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I don't disagree at all. But, unless you're Scrooge McDuck, you're going to spend your discretionary income on something so why not a nice watch?

This little assemblage of $500 in parts is worth far more to me than the $8,000 that it's ostensibly worth. It has been there with me for so many of the most important events in my life:

My wedding: https://www.flickr.com/photos/defender90/3763369152/in/album...

My newborn first child: https://www.flickr.com/photos/defender90/7515534464/in/album...

Epic Utah adventure with my best friends: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7247/7087962645_3d48ebb50b_z.j...

Filthy from the craziest day where we drove 250 miles of rough off-road trail in one day in the Owyhee Desert of Northern Nevada: https://www.flickr.com/photos/defender90/20220695396/in/albu...

> unless you're Scrooge McDuck, you're going to spend your discretionary income on something so why not a nice watch?

Nah, my emotions work differently, and for physical objects I prefer stuff that is easily replaceable.

Also I'm pretty much Scrooge McDuck.

Off topic kinda but I have to compliment you on the rig (the AK and watch are cool too). Mind providing some more details on it, what truck is it, how'd you find it, mods, etc.?

Btw, you should start a blog!

Thanks. It's a 1987 Land Rover 110. It is ex-British Army and I bought it from a government liquidation firm in the UK and imported it myself. I did my own frame and engine swap on it so the body and interior are pretty much the only original bits. It has a Land Rover 300Tdi diesel engine.

I don't blog much but I have done a few stories for Expedition Portal:

http://expeditionportal.com/expedition-journal-the-owhyee-de...

Here's the story of importing the truck:

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/103685-Rocinan...

And a story about a Utah trip:

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/111216-Utah-Ro...

Awesome cheers!

Nice. I am from the Caribbean and I always jokingly say it is my aim to own a Land Rover series I or II and my own estate.

Its a reference to the colonial days in the Caribbean. The folks who had money made if from agriculture and used the Land Rover to transport goods and traverse the rough terrain.

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