What luxury item have you always wanted?

[Taverner]

Me? I've always wanted my own pool table. Sure, they're not that expensive - but keep in mind you need the space (a luxury in CA) and you need to buy the table.

[NightWatcher]

1. one of these beauties

[flvegan]

2. Always wanted? A Ferrari.

Since I was around 9 I've lusted after them.

Realistically, though, I've also wanted a pool table for some time, and if I didn't have doggie rescue taking up parts of my house, I'd have one. No Brunswick, but a decent one to fart around with that I won't cry if my buddy spills beer on it.

I'd also really like a very nice watch. Not a Patek or anything foolish. Maybe a Rolex or a nice Omega.

However, tbh, before I bought any of those things, had I the money the one luxury item I WOULD buy is a nice piano for my mom. That's where my extra $8k would go.

[Taverner]

3. Too cool :)

at the risk of going geek, have you ever played PGR4?

You can choose your car, Ferraris (all models) are available, and the virtual car handles just like a real Ferrari.

[flvegan]

8. I don't have a 360, so no.

I saw the trailer with the 599 in it, though. Looks VERY cool.

[Taverner]

10. It is

If you get a 360, get the steering column. It's only a little more, and it makes it way worth it.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. A harp

The instrument...not the beer. Although the beer's pretty good too. :toast:

[tigereye]

15. knowing you, you would like both of them!

:hi:

harps are astounding instruments!

[MrCoffee]

5. a collection of arcade pinball machines

including the Star Wars pinball with the Death Star.

[trof]

6. I wanted a Rolex for a while.

I was in San Francisco on a layover and strolled down Mission Street(?), just doing some window shopping.

Anyway, there were a lot of pawn shops.
One had a Rolex just like I wanted in the window.
I went in.
"How much for the Rolex in your window?"
"Twenty five."
"Wow! Twenty five dollars?"
"Uh...no...twenty five HUNDRED dollars."
"Oh."
:rofl:
I got over it.

[BarenakedLady]

7. An inground pool

Maybe someday...

[flvegan]

If I get a pool, you're welcome to it any time.

I have a tall privacy fence, so you could feel free to swim with or without a suit.

Just throwing it out there...

[BarenakedLady]

11. I'll keep that in mind

:P

[mitchum]

9. A Buchla modular synth and a hurdy gurdy

[harmonicon]

49. have you seen the buchla 200e?!

*drool*

I was talking to a friend of mine last year who helps design and build them and I said that if I had an extra $30k I'd buy one. He said he wouldn't. HAHAHA! but he has the luxury of being able to make little stand-alone versions of some of the modules and screw with them however he'd like because he has access to all of the stuff.

I would also like a hurdy gurdy. I can never figure out why they're so expensive. I know they probably aren't easy to build, but the price usually seems unrealistic.

[mitchum]

79. It is a beautiful piece of gear porn

right now, a Doepfer mod system would be a luxury item for me. One day...

[harmonicon]

80. I'm thinking of getting a little modular set-up

I'll have some extra cash come this summer, and it will either go to that, a rickenbacker bass, or more likely, taking a chunk out of student loans.

[hyphenate]

12. My "luxury" item

would certainly get lost in the scheme of things. Once upon a time, I read a magazine that had an article on this coffee table, designed by Lalique, with hand blown glass and mountain lions etched around the base of the table. I was in love. It sold for $40,000. I have never forgotten that table, and I always include it in any fantasy I have of being wealthy. Yeah, so I've got an active imagination, and all the "trappings" of wealth are just taken for granted.

[guitar man]

13. one of these

I win the powerball and it's mine! :bounce:

[tigereye]

14. a Jaguar - the car, not the cat :)

a sailboat

[Brigid]

16. A Mercedes.

A nice, shiny little red two-seater convertible. :evilgrin:

[leeroysphitz]

17. One (hyphnated) word: man-servant. n/t

ETA: Corn IS beans!

[Rabrrrrrr]

18. Kirsten Dunst, Natalie Portman, or Kate Winslet.

[Brigid]

20. Then could I have . . .

George Clooney? :evilgrin:

[GOPisEvil]

19. A BMW.

They've always been my favorite luxury automobile.

Although...I must say I would take a Benz, Audi, Jaguar...

[WinkyDink]

21. TWO: A Jaguar X-KE; and an indoors pool.

[Initech]

22. A suite at Angel Stadium

[Tektonik]

23. A Tempur-pedic bed

If I save correctly, and the world isn't over by June, I'll have enough to buy the Cal King original bed I've been eying. But most likely I'll be buying a used one I see on Craigslist the moment I find a decent one posted on there. I've badly needed a new mattress for a LONG time, and I'm sick of buying cheapies here and there.

[mainegreen]

37. Worth every penny.

Any weird back/hip pains I had disappeared in a month.

[Tektonik]

40. Which version did you get?

I'll be looking for the 'cheapest' Cal King I can find.

[REP]

73. I have a 'Rhapsody'

I need a firm mattress, and it has the 7lb density foam.

[Taverner]

46. Mixed about mine

If you lay flat on your back, it's great in the morning

If you lie on your side however, it gives me serious pain

[Tektonik]

63. I generally sleep on my side or stomach

If on my side, I sleep in a fetal position and with a king size pillow in between my legs from my knee to my ankles.

[DarkTirade]

24. Not so much an item...

just something I want in my house and on my property...

I want a secret passageway in my house some day. And a maze garden in my yard.

Because those are just too cool NOT to have.

[Callalily]

25. House on a lake!

[madinmaryland]

26. Dallas Cowboys season tickets with airline tickets to each of the games!

[philosophie_en_rose]

27. unlimited trust fund

:bounce:

[DarkTirade]

42. ... good answer.

[pitohui]

28. good health

the most expensive luxury of them all

[SOteric]

29. A large jacussi and a private masseuse.

[azmouse]

30. A wine cellar.

[DarkTirade]

44. Ooh... now that I live in a place where you can actually dig cellars...

I think I'll add that to my list.

Actually, I'm using my cellar here to brew and store/age my own stuff right now. Go figure. :)

[youthere]

31. Redwings season tickets...center ice.

But i live in iowa...so it's probably not going to happen.

[SarahB]

32. A hot tub. A big hot tub.

:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. Diamonds...

[Orsino]

34. A pool. Or a pool table. n/t

[Angel]

35. A great camera

to further my photography interest.

[Fox Mulder]

36. A natural wine cellar and a host of great wines to fill it.

And a library filled with thousands and thousands of books.

[LynzM]

38. Well, they're not items, per se...

I would love to have a masseur/masseuse, and a chef. I'd also love to have unlimited time and funds to travel and listen to good live music, but... that's stretching it, I think.

Realistically? I don't even know. I don't crave *things* so much as time, and books and experiences to fill that time.

[triguy46]

39. this would do:

[AlCzervik]

41. an arcade size air hockey table.

that would be sweet, pool table would also be fun but i'm the only one who plays pool. I have a living room, a formal one that is a total waste of space and an air hockey table would fill it up nicely.

[Connonym]

69. I'd totally kick your ass at air hocky with my mad playing skilz

That's something I've always wanted but if I had to choose one thing I think a hot tub might beat out the air hockey table.

[pink-o]

43. A constantly updated state-of-the-art home gym

plus a personal trainer to keep me going. As well as a cook who'd balance all my meals to nutrional optimum, bcuz I hate thinking about all that stuff and I just want someone else to grease the wheels so I can concentrate on the things I love.

See "luxury item" to me connotes it's a thing you don't really need, you just want it bcuz you're lazy!

[seemunkee]

45. AC Cobra and a kick ass stereo

Just a simple turntable


amp


and speakers

[grannylib]

47. A narwhal tusk. Nature's only true unicorn horn. Want one very

much! Way cool.

[MorningGlow]

48. A car that won't stall when I use the air conditioning

This is actually a tough question for me. I had a friend from college get in touch with me several years after we graduated, to "go for coffee." Turned out he had started selling Amway but didn't tell me (ambush tactic). He started his pitch by asking me what I've always wanted to have that I never could afford--supposed to make me "hungry" for more money or something. I honestly had a hard time answering him. "Fancy car?" "No, not really." "Boat, then." "Nope. Never been interested." "Big house?" "Nah..." He got really frustrated!
:rofl:

I haven't changed that much since that conversation, although it's been many years since. I just want financial security--money in the bank--or make that mattress these days--to pay the bills. A car that doesn't stall. Maybe a trustworthy contractor to finally finish the gutted rooms in our house that we haven't been able to afford to continue working on.

I'd like a piano, I guess (I'd also need lessons). But I don't pine for one. :shrug:

[harmonicon]

50. a solid gold flying house NT

[Throd]

51. A 1/2 scale globe and a golden table to put it on.

[femmocrat]

52. Oceanfront property.

A house at the beach... my dream.

[kwassa]

78. Me, too. and HGTV gave my Dream House away to someone else!

[drmeow]

53. Wow

Looking at all these answers, I can't believe how lucky I am.
I have a pool table (need a short cue to shoot straight off the side rail :))


I have an in ground pool with a jacuzzi (I would like to cover the whole thing with a shade ramada, though)


I have a relatively large house (@ 2500 sq ft - big enough for our needs, some would say too big)

I get regular massages (at a local massage school about 1 mile from my house)

I'd kinda like a boat but don't feel right about the big gas guzzling truck I'd have to buy to haul it to some environmental disaster of a man-made lake covered with too many jet skis so I doubt I'll ever get one.

The trust fund would be nice :)

I wish I had more gold - not because I'd wear it but because it is so valuable right now and I am worried about the economy.

I guess the one luxury I would want isn't an item - to be able to fly first class everywhere!

[Flaxbee]

54. a tailored-to-fit-me-perfectly Chanel cardigan jacket. Designed by Coco herself,

not Karl Lagerfeld.

And/or a small, well-designed house on the beach with a private beach, of course.

[likesmountains 52]

55. Seems kind of mundane..but a towel warmer would make me very happy

[Juche]

56. A $4300/hr hooker

Preferably one that is around 22. Failing that a nice home entertainment system with a large screen plasma TV would be nice.

[elleng]

61. Oh yeah,

maybe something like that, male version, less $, maybe monthly. Older than 22.

[JVS]

57. personal luxury submarine

[FloridaJudy]

58. A fireplace

In Florida you'd only probably use it for one month out of twelve, and they pollute, so yeah, it would be a luxury.

But I love the smell, and I love watching the flames.

[mondo joe]

59. Maybe some nice fur sneakers.

[Aristus]

60. An English butler. Someone with a really good English name, too, like "Tillington"

or "Littlefield".

He could bring me a warm brandy every night. "Yor brandy, Suh."

"Yes, very good. Thank you, Tillington".

"A pleashuh, suh."

He could also consult on my wardrobe, like Jeeves.

"I took the libatay of laying out our grey three-button syoot, Suh. It shall go veddy well with the gown Mrs. Aristus has chewsen for the soire to-night."

"Excellent choice, as always, Tillington."

"Thank yew, Suh. I try to give satisfaction."

[fudge stripe cookays]

74. Sartorial splendor is very important.

He could also make wisecracks like John Gielgud in Arthur, adding humor to mundane everyday life.

"Usually, one has to go to a bowling alley to meet a woman of your stature."

[cloudbase]

62. One of these

And one of these to ride to the gliderport

[NNadir]

64. A fruit orchard.

[1800flowers]

65. My own bow-flex gym machine

To work out all my muscles.

[Generic Brad]

66. A fishing boat and motor

But then I would also need a trailer to haul it on and a truck to haul it with and a place to store it in. And I could also use some lake shore property with a private dock and a boatlift.

Tat would be a luxury all right.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

67. A corporate jet

Or at least first class travel. Always wanted to have this opportunity

[OmahaBlueDog]

68. An 18 year old nymphomaniac mistress

...just kidding, dear

[Lyric]

70. A house

I've spent my life between old mobile homes and low-income apartments. I've only lived in a house one time--it was during my late teens, when my Mom and stepdad were renting an old farmhouse in rural Rockingham County, Virginia. It was one of those deals where my stepfather worked on the owner's farm for 3-4 days a week, and that paid the rent for the house. It was a really old house, but it sat in the midst of an enormous piece of gorgeous property with no neighbors in sight, fields and meadows to explore, and silver maples in the front yard that were at least a hundred years old.

Someday I'd like to have a little farm like that again. Or at least a modest house that no landlord could threaten to turn us out of again.

[LeftyMom]

71. A football team. Think the DeBartolos would sell?

Other than that, I'd sure like to have a muscle car. Used to be a rather accessible indulgence, but with fuel costs these days? Not so much.

[Indi Guy]

72. A '57 Gibson "Birdland" guitar...

[livvy]

75. A horse, and the land to keep it on.

[annonymous]

76. A jacuzzi tub for my bathroom and financial security.

[dropkickpa]

77. A car

But my going for the gold luxury dream car is this one