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I am currently drooling over the Gaggia Classic Espresso machine, I really want one ! the price tag of £250 puts me off thou.
Do you find that your passion for posessions is gone once you've got them?
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Sic said:and people call Otacon homogay
To be fair you can't get good coffee cheap in this country, you have to go to an overly extravagant farty uppermiddle class place where women called Veronica ask their children called Henry and Vannesa to eat their frites so you may as well buy a coffee machine .
I don't think I regret buying things, I still love my AKG headphones, my iPod which is now getting on a bit with 3 battery changes, my hifi and knackered camera.
I think the trick is to buy things which don't go out of date, the ipod techically hasn't, so what if I can't play brick in colour...
William said:To be fair you can't get good coffee cheap in this country, you have to go to an overly extravagant farty uppermiddle class place where women called Veronica ask their children called Henry and Vannesa to eat their frites so you may as well buy a coffee machine .
i'd consider even owning a coffee making machine to be quite gay. not offensively or anything, it's just one of those things.
cleanbluesky said:
Definately, especially when it comes to PC equipment. I bought a fair amount in the last couple of years and it was only this year that I realised I'd been spending purely to make myself happy. Half the stuff I've bought wasn't needed.
I have realised after many years of continuous spending, that its not the actual item that excites me, its the actual research and eventual purchasing that gives me 'the buzz'.
I wish I had realised this sooner (looks at all the unused junk lying around the house)
I wish I had realised this sooner (looks at all the unused junk lying around the house)
To be honest, I don't lose "passion" for things once I've got them, probably because I don't get that excited about getting things in the first place. If I want something, I buy it, I don't get worked up about it.
I think the disappointment some people feel is probably because the excitement of expectation and anticipation can't be matched by the reality of acquisition. The solution .... don't get so excited by anticipation.
I think the disappointment some people feel is probably because the excitement of expectation and anticipation can't be matched by the reality of acquisition. The solution .... don't get so excited by anticipation.
Yes. I bought the mountain bike of my dreams last year, then promptly discovered other things that interested me more, so the lovely, gorgeous piece of machinery has been used on less than 20 rides since I got it. And considering I used to go out almost every other night when it was a mere hardtail, that's a crying shame.
And now I feel like I don't do it justice, what with me being unfit and all that. Being overtaken by XC whippets on singlespeed rigid 80s bikes really hurts when you're on a ~£2000 bike.
And now I feel like I don't do it justice, what with me being unfit and all that. Being overtaken by XC whippets on singlespeed rigid 80s bikes really hurts when you're on a ~£2000 bike.