SteveStrummerUK
 
It's a shame you've aborted the mission James, I thought it was a great premise for a thread.
 
Why not start another and ask for others co-operation in just giving 'genuine' replies?
 
I'd been working on a meaningful list since you posted this. With the exclusion of 'obvious' things like friends and family, it does actually make the exercise a little more difficult than it might at first appear - which I'm guessing is why you posed it.
 
 

 
Thanks Steve. It last night occured to me while sitting in me 501's, watching a Knopfler concert, sipping a glass of Old Pulteney and eating some rather splendid Wensleydale with cranberry
 
 
 

Hey I was serious.
 
Well, the Am wasn't, but the Alembic was. It was the only thing on my list of tangibles.
 
Oh never mind.....
 
 
I'll get me coat.

I wanted to answer, but the default that we had to keep our families put me off and made me think instead of ten things I could most definitely live without instead. ;)

bapu
It was the only thing on my list of tangibles.
 

 
Who said anything about tangible?

 

jamesg1213

SteveStrummerUK
 
It's a shame you've aborted the mission James, I thought it was a great premise for a thread.
 
Why not start another and ask for others co-operation in just giving 'genuine' replies?
 
I'd been working on a meaningful list since you posted this. With the exclusion of 'obvious' things like friends and family, it does actually make the exercise a little more difficult than it might at first appear - which I'm guessing is why you posed it.
 
 

 
Thanks Steve. It last night occured to me while sitting in me 501's, watching a Knopfler concert, sipping a glass of Old Pulteney and eating some rather splendid Wensleydale with cranberry
 
 
 

 
What particularly interested me was how differently I'd have to approach this task nowadays, compared to how I would have before I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes a few years ago. Plus, of course, as we all get older, we also tend to think about living a healthier lifestyle in general.
 
Off the top of my head, there are 4 things I no longer indulge in because of these reasons:

• A pint or two of traditional real ale (because of medication)
• A drop of a decent scotch (same reason)
• Crackers & cheese - in particular, a slice of decent mature Cheddar, or a good Stilton (too high a Glycaemic Index)
• The occasional smoke on a King Edward Imperial cigar (I gave up cigars at the same time as cigarettes)

I can still include 'curry' on my list, but generally speaking I only eat stuff I've cooked myself (restaurant curries are notoriously high G.I. and laden with fat).
 
Interesting exercise, as I said.
 
 

jamesg1213
I think your number 1 is 'a given' Jan.
 
I was just interested in the things people find indispensible, but as usual, the becan brigade won.

You're right about number 1, but it isn't appreciated enough until you have had a health scare or some other close call.  Just before he passed away, Warren Zevon said, "Enjoy every sandwich."  
 

Sorry James!  Didn't mean to completely derail the thread (although this IS the Coffee House).
 
What's interesting (to me) is that, after having lost just about everything, I'm finding that there is very little that I really can't live without if I had to (though losing some things would make me very unhappy).
 
Among the things that I don't want to give up I'd include:
 
1 - A place to live
2 - A decent bathroom
3 - A decent bed
4 - The ability to cook foods I like
5 - Some vehicle to drive around in (I'm currently borrowing a friend's truck)
6 - A working PC with all of my music, documents and pictures on it (the music, documents & pictures might be the MAIN thing I would be devasted to lose)
7 - My smart phone
8 - The internet
9 - Electricity!
10 - Something important that I'm just not thinking about

I've always thought that if my house burned down and I literally lost everything, apart from the major league PITA/aggravation factor of the whole situation, assuming the insurance paid up, the only possessions I would be actually be upset about losing would be photos and my own music creations, ie things that are irreplaceable. The rest is just stuff.
 
Mostly agree with craigb otherwise, with the notable exception of ....
 
#7 - right up there on my list of things that should be uninvented, along with the ubiquitous Facebook, Twitter etc....

Oh #7 has NOTHING to do with any social disease site.  It allows me to check in on my Mom daily, get where I'm going, keep up with my friends, etc.  I've never used a phone to go to any forum either...

 
"Smart phone" is a perfick anagram of "Shatner mop"...
 
 
 
Live long and bore the arse off everyone Straummy prosper.