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Sir Richard Branson

GoneButNotForgotten — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 13:50:20 GMT

I'll bet he's sitting somewhere, softly singing to himself, "I did it first; I did it first".

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mspatmac — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 13:56:45 GMT

@GoneButNotForgotten wrote:
I'll bet he's sitting somewhere, softly singing to himself, "I did it first; I did it first".

@GoneButNotForgotten and Bezos is now singing I went higher. Pretty expensive toys these boys are playing with.

Re: Sir Richard Branson

GoneButNotForgotten — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 13:58:18 GMT

@mspatmac wrote:
@GoneButNotForgotten wrote:
I'll bet he's sitting somewhere, softly singing to himself, "I did it first; I did it first".
@GoneButNotForgotten and Bezos is now singing I went higher. Pretty expensive toys these boys are playing with.

so true! it seems the male of our species has an in-born need to compete and it lasts till their dying day.

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Cakers3 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:02:08 GMT

Well since we are comparing - Musk's Space X will go up to 300km and last for a few days.

So who has the bigger one?

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GoneButNotForgotten — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:07:54 GMT

@Cakers3 wrote:
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So who has the bigger one?

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Cakers3 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:21:46 GMT

Bezos had an interesting shape, to say the least.

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mspatmac — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:24:29 GMT

@Cakers3 wrote:
Well since we are comparing - Musk's Space X will go up to 300km and last for a few days.

So who has the bigger one?

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Cakers3 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:25:57 GMT

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bcherry01 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:30:09 GMT

@GoneButNotForgotten wrote:
I'll bet he's sitting somewhere, softly singing to himself, "I did it first; I did it first".

I'm not impressed but I bet he's loving himself.

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traveler — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:32:35 GMT

July 20; 1969 Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Bezo's flight will never compare.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:58:22 GMT

It would be a lot cheaper to just buy a tape measure.

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Desertdi — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:00:23 GMT

Sir Richard has a "title" that the others will never get...

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jellyBEAN — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:13:46 GMT

Sir Richard Branson will always hold the title of "coolest billionaire" imho.

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bcherry01 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:43:08 GMT

@jellyBEAN wrote:
Sir Richard Branson will always hold the title of "coolest billionaire" imho.

I know a few "cool" people who are not billionaires that do so much more for others.

Re: Sir Richard Branson

JamandBread — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:46:45 GMT

@Cakers3 wrote:
Bezos had an interesting shape, to say the least.

Yes! Have you noticed the Amazon logo? Take a look.....

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Cakers3 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:54:22 GMT

@bcherry01 wrote:
@jellyBEAN wrote:
Sir Richard Branson will always hold the title of "coolest billionaire" imho.
I know a few "cool" people who are not billionaires that do so much more for others.

@bcherry01 That's nice but Sir Richard Branson actually started his first charity when he was only 17 years old.

His philanthropy is quite impressive including his recent $3 Billion over the next 10 years from profits from his travel firms to combat climate change.

One could say he "should" because of his billions but shouldn't we all give a little?

Besides, how can you do much more if you are not a billionaire? That statement is illogical.

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RainyDayGal — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:55:30 GMT

"Named after America’s first astronaut, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket soared on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, a date chosen by Bezos for its historical significance. He held fast to it, even as Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson pushed up his own flight from New Mexico in the race for space tourist dollars and beat him to space by nine days."

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Icegoddess — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:04:54 GMT

I'm all for it. As a NASA commentator mentioned, "they each have their own end game." And those end games could benefit society as a whole, whether they're something we, as individuals, like or not.

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qualitygal — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 19:29:29 GMT

We thought that whole thing was pretty impressive. I so miss the space exploration stories we use to get in the news. I mean it blows the mind when you know all they have to go through no matter what their jobs were in the whole process. So impressive.

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hckynut — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:32:07 GMT

@GoneButNotForgotten wrote:
@mspatmac wrote:
@GoneButNotForgotten wrote:
I'll bet he's sitting somewhere, softly singing to himself, "I did it first; I did it first".
@GoneButNotForgotten and Bezos is now singing I went higher. Pretty expensive toys these boys are playing with.

"so true! it seems the male of our species has an in-born need to compete and it lasts till their dying day".

@GoneButNotForgotten

Not all of us. Done a lot of different types of competitions, but believe me it was not "in-born". Heck, I was 16 before my first auto racing competition.

Have to admit, even last year at 81, I did race an 18 year old kid for 2 laps at the ice rink. He gave up after a little after the 1st lap. Till my dying day? Hmm!

=^..^=

hckynut