Better to let them take over than to fight with them about it.

Better still to not have a pool at all.

Still want one though.

then circumstances changed and I had to give it up. I think I finally sold it for $50. That clock was gorgeous. I'm selling off everything now, even our 2nd family car. It's heartbreaking to see everything I've collected over the years go out the door. I simply can't afford to be sentimental. Anyway, I wish I could bless you with that clock. Maybe the person who bought it is enjoying it.

I hope the person who has it enjoys (and appreciates!) it.

I also hope all is well with you.

We had cool stuff.
Garage sales and auctions.
Posted a note on my computer screen that I had to not cry saying goodbye to my friends.
After all, they were only things. (Another story)
Learned so much. Worth the sale prices.
Still have too much.

I love rolltop desks! My family had one when I was a kid. It was very small and as I recall, it had a big cigarette burn on the front of it.

A chess set, and not a cheapo plastic one. This one is English boxwood and blood rosewood (which I love!), one of the most beautiful exotic hardwoods around. The Kings are 4" tall, with a 1-3/4" base, padded with billiard cloth. Pieces are triple-weighted. The Knights are exquisitely carved in the grand Staunton-design tradition, and the Rooks are tall, with tall ramparts and deep crennels. It's an absolutely gorgeous set--and for $800, it oughta be! The pieces store in mahogany trays, in a big beautiful mahogany box, separate cloth-lined padded compartments for each piece.

I resisted buying it for a long time, but then the store put it on clearance, and my willpower collapsed.....

I'm sure you would've regretted not buying that chess set more, especially on clearance.

There are more things I've regretted not buying when I had the chance than things I've regretted buying.

… so I could bring it down on certain persons that we could do without. (You know which ones.)

older I get, my tendency is to get rid of stuff that you've accumulated over your lifetime.

Knowing that, the best thing I've done, is give/downsize stuff I have, to friends and/or family that would love to have these items. I get so much enjoyment out of doing this.

So in a way, I get rid of stuff that we have accumulated over our lives (my SO too) and enjoy the pleasure in giving it to our friends, who would really love the items.

I am touched by this. You are a kind and generous person. We need more people like you in the world.

I'm afraid I get too attached to things. I have to remind myself it's just stuff and stuff is not that important in the final analysis.

thugs have tried to seize. They don't make my life, they don't control my life or whatever I do w/ my things, my money, etc. I do understand your comment about getting too attached to things. It's easy to do, but once you find something in your life that you can give to someone who's a cherished person in your world and give them something of yours that they will cherish, it's a feeling that is indescribable. the feeling is amazing.

Thanks so much for adding cheer to our lives this evening, w/ your kind comments.

this means the full size harp as played in an orchestra. It is a thing of beauty, creates sounds of beauty, and I would love to learn to play.

but I also discovered that a boat is a hole in the water into which you throw money.

and could theoretically sell precut and custom cut glass pieces for fusing (which is that I'd use it for) but that's still a huge investment for a hobby

And honestly, I don't have much.
I live on social security, a very small amount.
There's only one thing missing in my life and you can't buy it. Think the Beatles said that. Love.

But I can fantasize learning to play it again

Gallagher's adult sized big wheel!

It's Chinese, about 100 years old. It didn't have a lid when she gave it to me, probably never will.

I wouldn't even have a place to put it, and have no specific need for one, but it'd be fun to mess around with.

I have an Ender 3 and it's cheap and easy to use.

Some tips. You need a heated self leveling bed and an enclosed area, like a closet. That's all the tips you need and then you can start play. Don't worry about knowing what you're doing or screwing it up... you will. That's the fun.

Be ready to spend 36 hours printing something only to find out it's the wrong size or doesn't work the way you wanted... or the print goes screwy and you have plastic all over the place.

Embrace the aggravation and stay focused on small projects and work up...

I'd like to get one and have an unfinished basement I could put it in but it isn't an enclosed space.

Depending on what you're printing. PLA is cheap corn plastic and that prints fine no matter what but there's this stuff called PETG that is stronger but... you have to print it on a higher temp. This is also fine without putting it in a closet... but the ABS, which is very strong, it dries out while printing and it looks terrible... if it prints at all.

These are the lovely things you learn by trial and error 🤣

So, no, you don't need anything... just even a cheap handheld printer and you're good to go...

that's the point... don't be afraid to fail.

But I just don't have the room for it.

I have a search alert that sends me Nissan 350z cars with low miles

I’ll probably never do it, I definitely don’t feel like making a financial stretch right now.

But I’m not getting any younger either

Taylor 814 acoustic electric, tobacco sunburst.
I have 8 other Taylor’s, but damn this one is hollering at me.
Grandfather clocks, my late dad had a few plus other noise makers. All went off at different times. Impossible to sleep there, but they were beautiful with amazing woodworking artistry. My brothers got all those, thankfully.
Love great wood artistry, thus Taylor guitars and the craftsmanship draw me in.

a house in the country and a mini-Cooper!

They currently live in my sunroom, and run around outside in the summer. I particularly love Vandas, which need to be hung up 24/7/365. And silly me, I recently bought a hybrid Stanhopia Yolanda Breck, which sends it's blossom shoots out the bottom of the pot, so that needs to be hung too. I'm pretty much out of space for them inside during the colder months. *sigh*

Single cylinder road bike
To this day I regret selling it 40 years ago.

Almost done. Need to install the new clutch plates and a new seat(which I’m going to have a pro do).

My first motorcycle was a 1969 Honda CL350.

on the side of a Rocky Mountain trout pond where I could fish from the porch. Heaven.


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1- Can't afford one.
2-No place to store one.
3-Can't afford to maintain one.



My unrequited love since I was a kid.

One high up on a hill, looking out over the water.

a beautiful Watson Service microscope, circa 1920s. Have no use for it, but it's gorgeous, black and brass, with accessories and objectives. Almost bid on it, but someone else got it.

I had a D28 Martin back in the 1970's; still kicking my own ass for not doing enough with it before selling it. I doubt my feeble old fingers could do justice to another one, but still...