Favourite luxury item

Plumbing.

Ooh! And a nice caffe latte while shopping! It's hard to brew the perfect latte when all you have is a trangea, some milk, and instant coffee...

Home computers

A/C would be second on the list. Again, very nice when it's there, but I've lived most of my life without it in my home or car so not having it is just standard living--but I also live in the northern mid-west, so it's not as critical as it is in other areas of the world here.

plumbing for sure is number one

second, AC

third, beer

I'm with air conditioning in the summer and central heating in the winter. Oh, and the money to pay for them.

Cell phones.

Computers.

Central Heating.

Wine.

Plumbing.

Okay...it's obvious I'd never survive without modern day luxuries! haha

Yeah, I vote indoor plumbing.

For one entire month this past summer we could not use our washing machine, could not wash dishes in the sink, could not use our shower, and could not flush the toilets. We had to go use other people's showers and toilets. Not fun.

(it was a sewer problem that needed to be fixed)

Lavern08 said:

Caller I.D.

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*calls Vern and asks if her refrigerator is running*

Along with everything else already listed, my big, soft, squishy bed and foofy linens.

* Calls The Hussy (you know who you are), and blows a whistle in her "good" ear *

Beer.

That would help me forget about what else I'd miss.

Hot water. We don't have AC (even though it's smokin' hot) or a dishwasher and I could live without a toilet, but I can't function without a hot shower when I get up.

Lavern08 said:

* Calls The Hussy (you know who you are), and blows a whistle in her "good" ear *

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WHAT?

Running water and indoor plumbing.

I've just had to spend some time being medieval and hauling buckets of water from down the street at a portable "well" for cooking, drinking, etc. Our water's off AGAIN while they fix a main. (This has been going on for over 20 years at least twice a year.)

I would second all the mention of air-con, but as it happens, the house I'm living in right now has shitty air-con. Like, vents in the ceiling... you turn the air-con on to the lowest temperature you can get, and the house still doesn't cool down. It takes roughly an hour and a half to drop one degree Celsius lower than what it was. And it doesn't come out of the vents in any sort of force... you hold your hand up to the vent and you feel roughly the equivalent of two people breathing out slowly... it sucks.

So I already know I *can* live without air-con... that said, I value air-con as much as plumbing, but when push comes to shove, I'd rather have plumbing than air-con.


I'll also add another modern convenience I couldn't live without - energy drinks. Without energy drinks, I'm a zombie all day, even with coffee.

Other than the obvious ones like hot water and heating and indoor plumbing, my biggest one would be....


coffee. As in, good quality espresso with foam. I'd cry if I could never have that again.

(not so surprising bearing in mind my username I suppose, LOL)

jaycinth.

jilly61 said:

What would you miss most if it wasn't around?

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I'd miss my toilet seat warmer.

Cray would miss his right hand.

Blow up dolls...

Oh wait, wrong thread, never mind...