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  • wtgW Offline
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    wtg
    wrote on last edited by wtg
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    These people are dedicated. Bless them...I don't think I'd ever consider something like this...

    Buying a historic cruise ship he found on Craigslist back in 2008 was undoubtedly a life-altering decision for Chris Willson.

    The technology entrepreneur from Utah spent around 15 years painstakingly restoring the 293-foot vessel, which contains 85 cabins, a swimming pool and a theater, and even moved on board with his long-term partner Jin Li.

    Willson says he poured his life savings into the passion project, and his extraordinary story was picked up by CNN and subsequently many other international publications.

    https://www.cnn.com/travel/bought-a-cruise-ship-on-craigslist-dream-sank-aurora/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc

    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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      People become attached to inanimate objects that hold significance for them. I'm sure a number of us have some nic-nac or memento of no practical use that we keep because it holds some memory or hope for us,

      Sometimes those objects are huge and difficult to store or maintain. I've seen instances of this with houses that fall into ruin while someone still hopes to restore them and people who collect old cars, steam locomotives, machinery and similar things for such reasons.

      This ship seems to have been such an object, on a very large scale.

      Big Al

      Money seems to buy the most happiness when you give it away.

      Why does everything have to be so complicated, all in the name of convenience. -ShiroKuro

      A lifetime of experience will change a person. If it doesn't, then you're already dead inside. -MarkJ

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        Steve Miller
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        “Honey, I bought a cruise ship”. 😱

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        • MikM Offline
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          Can you imagine the slip rental for a 293 foot ship?

          “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
          ― Douglas Adams

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