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BristolUK Mar 15th 2018 10:54 pm

What's your luxury?
 
The rich guys in Trump's cabinet who can't resist public money

The revelation that the US housing secretary, Ben Carson, and his wife selected a $31,000 dining set for his office at taxpayer expense has caused outrage.
Who on BE can match that? :lol:

So what's your luxury?

Dorothy Mar 15th 2018 11:09 pm

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12463984)

So what's your luxury?

I buy tons of cake decorating supplies that I know I'll probably only ever use once - if at all. :unsure:

dbd33 Mar 15th 2018 11:41 pm

Re: What's your luxury?
 
Car, for occasional use during the summer. We could have had two Carsonian dining sets.

MillieF Mar 15th 2018 11:48 pm

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by Dorothy (Post 12463991)
I buy tons of cake decorating supplies that I know I'll probably only ever use once - if at all. :unsure:

My problems are kitchen related too I have every gadget for everything - that I probably will never use, vegetable sprializers of every sort, silicone cup cake moulds of every size...and I never bake:blink:

Pica Mar 15th 2018 11:56 pm

Re: What's your luxury?
 
Niche perfumes

Coffeepot Mar 15th 2018 11:59 pm

Re: What's your luxury?
 
probably my audi soft top with my name on, totally impractical ( 2 seater ) expensive to run and insure but great fun :thumbsup:

Teaandtoday5 Mar 16th 2018 12:07 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 
Teenagers.

(And enough wine to cope with them.)

dbd33 Mar 16th 2018 12:12 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 
Our horses are eating Costco carrots this week instead of the usual Loblaws ones. They likely won't finish the enormous bag and some will have to be given away. The carrots are an indulgence but I saw them at Costco and thought "cor, strike a light guvnor, I aint never seen one so big"; the actual carrots are Costco sized, not just the bag.

I bought them without even looking at the price.

Souvy Mar 16th 2018 12:39 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 
Power tools.

And beer but that maybe isn't a luxury.

spouse of scouse Mar 16th 2018 12:41 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 
Chanel No. 5 - not so popular now but I love it and it's the first counter I head for in airport duty free shops.

BristolUK Mar 16th 2018 1:02 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by spouse of scouse (Post 12464050)
Chanel No. 5 - not so popular now but I love it and it's the first counter I head for in airport duty free shops.

I used to head for Calvin Klein's Crave. I think I still have a bottle in the bathroom cabinet.

Current luxury - Lamb, Beef Tenderloin and Taxis. :lol:

Oh...and an expensive TV package (barely watched) but the only reliable way of watching UK football.

not2old Mar 16th 2018 1:23 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 
I would charter a 747 for my wife & I (just the two of us on the plane) to fly to the UK & back

with a weeks stay at the The Lanesborough hotel in London

BristolUK Mar 16th 2018 1:27 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by not2old (Post 12464082)
I would charter a 747 for my wife & I (just the two of us on the plane) to fly to the UK & back

Which one of you will fly it? Or one of you out, the other back. ;)


with a weeks stay at the The Lanesborough hotel in London
I'd never heard of that one.

Souvy Mar 16th 2018 1:33 am

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Originally Posted by not2old (Post 12464082)
I would charter a 747 for my wife & I (just the two of us on the plane) to fly to the UK & back

with a weeks stay at the The Lanesborough hotel in London

You are Justin Trudeau and I claim my $5.

Pizzawheel Mar 16th 2018 1:38 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 12464048)
Power tools.

And beer but that maybe isn't a luxury.

I was just thinking about that but agree it's not a luxury. Especially with near-teenagers....

Partially discharged Mar 16th 2018 2:06 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by Pizzawheel (Post 12464098)
I was just thinking about that but agree it's not a luxury. Especially with near-teenagers....

My luxury is beer related. I only buy at the beer store/LCBO/dep or drink in a pub craft ales and usually just IPA these days. Gone are my days of drinking canadian swill beer. Life is too short to drink crap beer. I was at an 'establishment' recently to celebrate the 2nd time around nuptials of a friend and the 'establishment' just had Labatt's products and I opted for a 7 up.

I also won't eat any of that flourescent orange cheese that comes in a shrink wrap or that tasteless French's mustard. I'd rather have a hamburger naked than have that stuff on it.

Another somewhat related luxury is the fact that I won't shop at Walmart due to their race to the bottom business practices that kill the small businesses that were established before they came to the edge of the city.

Other than that I look for a bargain like everyone else.

Partially discharged Mar 16th 2018 2:07 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 12464091)
You are Justin Trudeau and I claim my $5.

What did not2old do to be foisted with that insult. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Pizzawheel Mar 16th 2018 2:18 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 
I'm doing the u-brew gig at the moment, $80 gets you 24L of canadian-equivalent; $85 gets you 24L of craft equivalent.

It's rude not to!

Also it only lasts about 6-8 weeks so is clearly preservative free.



Originally Posted by Partially discharged (Post 12464117)
My luxury is beer related. I only buy at the beer store/LCBO/dep or drink in a pub craft ales and usually just IPA these days. Gone are my days of drinking canadian swill beer. Life is too short to drink crap beer. I was at an 'establishment' recently to celebrate the 2nd time around nuptials of a friend and the 'establishment' just had Labatt's products and I opted for a 7 up.

I also won't eat any of that flourescent orange cheese that comes in a shrink wrap or that tasteless French's mustard. I'd rather have a hamburger naked than have that stuff on it.

Another somewhat related luxury is the fact that I won't shop at Walmart due to their race to the bottom business practices that kill the small businesses that were established before they came to the edge of the city.

Other than that I look for a bargain like everyone else.


Danny B Mar 16th 2018 2:45 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 
Modifications and upgrades for my car. Few hundred here, few hundred there, occasional grand for a bigger turbo. I hope my Wife doesn't ever read this.

Oakvillian Mar 16th 2018 3:53 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 
Proper coffee. Illy or Lavazza espresso beans, ground in a decent burr grinder, and brewed in a steam pressure machine. Takes a little time and effort, but well worth the result.

Although I suppose it's not really that much of a luxury - it's probably significantly less expensive, and certainly much less time-consuming, than buying a mediocre coffee from any of the various drive-through emporia.

Oink Mar 16th 2018 4:55 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 
My Toto Neorest toilet. Shame it doesn’t have somewhere to store biscuits.

Former Lancastrian Mar 16th 2018 5:20 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 12464223)
My Toto Neorest toilet. Shame it doesn’t have somewhere to store biscuits.

Well dependent on the room between your shoulders when sat on the bog and the enclosed wall wouldn't a small shelf suffice or a thin profile medicine cabinet affixed to the wall do the job for storing biscuits?

Atlantic Xpat Mar 16th 2018 5:52 am

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 12464223)
My Toto Neorest toilet. Shame it doesn’t have somewhere to store biscuits.

"...warm water cleansing, heated seat and air deodorizer .." Good grief, Who knew such things were available, we truly do live in the age of discovery.;)

Oink Mar 16th 2018 6:20 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 12464260)
"...warm water cleansing, heated seat and air deodorizer .." Good grief, Who knew such things were available, we truly do live in the age of discovery.;)

I make a lot of Indian influneced recipes, so these features are an absolute godsend.

Partially discharged Mar 16th 2018 8:05 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 12464269)
I make a lot of Indian influneced recipes, so these features are an absolute godsend.

TMI

spouse of scouse Mar 16th 2018 8:15 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 12464260)
"...warm water cleansing, heated seat and air deodorizer .." Good grief, Who knew such things were available, we truly do live in the age of discovery.;)

Could have done with one of those when I was gold prospecting in the Australian desert. Had to make do with digging a hole in the ground and a placing a frame and plastic toilet seat over it.

That doesn't work too well when you construct your dunny in the dark, and find out on first use that it's on an ant hill.

misplacedheidi Mar 16th 2018 8:33 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 12464183)
Proper coffee. Illy or Lavazza espresso beans, ground in a decent burr grinder, and brewed in a steam pressure machine. Takes a little time and effort, but well worth the result.

Although I suppose it's not really that much of a luxury - it's probably significantly less expensive, and certainly much less time-consuming, than buying a mediocre coffee from any of the various drive-through emporia.

Lavazza beans and my Jura coffee machine, F50.

macadian Mar 16th 2018 8:57 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 
Being in company free of PC orientated folks!

Novocastrian Mar 16th 2018 9:20 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 
Living in Europe No brainer..

scrubbedexpat091 Mar 16th 2018 9:38 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 
Mine is free and natural...sleep.

Piff Poff Mar 16th 2018 9:38 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 
Having a Personal Trainer at the gym. Cars and Bikes - but they also come under pension fund ;)

Siouxie Mar 16th 2018 1:11 pm

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by spouse of scouse (Post 12464050)
Chanel No. 5 - not so popular now but I love it and it's the first counter I head for in airport duty free shops.

My favourite perfume - well, the only one I wear, ever.

My indulgence is probably tech stuff.. but my excuse is that I need (some) of it to work.

If I could choose anything else to have, it would be a private jet (complete with pilot) to fly to visit my sister in the UK, then back with her and tour all over Canada for a couple of months with out other sister, I'd end the trip with getting a house/cottage by the water with a sand beach for a couple of weeks. Bliss.

I do miss travelling, sigh.

BristolUK Mar 16th 2018 1:21 pm

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by Siouxie (Post 12464473)
...a private jet (complete with pilot)...

Mr or Mrs N2O might be available. :lol:

Aviator Mar 16th 2018 2:44 pm

Re: What's your luxury?
 
Got a his and hers bike last year. Looking at a vintage helo for some fun this year, I guess I watched to much MASH!

Aviator Mar 16th 2018 2:49 pm

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by Siouxie (Post 12464473)
If I could choose anything else to have, it would be a private jet

Like this? Phenom 300E | Light Business Jet

Got to play in one last week, a fun week. Thankfully the running cost was not on me.

Hurlabrick Mar 16th 2018 3:12 pm

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 12464048)
Power tools.

And beer but that maybe isn't a luxury.

Yep - currently lusting over a $500+ power planer and a decent compressor and sandblasting kit!

Oooooh - and occasional tickets for Toronto Maple Leafs!

Ooooh - and a Harley FLHTCUI!

Yorkiechef Mar 16th 2018 3:22 pm

Re: What's your luxury?
 
Mcdonalds caramel sundae. Just popping out!

dave_j Mar 16th 2018 3:27 pm

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by Yorkiechef (Post 12464501)
Mcdonalds caramel sundae. Just popping out!

Well pop it back in again!

Dorothy Mar 16th 2018 6:23 pm

Re: What's your luxury?
 

Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 12464183)
Proper coffee. Illy or Lavazza espresso beans, ground in a decent burr grinder, and brewed in a steam pressure machine. Takes a little time and effort, but well worth the result.

Although I suppose it's not really that much of a luxury - it's probably significantly less expensive, and certainly much less time-consuming, than buying a mediocre coffee from any of the various drive-through emporia.

I was going to saw good coffee. I buy a good $4.50 coffee every day on my way to work. It's my one indulgence every week. I'd like a machine at home, but they're expensive and we only have 1 coffee a day so probably not worth the hundreds of dollars a machine costs.

Originally Posted by spouse of scouse (Post 12464349)
Could have done with one of those when I was gold prospecting in the Australian desert. Had to make do with digging a hole in the ground and a placing a frame and plastic toilet seat over it.

That doesn't work too well when you construct your dunny in the dark, and find out on first use that it's on an ant hill.

We want to go prospecting this winter. I'll remember to dig the dunny during daylight hours. And bring a commode chair so I'm not worried about ants.

beckiwoo Mar 17th 2018 7:29 am

Re: What's your luxury?
 
My luxury:

Renting a basement suite in Vancouver


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