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What's your mid-life crisis purchase gonna be?
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What's your mid-life crisis purchase gonna be?


Jul 7, 2020, 3:11 PM

for those of you not old as Abraham's taint like henry® and bengaline.

Mine is going to be an Indian bike.

Something like this

https://www.coastalindian.com/Pre-owned-Inventory-2016-Indian-Motorcycle-Motorcycle-Scooter-Roadmaster-Thunder-Black-9118447?ref=list

Then take the wife on a 2 week long trip to Devil's Tower Wyoming.

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I like your funny words magic man


Already done. Garbage disposal.***


Jul 7, 2020, 3:13 PM



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mine was an armband tat***


Jul 7, 2020, 3:19 PM



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Tribal or barbed wire***


Jul 7, 2020, 3:20 PM



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I like your funny words magic man


neither...


Jul 7, 2020, 3:21 PM

it's thorns

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I like the Indian Scout 60.


Jul 7, 2020, 3:23 PM

I'm more likely to get some kinda convertible, though. C6 Grand Sport Corvette maybe.

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I want something that has that cool vintage look


Jul 7, 2020, 3:25 PM

but is also comfortable enough for that long ride with luggage

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I like your funny words magic man


Kid's tuition probably***


Jul 7, 2020, 3:25 PM



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My kids better be really smart or good at cooking meth***


Jul 7, 2020, 3:27 PM



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I like your funny words magic man


Me too


Jul 7, 2020, 3:41 PM [ in reply to Kid's tuition probably*** ]

One undergrad at Clemson, one grad student at Clemson, and one senior in high school (future Tiger). I will be pushing 60 by the time the youngest gets her undergraduate degree.

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60 is the new midlife.


Jul 7, 2020, 5:07 PM

;)

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New b u t t


Jul 7, 2020, 3:26 PM

Mine’s cracked

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I'm eyeing coastal properties


Jul 7, 2020, 3:30 PM

so I can have somewhere to put my Yellowfin. Idk what mid-life really means tho, i'm probably past the mid point in my life but far from middle aged.

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I didnt realize it at the time, but mine


Jul 7, 2020, 3:31 PM

was probably the Land Cruiser that I have. However, I think I am going to sell this Fall and get a cheaper Classic. This thing is SO expensive to have work done and the interior that I have done has been just stupid expensive. Plus, the kids' carseats are not going to work after this year, so I would have to replace the whole back section seating.....which I am absolutely not paying to refurb.

I still want a classic, but might go with something like this instead and keep it simple.



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I got that new mustang gt last year.


Jul 7, 2020, 3:31 PM

That's probably it for me. If I make it to 72, that won't be too bad.


That Indian bike is pretty sweet.

I'll be ready to buy it off of you when you realize you're too p*ssy to ride it for half what you paid for it. Then one of y'all can buy it for half of that price when I realize I'm to pu*sy to ride it.

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Fantastic looking bikes.


Jul 7, 2020, 3:38 PM

I'm not sure there's a better looking line of bikes on the market. From the friends that have them, I gather that Indian makes a slightly more reliable bike at far more favorable price point than Harley. I'd love to have one, but it goes against my stance of adopting anything else that has to be fed gas & oil and be insured.

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Re: What's your mid-life crisis purchase gonna be?


Jul 7, 2020, 3:47 PM

I really don't think I will have that.

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In before "If you get one now you are past the midway point


Jul 7, 2020, 3:49 PM

cause you will wreck and die."

IF you get a bike, don't do like you normally do. Instead, pay full price and have somebody that knows what they are doing look at it with you.

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Hookers and blow*****


Jul 7, 2020, 3:50 PM



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You still in Orlando ?


Jul 7, 2020, 3:57 PM

asking for COVID-19

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Re: Hookers and blow*****


Jul 7, 2020, 4:18 PM [ in reply to Hookers and blow***** ]

Sad that it took this many replies for someone to be honest.

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Well, I figured I slid past midlife sometime in the


Jul 7, 2020, 3:58 PM

past 2.5 years or so. I didn't buy anything special.

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Moar snooty DIPAs***


Jul 7, 2020, 3:59 PM



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not sure yet, but I can feel it's comin' soon


Jul 7, 2020, 4:15 PM

Been looking into getting a new mountain bike (and, also back into mountain biking, in general...that part's not so much a purchase, but I feel like it's it's def a mid-life thing)

The range of bikes I'm looking at aren't YUGE purchase expensive, but I rarely buy anything for myself, so it feels like dropping $2k+ on bike (hardtail, Obed®) + some updated gear could be 'it'. Unfortunately, bike supply these days is shorter than...well, Shorty


before this work from home adventure, SheGUAR had half-convinced me into buying a Jaguar F-Pace....some good has come from this Covid nonsense, after all, as I've driven all of 100 miles in the past 107 days, and I ain't buying a new car for that


and I've always liked those Indian bikes...the Scouts, particularly

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Re: not sure yet, but I can feel it's comin' soon


Jul 7, 2020, 4:17 PM

Have you looked at Surly, Yeti Or Canyon. Could be in your price range and awesome quality.

I got a Specialized Fuse hardtail, not the Comp and it was in that range. Love the bike and rides great. I am slow, so it works. ??

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the 2nd-from-the-top Fuse is on my list


Jul 7, 2020, 4:24 PM

but there are other bikes out there (better spec'd, lesser 'names') that are pushing it down the list....been addicted to the HardtailParty guy on youtube, like his reviews...was very high on the high-end Fuse.

haven't looked much into Surly (don't really want steel), or Yeti ($$$$)....Canyon, a little....The Neuron is probably more than I want t spend (that $2k was max WITH gear - new helmet, pedals, etc...possibly new SPD shoes if I go clipless again)

a lot of great (on paper) direct-to-consumer bikes/brands out there, and the video reviews are helpful, but nothing like putting a leg over one, or having that bike shop support

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If I'm dropping $2k on a hardtail in 2020, best bang for the


Jul 7, 2020, 6:13 PM

buck IMHO is gonna be Salsa or Niner. You can get a Salsa with 27.5 wheels and XT group for right at $2k.

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Re: If I'm dropping $2k on a hardtail in 2020, best bang for the


Jul 7, 2020, 6:14 PM

forgot... DGUARCHITECT

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timberjack is near the top o' the list


Jul 7, 2020, 6:21 PM [ in reply to If I'm dropping $2k on a hardtail in 2020, best bang for the ]

was looking at the Shimano SLX version, was $1599 @ REI (i've got a ton of credit there at the moment), recently bumped up to $1699...and even more recently-er, they don't carry it...

something about the Recon fork, though, on that model....

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I hear you on the Fork....unfortunately no familiarity


Jul 7, 2020, 6:34 PM

with the current Rock Shox lineup....last one I had was a SID on a sweet S-works hardtail I built when I was racing about 15 years and 30 pounds ago. Had nuthin but Fox shocks since I converted to full suspension and I love em.

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So not to be a know-it-all...cough cough Obed cough cough


Jul 7, 2020, 8:51 PM [ in reply to timberjack is near the top o' the list ]

But I have a Recon SL fork on my hardtail and I've bombed it at 230lbs and it was fine... I'm around 200lb now and I have full confidence that it could handle anything my 36yr old wild asss could throw at it.


I've always gotten a kick out of building my own bikes... shopping for deals on components and putting together a franken-bike for as cheap as possible. That's mostly because I was super into the sport back in the day and broke AF college student. To do it again... probably not worth it.


I have a

2011 fuji team carbon HT frame
rockshox REBA SL (I lied earlier when I said it was a Recon...actually maybe it is a Recon... I'm drunk AF right now if you can't tell)
early 2000's XT rear derailler
early 2000's lx front derailler
early 2000's lx shifters
brand new xt 9spd casette
early 2000's deore crankset
2010's sun dxl (or somethign like that) sun wheelset with xt hubs
magura marta sl hydraulic front disc
brand new shimano deore hydraulic rear disc brakes
fsa carbon seatpost
some early 2000's specialized seat
easton XC90 handlebars
crank bros candy C pedals
some new wtb trail boss tires I bought a few weeks back because my panaracer fire xc red tires dry rotted
cane creek headset
??? stem

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and ODI lock-on grips, which are pretty badarse***


Jul 7, 2020, 8:52 PM



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You’re gonna be riding it for what, a decade plus?


Jul 8, 2020, 8:41 AM [ in reply to timberjack is near the top o' the list ]

Spend $300 and get XT and slightly upgraded fork. Worth it.

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it's an option, for sure


Jul 8, 2020, 10:54 AM

currently eyeing a Polygon (australian bike co) 29+...XT (SLX Shifter, tho) + Revelation fork

for $1299 (also, out of stock til mid July, last I checked)



not thrilled w/ the red on black (but color scheme is low priority), and have been almost entirely looking at 27.5+ otherwise....but $1299? In the US, it's only online / direct to consumer, but they give you a 14 day 'trial' w/ free return

This replaced their now-discontinued Entiat T8, which was a (better "looking") 27.5.+ (maybe a little too plus at 3.0" tires)...but if this was available, we wouldn't be having this discussion, and I'd be out riding it



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Probably 2 escorts and some blow for one night.***


Jul 7, 2020, 4:21 PM



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I'm building a shed pub


Jul 7, 2020, 4:29 PM

similar to this Buckeye guy's backyard bar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Wnt3RHXrQ





Technically, it's a home office on the business books, though, in case of Covid quarantine or work from home...

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New t it s for my side piece***


Jul 7, 2020, 4:32 PM



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Dishwasher.


Jul 7, 2020, 5:06 PM

Worried it's gonna run up the water bill, though.

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So you need a wife/new dishwasher???***


Jul 7, 2020, 9:17 PM



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a haircut.


Jul 7, 2020, 5:14 PM

maybe. Then again, maybe I won't.


Hair is as long right now as it has been at any point in my life because CoronaCalamity.
And I kinda like it, truth be told.

Other than that, I'd kinda like to have a Dodge Hellcat. But probably not, I really don't need that much car.

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Re: a haircut.


Jul 7, 2020, 5:16 PM

Saw a smoking hot chick putting two small kids in a hellcat at Target. I said, “that isn’t a mini van” and she laughed. I got a boner.

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well, her prayers will soon be answered.....


Jul 7, 2020, 5:19 PM

meet the 2021 Dodge Durango Hellcat 700HP SUV for soccer moms. Yikes.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/2021-dodge-durango-srt-hellcat-first-look-details-photos-video/

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hope you got the order of events correct


Jul 7, 2020, 6:26 PM [ in reply to Re: a haircut. ]

of those last 2 things

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LULZ


Jul 7, 2020, 8:53 PM

beat me to it.

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I don't think i've gotten a true haircut since December


Jul 7, 2020, 6:25 PM [ in reply to a haircut. ]

January, possibly....SheGUAR hit up the sides & back, but even that was April...I'm lettin' it ride, for now, but it could use some professional maintenance for sure

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Mine was this


Jul 7, 2020, 5:16 PM

and looked just like it.

I loved this car. Sob, sob.



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I was 45, traded in a sedan and wife did not know


Jul 7, 2020, 5:35 PM

she was pissed.


That was 20 years ago (bought the 2000 version).


She still gets pissed when she brings it up.


LOL.


Wish I had kept that car, I loved driving it.


####, had to edit as I cannot remember how old I was 20 years ago. LOL.


Message was edited by: Father G®


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Way cooler than #### Taylor's Miata


Jul 7, 2020, 5:58 PM [ in reply to Mine was this ]

TheRallyBass
TOTE1
tigeroftheeye1

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mine wasn't a mid life crisis purchase but thanks for playin***


Jul 8, 2020, 2:04 PM



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"I went to Woodstock for mine." - @Henry***


Jul 7, 2020, 5:56 PM



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Re: What's your mid-life crisis purchase gonna be?


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I could really see selling everything


Jul 7, 2020, 6:19 PM

(I mean, if the crap would ever sell) and moving out of the country.

Covid has convinced me that I really do hate people.

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Re: I could really see selling everything


Jul 7, 2020, 6:21 PM

Where would you go to avoid people?

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N Ga or W NC mountains


Jul 7, 2020, 6:37 PM

I spent a few days last week up in the mountains. Gosh its beautiful there. You could easily avoid human interaction for days or weeks at a time. That's the spot.

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I, too, want to sell everything and move away.


Jul 7, 2020, 8:14 PM [ in reply to I could really see selling everything ]

Extended family is keeping me here now. Wife is ALLIN with me on this as well. However, she sent me potential homes she would like to buy and, BYGAWD, they are all just shy of a cool million right out of the flatirons near Boulder. I would LOVE to move there, but we would have to live in a smaller place or sell drugs on the side to make mortgage payments.

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I can help you make that dream come true!


Jul 8, 2020, 7:52 AM

Provided you want to move to Gastonia and sell drugs on the side, that is.

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maybe a tiny home or shipping container out in the middle of


Jul 7, 2020, 7:11 PM

nowhere

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Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile,
Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile!!!!


My mid-life crisis is to retire by age 50


Jul 7, 2020, 7:18 PM

It's ghana be close. Need Trump/Biden to not screw up economy over next 4 years. No idea what I'll do all day except annoy my wife and post on TNet.

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Re: What's your mid-life crisis purchase gonna be?


Jul 7, 2020, 7:28 PM

A daughter. I can't wait for her to go back to school in the fall. One more year and then she'll get a real job and move out.......or she's out of the will. Cereal!


Postscript: I love my baby girl. I had a great time making her.

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Definitely a she-shed***


Jul 7, 2020, 7:29 PM



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I assume this has nothing to do with what normal people


Jul 7, 2020, 8:54 PM

consider a "she shed".

You mean like a shed where you keep women/girls chained up, right?

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Everyone likes to judge me for that stuff


Jul 7, 2020, 9:22 PM

but they never want to acknowledge that i'm gentle with the guests.

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Gonna? Already did. Bought a big ### ugly Jeep


Jul 7, 2020, 11:25 PM

That runs on liberal tears and American #### and vinegar. She actually screams freedom on the rev limiter. She flips like a fainting goat and gets right back on the trail to scream Freedom again. She’s got 3 pedals and 3 sticks so she’s theft proof from all these snowflakes. They’d split their tighty britches anyway trying to get in. She don’t have a windshield or a top or doors so you can feel all the ‘Muricas!

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Hittin the rev limiter in an old Jeep.......


Jul 8, 2020, 8:24 AM

Nuthin like riding around at 3500 RPM, rear main seal pouring oil like the Exxon Valdez......FREEDOM!

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The chip actually plays the national anthem


Jul 8, 2020, 9:01 AM

it's awesome. lol

The 4.0 just drips, the NP205 pours. lol

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Re: Gonna? Already did. Bought a big ### ugly Jeep


Jul 8, 2020, 11:57 AM [ in reply to Gonna? Already did. Bought a big ### ugly Jeep ]

sounds like in about September, you should by my Land Cruiser. :)

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Re: Gonna? Already did. Bought a big ### ugly Jeep


Jul 8, 2020, 12:16 PM

I better hold off. I'm currently having more 'murica welded on this week. :)

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Re: Gonna? Already did. Bought a big ### ugly Jeep


Jul 8, 2020, 12:23 PM

my clutch went out last week, so that is being replaced now. hoping that is my last repair.

Have some fun the next couple of months, then see if I can sell her before storage season approaches.

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Re: Gonna? Already did. Bought a big ### ugly Jeep


Jul 8, 2020, 12:45 PM

That reminds me, I need a new slave cylinder

I'm currently getting a new rear drive shaft, 14 bolt shave, rear shock relocation, new high steer arms with tie rod, and new anti wrap bar. HOPEFULLY this is my last project of the year. Next year is gonna be rebuilding front links/suspension/steering, add rear seat/bars/harnesses, move fuel cell, and whatever else breaks.

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I'm thinking a great big new deck..


Jul 8, 2020, 5:57 AM

made from pallets of course.

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Probably a Cessna.***


Jul 8, 2020, 8:55 AM



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have you picked out


Jul 8, 2020, 10:55 AM

your flying Ferragamos yet?

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Membership in the CondomoftheMonth Club.***


Jul 8, 2020, 11:55 AM



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