Ridiculous coronavirus purchases?

An electric guitar.

I'll teach myself eventually

Mini bike parts.  Trying to finish up projects that have been languishing for years.

In reply to Antihero (Forum Supporter) :

Tell us more.....as a recovering drummer I'm interested.

11GTCS said:

In reply to Antihero (Forum Supporter) :

Tell us more.....as a recovering drummer I'm interested.

I played drums from the time I was potty trained until I started college 2000. About 10 years ago I bought another set and was wanting to get my chops back. When I realized I wasn't going to be able to dedicate the time, I sold them again. 

Still have a couple of guitars I bang around on occasionally.

I'm trying to avoid buying the $500 Willys I found on Facebook marketplace. If I wait a couple hours it should be sold. I need to buy things that take up less space, like motorcycles. 

EvanB (Forum Supporter) said:

I'm trying to avoid buying the $500 Willys I found on Facebook marketplace. If I wait a couple hours it should be sold. I need to buy things that take up less space, like motorcycles. 

<FindingNemoSeagull.jpg>$500 Willys?</FindingNemoSeagull.jpg>
 

When I told my wife the money hit our account this morning, and asked what dumb purchase we should make she responded with "A tiger, it's the only right thing to do in 2020"....

bigdaddylee82 said:

Shipping container, 1900 rounds of various ammo, a pressure washer, a torque multiplier and 3/4" drive ratchet, and ~$700 worth of front end parts for a ratty old 3/4 ton Dodge.

Over the next 48 hours a "Ron Paul 2012" sticker will appear on it somewhere because of that description

eastsideTim said:

EvanB (Forum Supporter) said:

I'm trying to avoid buying the $500 Willys I found on Facebook marketplace. If I wait a couple hours it should be sold. I need to buy things that take up less space, like motorcycles. 

<FindingNemoSeagull.jpg>$500 Willys?</FindingNemoSeagull.jpg>
 

It's probably very rough but it has a title.

And it's $500...

In reply to EvanB (Forum Supporter) :

Wow, with a title, it might be worth it, but that is way too buried for me to even think about.

$700 worth of TonyKart/TM parts - magnesium hubs (ouch), bearings, brake pads, exhaust supports, clamps, a radiator, a battery, carb rebuild kits, and parts to rebuild the engine. 

I still need a chain and sprocket. 

From the department of rather dangerous bad ideas that you can get when you have cabin fever, I've been tempted to buy something like this. I haven't placed the order yet, but it looks like it should make it easy to whip up a bowl of molten aluminum - what could possibly go wrong?

In reply to eastsideTim :

I was right, just broke down and messaged and it is listed as sold. 

Lego Pirates of Barracuda Bay arrived today...

$200 buys a lot of little bricks lol.

In reply to MadScientistMatt :

That has to be one of the most GRM ways to try and burn your house down. I love it.

In reply to z31maniac :

I like that "bang around on guitars", that's pretty much what I do.   I played through college but that was it.  No space, no time and just way too loud for the house.   My daughter and I were at GC a couple of years back window shopping (mostly to grad some strings for her bass but we wouldn't want to be rude) and she double dog dared me to try one of the kits out.   I might as well have been sitting on another planet, it's all gone...

11GTCS said:

In reply to z31maniac :

I like that "bang around on guitars", that's pretty much what I do.   I played through college but that was it.  No space, no time and just way too loud for the house.   My daughter and I were at GC a couple of years back window shopping (mostly to grad some strings for her bass but we wouldn't want to be rude) and she double dog dared me to try one fo the kits out.   I might as well have been sitting on another planet, it's all gone...

I think I also have a bass in the closet, but no bass amp. So it's no fun. I love my Brent Hinds Flying V, plays great and sounds great. I'm just not that good!

In reply to z31maniac :

My son and daughter both have decent bass chops.  They played sax and flute respectively in school, daughter somehow taught herself keyboards and was good enough to play in a band from time to time in HS.   Having basic musical theory is apparently a good thing.   Me, I'm a hack but I love playing when I can find time.   I have a Schecter Tempest Blackjack that's a legit instrument (happy birthday to me one year)  and a couple of cheap guitars (Tele-copy and a Fender Telecoustic).I've picked up over time.  I'd love to be a lot better but I think it's one of those things better started when you're a kid.   That wasn't in the budget in the day so....

In reply to 11GTCS :

Yeah, I just don't have the time/will to dedicate hours per day to it.

RacetruckRon said:

In reply to MadScientistMatt :

That has to be one of the most GRM ways to try and burn your house down. I love it.

I don't plan to use it indoors - I've already ran the appropriate 20 amp wiring so I can MIG weld in my back yard.

In reply to GIRTHQUAKE :

The truck's an '89 so if I could find/make a "Ron Paul '88" sticker I might be inclined to put it on next to a "Goat Ropers Need Love Too," sticker.

That's about my limit for stickers on trucks though.

I mean who doesn't need a bare M54 block? It was only $90 on eBay. This will look great all cleaned up and sitting in my kitchen 

11GTCS said:

In reply to Antihero (Forum Supporter) :

Tell us more.....as a recovering drummer I'm interested.

It's called a Gothic Radius and it's made by Factory Metal. Most of what they made was garbage that catered to the brutalz metal market but the Gothic Radius is a hell of a cymbal.

The 23" I've got is pretty much the best washy ride I've ever heard and the one I've ordered is a 26". It lacks a bell and it's basically thin aluminum too so if you really hit it hard you can get some interesting helicopter like rhythm noise. Very unique really

In reply to Antihero (Forum Supporter) :

That sounds cool, I’ll look it up.  I hadn’t heard of aluminum cymbals, flat ride yes but not aluminum.  

11GTCS said:

In reply to Antihero (Forum Supporter) :

That sounds cool, I’ll look it up.  I hadn’t heard of aluminum cymbals, flat ride yes but not aluminum.  

It's really weird, I don't think anyone has ever really done an aluminum cymbal otherwise