1988RedT2 said:MadScientistMatt said:I was tempted to buy one of these instead (Amazon lists it for only $210), but it looks like it would need to be towed behind a powerboat instead of being rowed or paddled.
If you'll excuse me for even suggesting such a thing, this large inflatable swan is begging for a means of propulsion. A trolling motor would be nice, but awesome would entail adapting a gasoline outboard, extra credit for 10-plus horsepower.
Jet-swan
Mndsm said:1988RedT2 said:MadScientistMatt said:I was tempted to buy one of these instead (Amazon lists it for only $210), but it looks like it would need to be towed behind a powerboat instead of being rowed or paddled.
If you'll excuse me for even suggesting such a thing, this large inflatable swan is begging for a means of propulsion. A trolling motor would be nice, but awesome would entail adapting a gasoline outboard, extra credit for 10-plus horsepower.
Some kind of remote control tugboat would be ideal.
Taking out a loan against my house for an old English car is not a bad idea right?
In reply to Aaron_King :
I was looking at those the other day. I approve.
In reply to Aaron_King :
Or you could sell a kidney.
Aaron_King said:Taking out a loan against my house for an old English car is not a bad idea right?
You only live once. I approve of this insanity. I've always loved those.
Ethnic Food-Wrap Aficionado said:Ethnic Food-Wrap Aficionado said:Gonna hit so many trees.
Gonna be siiiiick.
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Did you hit the tree on the way up, the way down, sideways or, like my Mom on my minibike, straight on?
Do car parts-bellhousing, hydraulic clutch bits, etc-count as ridiculous here? It does at my house apparently
Antihero (Forum Supporter) said:Even though I have enough guitars that I'm not exactly sure of the exact number I have.....I bought another
SX Liquid. I've wanted a 3 p-90 one for years but I've never bought one. It popped up on reverb for very cheap new and I said berkeley it
I have a couple of guitars and a bass, but don't mess with them very often.
However, I still want to buy two more. One, because the Flying V is basically impossible to just sit in a chair and jam, like you can with my cheap little Squier strat.
But I also want an 8 string so I can learn to play Meshuggah.
Aaron_King said:Taking out a loan against my house for an old English car is not a bad idea right?
Each time I try to put together a humorous sentence regarding typical British car reliability it reads like a condemnation of even thinking your question...So "Good Luck!" 
Aaron_King said:Taking out a loan against my house for an old English car is not a bad idea right?
Just be sure you fit. A buddy of mine is a classic car appraiser (talk about a great gig) and says he loved these until the first time he had to try to wedge himself into one. I guess it was one of those "never meet your heros" moments. Apparently a quick buzz around the block to ensure everything worked was all he could and wanted to do.
As for me, I haven't bought anything huge, just an endless stream of little stuff needed to keep making progress on the model railroad I'm building for my son. This has been happening a lot lately:
EDIT: Didn't work out. This thing was not at ALL as advertised.
I have been tempted by much, but have limited purchases to a new jacket and some gear for the motorcycle.
I feel it was perfectly reasonable of me to buy $300 of cheap tooling for the lathe/mini mill. Why am I posting in this thread?
I have not made any ridiculous purchases. Instead I spent a grand on crap I need such as a new lawnmower (have had to cut the grass twice already with it), dual monitors for the computer so I don't go insane working on the crappy tablet my employer provided for me to WFH with, and a reman Herman Miller Aeron desk chair so my back isn't killing me at the end of every day. Dammit, I could have blown that money on some irresponsible E36 M3!
In reply to wheelsmithy (Joe-with-an-L) :
Whatever helps you sleep at night.
In reply to kazoospec :
I am only 5 ft 9, but regardless it is not going to happen no matter how much I would like it to.
In reply to z31maniac :
I haven't really got into 8s or even 7s but I do own a few baritones
Antihero (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to z31maniac :
I haven't really got into 8s or even 7s but I do own a few baritones
I've thought about those as well. So much of the stuff I listen to is down tuned a full step, and then some even more. Like Mastodon, everything starts a full step down, then they do Drop-C and even Drop-A from there on some songs.
I may of purchased 25lbs of bulk candy on Amazon yesterday. Gummi bears, Mike and Ikes, Hot Tamales and Good and Plenty. I have about a half dozen airtight storage containers that I will store the candy in in an attempt to ration myself. This is why you should not shop online while buzzed. Everything seems like a good idea.
I'm my own worst enemy sometimes
I wasn't going to post this but I guess it is kind of ridiculous. I bought a 9mm threaded barrel (on sale!) for my sig p250 and since I don't have and probably never will have a suppressor I bought the thread cap(separately) to protect the threads. I also had to buy a magazine for it and ammo since I didnt have a 9mm before this. For reference I already have 357sig and 40s&w barrels for it, but that totally makes sense since those two calibers share magazines. Now I have options!
I bought 15 kilograms of filament and resin in the last week to keep the printer farm running. I had to stock up since quality, reasonably priced filament is getting hard to come by and the resin was 50% off.
Mndsm said:Alright. Ferraris are out. Too hard to find a decent hard top 355. That's fine, I REALLY didn't want to maintain a car that needs "engine out " service. I did however find that early vipers are down into Camry money, and that seems like a cool way to die.
I sort of agree with you on the cheap(er) Ferraris. Just don't know if I would ever be able to stomach the maintenance. Maybe if you could find a F355 that just had a major service like Cotton mentioned.
That said, I think the best bang/buck in the Esprit world is the late eighties Stevens models. I've seen those in the $20K-30K range. They're not many available at any given moment though.
Here's maybe one of two I see in the country on Autotempest: 88 Turbo 53K miles $21K Linky
I'll probably just go back to tinkering with my MR2 though...
Seeing where this thread has gone, I feel like a lightweight, if a reasonable one, with this outlandish purchase:
Doritos came up sometime recently. Maybe someone was eating some on a virtual happy hour. I got the craving stuck in my head. They lived up to the craving, and now I'm curious to see which one strikes next (and how long the box lasts).
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