# What gift would be the ultimate for you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-be-the-ultimate-for-you/708008 "2014-12-23T13:53:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-be-the-ultimate-for-you/708008/41 "2014-12-24T18:11:16Z")
Rent (or mortgage) paid for the rest of my life, so I could commit myself to fiction writing full time. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-be-the-ultimate-for-you/708008/42 "2014-12-24T18:13:26Z")
[In my day, I had one toy…](http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/cc/f3/71/ccf371dc188533cd59bc47b099e8bf6d.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-be-the-ultimate-for-you/708008/43 "2014-12-24T18:34:33Z")
I would like a 1,000,000 grant toward developing a dream project of mine. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-be-the-ultimate-for-you/708008/44 "2014-12-24T19:06:07Z")
Either the complete set of [T206](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T206) the [1951 Bowmans](http://www.psacard.com/Articles/ArticleView/5858/1951-bowman-baseball-cards-colorful-milestone) or an [Aston Martin DB5](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin_DB5). ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-be-the-ultimate-for-you/708008/45 "2014-12-24T19:18:20Z")
A self-contained and self-supporting estate, along the lines of the original vision for[Biltmore](http://www.biltmore.com/visit/biltmore-house-gardens/estate-history). The main house should be no more than 6,000 square feet, though. With at least ten bedrooms each with a small ensuite. No more arguments about where we’ll be having Christmas! LoL! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-be-the-ultimate-for-you/708008/46 "2014-12-24T19:23:43Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > _\_ I’d settle for a T-34B Mentor, I flew my 200th hour in a T-34B - it was by far the coolest airplane I’d ever piloted. Back in those days, I wanted a Cardinal RG. I’d never flown one, but I saw one in a magazine and the coveting began! Sadly, stuff happened in life and I haven’t flown a little plane since late 1978. Sometimes I miss it, but not enough to take out a second mortgage and get current. Could I even do that 36 years later?? Come to think of it, even if someone would pay for me to do it, I don’t know if I’d want to fly again. Is that sad? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-be-the-ultimate-for-you/708008/47 "2014-12-24T19:24:00Z")
> [@FuriousGeorge](#): > > Either the complete set of [T206](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T206) I’d settle for one [T206](http://www.flyingmag.com/aircrafts/pistons/cessna-t206-turbo-stationair). ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-be-the-ultimate-for-you/708008/48 "2014-12-24T19:29:07Z")
A baby grand piano with prepaid lifetime maintenance/repair/tunings. And prepaid moves, so it can follow me wherever I live. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-be-the-ultimate-for-you/708008/49 "2014-12-24T19:35:05Z")
Two years of personal guitar lessons from Eric Knopfler. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-be-the-ultimate-for-you/708008/50 "2014-12-24T21:08:57Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Two years of personal guitar lessons from Eric Knopfler. Yeah, insomnia can be a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-be-the-ultimate-for-you/708008/51 "2014-12-24T22:35:40Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Enough money for immediate comfortable retirement for me and The Druidess. Same for me, please. I’m fine with living modestly, I’d just love to stop the constant money worry. ---
**Author:** ![No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_umlaut_for_U)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-be-the-ultimate-for-you/708008/52 "2014-12-24T23:25:19Z")
A three month European vacation, focusing on the north, excluding Russia. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-be-the-ultimate-for-you/708008/53 "2014-12-24T23:39:39Z")
A vacation. The kind of vacation where you get on a plane and go somewhere, maybe even needing a passport, and you stay in nice hotels, eat good food, see sights, go to museums, and go shopping. All by myself. And someone to look after my husband and the cats while I’m gone. His disability doesn’t require full time care, but it’s hard for him to cook, drive, shop, take himself to doctor appointments or take the cats to the vet, so a three or four hour a day helper would work. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-be-the-ultimate-for-you/708008/54 "2014-12-25T00:57:08Z")
Full-Boat scholarships for both my kids to 4 years of college at good universities. I’ve had my run. Its their turn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-be-the-ultimate-for-you/708008.md?page=2)