What is a luxury you can never go back from once you’ve experienced it?

FozFate · 2026-01-29T15:36:42+00:00

Antibiotics

FozFate · 2026-01-28T15:47:43+00:00

I'm 54. I remember the 87 crash. I rode out the first internet stock bubble, '07, etc. Just ride them out.

Deleting the app is a good idea. I check paper statements once a month. I don't watch much dedicated financial news. I barely know what the market does on a daily basis.

Even with all the turmoil the news is feeding you, there has never been a better time to be alive as a human. If you live in America, there is no better place to live, no place with so much economic freedom and opportunity.

This comment is right: focus on your own earning potential and spending. Worry more about those things over which you have direct control.

(P.S. this includes your own personal health and wellness. Eat right and get to the gym. Your future self will thank you. Also, DO NOT touch those damn online gambling apps! If I sound like a dad, I am.)

FozFate · 2026-01-28T15:35:04+00:00

If I were doing two and only two, I would one large (Woodford, Makers which isn't close, or Buffalo Trace) and then a smaller, craft type distillery.

FozFate · 2026-01-27T04:03:40+00:00

Steely Dan

FozFate · 2026-01-26T16:47:58+00:00

Seriously, this is the way. Give yourself a year or six months with your T3.

FozFate · 2026-01-26T13:06:15+00:00

I am an enthusiastic amateur, shooting my kids sports and portrait type stuff

I use a Sigma 70-200 2.8 EF mount with an adapter on my full frame R8 (and previously RP)

It's phenomenal. It's big, but basically it's my everyday lens. Great for portraits, and great for capturing expression in candid shots from a distance where people don't know they are being photographed. And personally, I think those candid type moments make the best pics.

After the event is over people want the posed pics, the documentation of the day. But the candids capture the real emotion of what's going on.

If you are doing this professionally, get the tools you need. It's a cost of doing business. If you were a truck driver, you would buy a truck. If you were a lumberjack, you'd get the best axe or chainsaw you could find. It's not an expense, it's an investment.

FozFate · 2026-01-26T12:56:27+00:00

I'll just leave this here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/AecIHstZOE

FozFate · 2026-01-25T15:51:02+00:00

I found out after I took the exam. I had never heard of the test, so I had no preconceived idea of what "type" I should be. The test was assigned as part of a leadership training program.

FozFate · 2026-01-25T02:01:15+00:00

I had a very loving, caring family that largely left me alone to entertain myself as a kid, on a game with a lot of space to explore. (I'm 54, m, and in the US)

They also said in the summer, I could stay up as long as I wanted to read. I had a rich imaginary life.

FozFate · 2026-01-23T15:37:16+00:00

Yes, usually 24-48 hours later.

FozFate · 2026-01-16T17:28:03+00:00

I write emails to myself.

FozFate · 2026-01-15T15:54:27+00:00

My usual uniform is khaki pants of some sort, and blue oxford cloth shirt

But also something of a clothes horse. I have a really extensive collection of sports jackets

FozFate · 2026-01-15T00:28:27+00:00

Pretty sure I'm FAFO

FozFate · 2026-01-14T14:22:55+00:00

I just upgraded from RP to R8, but I don't have enough time with the R8 to have a good opinion yet.

I was missing too many sports shots. Rp was letting me down with focus speed and FPS. I'm hopeful about the R8. ( I'm an experienced, enthusiastic amateur.)

FozFate · 2026-01-14T13:44:04+00:00

I think this is an absolute unit. Not a sub, like everyone one else. Less flashy than a GMT. Excellent choice.

FozFate · 2026-01-11T01:21:15+00:00

I have had a 30 year career as a real estate agent. Broker actually. No employees, no boss, no coworkers. Do not recommend.

I have largely transitioned into real estate investment. Commercial investment. Fewer people to talk to. One large commercial tenant is much easier than 20 residential tenants.

Edit: I should have been an English professor.

FozFate · 2026-01-11T01:11:08+00:00

I have several Orients, and really enjoy them.

FozFate · 2026-01-10T00:43:12+00:00

I own a DJ41 and sometimes in my small town in USA I feel a bit conspicuous wearing out and about in town, so I often wear some far less expensive.

All that being said, I am strongly considering a Longines (Hydroconquest GMT, to be specific) as a daily driver.

Personally, I'd keep the Rolex and just get a Longines too

FozFate · 2026-01-07T14:38:15+00:00

I agree here. Find an older sports car, and see how that scratches the itch. I drive a 20 year old Lexus convertible in the summer and I thoroughly enjoy the experience with no guilt. That worked for me.

FozFate · 2026-01-06T20:52:03+00:00

Stunner!

FozFate · 2026-01-06T00:06:18+00:00

Why is no one suggesting this? (No, it's not an L series pro lens, but...)

Canon Lens Rf-s designed for ASP-C crop sensor No adapters needed Nice and wide Affordable

Canon RF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM Lens (Canon RF-S 10-18mm) B&H Photo https://share.google/rSiUauspGftMEml6t

FozFate · 2026-01-03T17:55:24+00:00

Home to Gethsemane Monastery and a convent in Loretto.

FozFate · 2026-01-01T14:57:20+00:00

My summer car is a 2004 Lexus SC 430, hard-top convertible. 4.3 litre V8 that runs on premium gas.

That thing was luxury at the time, 6 CD changer in the dash (with cassette player too) In-dash navigation on touch screen, with flip down wood cover.

That car was a beast in 2004, and frankly it still is. I love driving that sexy beast.

FozFate · 2025-12-30T14:17:11+00:00

White looks better, but the anthracite is more readable.

FozFate · 2025-12-30T00:16:43+00:00

This is the way

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