Less than one collector booster box of cards from the latest set…
About like 10 of the must have flashlights or a few good customs. Or one fourth of some really extreme ones.
Almost endless quantities (for me anyway) of 3d printing filament and small electronic parts.
A couple pieces niche test equipment that I’ll ude once a year.
A new practice basket. A new stack of practice putters. A cart. With plenty left over for me to get a few more backups for some of my favorite discs.
A low-uptime server to backup my current one
Or a really crazy sex toy maybe, depends on how responsible I’m feeling
All you need to start playing Standard, Pioneer and maybe Modern in Magic the Gathering. Or like maybe half a Legacy deck.
In my other hobbies which are rebuilding with old lego by hand and imagination, baking and reading a grand will keep me good for a year. Or 5. Depends on motivation and how many free books I pick up.
A few years ago I finally sold my assortment of still-sealed merch I was given during my time at WotC (Phrexia through Innistrad). It fetched almost $5k. Still, it’s hard to believe a grand won’t buy a thorougly awesome legacy deck. Never really was a player myself tho and I haven’t kept up with current prices at all, so I believe it.
Whilst my grow light is rather good, there are upgraded options I could take advantage of. For my small sized grow area I could try my hand at a small rDWC setup, a new light, and an automated system for persistently maintaining VPD (perhaps one of those ACFinity ones with the app, or a similar sort of thing).
1L flasks, dimroth condenser, heating mantle, heating plate, materials to build an electric kiln, if i have anything left i’d use it on chemicals
and i’m probably already overbudget, home chemistry is fucked price-wise, we’re lucky to have synthware for all our glassware needs but for equipment you either diy it or go broke (a good hotplate is ~500$ new, 200$ used in bad conditions)
Two new hobbies to keep me in the realitytm.
for the twisted
It’s just art and music. Plus a likely revival of old skill.
… my favorite hobby “this week”
A basic road bike I guess? 😅
*hi-fives in serial hobbyist that also just got into bicycles*
(except there’s been a heat advisory where I live for the past week so I can’t ride safely 😭)
Ah! Same here… I just went 20 minutes really early in the morning 🤣
The wind is good when you’re moving but as soon as you stop for a red light… you die…!
Either a guitar… or a gpu
2 years of yoga classes.
Or
All of the garden beds, fencing, and good soil I got for the garden.
A lot of gardening supplies.
If you already have a good computer, that much money could outfit an entire home music recording studio with decent gear, especially if you buy good used gear, which is easily available:
A couple of good super-budget guitars from Harley Benton (a Strat clone and a Les Paul clone), for about $300 (new).
A good Yamaha acoustic guitar, $100.
A bass, $75.
An interface, to get the music into the computer, $50.
A basic MIDI controller, $30.
A good electronic keyboard with weighted keys, $100.
Microphone, $75.
Headphones, $50.
Electronic drum machine, $50, or use the pads on the MIDI controller, or voices on the keyboard.
DAW - Reaper is free, and works great.
That’s approximately what I spent on my studio, and everything works great, and sounds terrific…
