Big houses

[Peter]

It's just to show off... no other reason.  Show off how much money you've got.  I've worked on lots of houses like that.

McMansions, Plywood Palazzo, Faux chateaus, Starter Castles, Tract Mansions.

I think they're bullshit and the people who build them are assholes.

When you have 100 million USD, the question arises of what to do with it.

How about setting up a fund for use building a new section at the local library, the Make A Wish Foundation or some other decent charitable endeavor?

I wouldn't be interested in funding another Jaguar for some asshole doing "research"  to cure leukemia, but sending a sick kids to a ball games or out to the mountains one last time would be really cool.

If I had that much money, I'd probably spend it on hobby projects.  100 million USD would easily get me a high-tech machine shop and computer lab, and I could hire people to work in them, then show them things that I wanted them to create and say 'make it so'.  Few people seem to have the imagination or inclination for that though, thus the market for mini-castles to soak up all that excess wealth that these people don't have the imagination to deal with in a more appropriate fashion.

[Parts]

Some spend it on worthy things charities and all but it's just amazing how many spend it on this.  No imagination your right I would not even live around here if I had money like this too expensive.  I would like a farm with workshops for my projects and probably give quite a bit of it away how much do you really need?   On a side note the guy who started and owned ABC building supply who was worth over one billion dollars died this past year after inspecting his own roof when he fell.  Money means different things to different people

[richard]

 On a side note the guy who started and owned ABC building supply who was worth over one billion dollars died this past year after inspecting his own roof when he fell.  Money means different things to different people

oh shit owned

[ozymandias]

Thats way too big for me!  I'd rather have a small house and lots of land than that.

[renaeden]

100 million dollars? One idea I have is to go to the adult sections of hospitals where it is really bland and boring and cheer it up by decorating it sort of like the kids' sections. Bright paint and pictures and stuff for sick adults to do like they have in children's hospitals.

I got the impression that people in USA and UK live in two-storey houses. They are not all that common here.

[DirtDawg]

It's just to show off... no other reason.  Show off how much money you've got.  I've worked on lots of houses like that.

McMansions, Plywood Palazzo, Faux chateaus, Starter Castles, Tract Mansions.

I think they're bullshit and the people who build them are assholes.

When you have 100 million USD, the question arises of what to do with it.

How about setting up a fund for use building a new section at the local library, the Make A Wish Foundation or some other decent charitable endeavor?

I wouldn't be interested in funding another Jaguar for some asshole doing "research"  to cure leukemia, but sending a sick kids to a ball games or out to the mountains one last time would be really cool.

If I had that much money, I'd probably spend it on hobby projects.  100 million USD would easily get me a high-tech machine shop and computer lab, and I could hire people to work in them, then show them things that I wanted them to create and say 'make it so'.  Few people seem to have the imagination or inclination for that though, thus the market for mini-castles to soak up all that excess wealth that these people don't have the imagination to deal with in a more appropriate fashion.

(Did I really type, "a kids to a ball games?"  )

You would probably still have an annoying sum left over that you would have to deal with. Maybe you could fix me up with a small interferometer for my continued audio research.

[Parts]

I got the impression that people in USA and UK live in two-storey houses. They are not all that common here.

That depends on the part of the country you live in in the US  Florida is mostly one story where as in Ct where I am it's mostly two story

[Peter]

It's just to show off... no other reason.  Show off how much money you've got.  I've worked on lots of houses like that.

McMansions, Plywood Palazzo, Faux chateaus, Starter Castles, Tract Mansions.

I think they're bullshit and the people who build them are assholes.

When you have 100 million USD, the question arises of what to do with it.

How about setting up a fund for use building a new section at the local library, the Make A Wish Foundation or some other decent charitable endeavor?

I wouldn't be interested in funding another Jaguar for some asshole doing "research"  to cure leukemia, but sending a sick kids to a ball games or out to the mountains one last time would be really cool.

If I had that much money, I'd probably spend it on hobby projects.  100 million USD would easily get me a high-tech machine shop and computer lab, and I could hire people to work in them, then show them things that I wanted them to create and say 'make it so'.  Few people seem to have the imagination or inclination for that though, thus the market for mini-castles to soak up all that excess wealth that these people don't have the imagination to deal with in a more appropriate fashion.

(Did I really type, "a kids to a ball games?"  )

You would probably still have an annoying sum left over that you would have to deal with. Maybe you could fix me up with a small interferometer for my continued audio research.

I'd probably end up in the terrible position of making a profit on my research activities, and then I'd need more staff and more facilities, which would mean more profits...

[ozymandias]

I got the impression that people in USA and UK live in two-storey houses. They are not all that common here.

That depends on the part of the country you live in in the US  Florida is mostly one story where as in Ct where I am it's mostly two story

If we lived in a one story house, we'd be buried under the snow and not see anything outside.   

[Peter]

I got the impression that people in USA and UK live in two-storey houses. They are not all that common here.

Space is at a premium here, so one-story homes are an expensive luxury and the poorest people live in tower blocks.  Small two-story semi-detached homes are common among the modestly prosperous.

[Parts]

I got the impression that people in USA and UK live in two-storey houses. They are not all that common here.

Space is at a premium here, so one-story homes are an expensive luxury and the poorest people live in tower blocks.  Small two-story semi-detached homes are common among the modestly prosperous.

Also from a construction point of foundations and roofing are expensive adding a extra floor is an economical alternative as it takes up the same foot print when we added on it's what we did

[DirtDawg]

It's just to show off... no other reason.  Show off how much money you've got.  I've worked on lots of houses like that.

McMansions, Plywood Palazzo, Faux chateaus, Starter Castles, Tract Mansions.

I think they're bullshit and the people who build them are assholes.

When you have 100 million USD, the question arises of what to do with it.

How about setting up a fund for use building a new section at the local library, the Make A Wish Foundation or some other decent charitable endeavor?

I wouldn't be interested in funding another Jaguar for some asshole doing "research"  to cure leukemia, but sending a sick kids to a ball games or out to the mountains one last time would be really cool.

If I had that much money, I'd probably spend it on hobby projects.  100 million USD would easily get me a high-tech machine shop and computer lab, and I could hire people to work in them, then show them things that I wanted them to create and say 'make it so'.  Few people seem to have the imagination or inclination for that though, thus the market for mini-castles to soak up all that excess wealth that these people don't have the imagination to deal with in a more appropriate fashion.

(Did I really type, "a kids to a ball games?"  )

You would probably still have an annoying sum left over that you would have to deal with. Maybe you could fix me up with a small interferometer for my continued audio research.

I'd probably end up in the terrible position of making a profit on my research activities, and then I'd need more staff and more facilities, which would mean more profits...

Fucking horrific plan!

Start over.

[DirtDawg]

I got the impression that people in USA and UK live in two-storey houses. They are not all that common here.

Space is at a premium here, so one-story homes are an expensive luxury and the poorest people live in tower blocks.  Small two-story semi-detached homes are common among the modestly prosperous.

Also from a construction point of foundations and roofing are expensive adding a extra floor is an economical alternative as it takes up the same foot print when we added on it's what we did

Kin Ah git me wonna dem fainsee two story trailer houzez?

[Peter]

No bricks?  Our garage is made of wood, and it's constantly getting damp and rotting, and needs to be painted with preservative each year.

[duncvis]

I just want a garden.