We were having lunch in La Connor, WA last May. A brand new off the showroon floor, very large (180'??) yacht was docked, while a crew of six washed windows, the hull etc. A security guard was parked nearby keeping riffraffraff on Triumph motorcycles from approaching too close. He said it cost around $30m, and was leaving for Florida via the Panama Canal in the morning.
Myself, being less ostentatious, prefer to motor about on a simple vertical twin m/c or eight year old GMC pickup. It keeps the rabble from rousing.
An old veterinarian who lived a simple life in a simple home next door to my grandparents, bequethed a million dollar++ scholarship endowment to the local high school at his passing. Every graduating senior headed off to secondary education has received a significant monetary award for the past 15 years. It's a remarkable story, as a grade schooler, he used to take me along on local fishing expeditions in his old Jeep
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