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Location: Tennessee | Porsche
RayBans
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Should People Really Be Defining Their Happiness By Material Things? :confused:
That said...
My Guitars, Amplifiers and Stomp boxes (that I don't know how to play)
My Computer (that I don't know how to use)
[And Alex... I have two Katanas that I don't know how to use either :p ] |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | A few other things came to mind today:
1) My wedding ring - it was lost, found, been through hell and back several times, but it's always there
2) My Dad (who is definitely NOT a sentimental guy) gave me a Swiss Army Knife watch when I completed my MBA a few years ago - one of the best gifts I ever got
3) A medal that I wear around my neck that I put on when my grandmother died about 10 years ago... it's always there to remind me of her. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | I could mention my ALTEC / JBL / GOODMANS speakers , several fine amps. , guitars ,transcription turntables and what not , however , this thread got me to realize , the thing that I use more than anything else , is my ancient IBM laptop , initially installed with win. 98 , it has been loaded/upgraded with everything else since then , battery long gone , no spare available , I was given a swishlooking HP laptop for X -mas last year , and yet , I still use this little IBM , the very one that I`m using right now , it shows , MAC sux , IBM rules , just ask any " gamer " .. :)
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Location: SoCal | Rainbow sandles
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Should People Really Be Defining Their Happiness By Material Things? :confused: That's not what Richard's original post was about. The essence of what he was asking is what (commercial) PRODUCTS do you use that have that "feel good factor" that you would be comfortable in endorsing.
Feeling good about owning something is VERY different to "What material thing defines your happiness?".
All the things I mentioned make me feel good, but don't make me happy. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I'm feeling good from reading what makes you feel good. Mostly it's a memory. Like the Swiss Army knife, I still have my Boy Scout knife and I still remember showing another scout how to open a can with it. I think we ate way more beans than we should, just to use our knives. That and it was always fun to fart in the tent. |
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Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | I own happiness. No one can take it away unless I let them. It can't be repossesed.I can give it away, and still have it.It is a "product" of me. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | OK, it's not a product, but these beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota, Hot Springs in particular. You've all probably seen on the news that we're having a blizzard right now. But once again, Hot Springs hasn't had even one flake. Rapid City, fifty miles to the north is snowed under. Chadron Nebraska, fifty miles to the south is the same. Pine Ridge fifty miles to the east has TWENTY FOOT drifts, and Gillette Wyoming to our west is shut down completely. Here, it is a little chilly, but we don't even have any wind. I LOVE this town!!!
OK, Products: My black Legend, My Morgan Monroe Bean Blossom Gettysburg, My Deering banjo, my '96 Chevy Blazer. (When I was moving out here I got impatient. I drove from Chicago to Hot Springs in one shot, stopping only to get gas, use the restroom and grab a convienience store sandwich that I ate while driving. 16 hours in one day, and my butt never got sore!), also my Gibson...washer/dryer stack. As far as computers go, I WISH I still had a Mac. I may have mentioned before that I used to, but when it got so old it didn't work anymore, someone gave me a PC. I hate it, but you can't beat the price! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by muzza:
Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Should People Really Be Defining Their Happiness By Material Things? :confused: Feeling good about owning something is VERY different to "What material thing defines your happiness?".
All the things I mentioned make me feel good, but don't make me happy. |
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Location: Georgia | #1 Worn out Sperry Topsiders (all of the sudden they're cool again).
#2 A hundred plus year old, giant, cast iron frying pan left to me by my grandfather. Many great fishfries and better memories were prepared with it.
#3 My Ovation: It thinks I play great, is never busy and never complains. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Originally posted by Captain_Lovehandles:
A couple of days before Richard left to go back to OZ, GNATL and I went to lunch with him at The Varsity in Atlanta. For a few minutes, he owned one of their chili dogs. I imagine that a short time later it owned him. 'twere indeed a good dog. I can't help but notice though Jas, nobody has mentioned grits. "I jes' can' get by without ma grits" |
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Location: Georgia | Originally posted by The Artist (FKA Richard):
'twere indeed a good dog. I can't help but notice though Jas, nobody has mentioned grits. "I jes' can' get by without ma grits" [/QB]
Growing up in Florida we often had grits with fish. I know the Captain recognizes the value of a good grit. The Artist is right, grits have been unfairly neglected in this post. |
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OT: Products that make you feel good about owning
