Quote from: lemanfan on June 27, 2020, 06:54:48 AMA new camera. The something from the Fujifilm GFX line with the 50mm and the 110 mm lenses. .... 'spensive. Will not. But want to.Not quite as grand, but I've been browsing for an upgrade to me Eos M with a cracked screen, and a nice tripod for video. After much deliberation, I made do with a <£10 ebay special tripod, and made myself a beanbag out of an old neoprene case from a telephone headset and some dried beans.
A new camera. The something from the Fujifilm GFX line with the 50mm and the 110 mm lenses. .... 'spensive. Will not. But want to.
Quote from: NorthernMonkey on June 27, 2020, 08:59:49 AMQuote from: lemanfan on June 27, 2020, 06:54:48 AMA new camera. The something from the Fujifilm GFX line with the 50mm and the 110 mm lenses. .... 'spensive. Will not. But want to.Not quite as grand, but I've been browsing for an upgrade to me Eos M with a cracked screen, and a nice tripod for video. After much deliberation, I made do with a <£10 ebay special tripod, and made myself a beanbag out of an old neoprene case from a telephone headset and some dried beans.I approve. I have enough cameras. The equipment is not the limitation for me. But sometimes I still want to... . but no. Not at the current stage in life. :)
It's more difficult to justify when the quality of an iphone camera is significantly better than 'good enough' for 90% of situations. A camera is sufficiently impractical a purchase that it would need to be on the 'I've wanted this for 3 months now' list before I went and bought one
Quote from: PDXTabs on June 26, 2020, 06:50:15 PMSRAM Force 1 AXS Power Meter.So I’ve been looking at getting crank based power too, what is it about the AXS that makes it better? For me, I keep wobbling between the Power2Max NGEco, the quarq dzero dub and “you suck at cycling anyways, stop looking at power meters”.
SRAM Force 1 AXS Power Meter.
Quote from: mspym on June 26, 2020, 04:32:21 PMQuote from: jinga nation on June 26, 2020, 11:39:03 AMKitchen-Aid Stand Mixer, Classic Plus or Artisan series. Factory-refurb will do. Been making bread weekly for last 4 years in a bread maker. Want to use a stand mixer to make multiple breads and shapes since kids are growing and eat more and they want variety. Plus motivation to make breads seen in baking shows.The current $50 bread maker works very well, no need to get rid of, hence can't really justify spend a couple of hundred on a new machine. Plus have to find a storage space since it is 14.5 inches tall in the tilt position. #FirstWorldProblemsBeingMarriedToFrugalCPAWifeYou might have a use case - I certainly don't and I think my cost-per-use for the stand mixer (in crystal blue) is down to $70. Plus it's half a centimetre too tall to fit in any of our shelves or cupboards (non-adjustable) and eats up a spectacular amount of bench space. Oh and weighs 10kg.I have a professional 5+ and love it. I use it at a couple of times a week, almost always for kneading bread dough. I make bread far more often than I would if I had to knead by hand. I would choose the mixer over a bread machine without hesitation because it gives you a lot more flexibility, but the choice might be more difficult if I already had a bread machine. By the way, Kitchenaids seem to be built to last. By coincidence, mine "walked" its way off the counter and fell about three feet to a ceramic tile floor. It dented the head a bit, but did absolutely no other damage and it still works perfectly. I've heard that the older ones were built better than newer ones (mines relatively new), but I'm impressed with the current build quality. BTW, I'm told that the artisan series has some plastic gears and internals and that the upper level ones use metal. I'd look into it if I were buying one.
Quote from: jinga nation on June 26, 2020, 11:39:03 AMKitchen-Aid Stand Mixer, Classic Plus or Artisan series. Factory-refurb will do. Been making bread weekly for last 4 years in a bread maker. Want to use a stand mixer to make multiple breads and shapes since kids are growing and eat more and they want variety. Plus motivation to make breads seen in baking shows.The current $50 bread maker works very well, no need to get rid of, hence can't really justify spend a couple of hundred on a new machine. Plus have to find a storage space since it is 14.5 inches tall in the tilt position. #FirstWorldProblemsBeingMarriedToFrugalCPAWifeYou might have a use case - I certainly don't and I think my cost-per-use for the stand mixer (in crystal blue) is down to $70. Plus it's half a centimetre too tall to fit in any of our shelves or cupboards (non-adjustable) and eats up a spectacular amount of bench space. Oh and weighs 10kg.
Kitchen-Aid Stand Mixer, Classic Plus or Artisan series. Factory-refurb will do. Been making bread weekly for last 4 years in a bread maker. Want to use a stand mixer to make multiple breads and shapes since kids are growing and eat more and they want variety. Plus motivation to make breads seen in baking shows.The current $50 bread maker works very well, no need to get rid of, hence can't really justify spend a couple of hundred on a new machine. Plus have to find a storage space since it is 14.5 inches tall in the tilt position. #FirstWorldProblemsBeingMarriedToFrugalCPAWife
Quote from: ROF Expat on June 27, 2020, 08:06:41 AMQuote from: mspym on June 26, 2020, 04:32:21 PMQuote from: jinga nation on June 26, 2020, 11:39:03 AMKitchen-Aid Stand Mixer, Classic Plus or Artisan series. Factory-refurb will do. Been making bread weekly for last 4 years in a bread maker. Want to use a stand mixer to make multiple breads and shapes since kids are growing and eat more and they want variety. Plus motivation to make breads seen in baking shows.The current $50 bread maker works very well, no need to get rid of, hence can't really justify spend a couple of hundred on a new machine. Plus have to find a storage space since it is 14.5 inches tall in the tilt position. #FirstWorldProblemsBeingMarriedToFrugalCPAWifeYou might have a use case - I certainly don't and I think my cost-per-use for the stand mixer (in crystal blue) is down to $70. Plus it's half a centimetre too tall to fit in any of our shelves or cupboards (non-adjustable) and eats up a spectacular amount of bench space. Oh and weighs 10kg.I have a professional 5+ and love it. I use it at a couple of times a week, almost always for kneading bread dough. I make bread far more often than I would if I had to knead by hand. I would choose the mixer over a bread machine without hesitation because it gives you a lot more flexibility, but the choice might be more difficult if I already had a bread machine. By the way, Kitchenaids seem to be built to last. By coincidence, mine "walked" its way off the counter and fell about three feet to a ceramic tile floor. It dented the head a bit, but did absolutely no other damage and it still works perfectly. I've heard that the older ones were built better than newer ones (mines relatively new), but I'm impressed with the current build quality. BTW, I'm told that the artisan series has some plastic gears and internals and that the upper level ones use metal. I'd look into it if I were buying one. I've had mine for about 8 months now (the professional model) and it's absolutely worth taking up 1/3 of my total counter space. I'm pretty sure mine weighs more than 10 kg but I still move it for cleaning once a week.I have been trying to use it to knead bread dough and that's about the only thing I haven't completely figured out yet. Any tips and tricks?
Quote from: Imma on June 29, 2020, 11:16:53 AMQuote from: ROF Expat on June 27, 2020, 08:06:41 AMQuote from: mspym on June 26, 2020, 04:32:21 PMQuote from: jinga nation on June 26, 2020, 11:39:03 AMKitchen-Aid Stand Mixer, Classic Plus or Artisan series. Factory-refurb will do. Been making bread weekly for last 4 years in a bread maker. Want to use a stand mixer to make multiple breads and shapes since kids are growing and eat more and they want variety. Plus motivation to make breads seen in baking shows.The current $50 bread maker works very well, no need to get rid of, hence can't really justify spend a couple of hundred on a new machine. Plus have to find a storage space since it is 14.5 inches tall in the tilt position. #FirstWorldProblemsBeingMarriedToFrugalCPAWifeYou might have a use case - I certainly don't and I think my cost-per-use for the stand mixer (in crystal blue) is down to $70. Plus it's half a centimetre too tall to fit in any of our shelves or cupboards (non-adjustable) and eats up a spectacular amount of bench space. Oh and weighs 10kg.I have a professional 5+ and love it. I use it at a couple of times a week, almost always for kneading bread dough. I make bread far more often than I would if I had to knead by hand. I would choose the mixer over a bread machine without hesitation because it gives you a lot more flexibility, but the choice might be more difficult if I already had a bread machine. By the way, Kitchenaids seem to be built to last. By coincidence, mine "walked" its way off the counter and fell about three feet to a ceramic tile floor. It dented the head a bit, but did absolutely no other damage and it still works perfectly. I've heard that the older ones were built better than newer ones (mines relatively new), but I'm impressed with the current build quality. BTW, I'm told that the artisan series has some plastic gears and internals and that the upper level ones use metal. I'd look into it if I were buying one. I've had mine for about 8 months now (the professional model) and it's absolutely worth taking up 1/3 of my total counter space. I'm pretty sure mine weighs more than 10 kg but I still move it for cleaning once a week.I have been trying to use it to knead bread dough and that's about the only thing I haven't completely figured out yet. Any tips and tricks?When I had my kitchen redone last year, I had a cabinet set aside specifically for my KA. It has an appliance lift and an outlet inside the cabinet. I don't even care about losing an entire cabinet to it. My experience with bread dough has been that it's somewhat easier to get all the ingredients mixed together with the paddle before changing to the dough hook.
Quote from: megaschnauzer on June 26, 2020, 11:10:13 AMan air fryerAn air fryer is actually a convection oven. So if your oven has a convection feature, you don’t need an air fryer! I ended up getting a $60 toaster oven with convection and love it - it has a much larger capacity, and doubles as a dehydrator, toaster, etc. it’s well worth not having to heat my whole house with the oven most nights as it handles dinner for 2 quite easily and in less time.
an air fryer
Quote from: lexde on June 26, 2020, 08:18:54 PMQuote from: megaschnauzer on June 26, 2020, 11:10:13 AMan air fryerAn air fryer is actually a convection oven. So if your oven has a convection feature, you don’t need an air fryer! I ended up getting a $60 toaster oven with convection and love it - it has a much larger capacity, and doubles as a dehydrator, toaster, etc. it’s well worth not having to heat my whole house with the oven most nights as it handles dinner for 2 quite easily and in less time.My husband just got me an air fryer for my birthday. So far, I love it. Our toaster oven is just a regular toaster variety. Our actual stove/ oven does not have convection. It's also sort of busted. We could have replaced it first, then not gotten an air fryer. As it is, we can probably make do with the existing stove/oven combo for years now...
Quote from: mm1970 on June 29, 2020, 02:43:23 PMQuote from: lexde on June 26, 2020, 08:18:54 PMQuote from: megaschnauzer on June 26, 2020, 11:10:13 AMan air fryerAn air fryer is actually a convection oven. So if your oven has a convection feature, you don’t need an air fryer! I ended up getting a $60 toaster oven with convection and love it - it has a much larger capacity, and doubles as a dehydrator, toaster, etc. it’s well worth not having to heat my whole house with the oven most nights as it handles dinner for 2 quite easily and in less time.My husband just got me an air fryer for my birthday. So far, I love it. Our toaster oven is just a regular toaster variety. Our actual stove/ oven does not have convection. It's also sort of busted. We could have replaced it first, then not gotten an air fryer. As it is, we can probably make do with the existing stove/oven combo for years now...i just bought one. i got a nice bonus at work so i'm banking most of it and getting an appliance.
Quote from: megaschnauzer on June 29, 2020, 03:43:22 PMQuote from: mm1970 on June 29, 2020, 02:43:23 PMQuote from: lexde on June 26, 2020, 08:18:54 PMQuote from: megaschnauzer on June 26, 2020, 11:10:13 AMan air fryerAn air fryer is actually a convection oven. So if your oven has a convection feature, you don’t need an air fryer! I ended up getting a $60 toaster oven with convection and love it - it has a much larger capacity, and doubles as a dehydrator, toaster, etc. it’s well worth not having to heat my whole house with the oven most nights as it handles dinner for 2 quite easily and in less time.My husband just got me an air fryer for my birthday. So far, I love it. Our toaster oven is just a regular toaster variety. Our actual stove/ oven does not have convection. It's also sort of busted. We could have replaced it first, then not gotten an air fryer. As it is, we can probably make do with the existing stove/oven combo for years now...i just bought one. i got a nice bonus at work so i'm banking most of it and getting an appliance.Nice! Which one did you end up getting?
Quote from: Sugaree on June 29, 2020, 12:19:19 PMQuote from: Imma on June 29, 2020, 11:16:53 AMQuote from: ROF Expat on June 27, 2020, 08:06:41 AMQuote from: mspym on June 26, 2020, 04:32:21 PMQuote from: jinga nation on June 26, 2020, 11:39:03 AMKitchen-Aid Stand Mixer, Classic Plus or Artisan series. Factory-refurb will do. Been making bread weekly for last 4 years in a bread maker. Want to use a stand mixer to make multiple breads and shapes since kids are growing and eat more and they want variety. Plus motivation to make breads seen in baking shows.The current $50 bread maker works very well, no need to get rid of, hence can't really justify spend a couple of hundred on a new machine. Plus have to find a storage space since it is 14.5 inches tall in the tilt position. #FirstWorldProblemsBeingMarriedToFrugalCPAWifeYou might have a use case - I certainly don't and I think my cost-per-use for the stand mixer (in crystal blue) is down to $70. Plus it's half a centimetre too tall to fit in any of our shelves or cupboards (non-adjustable) and eats up a spectacular amount of bench space. Oh and weighs 10kg.I have a professional 5+ and love it. I use it at a couple of times a week, almost always for kneading bread dough. I make bread far more often than I would if I had to knead by hand. I would choose the mixer over a bread machine without hesitation because it gives you a lot more flexibility, but the choice might be more difficult if I already had a bread machine. By the way, Kitchenaids seem to be built to last. By coincidence, mine "walked" its way off the counter and fell about three feet to a ceramic tile floor. It dented the head a bit, but did absolutely no other damage and it still works perfectly. I've heard that the older ones were built better than newer ones (mines relatively new), but I'm impressed with the current build quality. BTW, I'm told that the artisan series has some plastic gears and internals and that the upper level ones use metal. I'd look into it if I were buying one. I've had mine for about 8 months now (the professional model) and it's absolutely worth taking up 1/3 of my total counter space. I'm pretty sure mine weighs more than 10 kg but I still move it for cleaning once a week.I have been trying to use it to knead bread dough and that's about the only thing I haven't completely figured out yet. Any tips and tricks?When I had my kitchen redone last year, I had a cabinet set aside specifically for my KA. It has an appliance lift and an outlet inside the cabinet. I don't even care about losing an entire cabinet to it. My experience with bread dough has been that it's somewhat easier to get all the ingredients mixed together with the paddle before changing to the dough hook.I agree that using the paddle to start can be helpful, but with most doughs I find that I can start with the dough hook on the lowest "mix" speed to get things started and then increase the speed once the ingredients have mixed for a minute or so. The paddle might make things go a little faster, but that would be one more thing to wash... I do find that the Kitchenaid recommendation of kneading for just a couple of minutes on level 3 is usually too short. I usually do about 12 minutes, mostly at level 3, but occasionally at substantially higher levels if the gluten doesn't start developing. I'm usually making about four pounds of dough, though.
Quote from: lexde on June 29, 2020, 04:56:36 PMQuote from: megaschnauzer on June 29, 2020, 03:43:22 PMQuote from: mm1970 on June 29, 2020, 02:43:23 PMQuote from: lexde on June 26, 2020, 08:18:54 PMQuote from: megaschnauzer on June 26, 2020, 11:10:13 AMan air fryerAn air fryer is actually a convection oven. So if your oven has a convection feature, you don’t need an air fryer! I ended up getting a $60 toaster oven with convection and love it - it has a much larger capacity, and doubles as a dehydrator, toaster, etc. it’s well worth not having to heat my whole house with the oven most nights as it handles dinner for 2 quite easily and in less time.My husband just got me an air fryer for my birthday. So far, I love it. Our toaster oven is just a regular toaster variety. Our actual stove/ oven does not have convection. It's also sort of busted. We could have replaced it first, then not gotten an air fryer. As it is, we can probably make do with the existing stove/oven combo for years now...i just bought one. i got a nice bonus at work so i'm banking most of it and getting an appliance.Nice! Which one did you end up getting?the gowise usa model. it was recommended on america's test kitchen.
a mazda miata. i'm 6'-5" so i probably wouldn't fit but it doesn't matter. i saw one the other day with a vanity plate CRP8DM
Quote from: megaschnauzer on July 06, 2020, 08:31:14 AMa mazda miata. i'm 6'-5" so i probably wouldn't fit but it doesn't matter. i saw one the other day with a vanity plate CRP8DMThe Koenigseggs are made so that long persons fit. Slightly pricier than a Miata tho...
Quote from: megaschnauzer on July 06, 2020, 08:31:14 AMa mazda miata. i'm 6'-5" so i probably wouldn't fit but it doesn't matter. i saw one the other day with a vanity plate CRP8DMAftermarket seats and/or bolting the seat directly to the floor instead of on the slides can help accommodate taller drivers. I have seen a few drivers your size on Miata forums. But yeah, without modifications 6' is about the maximum to be comfortable in an NA/NB Miata. I can't speak for later models.
New wheels for my pedal bike. I ride with a club, and most people run tubeless tyres which are much more resistant to punctures. Last night I hit a pothole on a gravel trail and popped the front tube. Its £400 for a pair of hope wheels, almost as much as the £500 I paid for the bike. Then another £50 for tyres and £50 for the tubless fitting kit. The wheels will end up the same as the rest of the bike
2021 FORD BRONCO!!!!
I am no longer lusting for a replacement vehicle.. I have officially purchased what I’ve been lusting after for years and sold my old one.. Do the failures of containing the lust get posted here, or is there a support group somewhere for that?
Quote from: use2betrix on July 14, 2020, 08:47:47 PMI am no longer lusting for a replacement vehicle.. I have officially purchased what I’ve been lusting after for years and sold my old one.. Do the failures of containing the lust get posted here, or is there a support group somewhere for that?My journal is sorta a support group for automotive indulgences. Or maybe it's an enabling group, heh...https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/journals/pursuing-rear-wheel-drive/
The new 2021 Ford Bronco
The new Ford Bronco. Really like the 2 door version.
Quote from: use2betrix on July 14, 2020, 08:47:47 PMI am no longer lusting for a replacement vehicle.. I have officially purchased what I’ve been lusting after for years and sold my old one.. Do the failures of containing the lust get posted here, or is there a support group somewhere for that?I think you post the failures here so that we can see how quickly the high of spending money fades (or not...unless you stop posting about your new lusts), and use that to buttress our willpower as you begin lusting for something else.
You guys, Santa Cruz just dropped the 2021 colors for their bicycle range. This is really stupid (since I have a pretty decent gravel bike already), but I really really want this forest green Santa Cruz Stigmata: