Or an Hispano-Suiza bodied by . . . well, never mind. I just hope that my aged Volvo holds up another few years.Anonymous wrote:What about a Isotta Frachini Tipo 8A (1924-1930), maybe that owned by Valentino at his death.
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a bespoke frock coat, for clothing. As a car, a Hispano-Suiza model J12 or h6b.Anonymous wrote: Maybe this is something that has stopped being in production for a long time now.
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A restored medieval castle in some lost region of the dinaric alps. I don't ask for more.Anonymous wrote:It might be something that you cannot afford at present.
Anonymous wrote:Or it might be something you just imagined that you think would be useful but can not find it anywhere. /quote]
that's a good one... Well, maybe a 'cummervest' which has... Oh wait, no, it was already invented. And it was awfull. Well, I think that not everything that is new should be considered better for the sake of being new, as Ludwig von Misses wrote (although he said this in an economic-political context). Perhaps the desire that would embrace all (or most) of the desires in this thread would be a come-back in society towards the style and elegance of other times...
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a bespoke frock coat, for clothing. As a car, a Hispano-Suiza model J12 or h6b.Anonymous wrote: Maybe this is something that has stopped being in production for a long time now.
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A restored medieval castle in some lost region of the dinaric alps. I don't ask for more.Anonymous wrote:It might be something that you cannot afford at present.
Anonymous wrote:Or it might be something you just imagined that you think would be useful but can not find it anywhere. /quote]
that's a good one... Well, maybe a 'cummervest' which has... Oh wait, no, it was already invented. And it was awfull. Well, I think that not everything that is new should be considered better for the sake of being new, as Ludwig von Misses wrote (although he said this in an economic-political context). Perhaps the desire that would embrace all (or most) of the desires in this thread would be a come-back in society towards the style and elegance of other times...
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^ Do you mean that I should have written, "Several books by me"?
Right after posting, I went to edit it to "me," but I realized I couldn't. Oh well. Thanks.
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Right after posting, I went to edit it to "me," but I realized I couldn't. Oh well. Thanks.
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I would like to have a Daimler Limousine made, a town house in the city, and a bespoke walk in closet.
Bespoke cuff links as well.
Best Regards,
Cufflink79
Bespoke cuff links as well.
Best Regards,
Cufflink79
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I have foregone materialism and adornment. Such aspirational consumerism will just make you sick with frustration. A very cold bed partner in the morning.
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No, I meant to that I am he.Anonymous wrote:^ Do you mean that I should have written, "Several books by me"?
Right after posting, I went to edit it to "me," but I realized I couldn't. Oh well. Thanks.
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Do you mean that you want a corpse in your bed? Don't really get it. Although it does remind me of an old lady whom my mother knows:: she awoke one night to find that her husband had died in his sleep and, deciding that there was nothing that she could do about it, she simply went back to sleep.Anonymous wrote:I have foregone materialism and adornment. Such aspirational consumerism will just make you sick with frustration. A very cold bed partner in the morning.
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As we've drifted so far afield, I'll put my own oar in -- again.
I've an aged uncle and aunt who live 'way down East (for those non-New Englanders in the Lounge, it means that they live on the far northern coast of Maine, here in the northeastern United States). They've a neighbor who's much older than they, who lives alone despite failing sight and other problems.
One winter, the usual occurred: in the midst of snow and ice and bitter cold, electricity failed. But for much longer than usual. The aged neighbor realized that she could do little, so she put a slow-burning fire in the wood-burning stove, turned the light switch in her bedroom to "on" (so that she'd know if the electricity returned after dark) and the radio there to "loud" (so that she'd know if the electricity returned during daylight), crept under her warmest quilts and covers, and went to sleep.
In the middle of the night, she awoke to angelic voices singing Handel's "Hallelujah chorus" and blindingly white light. She'd gone to Heaven!
No, the electricity had come back on!
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I've an aged uncle and aunt who live 'way down East (for those non-New Englanders in the Lounge, it means that they live on the far northern coast of Maine, here in the northeastern United States). They've a neighbor who's much older than they, who lives alone despite failing sight and other problems.
One winter, the usual occurred: in the midst of snow and ice and bitter cold, electricity failed. But for much longer than usual. The aged neighbor realized that she could do little, so she put a slow-burning fire in the wood-burning stove, turned the light switch in her bedroom to "on" (so that she'd know if the electricity returned after dark) and the radio there to "loud" (so that she'd know if the electricity returned during daylight), crept under her warmest quilts and covers, and went to sleep.
In the middle of the night, she awoke to angelic voices singing Handel's "Hallelujah chorus" and blindingly white light. She'd gone to Heaven!
No, the electricity had come back on!
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I like this one. RWS ... all of which might bring us around to a consideration of the longest-lasting outer covering we will ever have: the bespoke coffin or casket. Any takers?
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What are you, a monk?!Anonymous wrote:I have foregone materialism and adornment. Such aspirational consumerism will just make you sick with frustration. A very cold bed partner in the morning.
This site is about acquiring things for a good life. Good taste, classic things that last a long time.
Consumerism is over at the other sites, not here.
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