<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><br><br><div>If anyone here in IPG is looking to buy a megayacht, the Octopus megayacht (owned by the late Paul Allen) is selling for<br></div><div> €295,000,000. That's a steal. You don't find many 414 foot megayachts selling for under a $1 billion these days. That probably</div><div>includes free shipping, too. <br></div><br><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_(yacht)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_(yacht)</a><br></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> Comes with just the right amount of amenities -- two helicopters and two submarines. I don't know how anyone thinks<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>they can get by with a single helicopter on a megayacht. Personally, I'd never buy a megayacht with a single helicopter. <br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>That's just tacky.<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> Phil<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><br><div>-- <br></div><div><div>--<br>Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com<br>http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html<br>http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro<br>http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html<br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br></div><div><span style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 )">"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki</span><br style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 )"></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>