Older And Wiser or just Tighter and Deafer?

jdmccall, hmmm... wasn't that a TV personality? Why does that sound familiar to me? I think it was from some TV show. 

You seem perfectly normal to me - at least from your description! Who knows what you are REALLY like, as you could by anyone hiding behind a keyboard. Maybe you're some sixteen year old...   ;)  LOL 

I suspect you are terminally normal. That's a good thing!  :) 

One thing not to do is to deliberate for another five years. If you're going to ramp up the rig, get to it! BTW, we conservative types often wrestle with such things. If you have been a good steward and things are in order, it's not a sin to reward one's self. When you're dead your kids won't hate you; they'll thank you for the nice stereo.  :) 

I vote for older and wiser.

Oh, I reward myself plenty!  But like my long-suffering better half says, "Does it ever end?".  To which I sheepishly reply, under my breath..."probably not".  I used to think it would end and that I would  eventually arrive at that place called "audio nirvana" where peace and contentment, not to mention audio bliss, would reign.  But I've gradually come to the realization that the pursuit, the journey is a lot of the fun.  That and the fact that the target keeps moving, and well, you know the rest of the story.