What small but overly indulgent thing would you like to own?
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Either a hand-held device that could allow me to alter reality to be exactly what I want it to be,
or
A bottomless debit card, which could never be lost or stolen, since it would always reappear in the pocket of whatever pants I'm wearing, like Percy Jackson's sword.
or
A bottomless debit card, which could never be lost or stolen, since it would always reappear in the pocket of whatever pants I'm wearing, like Percy Jackson's sword.
Do you mean like the one Jean Michael Jarre uses? lots of sliders and knobs.
There's a guy I know who builds small scale steam locomotives. Maybe I should hook you up
^ excellent wish
It would be some art for me, original art. But what? It goes on forever..
It would be some art for me, original art. But what? It goes on forever..
Also, a cushy heated toilet seat. The scurge of the cold hard toilet seat must end.
Yes, sliders, knobs and, most importantly, patch cables. The problem is that there isn't one bit of kit that does everything. Nowadays, it's usual to buy several modules to plug together and there's always a desirable upgrade. If one buys old-school kit, maintaining it in working order is very expensive.
Bass guitars.
Specifically a Rickenbacker 4001. Vintage would be nice but not essential. Typical players are Geddy Lee (Rush) and Chris Squire (Yes)
And an Alembic Scorpion 8 string, as played by Greg Lake in the 'Fanfare For the Common Man' long version video. Notice the sound in the middle, improvised section. First time I heard that, I was, wow, WANT!
Maybe one day...
Specifically a Rickenbacker 4001. Vintage would be nice but not essential. Typical players are Geddy Lee (Rush) and Chris Squire (Yes)
And an Alembic Scorpion 8 string, as played by Greg Lake in the 'Fanfare For the Common Man' long version video. Notice the sound in the middle, improvised section. First time I heard that, I was, wow, WANT!
Maybe one day...
Just as well I don't have room for a GX-1.
I don't have sufficiently bottomless pockets stuffed full of cash. Keeping old synths running is a very expensive business. I'll leave it to the aficionados.
"After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true." -- Spock, Amok Time
There's something I've wanted to do to our front bathroom (the one guests would use) for a while now, and I probably could, but it would be expensive, and *incredibly* impractical:
First, I'd paint the room up like the gate room from Stargate SG-1. I'd get a mirror for it that looks like the dimension-hopping mirror from the series, and I'd put a seat on the toilet with light up chevrons embedded in it, and a blue light to light up the water in the toilet bowl. The toilet lid would look like an iris. I'd also install a nice sound system.
There would be a DID ("garage door opener") on a shelf beside the toilet. And if you flushed the toilet *without* first pressing a button on the DID, klaxons would sound, alarm lights would flash, and you'd hear Walter say, "Unscheduled off-world activation!" The chevrons would light up in sequence, the blue light in the bowl would intensify, and then the toilet would spray water up into the air above it so it would fall back down into the bowl.
I'm not big on having company over. But I swear if I did this, I might start inviting people to dinner parties.
First, I'd paint the room up like the gate room from Stargate SG-1. I'd get a mirror for it that looks like the dimension-hopping mirror from the series, and I'd put a seat on the toilet with light up chevrons embedded in it, and a blue light to light up the water in the toilet bowl. The toilet lid would look like an iris. I'd also install a nice sound system.
There would be a DID ("garage door opener") on a shelf beside the toilet. And if you flushed the toilet *without* first pressing a button on the DID, klaxons would sound, alarm lights would flash, and you'd hear Walter say, "Unscheduled off-world activation!" The chevrons would light up in sequence, the blue light in the bowl would intensify, and then the toilet would spray water up into the air above it so it would fall back down into the bowl.
I'm not big on having company over. But I swear if I did this, I might start inviting people to dinner parties.
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There's something I've wanted to do to our front bathroom (the one guests would use) for a while now, and I probably could, but it would be expensive, and *incredibly* impractical:
First, I'd paint the room up like the gate room from Stargate SG-1. I'd get a mirror for it that looks like the dimension-hopping mirror from the series, and I'd put a seat on the toilet with light up chevrons embedded in it, and a blue light to light up the water in the toilet bowl. The toilet lid would look like an iris. I'd also install a nice sound system.
There would be a DID ("garage door opened") on a shelf beside the toilet. And if you flushed the toilet *without* first pressing a button on the DID, klaxons would sound, alarm lights would flash, and you'd hear Walter say, "Unscheduled off-world activation!" The chevrons would light up in sequence, the blue light in the bowl would intensify, and then the toilet would spray water up into the air above it so it would fall back down into the bowl.
I'm not big on having company over. But I swear if I did this, I might start inviting people to dinner parties.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that your preference for limited company isn't the ONLY reason you don't have many people over.
Well, I mean, I haven't *actually* done all of that, now have I?I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that your preference for limited company isn't the ONLY reason you don't have many people over.
(And no - it's because I prefer going out to activities with my friends and family than doing stuff at home, thank you very much. 
)Think what you like, but I'm betting you found yourself in some combination of amusement and horror while reading that. That may be part of why I haven't done it, too - I think it works much better in my head than it would in real life. Plus, it seems like it might cause someone a medical emergency.
Sort of. A very aggressive bidet that would startle the hell out of someone.
We have the body side jets with the over head rain head. I've never used the side jets but my son Aaron does all the time. He sings Aaron and the Jets while showering to the tune of Elton Johns Benny and the Jets.I would love to have one of those showers that has the overhead, hand-held and side-jets. I would NEVER get out of the shower.
There's something I've wanted to do to our front bathroom (the one guests would use) for a while now, and I probably could, but it would be expensive, and *incredibly* impractical:
First, I'd paint the room up like the gate room from Stargate SG-1. I'd get a mirror for it that looks like the dimension-hopping mirror from the series, and I'd put a seat on the toilet with light up chevrons embedded in it, and a blue light to light up the water in the toilet bowl. The toilet lid would look like an iris. I'd also install a nice sound system.
There would be a DID ("garage door opened") on a shelf beside the toilet. And if you flushed the toilet *without* first pressing a button on the DID, klaxons would sound, alarm lights would flash, and you'd hear Walter say, "Unscheduled off-world activation!" The chevrons would light up in sequence, the blue light in the bowl would intensify, and then the toilet would spray water up into the air above it so it would fall back down into the bowl.
I'm not big on having company over. But I swear if I did this, I might start inviting people to dinner parties.
I must be very evil because I find this a truly awesome idea.
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