what would you do with a few unlimited $$ purchases?

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Ok all you LYBM-ers - if you had unlimited money to spend on a few items of your choosing, what would they be? I guess it's easier to limit it to just a few items, otherwise we might wind up with long lists of worthy charities (not that that's bad, but not quite what I'm aiming to ask here).

Here are mine:

Dream house designed just the way I like it in a great neighborhood. Still not a mcmansion though.

A really nice violin.

A well-outfitted wood shop.
 
Home renovations and/or additions built by someone other than ourselves.
I can't think of any greater fantasy than paying other people to paint.

The House, REW, the house! :)
 
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A 50 foot cigarette boat with loud engines............:)
 
Aircraft carrier.

Congress.

Any major railroad in the US.

You did say unlimited, right?
 
A 454? Bestill my heart. Oh, a picture, please.
I don't think I realized until now that was your screen name.
How did I miss that? Such a cool car. Way more awesome than a Ferrari, but maybe not an aircraft carrier.
 
Oh yeah, and I'd buy a newbild Capesize. Can't seem to even figure out how to get myself on any size bulker for a tour, so if I had unlimited money I guess I'd buy myself one to play with.
 
73ss454 said:
You sir, haven't seen my 73 SS 454 4 speed.
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I have not. Sadly, I lack the gene to truly appreciate American muscle. I grew up with a father who spent his life as a fan of European sports cars and passed it on to his son. I never developed the synapses in my brain to get me excited about muscle cars.

I'm not a hater, I just don't yet "get it" even though I wish I did. I do think I'm making progress in getting there because I'm learning to love Vettes.

And for those who might not understand how the sound from a car can be so intoxicating YouTube - FERRARI F430 in luxembourg doing a lot of noise
 
I'm trying to picture what one would do with an aircraft carrier...
Travel around the world doing occasional flyovers? Or is it the sheer joy of owning a really large cool piece of machinery? Host your own floating animal rescue?
 
saluki9 said:
I have not. Sadly, I lack the gene to truly appreciate American muscle. I grew up with a father who spent his life as a fan of European sports cars and passed it on to his son. I never developed the synapses in my brain to get me excited about muscle cars.

I'm not a hater, I just don't yet "get it" even though I wish I did. I do think I'm making progress in getting there because I'm learning to love Vettes.
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I think if you put on a set of M&H slicks and popped the clutch at about 6K you'd get it real quick. Muscle cars don't usually turn quick like a sports car but they go straight real good.
 
73ss454 said:
I think if you put on a set of M&H slicks and popped the clutch at about 6K you'd get it real quick. Muscle cars don't usually turn quick like a sports car but they go straight real good.
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I'm free most weekends
 
figner said:
I'm trying to picture what one would do with an aircraft carrier...
Travel around the world doing occasional flyovers? Or is it the sheer joy of owning a really large cool piece of machinery? Host your own floating animal rescue?
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What couldn't you do with one?

Example:

Go massively long crude oil futures and short the global equity markets and sail into the Strait of Hormuz. Act belligerent, take profits, and sail away saying, "oops, sorry."
 
figner said:
Ok all you LYBM-ers - if you had unlimited money to spend on a few items of your choosing, what would they be? I guess it's easier to limit it to just a few items, otherwise we might wind up with long lists of worthy charities (not that that's bad, but not quite what I'm aiming to ask here).

Here are mine:

Dream house designed just the way I like it in a great neighborhood. Still not a mcmansion though.

A really nice violin.

A well-outfitted wood shop.
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Ditto on the house (some variant on an Earthship).

DS3 / T3 Connection

Alien computer (or whatever is fastest)

Super comfortable office chair/recliner/desk/office with view of garden

Motor vehicle that gets 50+ mpg

Services of housekeeper and gardener and tailor and personal trainer

EarthRoamer
[SIZE=-1] [/SIZE]


http://www.broadbandlocators.com/t3.php
 
I'd go with a house on the beach with a huge designer walk in closet and one of those pools that look like they are made of rock with waterfalls and lagoons .
 
Millenium Falcon.

Initially I thought X-wing fighter, but I'd want to bring friends along.
 
I'm trying to send some pictures and not sure this is going to work.
 

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Nice car!

I want a private jet, oh, about Boeing 727 size, a Ferrari and a Rolls, an International Harvester pickup truck, one of those bus-sized RV's, lavishly equipped, a Harley, and a zero-maintenance house (or the staff to do all that sweaty work). And a cute French maid.
 
  • Cruise Missile & target coordinates for Osama Bin Laden
  • Affordable private health insurance
  • Dow at 15,000+
  • More doctors than lawyers.
  • Hummer H2 with a gas card…
 
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