Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

[Radhika, Y.]

I can't wait to be done taking my son to School - next year he attends a
local school. Hallelujah! It has done good things for my reading part of
the time and certainly is time well spent with Himu but unless I wake up at
4 I can't hope to be free in the morning. Ergo my list is now:

Time alone in the morning, ukulele time in the evening, writing time
anytime.

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

[Radhika, Y.]

Not sure why glasses cost so much in the US. they are not cheap in canada
either but I got mine which are simply the best I have ever owned during a
50% sale (with a little help from extended health insurance). CAD225 for
the frames. CAD was at parity with the US dollar at the time.

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

[Charles Haynes]

Well in theory acquiring knowledge and skills doesn't impact the "scales"
in practice it's possible to become attached to acquiring knowledge and
skills in a "grasping" way too. To acquire them for the sake of having
them, to satisfy a craving. I've been doing that with digital media, and I
may end up self imposing a limit there too. Maybe 1 TB?

As I get older, I realize more and more that "you can have anything you
want, but you can't have everything you want." In that sense "worth the
money," "30kg," and "1 TB" are all ways to get you to prioritise. To think
about what really matters to you and in that sense they're all helpful ways
of thinking about your "things."

-- Charles

On Wed, 30 Nov 2016 at 00:53 Dave Long  wrote:

> > My partner Debbie and I have 30kg of stuff.
>
>
> That's a handy constraint, in that you both can acquire arbitrary
> amounts of knowledge and skills without any impact on the scales.
>
> Riffing off of Aristippus' advice to give one's children the sort of
> assets which would swim out of a shipwreck with them, and the
> original blog post's mention of books, I'd say (having learned the
> hard way myself) that for disciplines which are difficult to learn
> from books, it's worth paying more for better teachers.
>
> -Dave
>
>
>

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

[Dave Long]

My partner Debbie and I have 30kg of stuff.



That's a handy constraint, in that you both can acquire arbitrary  
amounts of knowledge and skills without any impact on the scales.


Riffing off of Aristippus' advice to give one's children the sort of  
assets which would swim out of a shipwreck with them, and the  
original blog post's mention of books, I'd say (having learned the  
hard way myself) that for disciplines which are difficult to learn  
from books, it's worth paying more for better teachers.


-Dave

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

[Shyam Sunder]

Hi Preetha:

Apologies, you didn't find it because I misspelt, should have been brogues. 
Formal shoes, of which I like the wingtips.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brogue_shoe

Warm regards

Shyam

-Original Message-
From: silklist 
[mailto:silklist-bounces+shyam.sunder=peakalpha@lists.hserus.net] On Behalf 
Of Preetha Chari-Srinivas
Sent: 29 November 2016 16:48
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
Subject: Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

Hi Shyam,

Pardon my naivete but what does broque mean - have come across that word before 
but cannot seem to find the right meaning to it Cheers, Preetha

On Nov 29, 2016 11:10 AM, "Shyam Sunder"  wrote:

> What an interesting thread, Udhay!
>
> My principle, which I have finally evolved to rather late in the day, 
> I think, would be high usage = worth spending. So, the things I have 
> spent more on recently that I would never have before are
>
> 1. Snoozer mattress. Saw it in a resort, loved it, hunted it down and 
> got it 2. White shirt. I was recently at Selfridges in London, and 
> learnt that I could spend a lot more on a white shirt that I ever 
> will. But I have a few from TM Lewin and Brooks Brothers, that I 
> absolutely love and wear a lot 3. Dell laptop with a 17.3' screen and 
> a 24-inch monitor, which I use together in extend mode. I love moving 
> windows back and forth between the monitor and laptop, so cool!
>
> On my list are a pair of broques and a soundbar. Still researching 
> (which is more than half the fun.)
>
> Things that I find hard to spend a lot of money on are expensive 
> wines, art, business class airfare...
>
> -Original Message-
> From: silklist [mailto:silklist-bounces+shyam.sunder=peakalpha.com@
> lists.hserus.net] On Behalf Of Udhay Shankar N
> Sent: 29 November 2016 08:26
> To: Silk List 
> Subject: [silk] Things that are worth the money
>
> I saw a post by Ramit Sethi [1] that got me thinking.
>
> What, to you, are the things that are worth the extra that you might pay?
>
> My incomplete list:
>
> Shoes, computers, fragrance.
>
> Udhay
>
>
> [1] http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/5-things-that-are-worth-
> the-money
>
> --
> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
>
>
>

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

[Shyam Sunder]

Hi Preetha:

Apologies, you didn't find it because I misspelt, should have been brogues. 
Formal shoes, of which I like the wingtips.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brogue_shoe

Warm regards

Shyam

-Original Message-
From: silklist 
[mailto:silklist-bounces+shyam.sunder=peakalpha@lists.hserus.net] On Behalf 
Of Preetha Chari-Srinivas
Sent: 29 November 2016 16:48
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
Subject: Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

Hi Shyam,

Pardon my naivete but what does broque mean - have come across that word before 
but cannot seem to find the right meaning to it Cheers, Preetha

On Nov 29, 2016 11:10 AM, "Shyam Sunder"  wrote:

> What an interesting thread, Udhay!
>
> My principle, which I have finally evolved to rather late in the day, 
> I think, would be high usage = worth spending. So, the things I have 
> spent more on recently that I would never have before are
>
> 1. Snoozer mattress. Saw it in a resort, loved it, hunted it down and 
> got it 2. White shirt. I was recently at Selfridges in London, and 
> learnt that I could spend a lot more on a white shirt that I ever 
> will. But I have a few from TM Lewin and Brooks Brothers, that I 
> absolutely love and wear a lot 3. Dell laptop with a 17.3' screen and 
> a 24-inch monitor, which I use together in extend mode. I love moving 
> windows back and forth between the monitor and laptop, so cool!
>
> On my list are a pair of broques and a soundbar. Still researching 
> (which is more than half the fun.)
>
> Things that I find hard to spend a lot of money on are expensive 
> wines, art, business class airfare...
>
> -Original Message-
> From: silklist [mailto:silklist-bounces+shyam.sunder=peakalpha.com@
> lists.hserus.net] On Behalf Of Udhay Shankar N
> Sent: 29 November 2016 08:26
> To: Silk List 
> Subject: [silk] Things that are worth the money
>
> I saw a post by Ramit Sethi [1] that got me thinking.
>
> What, to you, are the things that are worth the extra that you might pay?
>
> My incomplete list:
>
> Shoes, computers, fragrance.
>
> Udhay
>
>
> [1] http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/5-things-that-are-worth-
> the-money
>
> --
> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
>
>
>

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

[Preetha Chari-Srinivas]

Hi Shyam,

Pardon my naivete but what does broque mean - have come across that word
before but cannot seem to find the right meaning to it
Cheers,
Preetha

On Nov 29, 2016 11:10 AM, "Shyam Sunder"  wrote:

> What an interesting thread, Udhay!
>
> My principle, which I have finally evolved to rather late in the day, I
> think, would be high usage = worth spending. So, the things I have spent
> more on recently that I would never have before are
>
> 1. Snoozer mattress. Saw it in a resort, loved it, hunted it down and got
> it
> 2. White shirt. I was recently at Selfridges in London, and learnt that I
> could spend a lot more on a white shirt that I ever will. But I have a few
> from TM Lewin and Brooks Brothers, that I absolutely love and wear a lot
> 3. Dell laptop with a 17.3' screen and a 24-inch monitor, which I use
> together in extend mode. I love moving windows back and forth between the
> monitor and laptop, so cool!
>
> On my list are a pair of broques and a soundbar. Still researching (which
> is more than half the fun.)
>
> Things that I find hard to spend a lot of money on are expensive wines,
> art, business class airfare...
>
> -Original Message-
> From: silklist [mailto:silklist-bounces+shyam.sunder=peakalpha.com@
> lists.hserus.net] On Behalf Of Udhay Shankar N
> Sent: 29 November 2016 08:26
> To: Silk List 
> Subject: [silk] Things that are worth the money
>
> I saw a post by Ramit Sethi [1] that got me thinking.
>
> What, to you, are the things that are worth the extra that you might pay?
>
> My incomplete list:
>
> Shoes, computers, fragrance.
>
> Udhay
>
>
> [1] http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/5-things-that-are-worth-
> the-money
>
> --
> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
>
>
>