Breaking News! Paul Allen's Helicopter crashes!

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    Can we check if Oden was the pilot? What with his drinking problem and all, probably should do a breathalyzer... :lol:

    If Paul Allen had gone down with it, that would have had big implications on the Blazers.
     
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    Cool thing is, all of Paul's planes, jets , boats, ships and helicopters are painted exactly the same.
     
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    Yeah, the swim up bar. They can hand you down a drink without you even getting out of the water. There's also a swimming pool if I recall in those pictures. I think it's below the copter hangar, right? (I'm not going to click through them tonight.) Heaviest things below, air-filled things (like a big hangar) above.
     
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    There were many pics of a helocopter pad on the one end of the ship and a pool somewhere in the middle or slightly off to one end there but still a ways from the helocopter. Looks like a small version of a cruise ship. Wonder how big the crew is when he's out there.
     
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    The crew is versatile. Maybe the guy who pilots the submarine will also repair it and fuel the helicopter. Then he'll mix drinks and then swab the deck. They're not super-specialized like in the Navy. Allen hires experience by paying well.
     
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    Does anyone know what these owners do with their stuff while they're not using it? I think I heard recently on sports radio that the NJ Nets owner didn't know exactly where his mega-yacht was when someone asked him on the spot. Do these guys have mega-parties on them? I just wonder how manpower and energy goes into servicing one man.
     
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    Going by their known personalities, Pokeroff would have big parties, and Allen very little ones. Allen has another giant yacht in case he loses the first one. I read a couple of months ago that he put one up for sale, but this may be just exploratory, like his sale of the Blazers was.
     
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    That didn't work out so well for Robert Maxwell.
     
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    Hey Max, I heard it's cold and snowy in Denver, do I need my big winter coat?
     
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    You need to kill, skin and then wear a polar bear. It's going to be -8 F tonight and at least -20 F tomorrow night. Oh, it was 66 F on Saturday. WTF is wrong with this place?
     
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    they've re-made some Russian icebreakers as cruise ships that go around Antarctica and land for a couple of days at a time. Though the weather down there'd be horrible for chopper ops.
     
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    That reminds me of the galantine in which a boned goose is stuffed with a boned chicken which is stuffed with a boned quail. Total overkill, but fun.

    I've always had an urge to make that dish. Anyone want to come to dinner?
     
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    Gooquaiken?
     
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    You're right! It's a floating Turducken! (a less fancy version of the dish you described)
     
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