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West Texas: Amazon's boss builds $42M clock in his mtn.
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:01 pm
by surprise_i'm_armed
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB2000142 ... 18638.html
Wow - a $42,000,000 clock, designed to last for thousands of years, and programmed by Brian Eno.
I'd say Jeff Bezos, head of Amazon, definitely thinks outside of the box with his fortune.
Being lazy at the moment, I didn't further research just where in West Texas this is located.
Anyone know?
TIA / SIA
Re: West Texas: Amazon's boss builds $42M clock in his mtn.
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 9:17 am
by JALLEN
Over a year old but interesting nevertheless.
It is amazing all the things you can do when you have the cash.
Re: West Texas: Amazon's boss builds $42M clock in his mtn.
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:26 am
by RoyGBiv
Let's see what he does with the Wash. Post...
Re: West Texas: Amazon's boss builds $42M clock in his mtn.
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 4:53 pm
by JALLEN
His grandfather owned a 39^2 mile ranch near Cotulla, where Bezos spent a lot of time as a kid, according to Wikipedia.
Re: West Texas: Amazon's boss builds $42M clock in his mtn.
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:10 pm
by The Annoyed Man
JALLEN wrote:His grandfather owned a 39^2 mile ranch near Cotulla, where Bezos spent a lot of time as a kid, according to Wikipedia.
I just looked that wiki page up. It comes to 25,000 acres. Of course, 25,000 west Texas acres might only support a cow and her calf, and two goats, depending on which part it is. On this map, Cotulla (the red dot) sure doesn't look like "west" Texas to me:
Re: West Texas: Amazon's boss builds $42M clock in his mtn.
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:36 pm
by JALLEN
Well, it's west of Houston and Dallas and San Antonio, isn't it? What else matters?
Re: West Texas: Amazon's boss builds $42M clock in his mtn.
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:07 pm
by The Annoyed Man
JALLEN wrote:Well, it's west of Houston and Dallas and San Antonio, isn't it? What else matters?
Heh heh.
Re: West Texas: Amazon's boss builds $42M clock in his mtn.
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 9:13 pm
by K.Mooneyham
I spent my teenage years in Cotulla. Little South Texas/Brush Country farm/ranch/oil town. Gas and food stop for folks going from San Antonio to Laredo or vice versa. Lots of big ranches, many have large areas used as deer leases. The Wild Hog Cookoff and County Fair attracts a lot of folks.
Re: West Texas: Amazon's boss builds $42M clock in his mtn.
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 12:16 am
by Oldgringo
My goodness! Has "TEXAS HIGHWAYS" not heard of Cotulla?
Re: West Texas: Amazon's boss builds $42M clock in his mtn.
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 12:47 pm
by threoh8
AndyC wrote:Van Horn, Texas
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Home of the
John Madden Haul of Fame ? How will Van Horn handle the tourist traffic?
Re: West Texas: Amazon's boss builds $42M clock in his mtn.
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 3:41 pm
by fickman
Taking into account information I learned from They Might Be Giants in my childhood, I can now confidently identify Jeff Bezos as "Universe Man".
He's got a watch with a minute hand, a millennium hand, and an eon hand,
And when they meet it's happy land,
powerful man,
Universe Man.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=W5GVrp8obC0[/youtube]
And another piece of the puzzle fits snugly into place.
