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Our neighbour is the complete opposite of my friends. He is super careful of his stuff, to the point of rediculousness. He has a café and lives over it. Years ago he bought one of the first 3D televisions, officially so people can watch football/soccer and other sport events in his café (not sure why you would need a 3D television for that). It's a huge thing. But he's afraid it get damaged or stolen, so 99,9% it hangs in his livingroom and it takes 3 people to get the thing off the wall and downstairs. Now his building is, at most, 3 meters wide and about 6 meters deep. In his livingroom the sofa is against the right wall and the tv is up against the left wall. My neighbour and his wife hardly ever watch it because it's so big that at a distance of 3 meters it isn't comfortable to watch and they only tried out the 3D feature once and got headaches.
Also in the café he used to have this great big espresso maching (too big for the tiny café), which was already old when my mother started dating my father (he and the neighbour grew up as best friends). Up until a couple of years ago we got desperate repairmen of the manufacturer of the espresso machine at least once a month. They were looking for replacement parts for the machine, which after 40 years or so they didn't have anymore. He did finally get a new one, a smaller one but still the best of the best and the most expensive one. God knows why, his café caters to regulars, a lot of which are alcoholics, students and the occassional party in the basement. Those aren't the people who want a superb cup of coffee.
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