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Do you own a personal jet or a personal yacht? Bill Gates does (or definitely can).

• mjmahone17 11y ago
  What experience does that enable that you can't get on a normal airline? The food is fancier. You fly directly into smaller airports. It's more comfortable. But you can still get to all those same places without a private jet. You can go sailing on a relatively small budget. No, you can't own a huge personal yacht, but owning a yacht is not much of an experience.
  • Tempest1981 11y ago
    > owning a yacht is not much of an experience Who remembers Tom Vu? And his yacht? http://youtu.be/c5OOHotxAYk http://youtu.be/c5OOHotxAYk
• 20andup 11y ago
  Owning a yacht is not as glamorous as it seems. You have to pay for parking, cleaning, gas, etc. A yacht is not like a car. Its 10 times more work to upkeep. The grass is always greener on the other side.
  • ilikepi 11y ago
    Right, but the point was that someone with Bill Gates' money can pay to transfer all those problems to someone else.
    • 20andup 11y ago
      Yes, and I am saying that when you do get to Bill Gate's money, you will have other problems to deal with. Never being able to go anywhere spontaneous without your security guards. Everyone looking to take your money. Having to watch your words in everything you say because you are being filmed by strangers 24/7. Can't walk into a coffee shop without being recognized and hassled for a selfie cause some vain dude/girl wants to show off to his friends and get social network "likes". Etc. The only way to get away from all those problems is probably to buy a private island, build a big house, and trap yourself inside. Which a lot of wealthy people kind of do in one way or another.
• progressive_dad 11y ago
  Yeah, but does he get to dock it perfectly every time himself? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qHdPhkSSNQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qHdPhkSSNQ