Group: sci.research.careers
From: Straydog
Date: Monday, July 30, 2007 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: Larry Ellison's new yacht...



On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Russell wrote:

> On Jul 30, 9:57 am, Straydog wrote:
>> (this is sci career related since the job is CEO and the topic area is
>> computer software, therefore science).
>
> Aww, come on, you don't need to stretch the definition for
> us. We know you just want to post about CEO behavior. ;-)

Yeah, just like The Dave likes to post about SRC behavior. ;-)

>>
>> WSJ a couple days ago had an article on this. His existing yacht (400+
>> feet long), he says is too big. when he comes into ports, he has to tie up
>> where the oil tankers are, the cargo ships, etc., because his yacht is too
>> big for the yacht marinas. So, the new yacht is going to be 260 feet long
>> and going to be built in Europe.
>>
>
> snip
>
> We all have problems. My canoe doesn't have those
> problems, but it is a bit too wide to fit comfortably on
> the roof rack so I had to build a couple of extensions.
> Didn't need to have it done in Europe, just went to my
> workshop. My problems and solutions fit my budget,
> just like Larry Ellison's fit his.

I'll be glad to trade my problmes for Larry Ellison's problems.

:-|

Probably a law of
> nature in there somewhere. :-)

Hmmm.... Maybe I should google on "Confucious say..."???

> Cheers,
> Russell
>
>