What's the last thing you decided to buy for yourself?

[ripcord]

A thrift store Linksys EA7500 router that I installed OpenWRT on and configured as a WiFi relay for my little shop building. So far it's working great.

My old NanoStation or maybe it's POE injector died a while back and then the powerline networking setup I replaced it with quit working. This OpenWRT solution is working better than anything else so far. Fixed for the price of a quart of Mobil 1.

 

[PandaBear]

Lasik

 

[53' Stude]

Hudson Bay artic jacket and pants

 

[Pablo]

A haircut

 

[ripcord]

A haircut

You still have hair? Lucky!

 

[Pablo]

You still have hair? Lucky!

I did have one

 

[k1xv]

I paid off the $17K auto loan balance on my Corvette. Its now all mine, and I am now debt free. Whoopee

 

[bbhero]

Fancy steaks at the local Walmart Marketplace…

I was impressed..Obviously Grade A Prime beef here. Only 2 percent of beef is graded Prime.

These were very, very good.

Though I have had Grade A top choice steaks that were as good as this.

 

[Dave Hess]

A haircut

I need to cut my hair once a month or I feel like a bum.

 

[Pablo]

$300 worth of dog stuff at 6 different stores and chewed out by wife for not being energetic during the trip..............wait..........."buy for yourself"

Pickleball paddle grip tape.

 

[Lyman]

Bought one of these this morning. A gen 3 G17. I caught it on sale for $499 but here in CA it was $637 out the door. Taxes and fees are crazy. 10 days from now I will have it in my hands.

 

[UncleDave]

Last weekend I saw an old buddy who's getting olde that was a mentor of mine, a fantastic engineer who became a big brother figure to me.
He has fantastic collections of art pieces and collections of watches and in discussing a few new items he added In discussing some new pieces he had I struck a bargain to relive him of a few of the old.

I've always been fond of these two items.

A Titanium Omas T2 ball point pen.

A Titanium Maurice Lacroix Pontos Decentrique complete with original box and paperwork.
Although the hinge on the box is broken, it's extremely fragile for the weight it carries and not well designed.
They spent too much money on the size of the box and not enough on the hinge, but I must say the package makes you feel like you got value.
This watch has a very unique face with a series of offset details and an uber slick unique secondary timezone.

 

[Barkleymut]

Low grade 1948 Bowman Warren Spahn!

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Ha, i met him once when I was working at a sports collectibles show. My FIL had a ball that Warren had pitched and it got fouled off. Got it signed and he said, i dont think I pitched this ball, i always scuffed them just a little right here (pointed to a spot near the stitching) i was like well I was not born when you threw or didnt throw this ball....he did not seem amused.

 

[Pablo]

 

[TimeFlies]

In September I splurged on myself, and bought a new Can Am Outlander 850. Absolutely fantastic quad, and loving it.

 

[4WD]

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Like those! I have the taller version …

 

[Sequoiasoon]

Some precious metals (brass and lead) and some velcro patches for the bag.

 

[4WD]

Got a MacBook as a company award - did not like going back and forth between it and my Dell …
Gave it away and upgraded to a 13” iPad … it’s pretty much middle of the road - but the larger/better screen is nice …

 

[Sonic]

Bought a pair of Ariat boots. Normally wouldn’t spend too much on footwear especially if it’s something I really didn’t need. But what the heck. Late Christmas gift to myself.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

The last thing I bought and reluctantly so, was a tool that puts our socks on our feet, without us grunting, groaning, sweating and hurting ourselves, because of things like hip and knee replacements.

I feel much older just saying all this. Now where did I last see my bottle of Tylenol and that magazine which features shoes that need no laces and no shoehorn.......