<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><br></div><div>Thanks for asking. I noticed on the Jiffy Lube sticker at the front of the megayacht that the odometer is at 75,000 nautical miles. <br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> And this megayacht has been meticulously maintained. Oil changed every 5,000 miles. Wideshield wiper fluid topped up. Everything.<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> <br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"ipg-smz" <ipg-smz@netpress.org><br><b>To: </b>"ipg-smz" <ipg-smz@netpress.org><br><b>Cc: </b>"Jaikumar Vijayan" <jaikumar.vijayan@gmail.com><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, November 6, 2019 11:10:03 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Ipg-smz] This megayacht is a steal - (the late Paul Allen's megayacht - Octopus)<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div dir="auto">Do you know how many miles it has on it by any chance? My present megayacht is getting a little old.</div><br><div class="elided-text"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Nov 6, 2019, 9:41 PM David Needle via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Ah good one Phil "<span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:16px">free shipping" </span><div><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:16px">I get it :-)</span></div></div><br><div class="elided-text"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 6:47 PM Phil Shapiro via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb( 204 , 204 , 204 );padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><div><div style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><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_%28yacht%29" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_(yacht)</a><br></div><br><div> Comes with just the right amount of amenities -- two helicopters and two submarines. I don't know how anyone thinks<br></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></div><div>That's just tacky.<br></div><br><div> Phil<br></div><br><br><div>-- <br></div><div><div>--<br>Phil Shapiro, <a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pshapiro@his.com</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html</a><br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html</a><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></div>-- <br>
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