teejaywhy

Ownership of Expensive/Luxury Items and the acts of Giving/Helping/Sharing are NOT mutually exclusive.

livedarklions

Well, today I gave a sick puppy a bike, and neither of us felt better. Thanks a bunch, OP!

CycleryNorth81

Well, today a sick puppy gave me a bike, and I felt better. Thanks OP!

livedarklions

Be careful. He got sick because the chain lube was toxic.

Duragrouch

AAAAAaaaand we have a winner! Moment of zen. Like at the end of a Seinfeld episode when all the subplots merge into one. I salute you sir.

veganbikes

No because he could have spent that $10k printing calendars that have every day as Thanksgiving so he would feed the poor daily at the soup kitchen. Or he could have built a mobile bike powered soup kitchen out of Ti and combine everything. Or those damned poor people could eat each other solving the problem, sure you might have one super human cannibal homeless person at the end but that is a problem for the future

Buy whatever bikes you want to buy, be a good person and help your fellow earthlings at least once and while. It ain't rocket appliances.

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kansukee

Well he needs to get off his high horse then. Like you said, multi thousand dollar bikes are the norm here as well and at any rate, I will spend my own money as I see fit.

TimothyH

It's interesting how some claim to not care what others do but go on to insult those same people for the behavior they claim not to care about.

Either refrain from insults or don't claim it isn't your business. You can't have it both ways.

We either mind our own business or we open our mouths and make other people's business our own. One or the other.


-Tim-

MoAlpha

How could I have missed this gem of a thread?

For a little perspective, I have a sailboat, which, purchased used, cost considerably more than my first house and continues to consume at least 10% of its value per annum in slip fees, maintenance, gear, and sails, all for a few weeks of sailing per year and a little low-key racing. Many of my friends spend multiples of what I do because they can afford it and no one with a cheaper boat calls theirs an extravagance.

For me, morality enters the question when an affluent individual spends a lot more on toys and fun than (s)he gives away. We don't.

fietsbob

It's sick puppy, a book title Story set in Florida ..

also a rock band in Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick_Puppies

kansukee

You got it! It's all about class envy with this sort.

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jdsyachts

And so will I, but it will be my money not yours, unless of course you want to send me some.

livedarklions

This thread was bad enough when it was just puppies, but now you've got to bring horses into it? Not to mention the moral questions raised by getting a horse high.

indyfabz

A week ago today I saw a bear while riding. Couldn't tell if it was sick.

livedarklions

Which raises the question--what was the bear riding? A $10,000 bike?

indyfabz

Nope. But he had a lot of fur.

livedarklions

The bear was right on the path?! Seriously, what do you do in that situation? I'm thinking ringing a bell or saying "on your left" just doesn't quite cut it.

indyfabz

It was my rest day. Rode up a Forest Service Rd. from camp looking for wildlife. (The area is home to black bears and grizzlies along with mountain lions.) Decided to turn around and head back after about 6 miles. Then I decided to be more patient, so I stopped at a point above the creek paralleling the road, thinking "If I were a bear I might head down there for a cool drink." Stood there for a few minutes looking around and drinking water. Turned to look back up the road just as he ambles out of the brush heading in the direction of the creek. I let out an audible "Yesssss!" That caused him to stop and check me out, giving me time to get out the camera. Zoomed in as much as I could. He was never close enough to pose a threat. Black bears are generally retreating. As long as you don't get between one and her cubs you almost never have anything to worry about. Had he taken one step in my direction I would have simply headed back down the hill. He stood there for a couple of minutes then walked off.

berner

I've spent most of my life boat building boats and sailing. In the yachting world "normal" has a tremendous range from the typical family boat of 20' to 30' up to mega yachts costing hundreds of millions of dollars. https://www.4yacht.com/yachts-for-sale For mega yachts, operating costs includes a captain, cooks, stewards, deck hands and so forth. Don't even bring fuel efficiency into the conversation. For people at that income level, such costs of hundreds of thousands annually are normal for their toys and has nothing to do with spending a fine day with family and friends out on the water. At least the $10,000 bike owner is out cycling.