BuffettNews.com

LIPH wrote:

SMLCHNG wrote:

LIPH wrote:

SMLCHNG wrote: That's pretty awesome!

But so is $5 for an iced tea
$9 for soup
$18 for pasta
$6 for coffee

No it isn't. Except $6 for coffee, that's ridiculous.

I was tired.. I meant the tip was awesome, the rest was for those prices.

I knew what you meant, but those prices aren't really that high. The last time I went out to dinner here in NYC the bill was $199 for 3 people. About $40-$50 of that was for drinks but still ...

Well most restraunts I go to here in Houston Ice tea cost at the most $2. I never go in high end restraunts so I do not know if they charge $5 for Ice tea.

It is now being reported that it is a fake story...
http://www.pagesix.com/story/not+our+donald

Easy to say now but I thought it was odd that they had the entire receipt posted which showed everything.

Plus, Trump is a Amex guy anyway.

BottleofRum wrote:It is now being reported that it is a fake story...
http://www.pagesix.com/story/not+our+donald

Easy to say now but I thought it was odd that they had the entire receipt posted which showed everything.

Plus, Trump is a Amex guy anyway.

imagine my surprise...

BottleofRum wrote:It is now being reported that it is a fake story...
http://www.pagesix.com/story/not+our+donald

Easy to say now but I thought it was odd that they had the entire receipt posted which showed everything.

Plus, Trump is a Amex guy anyway.

I checked on Snopes this morning...it just didn't sound like The Donald I know.

chippewa wrote:

BottleofRum wrote:It is now being reported that it is a fake story...
http://www.pagesix.com/story/not+our+donald

Easy to say now but I thought it was odd that they had the entire receipt posted which showed everything.

Plus, Trump is a Amex guy anyway.

I checked on Snopes this morning...it just didn't sound like The Donald I know.

well, he has been known to spend money foolishly...

RinglingRingling wrote:

chippewa wrote:

BottleofRum wrote:It is now being reported that it is a fake story...
http://www.pagesix.com/story/not+our+donald

Easy to say now but I thought it was odd that they had the entire receipt posted which showed everything.

Plus, Trump is a Amex guy anyway.

I checked on Snopes this morning...it just didn't sound like The Donald I know.

well, he has been known to spend money foolishly...

I was thinking that if he really did do it, it was to drum up publicity for the new Apprentice.......the #1 show on television, you know. So popular that they took it off the air for a year. Maybe he planted the rumor. He gets all the publicity without having to actually spend the $10,000.

chippewa wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

chippewa wrote:

BottleofRum wrote:It is now being reported that it is a fake story...
http://www.pagesix.com/story/not+our+donald

Easy to say now but I thought it was odd that they had the entire receipt posted which showed everything.

Plus, Trump is a Amex guy anyway.

I checked on Snopes this morning...it just didn't sound like The Donald I know.

well, he has been known to spend money foolishly...

I was thinking that if he really did do it, it was to drum up publicity for the new Apprentice.......the #1 show on television, you know. So popular that they took it off the air for a year. Maybe he planted the rumor. He gets all the publicity without having to actually spend the $10,000.

or the kid with the webpage was trying to pump up his app for the show..

Is there a bigger attention whore than Donald Trump?

LIPH wrote:Is there a bigger attention whore than Donald Trump?

yes. but legal issues prevent he and Rosie O'Donnell from being on stage at the same time.

LIPH wrote:Is there a bigger attention whore than Donald Trump?

Brittany Spears?

diverg wrote:

LIPH wrote:Is there a bigger attention whore than Donald Trump?

Brittany Spears?

hey... "no unmentionables Monday" was a great idea...

BottleofRum wrote:Pretty cool thing. Suprised he doesn't use AMEX
http://www.derober.com/2007/12/06/derob ... 10000-tip/#

“Donald Trump came in for dinner on Monday at the Buffalo Club. The reservation was under his friend’s name so nobody was expecting him to come in. I assume he’s in LA preparing for the celebrity Apprentice thing he’s doing. We have a special area for VIP’s so the celebs can see and be seen with each other. Donald ordered an ice tea and his friend showed up 10 minutes later. When I was telling them about the specials, I felt like an airline steward must feel giving instructions before takeoff. They just talked over me. Neither touched the soup.Donald ordered the pasta and the other guy had the same. When they were finished, they both ordered cappuccinos. We’re sort of famous for our capps! My co-worker wanted me to ask him for his autograph so he could give it to his dad for Christmas. Yeah right.I finally brought them out the check. Trump grabbed it and actually spoke to me from the first time.“What’s the biggest tip you ever got?”“Jerry Bruckheimer comes in a lot. He tipped me $500 on a $1000 check once.”Trump nodded his head.“You’re very good at your job.”“Thanks.”Trump and the other guy got up to leave, said thanks again and left.I went back to the table to grab the check but didn’t have time to look at it until later. When I did, I couldn’t believe what I saw. Honestly, at first I thought he had tipped me $1000. But when I looked a second (and twentieth) time, it was actually $10,000. I was speechless. Honestly, it was a really rough month for me. Who thought Donald Trump of all people would make my year? But he did. I actually tried calling his office to say thanks which is impossible. So if you’re reading this, Mr. Trump, thank you!”

As the man with the dead squirrel hairpiece himself would say, "You're fired."

(j/k )

I wasn't that impressed with a ten thousand dollar tip by Donald Trump to start with. I was thinking, "what a cheap bastard." That's nothing to him. He wipes his ass with more than that. People like him and Oprah and Bill Gates make me sick. They could give away a hundred million and make that back in no time. Anybody know what 5% on a billion is? And they probably get way better interest rates than five percent. Hell, Britany Spears makes $750,000 a month. She could give away ten grand and not notice. I love capitalism and all, but come on, these people are ridiculous. I live in a county where 70% of the kids are on free or reduced lunch. Somethin ain't right.

OystersandBeer wrote:I wasn't that impressed with a ten thousand dollar tip by Donald Trump to start with. I was thinking, "what a cheap bastard." That's nothing to him. He wipes his ass with more than that. People like him and Oprah and Bill Gates make me sick. They could give away a hundred million and make that back in no time. Anybody know what 5% on a billion is? And they probably get way better interest rates than five percent. Hell, Britany Spears makes $750,000 a month. She could give away ten grand and not notice. I love capitalism and all, but come on, these people are ridiculous. I live in a county where 70% of the kids are on free or reduced lunch. Somethin ain't right.

but it all looks so glamourous that first mile in from the water....

OystersandBeer wrote:I wasn't that impressed with a ten thousand dollar tip by Donald Trump to start with. I was thinking, "what a cheap bastard." That's nothing to him. He wipes his ass with more than that. People like him and Oprah and Bill Gates make me sick. They could give away a hundred million and make that back in no time. Anybody know what 5% on a billion is? And they probably get way better interest rates than five percent. Hell, Britany Spears makes $750,000 a month. She could give away ten grand and not notice. I love capitalism and all, but come on, these people are ridiculous. I live in a county where 70% of the kids are on free or reduced lunch. Somethin ain't right.

Why the anger and personal attacks? I'd be much more impressed with your rant if perhaps you had written "I live in a county where 70% of the kids are on free or reduced lunch and here's what I am doing and the percentage of my earnings I am contributing to help these kids."

Visit http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm and in particular read the 2006 Annual Report, then come back and tell me Bill Gates and Warren Buffett aren't making a difference ..... only tone down the personal attacks if you want me to respect your opinion.

~~~~~ surfpirate

surfpirate wrote:

OystersandBeer wrote:I wasn't that impressed with a ten thousand dollar tip by Donald Trump to start with. I was thinking, "what a cheap bastard." That's nothing to him. He wipes his ass with more than that. People like him and Oprah and Bill Gates make me sick. They could give away a hundred million and make that back in no time. Anybody know what 5% on a billion is? And they probably get way better interest rates than five percent. Hell, Britany Spears makes $750,000 a month. She could give away ten grand and not notice. I love capitalism and all, but come on, these people are ridiculous. I live in a county where 70% of the kids are on free or reduced lunch. Somethin ain't right.

Why the anger and personal attacks? I'd be much more impressed with your rant if perhaps you had written "I live in a county where 70% of the kids are on free or reduced lunch and here's what I am doing and the percentage of my earnings I am contributing to help these kids."

Visit http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm and in particular read the 2006 Annual Report, then come back and tell me Bill Gates and Warren Buffett aren't making a difference ..... only tone down the personal attacks if you want me to respect your opinion.

~~~~~ surfpirate

I'm a teacher. I think that counts for quite a bit of charity work. And don't make any comments about it's your choice. Your damn right it's my choice. And I do it because there are not enough people willing to sacrifice what it takes to be a good teacher. I fix appliances for three hours after school everyday and make more doing that then teaching. But I will not give up teaching to do it full time even though I can make double the money because that is all I have to give. I don't have the funds to help out any other way but by providing an education to the underprivelaged which is more than I can say for most people.

Oh, I forgot to add. I could care less who respects my opinion.

OystersandBeer wrote:I'm a teacher. I think that counts for quite a bit of charity work.

Not unless you work for free.

LIPH wrote:

OystersandBeer wrote:I'm a teacher. I think that counts for quite a bit of charity work.

Not unless you work for free.

Close enough.

OystersandBeer wrote:Oh, I forgot to add. I could care less who respects my opinion.

Now THAT ..... I can respect and understand and agree with.

But twisting things to focus on "your choice to be a teacher" and then angrily responding to that accusation is a political way of responding to one thing without addressing what I did comment on ....... why the personal attacks on the very wealthy? and in particular Bill Gates?

~~~~~ surfpirate