(Second hand) Electric car. SO MUCH MORE FUN to drive, even in traffic, than petrol or diesel, and so much cheaper to run (by a factor of five or six) because I have cheap overnight electricity, but it's not the money, it's the joy of driving. Never going back.
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I hate driving, but my EV is miles ahead of any gas car I've driven
Simplehuman lidded step-open trashcan.
Why in the fuck would anyone spend over $100 on a damn trashcan?
We got tired of the plastic ones we were buying breaking, and they were around $60 to begin with.
It holds the bags properly with none falling in. It has built in storage for empty bags inside. It is easily cleanable. The lid opens and closes smoothly, no slamming open or shut. When closed, it keeps any odors inside.
It's been the main trashcan in the central area of our home for four years and is still going strong. So many others we had would only last maybe half a year.
Omg I had two of these cans and loved them so much
On the other hand, I've been using a cheap garbage can without the lid and it's been good. Mind you, my home is sealed well against flies and if flying bugs become an issue, I'll probably grab the lid. But since water is able to evaporate out of it, it doesn't stink that much. It also helps that I leave food in the fridge until I'm ready to take the garbage out.
Heck yeah. I don't know what brand mine is, but we also splurged on a fancy trashcan. Foot operated. Metal casing, so it's heavy and doesn't shift around when you're trying to use it. Like you said, it holds the bag properly. I'll never go back.
A house. Fuck moving every couple of years. Fuck landlords (especially the corporate kind). Hell yea having the ability to make changes and improvements. Obligatory: https://m.xkcd.com/905/
I got my husband a water kettle for his birthday the first year we were dating, and it’s been a great investment. It’s got a gooseneck spout, heats water to multiple temperatures and is worth every cent of the ~€45 I paid for it. We have great, consistent coffee every day, thanks mostly to the kettle
I recently got a kettle when I switched to drinking more tea and less energy drinks. It is so convenient and easy to use. It's faster than my old tea pot I used on the stove.
Is a badass computer an adult purchase? 🤔
Winter tires on their own set of wheels. Expensive upfront, but easy to switch out twice a year at zero additional expense. I run summers half the year and winters the other half, so I'm usually on the best tires, temperature wise. Safer and more fun driving all around.
I bought a $400 Blendtec blender a few years ago and I fucking LOVE it. Smoothies all the time. Frozen daiquiris and other mixed drinks. Occasionally use it to puree ingredients to make a broth. The only "weak" point is that the motor in it is so strong that sometimes it can try to torque itself around on the countertop, so it's a good idea to keep one hand on top while it's running. The comparison with any of the blenders I ever used before isn't even close.
They had an amazing advertising campaign with the videos. They were fun to watch.
Will It Blend?
The answer is always "Yes."
I had my house renovated to make it more like what I want. The cost was mind boggling. But holy hell, I really like my house now.
I'm 100% behind this. You spend enough time there, make it perfect
What kinds of renovations did you do?
The big change was I had the stairs moved.
Without making a huge story of it, my house has pretty darn large pull-under basement that you access by a garage door. But, the space was cut in half by the stairs. One the one side you could mostly squeeze a car in, but the other side was largely wasted space. So I had the stairs moved to the other side of the house. Now I have a pseudo 3-car garage (2 bays to work on project cars, and room to pull a 3rd in behind them in a pinch).
Mildly interesting, those stairs were moved on purpose by the original owner during the design phase. I actually have the original blueprints, the stairs were supposed to be off the kitchen. Makes me wonder if the next owner will move them again. hah.
Running my own storage and personal media server.
I've been debating trying this but I'm not an IT expert, so feeling overwhelmed and nervous to even start. Do you have any guides or websites that you could recommend?
If you go with a out-of-the-box solution you don't really need much expertise. You just click through a series of almost self-explanatory installation steps and it just works. I'd recommend Synology. It's very simple and just works flawlessly with minimum effort.
Now, this is lemmy and the foss/privacy people will probably have me crucified for saying that ... so if you care about that, I'd suggest scrolling/asking in [email protected].
Thanks
I second Synology. Have similar background (no IT experience). Bought a d923+ and have been setting up different options. Within 6 months I have setup:
- a self hosted Immich account for all my photos (downloaded everything from Google Photos)
- Plex for all my media (unexpected benefit, no longer paying for several streaming apps)
- local backup for home/exterior video cameras
I highly recommend Marius Hosting for simple, step by step, guides. For example: https://mariushosting.com/how-to-install-immich-on-your-synology-nas/
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My house probably. By far the most expensive thing I own.
Water heater probably? Having hot water when we need it is really nice.
Heat pump water heater in the garage is a blessing in summer months
Meds I guess 😔
But also PPE for riding a motorcycle
Dehumidifier. Best thing I've ever bought for the house I bloody love it
Opposite here, I live in the desert and a humidifier adds enough thermal mass to the air to make cooling reasonably cheap in the summer.
What do you mean by "a humidifier adds enough thermal mass to the air"? I would think that increasing the heat capacity of the air would increase the cost of temperature regulation.
When it's as dry as it is here the air heat up super fast, adding humidity will cool a room instantly (swamp cooler effect) and reduce the rate at which the temperature changes, making cooling affordable.
Swamp coolers/humidifiers can maintain temps in the low to mid 23C ish range in the desert but will push humidity to around 50-60% to do it.
- Chamber vacuum sealer.
- Espresso machine with E61 group head and flat burr grinder.
Reald... oh wait, that's not what you meant, right?
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