Objects of Desire

A working cell phone. I was in the middle of an important phone call when the AT&T rep helping my brother get a new phone shut mine off instead of his :expressionless:

Most days this wouldn’t be an issue but the person I was calling doesn’t use an iPhone so I can’t even just use wifi. Grrrr.

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A household admin that isn’t me.

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Personal option 2: All I have to do is household admin.

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New kegs. I have 8, but if I had more… I dunno, then I would have them. And they’re shiny!

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Hilarity has ensued. Brother called me over wifi to apologize for the inconvenience and also told me he had to get a new phone because his was run over by a tank. Not figuratively, an actual tank. This is the kind of thing that frequently happens to him. At least now I’m laughing :rofl:

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I would like a bunch of wine boxes to just appear at my house for free, please, so that I don’t have to go around to the liquor stores constantly to get cheap moving boxes.

(I am thisclose to just throwing in the towel and ordering moving boxes online because I just. am so sick of stopping by various stores scrounging a few boxes at a time.)

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Uline and I are very close because of boxes. So many boxes.

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My Garmin GPS watch is a few years old…they have new versions that look like a normal watch (where mine is clunky and giant on my wrist) – with analog hands that move out of the way when you use the touchscreen then move back…

I don’t need this, at all. My life isn’t measurably better because of fitness tracking and notifications on my wrist, and my long distance bike now has a computer so I don’t need the GPS functionality anyway. But it is fun :slight_smile:

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A TV in the bedroom. But I only want one for the next few days, while I’m sick enough to think sitting up in bed watching TV is good.

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I 100% endorse any Garmin purchase. I rock the now obsolete Forerunner 935. But can’t justify the upgrade to the 945 for new features. I guess I’ll get the Spotify and touch pay on the 955.

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A professional haircut.

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Oh god, oh god, want. Like, I want the object. And I want the colour scheme for, well, everything.

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Wouldn’t noise cancelling be almost a need not a want in your work/sleep environment?

I use these in a reasonably quiet office - they’re most effective as a visual cue to idiot coworkers I actually want to focus and do some work (it’s rare, but it happens). - not discuss that funny news article, recent sportsball event, dogs, kids or what they had for dinner etc…

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My favorite thing about this thread is PDM justifying all these things on our behalf :raised_hands: (that is not sarcasm, it legit makes me smile big)

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I want a night off from kids and dogs. For no one to need me for anything. To sleep alone and not have to get up when the dog says it’s breakfast time. To not hear roommates.

Coincidentally, the kids’ dad cancelled his visit with the kids this week.

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I want a waffle iron. Preferably of the type that folds down to the size of a piece of paper so I actually have space to store it. Does anyone know where I can get something like that?

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I think mine stores pretty small/upright - I think it’s about 12" x 7" x 10" (so, bigger than paper but smaller than a toaster)

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…still want. Not helpful that my most frugal coworker who could retire ten years ago but wants to be able to pay cash for her son’s college said “Sometimes you just need to splurge!” um NOOOOO I told you because all the other times I tell you these things you say “Is your 403(b) maxed yet? No? There ya go” :laughing:

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Oh my god. That’s LOVELY.