Help! I've done the unthinkable and bought myself....a longboard. What was I thinking? A recent birthday saw me crash (not slide, crash) into my mid forties and aaargh "middle age". There is no escaping the fact that unless I see myself living to 100 years, I'm no longer in my youth and must be reaching the approximate half way point of my life. Despite the longevity of my grandparents and my complete faith in medical science (not) I really can't see myself receiving that all elusive telegram from Her Majesty. My addled middle aged brain, in a moment of impulse, and at the sight of the aforementioned longboard on screen, clicked "Buy Now" and 5 days later I became the proud owner of the above. Of course it could have been worse (or better depending on how you look at it) because I could have been looking at the picture of a new Porsche Boxster at the time. So how did I do? Hmmm let me see:
Porsche Boxster - 2.7L Horizontal 6cyl, 6 speed gearbox, 265 bHp, 206 lbs ft torque, 17" alloy wheels, 9.1-9.8 L/100km premium fuel consumption - a snip at $56,800.
Globe Longboard - 38" 9 ply maple deck, 180mm slant magnesium alloy trucks, ABEC 7 bearings, 65mm 83A high-polymer wheels. 1 gear, 0 L/100km fuel. $199.
Either way I'll look like a pratt. At least my bank manager is happy.
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