From my local paper's odd spot :
Bill and Melinda Gates are about to expand their $200 million Seattle mansion. The reason? They're expecting their third child. Despite having 24 bathrooms, six kitchens, an 18-metre indoor pool and a dining room to seat 120 guests, the Gates' has just four bedrooms. Now that's a glitch.
Ouch.
klisis
03-03-2001, 08:56 PM
Four bedrooms for four wives? J/K oh well. He is hell of rich man.
Duster
03-03-2001, 09:01 PM
$200 million? WOW! Every account I read, and saw on television, had the price tag around $50 million.
Maybe that was unfurnished.
It doesn't surprise me that his mansion only has 4 bedrooms. Old habits die hard. Bill forced himself to get a upgrade in the future, which is now.
Steelsun
03-03-2001, 11:05 PM
He'll say it's $200 million to his friends / coworkers / etc.
But when Uncle Sam and the property tax collectors come looking for the .1% for yearly taxes, it suddenly only worth 1/4 that much.
Steelsun
akashik
03-04-2001, 01:12 AM
Bearing in mind, BC's local rag is probably quoting in Australian monopoly money. Last time I checked it was about 53c (US) for every $1 (AU) which is effectively double the price. Good for exporting, bad for importing :)
Actually I was in Seattle around the time that house of his was working out it's property tax. Apparently he gets slugged a cool million a year. The local people on the streets of Seattle and Redmond didn't feel too sorry for him..
Greg Moore
I don't feel sorry for him, even though, I live 45min north.
akashik
03-04-2001, 01:27 AM
John,
Really? My fiancee lives in Tacoma. Did you get much of that quake where you were? Looked impressive on TV :)
Greg Moore
Originally posted by akashik
Bearing in mind, BC's local rag is probably quoting in Australian monopoly money. Last time I checked it was about 53c (US) for every $1 (AU) which is effectively double the price. Good for exporting, bad for importing :)
Thanks Greg, forgot to mention you had to convert the bloody dollar.
TheComputerGuy
03-04-2001, 08:33 AM
Can i have a thousand dollars Mr. Gates sir?
Ohh, I felt it, I was on the third floor of a 70 year old school building, leaning back in my chair. As far as damage not a whole lot occured up north, but it did move things around.
Originally posted by akashik
John,
Really? My fiancee lives in Tacoma. Did you get much of that quake where you were? Looked impressive on TV :)
Greg Moore
