there is a pocket star trek novel i can't find a physical copy for less than 100 US dollars called "a stitch in time". for some reason they won't reprint it (they released an audiobook recently but i don't personally like reading books that are not physical paper books).
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Yea I bought it on a whim when it came out cause I love DS9 and Garak. I've seen them as high as 200. Its crazy.
Yeah, my copy is in decent condition, and I've had offers of 200 for it.
Alas, I'm a giant geek and refuse to sell it
Rule of Acquisition #3: Never spend more on an acquisition than you have to
Ugh me too!
Keep an eye out at thrift shops-- I've seen huge tranches of Star Trek novels.
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TIL those are out of print and valuable. Most of mine were ex-library copies bought for 50ยข each. I guess I should have kept getting them more diligently, since it sounds like now it would be difficult for me to complete my collection.
A well designed back yard with a gardener to help keep it nice and tidy. I fucking love flowers and landscaping, but I just can't do it myself.
Watches, sadly. There some beautiful pieces, and somehow the industry figured out how to ask for a houseโs worth of money for some of them
Some magnificent pieces can be had for "only" used cars prices.
The one i have and love the most originally would have cost as much as my first car 15 years ago :D
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A nugget ice machine. Nuggets ice is the perfect chewing ice - not too hard it will crack teeth, even consistency unlike crushed ice, firm like tight packed snow. It's like chewing on frosty heaven.
But it's absurdly expensive for what little it does. At least a couple hundred dollars for a counter top ice maker that does nothing but make perfect ice.
The Romans would have thought that even Kings did not enjoy such luxuries as an ice maker. They would be all "what sorcery is this?!"
Yessss.
My first year of university, I lived in residence and the cafeteria had a nugget ice machine. Every day before class I'd swing through and fill my water bottle to the brim with ice and top if off with water. I'd have enough ice to crunch until my classes were done (not in class, I'm not a monster).
I miss it so much.
Also, a post-mix bar gun. Mostly just for carbonated water, because I'm also a fizz addict and those things are just fun.
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The Nintendo Switch 2.
Fresh clean sheets on a well made bed daily.
My wife wanted an ice maker. Thought it a silly idea but indulged her nonetheless. Well, turns out I freaking love it. Well worth the investment in my opinion
Same, I even had a fridge that included one and I never bothered to hook it up, I thought it was stupid because it took up valuable freezer space. Then one day I rented an apartment that had one and found out that boy was I ever wrong, living in a tropical country these things are an absolute godsend.
Infinite rice maker. Like instant.
A swimming pool. I love swimming, but I don't have the courage to swim in public. I was able to rent a pool by myself a few times and had an absolute blast.
A autonomous driving electric camper with a bed and auto-find free parking space, Solar roof.
This one honestly sounds amazing, it could be like an overnight train
I can't say, it's too absurd.
Please say
There are certain 12" records which despite only having one it two songs in them go for ludicrous prices, in the hundreds. I'd quite like to have those please.
Infinite money printer, obviously.
Jerome?
Is an icemaker an absurd luxury? Practically ever fridge I have ever owned has come with one, except like when I was a kid in the 70s.
Not every kitchen has the plumbing for it.
A plumber can fix that in a couple of hours
Fair, though I feel like most do nowadays? And I'm not living in some McMansion or anything, I'm on the poor end of things, but still I can't think of a house I've lived in in the last ~30 years that didn't have it.
In my case, the house I bought had been renovated before I bought it, but so poorly that it was considered a "fixer-upper" anyway. Technically, the kitchen has a refrigerator water supply, but the layout was so awkward that I ended up putting a cabinet in front of it and putting my refrigerator on the other side of the room.
I eventually ended up getting a countertop ice maker for ~$150, which is less convenient than a built-in one would be, but is also kinda nice because it makes relatively fancy, chewable "nugget" ice.
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Happiness
Air-conditioned dhed with high volume air cleaning for toxic actibities like soldering, plastic models, spray painiting, 3-D printing...
And a 3-d printer with a cross section of a metre on a side. I am sick of having to cut up designs, I want to print an entire extended-ATX case in a single run.
Lego's (I can't have enough, too expensive)
A full-sized bath (flat is pretty old, they did come with baths then, I love it)
A black card I never have to worry about paying back
A bedside sink.
Soda machine
Rooms for my plastic models, and a place to make an infinitely filled bar for my friends