exhorbitant Things I ummmm.... need.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I think I need one of these:

http://www.junglehammock.com/models/nx250/index.php

You never know when you could get lost in the woods. It could happen at any time, and so it’s important to have a shelter. This would keep me off the ground, cozy and comfy in any weather.

Of course, if I was lost in the woods with somebody else, I’d need the two man version. Probably I need camouflage, you know, in case I was being chased by bad guys. Then I could be warm cozy comfy and invisible… with a friend. This doesn’t come cheap. $400-$700.

I can think of no practical purpose in which I would ever be using this. When I camp, which is infrequently, it’s with my family and there are four of us. I have a $70 damily tent which is five years old and perfectly fine. I also have a 20 year old lightweight timberline which is a top of the line tent.

Yet, I keep looking at this. Sometimes, at work I pull it up on my screen and just leave it there, and stare.

Of course, if we are going to talk about being lost in the woods then it probably be nice to have this, know where I am, check the barometer, and what have you:

http://www.jr.com/suunto/pe/SNO_SS014005010/

Probably that’s a little too gadgety. All I need is this:

A watch with a kick ass flashlight. It has a rescue signal, a map mode, and it is bright enough to blind prisoners I might need to interrogate when I’m lost in the woods comfy and cozy in my jungle hammock, with or without a friend.

If you go here:
http://www.willitblend.com/

you can see videos of a guy blending golf clubs and ipods and such with the uberpowerful 3 hp blender. They start at $400. Again, I feel that I need one of these. Nevermind that I have two perfectly serviceable blenders. I’m sure they wouldn’ blend ipods, and you never know. I feel that I need this.

I also seem to have an obsession with bags. I started by looking at the Fliegerduffel, the ultimate duffel bag:

Then, I wondered if that was professional enough.

Probably, I need this:

But then this has more space:

This seems better still:

Could use it as a briefcase.

I don’t know why, but at any given point in time there are about 10 different things that I really don’t need, are expensive, and that I’m totally obsessed with buying. I rarely do, but I’m still obsessed.

What do you think? What do you “need,” that you really don’t?

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Omega Speedmaster Pro 3570.50
Yes, anything over 100 bucks is kind of a ridiculous price for me to spend on a piece of jewelry right now, and no, I have no pressing need to man a mission to space anytime soon. Actually the G shock on my wrist right now will do a better job of timing intervals. If I were to suddenly have several K of expendable income, there are a hundred things I need before a watch, and the Speedy would be by far the most expensive thing I own. BUT I HAVE TO HAVE IT.

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I know what you mean.

About ten years ago, I got obsessed with the Seamaster.

I bought one of these:

Still works great. Seeing as I have my dream watch, I don’t know I obsess over others, but there you go.

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Another amazing watch, I hope you enjoy it every time you check the time.
I think the thing about cravings like these is that they stem from having too much time to browse the internet. Before the watch it was stereo systems, and before that it was headphones, and before that guitars, and before that…
Whenever I have stretches of time without the internet, I forget all those things I needed so bad.

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Led faucet and the Led Shower head in blue.

I want a soil mixer that breaks up soil and mixes it when you dump it in, with a small conveyor that can lift the soil into the garden wagon or truck bed for me.

I saw that hammock used on a show for the side of a mountain. It was about the best thing they could have used.

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I know, soo pretty. i was thinking of getting this one as well, until i heard it only comes with a manual wind-up function. I opted for a black seamaster automatic instead.

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Syclla, I think you are having Special Ops like fantasties. That is ok, lemme show you my ninja karate chop skillz. but how often are you actually running through the woods being chased by bad guys?
What I …ummm…need is a knitting bag. Yes, I have a perfectly excellent tote bag to carry my knitting in, but I’ve had a female stiffy for one of these babies since I started knitting. I will never justify $20 of fabric and $20 in wood = $150+ for these cute bags. ( Unless I win the Megamillions.)
What is hardest to obtain is the most desired.

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The jungle hammock is pretty cool. If I ever slept outside at all I’d get one.

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I keep telling my wife I need this.

http://www.westwightpotter.com/images/exterior/p19-exterior-04-800.jpg

For whatever absurd reason she keeps saying no.

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I love watches. I have at least 6 of them.

I never wear them. I’ve had to make myself stop buying them.

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My current obsession is with getting an Eames Lounge Chair, despite the fact that I don’t have the room for it and the ottoman (even more than the $4,000 price).

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If it helps at all, my uncle has had one for many years, and it is not in fact very comfortable at all, despite its reputation. No one really likes to sit in it.

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For that kind of money it better make my eyes roll back in my head with pleasure every time I sit down.

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I need a better alarm clock, one that really wakes me up in the morning. It’d be kinda nice to splurge and get a fancy one, especially if I can find it in black.

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OK, that helps. It just looks so much cooler than a La-Z-Boy recliner. All that leather and wood is so beautiful. I hope that I wouldn’t buy one without seeking one out to try first.

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You can never have too many tents.

Here’s one that’s absolutely impractical.

http://www.cabelas.com/p-0034805516987a.shtml

If I’m camping somewhere I could bring this, instead I’d bring a nice roomy tent and a cot. Yet, I keep finding myself drawn back to this.

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I have no use for camping equipment or watches; instead I get all misty eyed over cooking equipment. Like this All Clad crock pot: http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/8260341/?cm_src=hero It has a cast iron insert so you can sear roasts on the stove or make gravy in the same pot you cooked in! Isn’t it gorgeous? sigh. Of course, I wouldn’t pay $300 for a glorified crock pot unless I had a lot more spending money than I have now.

I’m also drooling over lovely 6 qt Kitchen Aid mixers these days as well. I miss mine so badly. :frowning:

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My “won the lottery” motorcycle

Unclviny

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They don’t even have to be actual bad guys. Sometimes you just find yourself with a bag of Popeye’s fried chicken and a need to not be seen by the people who were so careless as to drive off with it on the roof of their pickup truck that they really don’t deserve any chicken.

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We used to have a knockoff Eames chair, and yeah, it was a chair, it certainly looked spiffy, but it just wasn’t my favorite thing to actually sit on.

Right now, I’ve got a couple uhhh, yeah, I need it things.

An 8-core Mac Pro would look fantastic next to my desk, and two 30" Apple Cinema displays on the desk would also be fantastic. Photoshop on one 20" screen is just so cramped.