Old Fart Venting- - "Worth It"

'Worth' is a concept we humans put on material things based on various criteria we set, and whether it be knives, cars, houses, thermal mugs, whatever, there is always a difference (and sometimes a vast one) between what things are worth and what things cost.
 
I have on the shelf next to my PC an old orange ceramic coffee cup. It is faded and blemished. It is the only thing I requested of my father-in-law's estate after he died.

When Kathy and I would visit during hunting season, my FNL, who was in ill health from decades of smoking, would always get up before I arose at 4:30 to go hunting.
He would have a good breakfast ready and a pot of coffee waiting. It was his way of participating with me. He did not do this for his own sons when I wasn't there, but always did for me and his sons if they were there when I was. I always used this cup on those mornings. It is a remembrance to me of the man.

You would probably think me foolish for the amount of money I would decline to sell this old cup for. It's worth or value to me is determined solely by me. It would not be worth it to anyone else in the world, but don't try to tell me it isn't "worth it."

A lot of people think the YETI mug is "worth it", and to them it is, even if some of it's worth for them comes from a feeling of exclusiveness that they wouldn't get from the Ozark trail mug. I myself wouldn't dream of buying one, because I would get no warm fuzzies from owning it. But that's me, and I in no way impune them for having one.
 
Mike,
I was going to salute you with a glass of expensive wine, but after reading your coffee cup story I salute you with a cup of coffee!
 
Sometimes the best doesn't win by much, but a win is a win.

We say "Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten"

For me, INFI beats everything for choppers. That's an overall type of win.

Then you add in Busse's designs, and that's worth money too. And Busse still isn't the most expensive.

Al
 
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The Yukon cooler beats the Yeti, and The Canyon outfitters beats both, for less money. But they are all close in quality.
The Yeti cups, however, are the best in my experience and the reviews I watched say the same. Also the Yeti has a better design on their cups.
 
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