Knowing you have some money doesn't divorce you from pride. B's onto something-there simply isn't anything preventing you from hitting eject and getting shot out of the cockpit on a whim.

new jack hustler's "i'll never go broke i've got property' isn't untrue and I had the ability to buy in 2008 despite barely touching things most years so I got lucky.

you'd get bored when you can do things sans the concept of consequence-i bought the carbon enduro and then decided a refurb 2.93x2 nehalem was so close to replacement by the hex's it made sense..

had i had to save and seriously consider dropping 6K on a bike it would have been exciting and a lot more fulfilling. i don't spend much most of the time, but thrift's only aa source of pride until you need to dry clean everything you own and your driveway's got an extra car that's nice enough not to prudently get rid of.

it's all about whether you're cool with making your own fun and challenges or you can get pretty entitled in a strangely unfullfilling way. i'm happy with a kayak and a speargun for weeks at a time, winter's longer than it has any business being.