Nice facet there Grape, these days they seem harder to get in account of fewer of us still playing.
I enjoyed 1.06 mostly because of the no casting delay in every spell, making the hydra+blaze sorc very very amusing. I also made an hdin before, but it wasn't as fun. No muling utility is a pain, and I hate needing the modified dll to be able to play at higher settings - which is needed in order to get more goodies to sell. (in 1.07 is avoidable unless you are cowing/rushing)
Gambling, and getting the money, take a lot of time, and those boots were result of several several several several failed ones. Even if the odds for rares are better, the number of total affixes is lower and there are better affixes, chances to get something really nice are very slim. I had to quit the idea of getting what I really really wanted (but I can't complain, the results were awesome - but now I would probably prefer to have used that time in more 1.07, this is the patch for the goodies!)
Belts can also be very nice. Amulets also (but need higher levels or great luck from big D). Getting SoJs is "easier" tho.