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Rich B wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 2:55 pm Seeing as you seem intent on dragging it up again. I still think you are a moron for paying £1k a month for a doom blue (Best BMW Colour Evar) 520d se.

GG. wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 3:35 pm Didn't we discover that is was BRILLIANTEFEKT BLAU or some such wonderful German compound word?

ShockDiamonds wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 1:00 pm

IanF wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:55 am People can spend their own money however they see fit and, as long as they get enjoyment out of it, I can’t see how it’s a waste of cash.

Agree with this, although your views weren't quite as YOLO when I bought that car, IIRC. Along with numerous others, you were quite scathing. Clearly the two purchases are different but in terms of 'getting enjoyment out of it' I was chuffed with the car whilst I had it, then later came to sell it for a change, the way anybody would. So why is spending 3k for a day on somebody else's boat deemed acceptable?

PS - To my mind it is acceptable, if that's what you want to spend money on. Nobody's business what anybody spends money on. It's the about-face in perspective that I am questioning.

GG. wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 12:56 pm Some things are financially stupid to hire and you're better off buying them or not bothering. There you go.

JLv3.0 wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:10 pm I'm also amused that Jobbo doesn't associate deck shoes with sailing

Jobbo wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:58 pm

JLv3.0 wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:10 pm I'm also amused that Jobbo doesn't associate deck shoes with sailing

You wear proper shoes for sailing: https://www.musto.com/en_GB/accessories ... 12&start=0

Note that the deck shoe style is called 'Harbour moccasin'. Or you could use them while walking around on your plastic motorboat.

NotoriousREV wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:43 pm Weirdly, I sort of get what GG is on about. For example, I like narrowboats and canal holidays. We went on a few as a kid but I haven't done it as an adult with my family as it's so expensive (as much as going abroad). Or, you can buy a part share in one for the equivalent of 5 x 1 week holidays (and you actually get 6 weeks of holidays each year to use the thing) so in that case buying (a part share) is better than renting. Unless you do it as a one off.

Jobbo wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 5:02 pm

NotoriousREV wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:43 pm Weirdly, I sort of get what GG is on about. For example, I like narrowboats and canal holidays. We went on a few as a kid but I haven't done it as an adult with my family as it's so expensive (as much as going abroad). Or, you can buy a part share in one for the equivalent of 5 x 1 week holidays (and you actually get 6 weeks of holidays each year to use the thing) so in that case buying (a part share) is better than renting. Unless you do it as a one off.

I considered this conundrum - the cost of buying a share looks so much better value than renting for 2 weeks (and you need 2 weeks as you travel so slowly). And you can sell your share, so it's virtually free. Except it's not; you pay your share of the maintenance and mooring fees, then doubtless end up painting the damn thing in winter or replacing the engine. And you're tied to using every one of your days of annual leave on the thing because it's the only way to justify having bought your share and done that engine replacement in the depths of winter with your arms in a cold canal up to the shoulder.

So I didn't rent one and didn't buy a share either

Jobbo wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:58 pm
Note that the deck shoe style is called 'Harbour moccasin'.

NotoriousREV wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:21 pm

ShockDiamonds wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 1:00 pm

IanF wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:55 am People can spend their own money however they see fit and, as long as they get enjoyment out of it, I can’t see how it’s a waste of cash.

Agree with this, although your views weren't quite as YOLO when I bought that car, IIRC. Along with numerous others, you were quite scathing. Clearly the two purchases are different but in terms of 'getting enjoyment out of it' I was chuffed with the car whilst I had it, then later came to sell it for a change, the way anybody would. So why is spending 3k for a day on somebody else's boat deemed acceptable?

PS - To my mind it is acceptable, if that's what you want to spend money on. Nobody's business what anybody spends money on. It's the about-face in perspective that I am questioning.

Where this falls down is that we're talking about concepts:

- Ian is arguing the concept that renting a yacht isn't a waste of money; he isn't stating whether this particular deal is good value
- No one is arguing that the concept of buying a BMW 520d in BRILLIANTLYFUCKED BLAU is a waste of money; they did argue that that particular deal wasn't good VFM.