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Title: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: Cire on February 13, 2010, 02:40:26 PM
Best
Smoker
xbox360

Worst
Treadmill
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: ben ji on February 13, 2010, 02:52:13 PM
Best

42 Inch Insignia flat screen for $240 (spoiled buddy wrecked his car and parents cut him off, needed money bad)

Worst

All the DVD's I bought in high school college, lost them all eventually or just didnt care enough to keep trucking them around
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: steve dave on February 13, 2010, 02:56:50 PM
Best:
Mattress

Worst:
Bunch of Frank Sinatra memorabilia.  WTF am I supposed to do with this crap now?  I'm an adult, I can't display it. 
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: Cire on February 13, 2010, 03:49:29 PM
also

Best
New Fridge, now have full size beer/meat fridge in the garage.
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: Cire on February 13, 2010, 03:49:57 PM
having 2 full size fridges could probably go in the underrated things thread.
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: ChiComCat on February 13, 2010, 04:27:24 PM
Worst

All the DVD's I bought in high school college, lost them all eventually or just didnt care enough to keep trucking them around

I spent too much money on this crap too.

Best
Slingbox (watch a lot of KSU games at work)
Kegerator kit for unused freezer (never underestimate a draft beer)
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: WildCatzPhreak on February 13, 2010, 04:49:19 PM
Best: Modchip for original xbox, Netflix subby,  IPhone

Worst: HDDVD player, Intel Micro notebook
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: CHONGS on February 13, 2010, 07:40:59 PM
best:
sony vaio notebook
nissan sentra

worst:
coat from GAP
moldy dry cottage cheese
decanter

Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: Fldermaus on February 13, 2010, 08:05:39 PM
Best:
DVR/ tivo
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: Saulbadguy on February 13, 2010, 10:16:19 PM
best - core i5 processor :fatty:

worst - crap ton of DVD's that are now being replaced w/ blu-rays
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: PandaXpanda on February 13, 2010, 10:24:28 PM

worst - crap ton of DVD's that are now being replaced w/ blu-rays

This.
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: felix rex on February 13, 2010, 10:50:54 PM
Worst:
Bunch of Frank Sinatra memorabilia.  WTF am I supposed to do with this crap now?  I'm an adult, I can't display it. 

lol

love the underlying "WTF" behind this.
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: Cire on February 13, 2010, 10:56:41 PM
yeah, what kind of memorabilia are we talking?
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: Dirty Sanchez on February 13, 2010, 11:06:02 PM
Here's my guess on Jeffy's:

Best: 98 nebraska game ticket
Worst: The rustyburger the night before. (https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsmiliesftw.com%2Fx%2Fturbopuke.gif&hash=b5cc0bbfdf51f1e59013bdab3808475e3fb7a83d)
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: jtksu on February 14, 2010, 12:52:18 AM
best:
sony vaio notebook
nissan sentra

worst:
coat from GAP
moldy dry cottage cheese
decanter



Why the eff did you buy a decanter?  You drinking some seriously expensive wine, or just felt like acting uppity?
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: Testy Westy on February 14, 2010, 04:15:23 AM
worst: radar detector (got a ticket on my first long road trip with it)

best: $10 ticket to the Oklahoma basketball game in 2008...even though I got a ticket on the way home (see above for details)
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: Mikeyis4dcats on February 14, 2010, 10:19:09 AM
BEST

Presto Pizzazz Pizza Maker

WORST
my DVD collection
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: pissclams on February 14, 2010, 02:35:30 PM
best:
sony vaio notebook
nissan sentra

worst:
coat from GAP
moldy dry cottage cheese
decanter



Why the shazbot! did you buy a decanter?  You drinking some seriously expensive wine, or just felt like acting uppity?
i decant a lot of my wine.

also best- don't know
worst- don't know either

i really like my mountain bike also just bought a watch i love.
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: hemmy on February 14, 2010, 02:41:34 PM
Worst:

When I was in 5th grade I spent like every penny I had from mowing about 28 million lawns to buy one of these:

http://www.traxxas.com/products/nitro/nsport4510/trx_nsport4510.htm

Hardly ever used it.
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: LinuxHuskerSometimesBasketballCat on February 14, 2010, 02:56:57 PM
Best:
Custom Built B.A. computer
Remington 870 Express

Worst:
Mac for my wife
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: ew2x4 on February 14, 2010, 09:50:22 PM
Best- my car, my bed, my good tools.

Worst- Air compressor and nailer that was underpowered and cheap. Like everyone else, DVD's. Especially after I started downloading everything.
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: SuperG on February 14, 2010, 10:12:55 PM
Best and Worst...
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Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: jtksu on February 14, 2010, 10:18:45 PM
best:
sony vaio notebook
nissan sentra

worst:
coat from GAP
moldy dry cottage cheese
decanter



Why the shazbot! did you buy a decanter?  You drinking some seriously expensive wine, or just felt like acting uppity?
i decant a lot of my wine.

also best- don't know
worst- don't know either

i really like my mountain bike also just bought a watch i love.

Hmm.  The only time I decant is if I'm drinking a red that's at least 5-10 years old, which I don't do all that often.

Best- Victorinox Swiss Army Watch.  No, it doesn't have any little tools or a bunch of knives.  It was more expensive than a watch I would normally buy, but I've had it for like 7 years, so it was probably worth the investment.  Looks good and I pretty much wear it all the time and it has never been damaged, despite accidents that would most likely have ruined other watches.

Worst (maybe) One of those little slider maker things.  The burgers it makes are seriously like the size of a 50 cent piece and it only makes 6 at a time.  If I felt like actually making enough of the burgers to get full, it would probably take like 30 of them.  Plus, I can never find buns small enough for it, so there is usually a really poor bun/food ratio.
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: Pete on February 14, 2010, 10:21:05 PM
Best and Worst...
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+1

Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: CHONGS on February 14, 2010, 10:40:51 PM
best:
sony vaio notebook
nissan sentra

worst:
coat from GAP
moldy dry cottage cheese
decanter



Why the eff did you buy a decanter?  You drinking some seriously expensive wine, or just felt like acting uppity?
Because I needed a decanter.  I just bought one that was too hard to clean....

also :lol: at you if you think decanting wine is somehow "uppity". Is that's how you try impress people :dunno:
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: pissclams on February 14, 2010, 10:51:07 PM
jtksu was poster intimidating chingon.
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: Pete on February 14, 2010, 10:56:53 PM
jtksu was poster intimidating chingon.


I have never decanted wine....benefits?
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: jtksu on February 14, 2010, 10:58:14 PM
jtksu was poster intimidating chingon.


I have never decanted wine....benefits?

Keeps the sediment in the bottom of the decanter and aerates the wine.
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: Pete on February 14, 2010, 11:00:16 PM
jtksu was poster intimidating chingon.


I have never decanted wine....benefits?

Keeps the sediment in the bottom of the decanter and aerates the wine.

So? 
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: jtksu on February 14, 2010, 11:01:18 PM
jtksu was poster intimidating chingon.


I have never decanted wine....benefits?

Keeps the sediment in the bottom of the decanter and aerates the wine.

So? 

Makes you look elite and sophisticated in front of your friends?
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: pissclams on February 14, 2010, 11:05:51 PM
i decant more often than not.  no reason not to.

white vinegar works well to clean decanters.
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: CHONGS on February 14, 2010, 11:10:26 PM
i decant more often than not.  no reason not to.

white vinegar works well to clean decanters.
trying it right now....
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: jtksu on February 14, 2010, 11:17:02 PM
i decant more often than not.  no reason not to.

white vinegar works well to clean decanters.

True, except you kinda lock yourself into drinking the entire bottle then.  Wine really deteriorates after like 8 hours of exposure to air.  Course, I usually will drink the entire bottle at one time anyways..
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: SuperG on February 14, 2010, 11:38:08 PM
jtksu was poster intimidating chingon.


I have never decanted wine....benefits?

Keeps the sediment in the bottom of the decanter and aerates the wine.

So? 

After wine sits in a corked bottle for the better part of a decade it can start to smell and taste like your shoes the day after you've waded around in Tuttle Creek Res. and then you didn't let them dry out properly. Unless the bottle has completely turned, a little aeration will help eliminate this problem. A decanter helps you aerate.
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: slucat on February 15, 2010, 11:43:54 AM
best- i tend to not buy a lot of crap, so maybe my cookware?
worst-6th grade I needed these, saved all my money I had gotten for b-days, holidays, allowance, etc  :facepalm: what a waste
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also, thought I got a good set of knifes, but they are crap.
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: Saulbadguy on February 15, 2010, 11:47:36 AM
A Reebok Pump is def. not a bad purchase.
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: Daddy Claxton on February 15, 2010, 01:25:45 PM
Best: (https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allenedmonds.com%2Fwcsstore%2FAllenEdmonds%2Fupload%2Fimages%2Fdatabase%2F5615_thumb.jpg&hash=3441193e5c0f89939705cd05273c76f8b0e9c068)

Worst: Phone w/ mp3 player that went on sale for $50 the next week.
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: Pete on February 15, 2010, 01:41:54 PM
i decant more often than not.  no reason not to.

white vinegar works well to clean decanters.

True, except you kinda lock yourself into drinking the entire bottle then.  Wine really deteriorates after like 8 hours of exposure to air.  Course, I usually will drink the entire bottle at one time anyways..

I buy box wine.  Specifically "Black Box."  I am not ashamed to say it.  Stays fresh and takes pretty darn good.
Title: Re: Best/Worst things that you've ever purchased.
Post by: SuperG on February 16, 2010, 11:12:21 PM
i decant more often than not.  no reason not to.

white vinegar works well to clean decanters.

True, except you kinda lock yourself into drinking the entire bottle then.  Wine really deteriorates after like 8 hours of exposure to air.  Course, I usually will drink the entire bottle at one time anyways..

If you're not ashamed to say it but ashamed for people to see your box of wine then a decanter may be just what you need.

I buy box wine.  Specifically "Black Box."  I am not ashamed to say it.  Stays fresh and takes pretty darn good.