Oddbean

Every man I've met with a fancy car was low-key a pig. Every man I've met with a really fancy car was a professional driver or an automotive engineer. I like station wagons best. First class air travel is nice and every time I fly economy, I hate it, but I'm poor, so oh well. Of course, I hate air travel, in general. FC train travel >>> FC air travel I like nice hotels and watches. I wear an elegant analog watch, encrusted with little diamonds, but nothing very expensive. I would happily trade it in for a Rolex. I'll stay at the Best Western or a hostel without complaint. I have mostly expensive clothes, but not many and not obviously fancy. Just wool and silk and stuff. Or handmade items with embroidery or knitted. Wear the same items over and over for years. Been wearing some for decades and inherited others from my mom. Never understood the point of private air travel or yachts, unless you're worried about getting shot or paparazzi. Mansions. I hate them. Cold, airy, impersonal, like a castle. I want a cottage or a large apartment with a nice view and a pretty garden, which I have. I am the private chef. I don't want a maid, as I am German and enjoy cleaning and tidying and sorting my trash. Love middle-class food and drink, but I'd include a nice €50 bottle of scotch and €10 German caviar in that category.

My parents had a maid for a while and she stole family hierloom jewels and pawned them. She paid a fine, but we never got them back. Bohemian garnets and crystals passed down for generations. Never let strangers in your house.

I wouldn’t consider a $50 bottle of scotch to be fancy. Just high quality. I was more referring to $1,000 bottle of wine or $5000 bottles of scotch. Personally I don’t have a mansion currently but I’d like one because I have 7 people and a dog living in my home lol and could use some more space. A mansion isn’t cold if you fill it with a big family.

They eventually move out, tho. that's always the thing. Mansions aren't usually designed to downsize well. Our family has a two-apartment house with a shared garden, and we leave the interior-apartment doors in the stairwell unlocked. That way you can huddle down in one apartment and expand into the second when there's more people, or rent it out. Like this. https://baumentor.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/mehrparteienhaus-hanse-haus-1024x512.jpg

If you go to the Highlands distilleries, even Speyside, it's rarely more than a middle class person could spend and the REALLY expensive Scotch didn't taste noticeably better. Same with wine. So, then I agree. A lot of that price differential is marketing, I think.

yeah, talisker was meh, dalwinnie (sp?) was ok... i tasted glenfiddich first time when i was like 18, me and my friends drank a bottle my mate nicked from his university professor dad's cabinet... and yes we smashed the bottle after too!