40 things every self-respecting man over 30 should own

Have a took box, not a tool kit.

And you don't need jumper cables if you don't own a car.

 

Yeah, if you don't have a car, you don't need jumper cables until you're 50+ [/speakingfromexperiencetellingtoomuch]

 

The list says you've got to have jumper cables. Who are you to dispute that?
Just Pep Boys and get the damn cables already.

 

Talking to me?

 

I'm not much of a cocktail drinker myself -- beer and wine, generally, thankee -- but a flask can save you a TON of money on the golf course.

 

I've got 30 of the 40. I had a great book collection until I gave them away about a year ago because there was no room in the house for five bookcases. Of course, we moved this summer and now I have tons of room in my basement office.

 

Yeah, that was probably the biggest WTF? item on what I thought was an otherwise solid list.

I agree on the money clip. I used one until I stopped carrying cash.

 

Some people claim to really like the sound. Who am I to question their motives? I would guess, also, that there is a nostalgia aspect to them, the same way a lot of people swear by a print newspaper over a Web, tablet or smartphone version.

 

Even Jackie owned one; financial reasons, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6v6C3lZ9Ic0

 

It is pretentious, and it shows that your musical taste is stuck in a time warp, because there isn't much new music coming out on lps.

 

There's a lot of new music coming out on LPs.