.com/products/chateau/chateau-180/gallery)

Holy shit ..... *want*

Bookkeeper

11-18-2010, 09:36 AM

Small: A nice LCD TV, Blu-Ray player, and a remote media link for my PC

Big: A nice house with a 2,000 sq ft library, nicely furnished like an old style English gentleman's club, and a big enough budget to buy all the books I want to fill it

Dream big! I want a library like the one in this place (http://www.insideskywalkerranch.com/skywalker-ranch-tour.htm)!

villa

11-18-2010, 09:54 AM

A house of my own to include a La Cornue stainless steel stove

Take a look and drool..... (http://lacornueusa.com/products/chateau/chateau-180/gallery)

They are pretty sweet. Viking is more my style, but I can see where you are coming from with these.

TruCelt

11-18-2010, 10:01 AM

A house of my own to include a La Cornue stainless steel stove

Take a look and drool..... (http://lacornueusa.com/products/chateau/chateau-180/gallery)

Ooooh, Ahhhhh!

BestWifeEver

11-18-2010, 10:49 AM

1. Travel - first class all the way
2. My own tropical island - white sand, blue water...the works!

Clothahump

11-18-2010, 11:02 AM

the one thing you want that is currently outside your financial reach. The thing that you consistently, passionately desire, if anything. Not passing fancies, the first place you go when you think of the lottery win. (After giving it away and so forth...the first personal inulgence.)
I want to travel. And SWMBO has said repeatedly that she'd like to go on a Mediterranean cruise. So, my splurge would be to take my sweetie on a 2-3 week long Med cruise, first class all the way. We'd plan it so that we got off in Athens or someplace like that, then rat around there for a while, then slowly make our way back via train. We'd hit places in Italy, Germany, France and then end with a stay in England for a while.

Then, since we're rich, we'll either come back home or do it again!

iamnotbatman

11-18-2010, 11:41 AM

I want neck/head/shoulder/foot massages pretty much whenever I am sitting down, and full massages every time I'm laying down. Pretty much a 24/7 masseuse would be tops.

RedBloom

11-18-2010, 12:01 PM

A large, private dream back yard complete with flowers, trees, pond, screened in porch (lavish one) fence, gorgeous landscaping, garden, etc. I mean - the WORKS.

TheMerchandise

11-18-2010, 12:10 PM

A washer and dryer or a dishwasher of my very own. Sigh, I'm an NYC apartment dweller and my needs are simple.

lexi

11-18-2010, 01:22 PM

A completely repaired, rewired, replummed, rewindowed, replastered, new appliances, with a 100% stable foundation, craftsman home c. 1910 to 1929, complete with little nooks, pantry, original hardwood and other details that only homes from that era can have - but just without the fixer-upper problems.

Preferably 2 story + basement, 3 bedroom, with a decent size living and dining room, an enclosed patio or sunroom in the back facing either south or east, and a decent size back yard with room for a garden. And of course, completely paid off.

Also, in an older neighbourhood - close to the inner city and close to the bike path.

corkboard

11-18-2010, 01:37 PM

Financial independence. There's no one material thing I really want, but life would be great if I didn't have to work for a living. There are so many ways I'd like to volunteer my time, and things I'd love to do around the house, but my need for a regular income severely infringes upon my ability to do them.

Actually, a bespoke suit would be nice.

lieu

11-18-2010, 01:58 PM

Just a little ol' Ford (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ford_GT_High_Quality.jpg).

I often think of things in terms of GTs now as opposed to dollars. Like 'this IRA is worth a couple of GTs now' or 'that retirement home would cost ten GTs', etc.

Mufungo

11-18-2010, 03:08 PM

One thing I've always wanted, If I won the lotto, would be a large hot tub custom built to resemble a canibals stew pot.

But if I only win a scratch ticket I'd settle for a new card-board box unter the overpass near the MacDonalds. (Their dumpster has the best grub)

llcoolbj77

11-18-2010, 03:25 PM

1) Housekeeper

2) Travel

3) Time to read, and read, and read in my fancy home library that I have been dreaming about since I was a kid...

gwendee

11-18-2010, 04:21 PM

A laundry room that I don't have to share with neighbors. As long as we're dreaming, it should be on the bedroom floor of the house. It should have cabinets and a sink. There should be enough space for a clothes rack, and an ironing board I can leave up. It should be painted a cheery color.

The washer and dryer should be the super efficient kind and have enough capacity so I can wash things like pillows and blankets and the bathroom rugs.

If that's too much to ask, I'd like really nice high thread count cotton sheets.

robertog169

11-18-2010, 05:25 PM

A huge Library and a castle, with rooms with all sorts of bizarre things in it like an Alchemist or Dr or scientist would have had 100's of years ago. Skeletons, chemistry equipment, hundreds of original and old books, manuscripts, maps, candles, weird contraptions/inventions, bizarre things in jars. The library would be quite large and lit by candle light (I cant read in the very bright light, its annoying) with a ladder on a rail to climb up to get books on the top shelves. This castle would also have a HUGE fireplace like Charles Foster Kane had in Citizen Kane at Xanadu. Bear-skin rugs, a GAMING room with old-style wooden tables and decorated like some INN out of Lord of the Rings, with real kegs of beer and ale, everything candle-lit, a gallery of art, a staircase that is obscenely HUGE, a WAR ROOM with all sorts of medieval weapons, tactical stuff etc. How much do you think this would cost, I mean the castle etc? lol I would hire some hollywood set creators that do horror movies to decorate the whole place, make it look like Dracula's home, that would probably be the cheaper part...I'd but expensive props and costumes from all my favorite horror/scifi flicks and have them displayed throughout. Wow...ok thats a lot of money come to think of it. :smack:

carnut

11-18-2010, 06:05 PM

Just a little ol' Ford (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ford_GT_High_Quality.jpg).

I know someone who has one. He says driving it through the Rockies is a rush. I bet. The sound is amazing.

carnut

11-18-2010, 06:10 PM

Small: I'd like to own my home free of debt.

Big: I'd like an annuity of about $100,000 a year (after taxes) so I could do volunteer work and travel on my own or take a friend along.

ratmanizhere

11-19-2010, 09:33 AM

I was going to say the usual new house, new Birkin, bunch o' Chanel. But now

I want a stem cell transplant for Fear Itself's wife. :(

Ditto!

I'd rather spend my money helping others than for material things.

TruCelt

11-19-2010, 11:15 AM

It doesn't quite make the top of my list, but if I ever win the lottery I'm getting the super ginormous laundromat-sized washer and dryer. Three loads a week and I'm done bayybeee.

aruvqan

11-19-2010, 11:46 AM

It doesn't quite make the top of my list, but if I ever win the lottery I'm getting the super ginormous laundromat-sized washer and dryer. Three loads a week and I'm done bayybeee.

Get a laundry spinner (http://www.laundrymachines.co.uk/product.php/172/6/) ... it whizzes out even more of the water left in the wet laundry, makes the whole load take less time to dry!

I want one of these to go with the front load set where the washer has a drawer that you put the gallons of detergent, fabric softener and bleach in, and it sucks up the right amounts of each at the right time. All you do is shove the laundry in and turn on the machines =)