If U had $1200 to spend for the hell of it, what would U buy?

[Baclava]

I choose to upgrade my electronics stuff...just because.

I desire...

Apple iPad Air Wi-Fi 16GB with Retina Display - $389.00



OtterBox - Defender Series Case for Apple® iPad® Air - Black - $66.00



DJI Phantom FC40 Quadcopter with FPV Camera and Transmitter - $499



Harman Kardon Soundsticks III 2.1 Channel Multimedia Speaker System with Subwoofer - $229



-------------

anyone having feedback on these items, feel free to tell me, eh


If you would like to contribute to my fantasy fund - - yes, I take PayPal

[bmac19gg]

1. hmmm

One $1200 hooker, or twelve hundred $1 hookers.

Honestly if it fell in my lap right now I'd buy a new desk and chair.

[Baclava]

3. What? No camera drone operators? I'm disappointed

This looks really fun...

[davidpdx]

31. It would be fun until the damn thing either hit something and crashed or someone shot it down

Then it would be an expensive heap of worthless electronics. Think of all the people who have guns who would love to have that as a target practice. They would have a field day with it.

[Baclava]

34. WTF Farmer John? ... I just want to fly mine along the beach...like civilized people do

I promise not to paint it like one of them black helicopters...if that helps

[davidpdx]

49. No I'm talking about the crazies that have said they'll use them for target practice

Didn't you hear about that?

The beach would be a good place. No trees, no power lines. If you had someone out surfing you could get some awesome pictures of them close up.

[VScott]

91. Negative, Ghost Rider...

[JI7]

2. other than paying off debts and similar obligations ?

[Baclava]

4. I have no debts - - other than the house payment.

and stuff

I lead a pure life

[JI7]

5. so do i but i still have debts

[Baclava]

6. OK - then lets say my fracking well came in and I want to blow some money

I still want that drone

I feel a need

[JI7]

10. i would most likely spend on travel

maybe restaurants and take out family and friends to eat.

comfortable shoes and the kindle i keep putting off from buying.

[Baclava]

11. yeah - but I could take my drone on my travels with me...I have a slush fund

Did U watch the video?

U MUST!

[Hortensis]

52. Travel, umm! Our library's bare floor NEEDS a lush Persian rug, tho. :)

[shenmue]

7. If it were me

I'd buy a three-wheel bike, two cats, some new clothes, a new game system, a longboard and a bunch of candy.

[Baclava]

8. What kind of game system? PS3 or X-Box?

That was on my list too.

Maybe my well can squeeze out a few more million barrels next month.

[shenmue]

23. Probably XBox

[Baclava]

27. eh - I think I'll have to wait till the next Mass Effect game comes out to upgrade...

I got a few years on my old PS3 -

just finished The Walking Dead series for this year...


Clementine............holy shit that was intense

[Warren DeMontague]

61. Titanfall on the Xbox One.

[flvegan]

9. Lunch. For like, 500-600 people.

I figure that for $1200 I could buy a solid, nutritional, assembly-line Food-Not-Bombs style lunch* for hundreds of folks that would otherwise go without here in Tampa.



*Probably not vegan, but it would be about sound nutrition for these many, many folks.

[Baclava]

12. Whatever you feel, comrade

I have different urges today.

Maybe it's the fall weather.

[flvegan]

14. Hey, I'm not judging.

You asked a question, I gave an answer.

[Baclava]

19. I know - but I can't believe DU has no drone operators giving me well needed advice

that's who I'm fishing for

[WinkyDink]

13. A "y" and an "o," Vanna.

[Baclava]

16. Do I look like a code-breaker? What does that mean?

You calling me shallow?

pshaw

[WinkyDink]

55. U oughta know.

[pinboy3niner]

22. *snort*`

[Hekate]

38. I was going to say 'a whole keyboard,' but you said it better.

Oy

[Le Taz Hot]

54. ROFL!!!!

GREAT response!

[MineralMan]

66. +1000

U no it!

[TheFrenchRazor]

117. you beat me to it. nt

[sakabatou]

15. Airplane tickets so my girlfriend of over 7 years can live with me

[Baclava]

17. You might have the winning alternative entry.

I'll get back to you on that.

Thanks

[MFM008]

18. groceries

For my mom and myself. She is 78 and eats stale bread,
I would stock us both up.

[bhikkhu]

20. All that stuff is nice, but I'd buy my daughter a car

I know a cheap car doesn't often stay that way for long, but I'm a mechanic so I could probably keep it going.

[Baclava]

24. Everybody has priorities.....a car is nice too.

I feel the need to fly. Where are my drone pilots? I know you're out there!




I'm a camera freak - I have needs.

14Mpix still camera, 1080p live streaming to your iphone, 25min flight time, 300m distance.....fly out of the box with your phone

I want


those speakers?

yeah, them too

are they worth it?

[cherokeeprogressive]

21. A decent top for my 1972 Chevy Blazer.

[Baclava]

25. I want a nice camper shell for my 2002 Tundra - but it can wait another year

I'm painting my house first...halfway there.

[babylonsister]

26. Underwear/boots-black/, a new purse, and maybe lox! nt

[Baclava]

28. Leather boots and underwear........hmmmmm....

That could distract me from my flying

[jmowreader]

29. A wide-angle lens for my Mamiya 645, 40 rolls of 120 film, and a plane ticket going east

Bump that up to $2000 and I'll buy a plane ticket to Korea instead.

[Baclava]

36. They still make film?

Who knew?














just kidding

[jmowreader]

37. They make better film now than they ever have

This is the thing: a LOT of movie directors refuse to go digital. If you've got a movie film coating line you have a still film coating line.

[Baclava]

40. welp - the new age is digital - and I just want to have fun

Of course what I really want is a 3 axis gymbal-mount and a GoPro 3+ camera

[DisgustipatedinCA]

68. Medium format? Cool.

Ive been wondering...what's the "anti-crop" factor, or the multiplier factor for medium format? That is, a "normal" view lens for 35mm on a full frame camera is about a 50mm focal length lens. For APS-C cameras with a 1.5x or 1.6x crop factor, you need to get a lens around 35mm in focal length to match the field of view you'd see on a full frame at 50mm. So what's the focal length of a "normal" lens in medium format? Also, have you considered a digital back? Thanks.

[jmowreader]

74. Two comments

Try this for lens equivalence:



There are several medium format frame sizes. The most popular are:
6x4.5cm: 80mm lens
6x6cm: 80mm lens
6x7cm: 90mm lens

I haven't considered a digital back for four reasons:
1) Digital traps you. The size and quality of a digital file is locked in the instant it's created; if I want a better-quality image off a piece of film than what I scanned, I can use a better scanner or even send it to a lab that prints with enlargers.

2) I've never seen a digital-camera file that didn't look out of focus, and I see a hell of a lot more digital camera files than you do. I also don't like that digital cameras blow highlights out.

3) Film is safe. I don't have to worry about someone rewriting the RAW format converter for my camera and ending support for my negatives. I don't worry about computer viruses. I don't worry about the dyes on my CD-ROM discs fading away and destroying a couple thousand photos. In 2012 I scanned my grandfather's slides of the trip he took Idaho Boy Scouts on in 1950. (They went to the Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge and also took in a baseball game at the Polo Grounds.) I got something off all of them, a lot of them look pretty damn good and these slides had lived in my parents' garage for the last 10 years. That won't happen with digital.

4) The digital back for an M645 won't fit on the camera I have - they only fit on the M645 autofocus body, mine is manual focus - and they're $25,000 anyway.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

135. Thank you for the table. It's useful

Also, I have no doubt that you see "a hell of a lot more digital camera files" than I do. It's a little strident, not sure why you went there, but I believe you. Thanks.

[jmowreader]

136. I work at a company that prints multiple newspapers per day

We publish four dailies, plus a bunch of weeklies. Today I do six total papers, tomorrow I'll do eight, on Sundays I do two and Saturday I print one, but we change the flag three times. I process somewhere between 100 and 200 digital camera files a day. All of them are slightly out of focus (most people wouldn't see it, but I'm very critical about that) and all of them have no information in the whites. On a computer screen that looks okay. On the printed page it USED to be unacceptable, but nowadays that's what we get. (My scanner is calibrated so that a bright white gives 5 percent cyan and 3 percent of yellow and of magenta, if I scan directly to CMYK, or 250/250/250 RGB. And you're thinking, "why do that?" Look here:



The very brightest reflection in each of these is a "specular highlight." That's okay to go to 255/255/255. Problem is, these have specular highlights that are too big - because digital can't resolve highlights as well as film can. Most people wouldn't ever notice, but I do.

[scarystuffyo]

30. $240 worth of pudding 5 TIMES over

[Egnever]

51. Pure Awesome!

[davidpdx]

32. A new laptop

The sad thing is I have the money, I just won't spend it. I also need a new external hard drive and those are about $170.

[Baclava]

33. I know that grip on money feeling - - but, I want to splurge

before drones are outlawed

I have lots of feelings.

I'm a moon child.

[davidpdx]

50. I'm an indoor person

I'd be happy with two laptops. One for important stuff and one for surfing the web.

[Initech]

35. Two of these:

And one of these:



Or one of these:



And one of these:



And one of these:

[Aerows]

98. ::DROOL::

Any (even better, ALL) of the above!

[Initech]

100. That Asus motherboard looks amazing.

But at $399 for the asking price, plus the ridiculously high cost of DDR4, it's currently a bit too rich for my blood. But yeah I'd take all of the above!

[Aerows]

101. I know!

I have an overclocked i5 and dual GTX 460's so hell, any of it would be an upgrade (At this point, what wouldn't be an upgrade over 460's?)

That motherboard looks absolutely sinful!

[Initech]

112. I'm running a 3570K and Radeon 7870s.

I want to badly upgrade my GPU and the GTX 970/980 looks pretty sweet, but that Asus X99 would look awesome in my H440!

[Aerows]

104. Throw in one of these, too :D

http://www.esaitech.com/sandisk-corporation-sdlp6hm-200g-g25-200gb-pci-express-internal-lightning-solid-state-drive-ssd.html?pk_campaign=ga-pla&gclid=CNeylqnMy8ECFUsV7AodP1EAqw

[Initech]

109. Eh, I'm fine with my Samsung 840 Evo on that one.

[madokie]

39. I'd make a down payment on a new honda four wheeler

I'm a mushroom hunting kind of fella and as it stands right now I can't hardly do the walking that it takes and a 4 wheeler would do me good.
My old flip phone does all I want a phone do and my old 2000 model year computer with the new ubuntu with mate (14.10) does all I want there.

I have paypal too and I'm working on that purchase price for the 4 wheeler also

[Baclava]

42. A down payment on $8000 - yeah - I only have $1200 to blow

I stick to my frugal limits.

[RebelOne]

73. I have an extra $1200, but since my car died today,

I will probably use it toward a down payment on a good used car.

[madokie]

77. Nothing wrong with that

[LeftyMom]

41. Bucket seats with integrated harnesses and a roll cage for my elco.

Or furniture, depending on whether or not you catch me on a day where I'm pretending to be a responsible adult.

Seriously, the answer is really furniture. I'm moving from the world's most comically small apartment into a reasonably sized house, and I have two whole rooms with nothing to put in them and a few more than need one or two things. It's nuts.

[Baclava]

43. furniture is too...domestic...I don't really feel the juices flowing there

Where are all the camera buffs?

Out dusting off their film?

[BlueCollar]

44. 2 yaks, 1000 lbs of kudzu

And dinner for two at the Olive Garden.

[Baclava]

45. I don't have a good answer for that

let it roll

[peacefreak]

127. Don't forget the Narwahl

and the Japanese wood carver.

[Fawke Em]

46. Honestly? Coolsculpting and some eye-volume filler.

I'm a woman in today's anti-woman world. I already have an education and experience, but I'm in my 40s.

[loyalsister]

47. Bookshelves

Clothes, a comfortable chair, and hundreds of bus passes to pass along.

[bemildred]

48. Food bank. nt

[Youdontwantthetruth]

57. +1

[CountAllVotes]

53. One of these (selling for $1202 at usmint.gov)

>>The 2014 50th Anniversary Kennedy Half Dollar Gold Proof Coin is the first gold half dollar offered by the U.S. Mint. Each coin contains 3/4 troy ounce of pure, 24–karat gold and is struck with a proof finish at the U.S. Mint at West Point, New York.

The raised Kennedy profile is frosted and appears to float on the mirror–like background.

The coins are encapsulated and packaged in a single custom–designed, brown mahogany hardwood presentation case with removable coin well and are accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

Obverse: A portrait of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the youngest–ever–elected president. U.S. Mint Chief Engraver Gilroy Roberts based this profile on a portrait prepared for Kennedy’s presidential medal.

Reverse: Based on the Presidential Seal and was created by U.S. Mint Sculptor–Engraver Frank Gasparro. It consists of a heraldic eagle with a shield on its breast holding a symbolic olive branch and bundle of 13 arrows. It features the inscriptions “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HALF DOLLAR” and “ 3/4 OZ. .9999 FINE GOLD.” A ring of 50 stars surrounds the design, which gives this coin the distinction of having more stars than any other U.S. coin ever produced for circulation.

Good investment I'm thinking ...

[belzabubba333]

56. food for the homeless

[AngryAmish]

58. Trip to Bandon or Streamsong

[Chemisse]

59. 2 plane tickets to San Francisco

I love that city, and can never seem to afford to travel.

[Warren DeMontague]

60. Screw the haters. I say go for the psychedelic speaker system that looks like a 24th Century Bong.

Edited to add: If you're going to get the ipad air, go whole hog and get the 128gig one... or at least more than 16.

16 can get eaten up pretty quick.

[Baclava]

130. Thanks! My visionquest is having some random billionaire read this and grant me my wishes

until then - I have to scrimp and only get the half-a-hog iPad

[TexasProgresive]

62. I'd start by buy U a Y & an O, next

4 loads of rock to complete my driveway.

[NV Whino]

63. I have the Harman Karden sound sticks

Although the less expensive, pre wireless model. They are wonderful. Great sound for a reasonable price.

[Baclava]

72. Thanks

that's what I wanted to hear

[panader0]

64. This

[MineralMan]

65. As many airline tickets to visit my 90-year-old parents

as that money could buy. Sorry. I won't be contributing to your PayPal account. Toys? I don't think so.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

67. 2 Canon 680EX-RT Speedlites & associated gear. nt

[mopinko]

69. i would buy art.

i have enough stuff. i have recently gone from having enough money to live on to wondering how i will survive retirement.
but if i had this sort of funny money, i would buy art. have a lot of artist friends. it would be good economic stimulus.
that is something i really miss being able to do.

[CTyankee]

87. If it was a LOT of money I would buy art and donate it to a museum so everyone could see it.

It would be a wonderful way of "giving back."

I imagine that being a donor of art that gives everyone a chance at the joy of seeing art would be a wonderful thing! Just think of all the lives that would be touched by seeing a great masterpiece!

[mopinko]

99. it would more likely end up in storage.

one of the reasons i was not outraged about the detroit museum "deaccessioning" from their collection to pay public employees was that i knew they had plenty of masterworks hiding in the storerooms. tho many would end up in private collections, some would end up in smaller museums that might actually display them.
what goes on display in major museums, unfortunately, has more to do with who is collected by members of the governing board (hence making their work most valuable) than their intrinsic value.
sad but true.

you should buy something, enjoy it during your lifetime, and leave something valuable to your heirs.
or donate it to some other institution, like a hospital, that would actually share it.

maybe we shouldnt talk too much. i would hate to disillusion you.

[CTyankee]

132. I'm aware of this and it is so sad.

I was thinking at the time of Ron Lauder's purchase of "Adele Bloch Bauer" from Adele's niece after she won back the painting from Vienna's Belvedere Museum after a long struggle. Lauder bought it for an astonishing $135 million and preserved it in his Neue Galerie in NYC. Yes, I know this was a vanity thing for him. I get that. But if he had kept it for his own, think of how many people would not be able to see it in this country. I feel that Lauder also made a contribution the people who would never had seen it (such as me) if it hadn't had been for that purchase.

[99Forever]

70. If I had $1200...

... I'd put it towards a down payment on a vehicle from this century, as my 1990 Honda Civic with 230,000 miles on it isn't the best Winter car, since the heater barely works. But I'm sure thrilled that you can afford trinkets.

[TheKentuckian]

84. Extra implies to me that all pressing needs are off the table. Not just you came into the money

but that there is nowhere it needs to go, pure bonus. Assume it was a rather larger sum and when the world was all in order you had $1,200 that could go in the trash for all the impact on your personal life it would cause negatively if not budgeted wisely then what would you do?

Something you'd like to have a first edition of a book, a bike, golf clubs, a piece of art, a trip somewhere, a donation you'd like to make, anything that would just make you happy.

I'd likely go with a projector I've had my eye on and a screen. I'm certain that I'd enjoy it a lot for a good while.

[tabbycat31]

71. Put it in my car replacement fund

[CTyankee]

80. I would do that or use it for another trip to Europe!

I have been bitten bad by the travel bug, but I really do need a new car (mine is a 1999 Altima).

But an extra trip to say, Greece, would be SO great...

[tabbycat31]

81. My car is a 1999 too

And I know the next car I am going to buy (off my late grandfather's estate).

I've never been abroad so I'm not sure what I am missing. My passport expired almost 20 years ago.

[CTyankee]

88. Well, I am a travel junkie, which I inherited from my mother...

I travel to see art in Europe and also for the adventure of it. So it is part intellectual interest and part just the thrill of seeing something incredibly wonderful. Which sometimes is the same thing.

[tabbycat31]

90. Maybe if I win the lottery

My job's taken me all over the country and to places I would not otherwise see. (And I have driven there). I've been to over 30 states.

Ever since I was a small child, I always wanted to go to Australia (as a kid, I was fascinated with all of the animals there and still am). It's still on my bucket list.

[H2O Man]

75. Books.

[CJCRANE]

76. I'd use it for beer and travel money

and many experiences.

[Marrah_G]

78. I'd get caught up on the bills

Then maybe I could sleep at night.

[HockeyMom]

79. Get out of Florida as much as I could

in the Fall and the Winter. Endless Summer SUCKS.

[joeybee12]

82. Cat food for my ferals...

I don't need anything...I'm old and cranky...it can be best spent on others, and in this case, cats.

[hopemountain]

83. supplies for my garden next year

so that i can manage more comfortably despite the arthritic body parts. an ergonomic yard cart and a couple of 41/2 foot high x 3 ft wide and 8 ft long grow beds, hand tools and a scoot cart - and pre order organic seeds along with a few yards of organic soil.

or, a vitamix and a bose sound system...

or a trip to maui -

thanks, baclava. it was fun to go "there".

[Frustratedlady]

85. I would help a relative pay for their therapy and winter heating bills.

Home health care is taking all her income and eating away at her savings. Really sad.

[Hatchling]

86. Some decent non-Walmart clothing.

And use the rest for nutritional food til it runs out.

[Travis_0004]

89. Im buying a new surround sound system

Probably 300 for the amp. Svs PB1000 sub. Paradigm atom speakers most likely.

[Louisiana1976]

92. I'd spend it on books.

[Tikki]

93. A couple pound puppies (or dogs) and I would use the money to set up the side yard to

be safe and comfortable and fun for my new friends. I would use money
to take them to the vet and get all the attention they need and then I would
book a professional photography session so I would have a big photo of all
of us to put on the family photo wall.


Tikki

[QED]

94. a hot water heater to start with

Mine is 20 years old and I know I'm asking for trouble. Just trying to get the money to replace it.

[840high]

103. A new refrigerator - mine is

about dead.

[QED]

119. I hear you -

and my fridge make makes some strange noises too.

[NightWatcher]

95. 2 oz of really good cannabis and a trip to the mountains (of NC)

Oh, and I'd send my wife and kid to Disney World while I was away.


I keeed, I keeeed

[Strelnikov_]

102. Yep

Cause weed will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no weed.

It's an investment for the future!!

[Baclava]

124. The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers quote!

"Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope."
—Freewheelin' Frank


awesomo

[hobbit709]

137. 2 oz? Hell I can get 6 of this for that price.

[jwirr]

96. Food and heating fuel.

[Baitball Blogger]

97. I would ...

... remove the popcorn from my ceilings.

[Baclava]

122. ugh - I'm with you there - but I just spent a grand having the outside of my house painted

the inside is next year - new flooring, ceiling work - all that crap

now, I just wanna have fun

[ileus]

105. A Jackson Coosa

[grilled onions]

106. I Need A New Lap Top But...

I would really enjoy going on a spending spree at the grocery store (Aldi's) and help fill the shelves of our local food pantry. That would make me feel so good!

[LukeFL]

108. My electricity bill, rent, groceries

And gas to get me to work. It's been difficult in my family financially and akthiugh I work I fkbt earn a lot, have no benefits and always paying my bills behind to someday catch up.

It's tough but extra money will not be to splurge it will be to survive

[840high]

120. I know the feeling.

[eShirl]

110. health insurance

[Wounded Bear]

111. Road trip to see my grandkids...

one of which I have yet to see.

[AwakeAtLast]

113. I would spend it on a trip

My daughter is 12, and has read the Harry Potter series at least three times. We would be going to Harry Potter World.

[3catwoman3]

114. A few NEUTRAL college soccer referees.

We have watched our younger son's final season of college soccer and suffered through some of the most egregiously incompetent refs we have seen in nearly 20 years of watching the sport. It has been so bad that it feels as if the pther schools must be paying off the refs to guarantee calls in their favor.

[Recursion]

115. A long weekend in either the Maldives or Kathmandu

I could probably fit in one of those for $1200 or so.

[Prophet 451]

116. I need a new graphics card

$1200 should get me an nVidia Titan Black.

[liberal_at_heart]

118. go to the dentist.

[adigal]

121. I wouldn't buy more toys, I think we have a harmful obsession with them in this country

I would give it to dog rescues.

[dembotoz]

123. funny thing-my mom died just recently and i could end up with a similar amount after probate

so i have actually been giving this some thought.
and i have time to give it such thought because the process is rather longer than i had hoped....

would have loved to have seen kate bush in concert, but that is over and tickets were impossible...
and i do not have a passport....

ya know i have not been to a good restaurant in years. A good restaurant-not a chain--and i want to order a steak--not the cheapest thing on the menu (burger or chicken) like i always have done to save money..... a good steak at a good restaurant. I have been broke so god damn long i am just sick of the dollar menu at mickey d's.... I mean thank god for the dollar menu....i can get lunch for 3 bucks.
I will probably just spend it on bills cause you know--steaks really is frivolous...

[Baclava]

125. I've spent the last 3 years paying off my new roof and chimney - I need a break from practical

thus, my fun list

I can't remember that last time I've eaten steak - a nice new camera drone would make me smile though

[TlalocW]

126. Ale and Whores

TlalocW

[gwheezie]

128. A circle y flex tree trail saddle with the 3 way rigging

I'd need a little more but 1200 would get me close. I need it for the horse I paid 500 bucks for to get her out of a bad situation. I have 3 saddles and none of them fit the big headed short round mustang with the stride of a 3 legged gerbil but I think if I had the right saddle she could be just as good as Antoinette Romney's horse.

[KittyWampus]

129. Bricks for the pathways in my veggie garden.

[Proud Public Servant]

131. I have any number of house projects that need attention

...which means I'd almost certainly blow it on either a trip out of town or half-a-dozen really fine meals. Money management is not my long suit.

[dilby]

133. Get my sleeve done.

Would be from my elbow to wrist, was looking to get it sometime next year but if I had the $1200 now I would get it started.

[mnhtnbb]

134. I'm inclined to think it would go to an experience. Probably a trip.

Maybe to New York for a couple of days? $1200. doesn't go far by the
time you fly, get a hotel, pay for food, buy concert or theater tickets.
Still, I think I would choose an experience rather than toys.

[moriah]

138. I'd by a mattress and a TV, at keast one of which I desperately need. n/t