• BurntWits@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    A good number of games on my PC.

    Anywhere from 3-100 books of sheet music depending on the books.

    A bunch of used blu-rays.

    A ton of used records.

    A new set of speakers for my record and/or home theatre setup(s).

    A new amp for my record setup.

    A new pre-amp for my record setup.

    A little over half the parts for a new gaming PC.

    Around 3-5 vintage watches for me to fix up.

    Some new tools for fixing up vintage watches.

    About 7-8 pocket knives.

    A new kitchen knife set.

    Some new pots and pans.

    Does alcohol count as a hobby? If so then 5-10 bottles of scotch.

    Shit, I have a lot of hobbies. No wonder I have no money. There’s probably stuff I’m forgetting too. Damn.

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    11 hours ago

    Two surf boards, you only need one and can fix it pretty cheaply for like 20 bucks, but having a lot of surfboards is nice

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    11 hours ago

    1000€ (roughly $1600 CAD) would be a nice down payment on a decent cargo bike like the Yuba Mundo Lux.

  • AItoothbrush@lemmy.zip
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    17 hours ago

    About like 10 of the must have flashlights or a few good customs. Or one fourth of some really extreme ones.

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    A new practice basket. A new stack of practice putters. A cart. With plenty left over for me to get a few more backups for some of my favorite discs.

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      19 hours ago

      *hi-fives in serial hobbyist that also just got into bicycles*

      (except there’s been a heat advisory where I live for the past week so I can’t ride safely 😭)

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        16 hours ago

        Ah! Same here… I just went 20 minutes really early in the morning 🤣

        The wind is good when you’re moving but as soon as you stop for a red light… you die…!

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          14 hours ago

          *gets run over bc i didn’t want to stop and lose all my speed and the airflow keeping me uncooked*

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    If you already have a good computer, that much money could outfit an entire home music recording studio with decent gear, especially if you buy good used gear, which is easily available:

    A couple of good super-budget guitars from Harley Benton (a Strat clone and a Les Paul clone), for about $300 (new).

    A good Yamaha acoustic guitar, $100.

    A bass, $75.

    An interface, to get the music into the computer, $50.

    A basic MIDI controller, $30.

    A good electronic keyboard with weighted keys, $100.

    Microphone, $75.

    Headphones, $50.

    Electronic drum machine, $50, or use the pads on the MIDI controller, or voices on the keyboard.

    DAW - Reaper is free, and works great.

    That’s approximately what I spent on my studio, and everything works great, and sounds terrific…

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    23 hours ago

    2 years of yoga classes.

    Or

    All of the garden beds, fencing, and good soil I got for the garden.

  • isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1L flasks, dimroth condenser, heating mantle, heating plate, materials to build an electric kiln, if i have anything left i’d use it on chemicals

    and i’m probably already overbudget, home chemistry is fucked price-wise, we’re lucky to have synthware for all our glassware needs but for equipment you either diy it or go broke (a good hotplate is ~500$ new, 200$ used in bad conditions)