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I mean, the man was in his mid-70's when you saw him in concert...are you really surprised he was dead a few years later?  I remember thinking when he died amazing he lived that long. 

Saw Jeff Beck in phoenix a couple of months before he died, was still great. 

I'm having a decent day, so I'm not grumpy, not anything major, just routine and the weather is great.

I was over in the park working out some, a bit sore, not bad.  Wife is making a sandwich just now, she makes great sandwiches.

Do any of you get into the situation where you want something, and you can afford it, but when you actually see the price tag you realize "no effing way" because you've anchored in very old ideas about what some things should cost?

I logged into the Rush ticket sale. I was pretty early in the queue and when I got in, there were a LOT of tickets available.

Prior to logging in, I thought, "$300 seems like a good upper limit" for tickets. Especially since I know we'd have to drive to LA, which is annoying, my wife doesn't even know/like Rush or their music, so although she'd be completely supportive and go with me, I know her ticket is a bit of a wasted expense, etc... So I figured $600 for the two of us for a night out was about as much as anyone should reasonably have to pay.

So... I get in and set the slider to a max of $300. And immediately every part of the Forum seating that isn't an absolute upper deck nosebleed disappears. So I set the slider to $350. No change. Slide it to $400. Ahh! Some things open up! I find two good tickets for a combined $790.

But... Do I really want to spend $800 on a concert? For a band I've actually seen once before (which I could somehow afford when I was a damn poor college student!), when one of the original band members isn't even alive? No! That's ridiculous!

And yet... I can afford it. I'm not saying $800 is nothing. I'm by no means "rich". But I've reached a point in my life and career, where I can treat myself to things... Especially since there are very few times that I actually spend a lot of money on myself. I could buy those tickets and feel not even the slightest twinge financially.

But $800 just seems like too much.

So I closed the browser window in disgust, went and mashed some pedals on the Peloton to get some frustration out, and I'm consigning myself to maybe checking out as we get closer to the date of the show if interest wanes and they get cheaper (unlikely, of course).

Last season, I really wanted to go to an A&M game where the outcome was important (news flash, it ended up not being important).  I had not been to an A&M game in several years, but the reality of it is that I only ever went to games that didn't matter, because I wanted cheap seats, didn't want to fight the excess crowds, and in general just apathy.  I hadn't been to a true "game that mattered" since I was a student.  In fact, I have only attended a few games at all in the last 25 years, like 10 total.  I really can't remember all of them, but it's been completely sporadic at best, with years sometimes between.  
Anyways, I bought some really expensive tickets to the LSU game last year, which we won.  It was a tight contest for 3/4 of the game, and we broke it open in the 4th Q.  I took my son, and we had great seats.  I think the tickets cost $1800.  It was one of the best experiences I ever had at a game, and I don't regret spending the money at all.  

All that to say, sometimes you just got to say fuck it and not worry about the money.  If you really want to see Rush, don't cheap out.  Find the best seats you can comfortably afford, and enjoy the show.  You'll probably never get the chance to see them again.  

Huskers will be playin for a national tile before I'm willing to spend $1800

I paid $300 / seat for the 1994 season, 1995 Orange Bowl - Tom Osborne's first MNC vs Miami

not sure what that is figuring inflation but, it was worth it!  Great seats

you're right again...

be more careful