maqroll Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Paul Allen? Always have to wheel this one out whenever I hear that name. http://www.superyachtfan.com/superyacht_octopus.html Ugh, so ostentatious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Has anyone had the chance to see Paul Allens business card? Stunning gold leaf inlay. Impeccable taste. I hear he really likes Phil Collins. Point proven. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Paul Allen would be boss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) Anyone willing to waste some money on us welcome. Edited January 20, 2015 by Tomaszk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I promised myself that if the initial takeover thread fell off the first page of Villatalk, I wouldn't let myself get excited again until we had something a concrete. Paul Allen is an unrealistic pipe dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted January 20, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) From the "for what it's worth department" ...This is Randy Lerner's restaurant, called The Meeting House, in the very upscale Hamptons area of Long Island, New York. I believe he also has a pretty big estate nearby. How much does the restaurant say about the man? Who knows? Probably not much, actually. What I can safely say from my perspective in the NYC area, it's kind of ... well, really QUITE boring. It doesn't take any big $$$ chances or culinary risks, and offers what is essentially overpriced American comfort food to a financially comfortable clientele. Not my cuppa, that's for sure, but there is a market for this sort of thing, and as far as I know, it's doing well as a business. But this is very Old Money part of America with few signs of social tension. Think Chiltern Hills -- or something like that. But don't count on any exotic, very expensive dishes suddenly to appear on the menu -- um, say some Spanish delicacy -- and please keep the noise down not to frighten off potential buyers wink wink wink. This is a restaurant owned by someone with a conservative, somewhat sheltered, non-confrontational, slightly skittish approach to doing business. That's my read, at least. Edited January 20, 2015 by Shifted To Neutral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete101 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 How long before someone says "A deal is done on the condition we stay up" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 How long before someone says "A deal is done on the condition we stay up" ? it already has with the Azerbani deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Paul Allen? Always have to wheel this one out whenever I hear that name. http://www.superyachtfan.com/superyacht_octopus.html Ugh, so ostentatious. Personally I think that's amazing. Well done him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Paul Allen has already given 1.8billion $ to charity maybe he feels like he needs to help us poor suffering Villans?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 So we've moved from someone with an aeroplane to someone with a boat? Is the deal dependent upon us staying up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Anyway apart from playing for Wet Spam against le Arse in the 1980 cup final what else has Paul Allen done? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted January 20, 2015 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2015 So we've moved from someone with an aeroplane to someone with a boat? Is the deal dependent upon us staying up? No, just on us staying afloat 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 So we've moved from someone with an aeroplane to someone with a boat? Is the deal dependent upon us staying up? Anyone who can keep us afloat!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 If you search Google news for Gilan Holding there are quite a few Azerbaijani language results reporting the rumoured interest. They're all basically saying the same thing but if it's making the media over there it might force the group to come out and deny interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) Because they all are provably running it off the original rumour. Edited January 20, 2015 by Cliffy Biro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 They are, they even mention Jonny Gould's tweet in the reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisagg75 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Paul Allen? Always have to wheel this one out whenever I hear that name. http://www.superyachtfan.com/superyacht_octopus.html he'd have trouble parking that on witton lakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post omariqy Posted January 20, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2015 Whatever happened to Kwan? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewie Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) I promised myself that if the initial takeover thread fell off the first page of Villatalk, I wouldn't let myself get excited again until we had something a concrete. Paul Allen is an unrealistic pipe dream. I, for one, am glad that wild takeover rumours are back. VT has been somewhat boring without them. I used to get a little bit excited getting off from work and opening the takeover thread to see what whimsical links to multi-billionairs were being touted around each day. Bring them on I say, the more fantasy based the better. Edited January 20, 2015 by Chewie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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