# Things You Covet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-covet/948596 "2021-08-13T14:27:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-covet/948596/21 "2021-08-17T20:28:34Z")
I have mine set up on a 30’x72" folding table, with a stretch cover (grass green) that would normally be used at a convention or trade show. It’s light enough that my wife and I can easily move it to another room if we need to. The track layout hardly ever changes…and I hardly ever run the trains. But I do buy additional locomotives and rolling stock from time to time. I also have lots of roadways I made, buildings I built, and other scenery. The one thing that I still covet is an N scale Mystery Machine. I just can’t find one. However, I have an N scale Dodge van that I’ve painted blue-green and some decal paper that I should be able to print the decals on once I reduce them to the proper size. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-covet/948596/22 "2021-08-17T21:05:11Z")
Dogs. I live in a very small third-floor condo, and getting a dog wouldn’t be a great idea, so I covet other people’s dogs. Often I’ll see someone walking a nice lab or golden retriever and think, “Ooh, I want that dog.” ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-covet/948596/23 "2021-08-19T15:28:06Z")
Personal watercraft (some day I’ll have enough money to buy, at the very least, a decent used one), nice sports cars (I’d love a Tesla Roadster, but it ain’t happening), high-powered computers (I’m no techie, but I would love a high-powered gaming laptop for, you know, gaming). ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-covet/948596/24 "2021-08-19T15:34:18Z")
Foreign property. I’m slightly obsessed about buying a French farm house, and visit property search sites more than is healthy. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-covet/948596/25 "2021-08-19T15:55:13Z")
I cannot think of anything I’d really covet, but THINK I’d like to own a Mach-E electric Mustang. > [@beowulff](#): > > But, there is one object that a friend has that I really, really like An Atmos clock? Although not as “limited edition” here’s a site you might like to see: [http://www.abbeyclock.com/atmos540.html](http://www.abbeyclock.com/atmos540.html) And, you might like to read some of of the discussions on this chat board: > **[400-Day & Atmos](https://mb.nawcc.org/forums/400-day-atmos.15/)** > > Anniversary, 400-Day, Atmos and other Torsion pendulum Clocks. Collecting, Identifying and care. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-covet/948596/26 "2021-08-19T16:07:42Z")
I covet Annette’s dinette set but I forget to pet her civet on the duvet with the sextet from Spacenet. I don’t get upset; treat it like a vignette and post about it on the internet. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-covet/948596/27 "2021-08-21T14:29:43Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > Foreign property. I’m slightly obsessed about buying a French farm house, and visit property search sites more than is healthy. I’d love a villa in Tuscany, but that ain’t ever happening! ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-covet/948596/28 "2021-08-21T14:52:27Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Other than my neighbor’s ass? > [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Redheads. I think I can combine those two into one. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-covet/948596/29 "2021-08-21T17:27:07Z")
Beautiful barns. My old barn is rackety and run-down, but it serves it’s purpose. But really well-built barns, even small ones, make my heart go pitty-pat. StG ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-covet/948596/30 "2021-08-22T19:41:06Z")
When my wife needs to find me, she looks in the luggage section of the store. “The Container Store” is my playground. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-covet/948596/31 "2021-08-22T20:17:26Z")
> [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](#): > > “The Container Store” is my playground. Love that place, want that luggage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-covet/948596.md?page=1)