# exhorbitant Things I ummmm.... need. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136 "2009-10-17T13:04:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/1 "2009-10-17T13:04:09Z")
I think I need one of these: [http://www.junglehammock.com/models/nx250/index.php](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/](http://www.jr.com/suunto/pe/SNO_SS014005010/) Probably that’s a little too gadgety. All I need is this: > **[Home](https://www.mtmwatch.com?detail=21)** > > Check our Selection of the Finest Military and Tactical Watches for Men by MTM Special Ops Watch. Durable, Sophisticated and stylish watches. 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/](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: > **[Fliegerduffel Adventure Bag 42L (Buy 1 Get 1 Free. Mix and Match in Multiples...](https://www.maxpedition.com/products/fliegerduffel-adventure-bag)** > > Fliegerduffel- Maxpedition, Military, CCW, EDC, Tactical, Everyday Carry, Outdoors, Nature, Hiking, Camping, Police Officer, EMT, Firefighter, Bushcraft, Gear. Then, I wondered if that was professional enough. Probably, I need this: > **[Red Oxx Air Boss | Business Carry-on Bag - Red Oxx - Quality Soft Sided...](https://www.redoxx.com/air-boss-91018/p)** > > If you need a three-compartment travel bag to fit all your belongings, check out our Red Oxx Air Boss. This business carry-on is perfect for traveling! But then this has more space: > **[TOM BIHN Aeronaut 45, Carry-On Duffel | Shoulder Bag | Backpack, 45L](https://www.tombihn.com/products/aeronaut-45)** > > Our legendary maximum size carry-on travel bag. Carry it as a backpack, shoulder bag, or duffel. > Travel with the Aeronaut isn't like travel with wheeled luggage: you won't ever hesitate to make your way through the crowd, down a cobblestone alley,... This seems better still: > **[TOM BIHN Tri-Star, 3-Compartment Carry-On Backpack & Briefcase, 33L](https://www.tombihn.com/products/Tri-star)** > > The Tri-Star is a three-way carry travel bag designed with the super organized, minimalist business traveler in mind. It is part of our main carry-on travel bag options along with the Western Flyer, Aeronaut, and Techonaut. > > 3 main compartments of... 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? ---
**Author:** ![Mojo\_Pin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mojo\_Pin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo_Pin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/2 "2009-10-17T13:21:11Z")
[Omega Speedmaster Pro 3570.50](http://www.omega.ch/index.php?id=303) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/3 "2009-10-17T13:36:33Z")
I know what you mean. About ten years ago, I got obsessed with the Seamaster. I bought one of these: > **[Amazon.com: Omega Men's 2225.80 Seamaster Chronograph Dial Watch : Omega:...](https://www.amazon.com/Omega-2225-80-Seamaster-Chronograph-Watch/dp/B001FOUD8E)** > > Stainless steel case with a stainless steel link bracelet. Blue aluminum unidirectional rotating bezel. Blue wave dial with luminous hands and luminous dot hour markers. Minute markers around the outer rim. Date displays at the 3 o'clock position.... Still works great. Seeing as I have my dream watch, I don’t know I obsess over others, but there you go. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo\_Pin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mojo\_Pin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo_Pin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/4 "2009-10-17T14:05:34Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/5 "2009-10-17T14:51:56Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9f8e36/32.png) [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footballisplayedwithyourfeet)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/6 "2009-10-19T10:02:39Z")
> [@Mojo\_Pin](#): > > [Omega Speedmaster Pro 3570.50](http://www.omega.ch/index.php?id=303) > 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. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/7 "2009-10-19T10:15:09Z")
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](http://www.greenmountainknittingbags.com/galleryofbags.htm). 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. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/8 "2009-10-19T11:20:04Z")
The jungle hammock is pretty cool. If I ever slept outside at all I’d get one. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/9 "2009-10-19T14:04:26Z")
I keep telling my wife I _need_ this. [http://www.westwightpotter.com/images/exterior/p19-exterior-04-800.jpg](http://www.westwightpotter.com/images/exterior/p19-exterior-04-800.jpg) For whatever absurd reason she keeps saying no. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/10 "2009-10-19T14:19:38Z")
I love watches. I have at least 6 of them. I never wear them. I’ve had to make myself stop buying them. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/11 "2009-10-19T14:25:56Z")
My current obsession is with getting an [Eames Lounge Chair](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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). ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/12 "2009-10-19T14:55:56Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > My current obsession is with getting an [Eames Lounge Chair](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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). 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. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/13 "2009-10-19T15:02:25Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > My current obsession is with getting an [Eames Lounge Chair](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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). For that kind of money it better make my eyes roll back in my head with pleasure every time I sit down. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/14 "2009-10-19T15:13:12Z")
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](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.type930.com/images_t930/w600/porsche_911_turbo_930_93.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.type930.com/photos4.shtml&usg=__wkIZ9RgsgxP_Ryheka2Jo8_rQOI=&h=450&w=600&sz=83&hl=en&start=8&um=1&tbnid=AZyO624hbACMVM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3D93%2Bporsche%2B911%2Bturbo%26hl%3Den%26um%3D1). ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/15 "2009-10-19T15:35:38Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > 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. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Any\_Other\_Name](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Any\_Other\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Any_Other_Name)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/16 "2009-10-19T17:49:28Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > I think I need one of these: > > [http://www.junglehammock.com/models/nx250/index.php](http://www.junglehammock.com/models/nx250/index.php) You can never have too many tents. Here’s one that’s absolutely impractical. [http://www.cabelas.com/p-0034805516987a.shtml](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. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/17 "2009-10-19T19:57:10Z")
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](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](http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/e187/?pkey=celectrics-kitchenaid%7Celtkadstd) these days as well. I miss mine so badly. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/18 "2009-10-20T07:15:21Z")
My “won the lottery” motorcycle > **[BSA Motorcycles](https://cybermotorcycle.com/gallery/bsa/)** > > BSA Motorcycles built by Birmingham Small Arms from 1910 to the early 1970s Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/19 "2009-10-20T09:56:38Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > 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? 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. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136/20 "2009-10-20T18:30:19Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exhorbitant-things-i-ummmm-need/514136.md?page=2)