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Tuesday, October 28, 2003Happy Birthday, Bill Gates!Bill Gates turns 48 today, the same august age that I reached a few months ago. He�s worth about 32.1 billion dollars. I�m worth� let�s see� carry the two� uh-oh� that can�t be right� OK, I guess I owe him $43. Actually, it�s somewhere under $30,000. Not that I�m JEALOUS or anything. What must it be like to be Bill Gates? The lovely wife and I live in a split level with about 1600 square feet of space. We share that with five cats. Bill�s house is much bigger, over 40,000 square feet. He shares that with his wife and three children, and several employees (I suspect). He�ll have a cook, a nanny, a cleaning staff (say, 4 people, but I don�t see the entire house getting cleaned every day), some big guys for security (say 10, lots of rooms to secure), two personal assistants (one for him and one for the wife), a butler?, two drivers (one each). Still, way too much room. OK, so he gives hundreds of millions of dollars away. It�s a drop in the bucket, though I have to note in fairness that a lot of his net worth is stock. Valuable, but not actually money until it�s sold. And just watch the market panic if Bill should decide to sell a couple billion dollars worth of Microsoft stock. Private planes, limos, nice cars. Nice food, though his hamburgers just cost more than mine. I wonder if sex with Bill is better because he�s rich, or if it�s just more tolerable? He is a geek after all. Foreplay means doing everything in Base 4. You know, he can gift, what?, ten grand per person per year without any tax consequences. He should send me ten grand. I�d spend it in ways to make him proud. Paris or Nikki Hilton come to mind. He could live vicariously through my spending. Imagine seeing me on the cover of the Enquirer, cuffed to Nikki, being hauled off by South Beach police shouting �Thanks, Bill!� Really, Bill, send me ten grand. I�m serious. Really. So, we�re both 48, into the latter half of our lives (damn, you don�t suppose he�s found a way� ??? Nah, live forever, he couldn�t. Could he?). I can honestly say that I made a few people happy. Made a few people laugh. Helped a few. Maybe that�s all he can say, too, after all. The billions are just numbers when it comes to the important things in life. You know, if I ever see him, I�ll buy him a beer. -- posted by Chuck at Tuesday, October 28, 2003 | E-mail | Permalink | Main | 0 comments
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