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Shatner Aims for Real 'Star Trek'
swight1701 writes "William Shatner wants to boldly go where he's only pretended to go so far. The 'Star Trek' star is among more than 7,000 people who have told Richard Branson they would gladly pay him $210,000 (£115,000) for a trip aboard his planned spacecraft. In all, more than $1.45 billion (£800 million) has been pledged -- years before the Virgin Galactic spaceship is even built, Branson said. I wonder did Shatner sign up because the first ship will be the VSS Enterprise?"
The Virgin Group is not a record company, they are a venture capitalist organization that uses their name for many different markets, Virgin Records, Virgin Airlines, Virgin Mobile, etc.
- Virgin Mobile (cell phones)
- Virgin Atlantic (Airline)
- Virgin Megastores (highstreet sales)
- Virgin Trains (take a wild guess)
- Virgin Active (gyms and fitness centers)
- Virgin Money
- Virgin Holidays (probably in conjunction with Virgin Atlantic)
- Virgin Limobike (taxi service)
- Virgin Brides (bridal services, not mail order women)
THats just a small selection, go here for the full list of companies within the Virgin group.Best of all, Richard Branson knows how to have fun with the money hes amassed. He bought an Island specifically for staff holidays (source).
I got a better idea. Why don't people not get so fat that they can't fit in a single seat? I was 6'1" 240 at one point in my life and I could still fit in airplane seats fine, and trust me that is as fat as you ever want to be, my health was already going down the tubes. Not only do these people require extra seats on planes, slow down the lines for roller coasters, and other idiotic things, they also cost this country millions in health care costs that could have been avioded if the ate a bit less and actually got up from in front of the tv once in a while.
-kaplanfx
P.S. I'm down to 205 and I'm still fat so you can only imagine...
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