Originally Posted by
indyfabz
I have spent much of the day trying to assess whether i can afford to quit my job in March, at the age of 58. I think it might be possible.
THAT is the ultimate luxury.
Side note: as Thorstein Veblen explained in 1899, conspicuous consumption (he coined that term) is more effective if the item is transportable, so we can show off to people we've never met. If he'd written that book in the age of the automobile, that probably would've gotten an entire chapter.