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

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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" <shyam.sun...@peakalpha.com> 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 <Silklist@lists.hserus.net>
> 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
>
> --
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>
>
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