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A (mechanical) typewriter. I have a cork board next to my desk and I've fancied replacing my handwritten cheat sheets and notes with typewritten ones. There's just something about typewritten stuff that makes it "official" to me.
A scooter/bike (electric would be fine). Never learned how to ride one, but I'd love to just take it for a ride up/down quiet mountain roads. Sure, I'd need to ride for a long time to reach somewhere quiet, but I feel that it'd be worth it.
I've found myself wanting to get a typewriter for a while, but I wouldn't be able to justify it because I don't really have anywhere to put it, nor would I really have any use for it. And an electric bike would perhaps be nice as well, but I already have an acoustic bike that works perfectly well.
Same deal with the typewriter, tbh. It's always been one of the things that I want to buy if I get to have "a large amount of money." I used to have a fairly small one way back then, and it's small and portable enough to be stowed into some corner of my room when not in use, but it's a bit finicky to use. It's also one of those cheap ones that came out in the mid-90's, back when electric typewriters (and computers) started eating away at its niche.
As for the scooter, I think it'd be a lot more useful to me. I can use it for weekly errands (groceries and whatnot). For the leisure rides I really want it for though, I should probably want a beefier one (with more range etc.). Btw, what is an acoustic bike?
It's a joking term for a non-electric bike.
Ah~ Hahahahaha! Thanks! That one wooshed way over my head. Some of those can be pretty acoustic tho.