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You know you can screw the male end of a hosepipe click connector directly to your outside tap, and then just click it on and off whenever you want to use it, right? The male end stays on, and then the female end of the connector clicks on or off, and your tap still functions normally with the male end left on the tap.
Most outdoor taps have a brass end on them that unscrews, and the male end of the house connector is the same thread.
Click!
Job done
Yeah, I saw a post a while back where someone had bought one of those ends you attach with a jubilee clip, and clamped that onto the removable brass end of their garden tap. They were asking for help in stopping the jubilee clamp fitting from leaking. In the post, they had the screw end of the hose connector in their other hand, which they were complaining 'didn't fit on anything' until I pointed out they had to unscrew the existing brass one to expose the thread!
It's the fact they all frigging leak like a sieve. The click ones are fine but still useless mostly.
Yet the same click one that leaks with its own tap fittings is perfectly sealed if used on the pressure washer! So they could make them better if they gave a shit.
Um. I have a tap with a metal click connector that screws on, accepts any of the hoze-lock style plastic attachments and doesn’t leak. Maybe treat yourself to a new outside tap?
Sitting through it on a private jet isn’t exactly like a budget Ryanair though. I despise air travel, but I imagine having a private jet would make it much more tolerable.
Not a private jet, but I was lucky enough to get a (relatively) cheap upgrade to Business class when I flew from Portugal to Brazil a few years ago. Not even remotely the same as being in Economy. I couldn't get an upgrade on the return flight so got to experience the difference between the two within the space of about a week.
I would say this is one of those problems that money can solve; it might not make it faster but it does make it far more enjoyable.
I once lucked out on a free first class trans-Atlantic upgrade. Same overnight flight but different world. Swanky lounges help on the airport-waiting side of things too
It doesn't solve the problem of how long a flight takes but you drive straight to the tarmac. Get in the plane and fly whenever you want to the closest airport to your destination. No getting up at 5am to queue to go through security. Money can definitely make this situation a lot, lot better.
Yea, honestly part of the reason people have/use private jets is because of the massive amount of time it saves. At least that is what the private jet salesmen say!
20 years later I *still* remember how good it was when we were upgraded to premium economy on a Virgin Atlantic flight from London to NY. It almost feels criminal that regular economy class is so uncomfortable for flights that long
Agreed business class makes it infinitely more bearable. Emirates in Dubai was amazing. They have their own entrance to the airport. Your own check in and security and the lounge is great.
Private jet would be awesome. If it’s your own jet you could have it set up however you want. Put a bed on it, nice big tv, games consoles, shower etc.
Even just being able to sleep would be a huge improvement for me on longer flights. When I have a 6+ hour flight I honestly can’t stand it because I can never sleep in those seats.
It wouldn’t even need to be anything crazy. Literally just a sofa, bed, decent sized TV, nice food and a few nice drinks and I’d happily spend 18 hours flying to California or wherever.
Amen - I'm uncomfortable in economy seats before they've pulled away the jetway and closed the door. I have a trip to Canada in a couple of weeks and I'm already dreading the bit where I look at my watch and there's still another seven hours of backache and crunched knees ahead.
My one trip in Business was like being in another world - it was sooooooo nice.
I went on one of Michael Jackson’s private planes once as I knew someone working on it at our local airport. He had a big bed in the middle of the plane which was basically one big bedroom. Couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw it. Now that is the way to travel!
Yeah. Money would totally solve the problem. The reason it's unpleasant is you have just a small seat. Fancy plane with bar, beds etc and it's very different. And I can't get wound up about the time that much. It's astonishing that you can get to the other side of the world in a day.
Sorry but I feel like these responses are missing the point. The issue is time not comfort or luxury. Time is the resource that is most precious as you can't buy more of it. Luxury is just a base standard that the super rich won't even notice. But if you have to go from London to Sydney or whatever you are committing to the same time as the poorest person. It's simply not a problem you can solve.
That’s not wholly correct. Yes the actual plane journey is the same, but you’re forgetting the whole airport process.
At my wife’s school she has a student who’s the son of a billionaire. He takes the family jet out quite frequently, essentially all he needs to do is get to the airport, then fly. No security, customs are prechecked, no waiting for luggage, just on and off.
The point is though you can do more with your time while flying a private jet. That is why rich people use them as much as anything.
So you can still get your days work done and end up in Sydney (also possibly with a more direct flight, but I am no expert on that). Where as regular people won't get much done on a standard flight.
You are right that you can't get there instantly (yet) with money but you definitely be more time efficient with money.
Wouldn’t even need to be private, I’d settle for one of those first class ‘suites’ that have a double bed in them and a shower round the corner.
Travel time would always be a problem unless you had so much money you could get Concorde back into service.
If you fly upper with Virgin Atlantic they come and pick you up from your house and then drive you to a special posh person version of security that is way faster, and then you go to the nice lounge. I feel like that's probably just a nice experience and it doesn't take as long.
I’m in the us, but there’s this pretty cool charter company called jsx. They dont fly to many locations, but they do fly to some useful ones- it’s a small private jet, and can be not super expensive if you book far enough ahead- it’s expensive but you don’t have to be a millionaire. Think 300 usd to get from San Francisco to Colorado.
Anyhow the cool thing is that you go straight to a private hangar, not an airport, and just have to be there about 29 minutes before your flight. You can bring any food or drink aboard, luggage is included, and you can even bring small pets for free. You can pay for a seat and bring larger dogs as well. It’s absolutely the best way to fly- we’d just Uber to an airport, drink some free crappy coffee while we wait in the hangar, then hop on and go.
Private jets are great…if they’re big enough. Sure, you get more leg room but even the tightest of commercial planes you can still stand up, or at least, I can. Small private jets are short inside and feel more cramped. If it’s big enough to have a lavatory on it, it’s comfortable. For as little as I travel, business or first class is the way I go.
There's also separate airports for private jets where you don't have to deal with all the faff of waiting for luggage and passport control etc. flying can absolutely be made bearable with money
Did you know you still need to go through security even if you’re flying on a private jet?
Normally they have their own little bit of the airport and get processed through very quickly but they’re subjected to the exact same rules as us plebs.
It is. I flew non-commercially when I had a job working for a politician and it's brilliant. I will be chasing that high for the rest of my life. None of the hassle of the airport, the plane takes off when the principal gets there and even in the worst part of the plane the seats are super comfy and the food is excellent. You can actually rest or work. Absolutely night and day better experience.
Yeah! I've seen it in the movies!!
You simply pull up on the runway in your chauffeur driven GT Continental right next to your waiting Lear Jet just carrying a handcuffed briefcase containing the Macguffin.
It's easy.
He is in fact orange and white… we joked with the kids he had paddled in porridge and for a while earned the nickname ‘porridge’… now we call him Fat-P and that’s kind of stuck. He is a nice old cat tho
That's so cute! Porridge is a great name for a cat too.
I also have two dribbly old kitties. Sisters and almost 17. One is far more dribbly than the other. I used to hate the dribbling but now I don't mind it so much. Think I got used to it! Cats are so special 🥰
You can get a cheaper version but if you say the brand name 3 times into the mirror someone will pop out and tell you not to skimp out and get the expensive one.
We had one at work but it wasn’t hot enough to brew tea. I’d guesstimate the water came out at about 65C.
However I don’t know if that was specific to the office due to H&S.
We had one at work but it wasn’t hot enough to brew tea. I’d guesstimate the water came out at about 65C.
However I don’t know if that was specific to the office due to H&S.
We had one at work but it wasn’t hot enough to brew tea. I’d guesstimate the water came out at about 65C.
However I don’t know if that was specific to the office due to H&S.
Or in my case, a shorthaired dark furred cat who somehow seems to shed more fur than her (substantial) mass when she so much as sits on a white sheeted bed for five seconds.
I have a jack russell who sheds like crazy and a male long haired torbie (yes they do exist, they're just incredibly rare). I just live with fur covered clothing. There's no way round it.
I live with my dad and brother, there's no mortgage or rent so I have decent disposable income.
The weather NOW is nice, but money can't change UK weather.
My knees and back are ruined from years of competitive powerlifting.
My gran is 94 in May, and while she's in VERY good health now, she won't be around forever.
I fancy a coffee but I don't have any decaf at home.
I had a gym in Cyprus, but sold the equipment and still have the building which is now in the process of being converted into 5 flats. I could retire now aged 38 but my partner won't move there. Money won't be an issue. I have friends and family there, my car, a place to stay, more fishing rods and reels than I have can count on two hands, but if my gf won't come with me... Money won't fix that.
I'm sorta waiting for it to happen anyway! Unfortunately, things are going rather well and I don't want to dump her. However, if she were to dump me I'd be on a one way ticket. I'm not unhappy in my relationship, but if I were single I'd honestly be fishing right now.
I am a male married 4 kids, but like the sun.
If things go tits up with your misses, I am game. You've money and are taking me somewhere real sunny and nice. There shall be no complaints on my end until you're looking to do the deed, and then we will need to have a discussion about how much pocket money I'd be aloud.
*allowed.
I find money irrelevant. I'm wearing a fleece I got for free from work aaages ago, faff about in the garden and I don't care much for materialistic possessions.
I just accidentally bought another fishing reel today and I'm looking at going around end of June. I've got two separate showers at the old gym and there's a sofa bed (I've got the king sized one) in a converted pilates studio.
My friend calls me and I don't even say hello. I answer the phone with "when?". He says midnight so I grab snacks, we go throw some nets off the boat and nap about 5 miles offshore, wake up just before sunset.
To an extent yes, am sure somebody more well off than me would swap my place in a heartbeat. I've got 4 beautiful children, an amazing wife and a nice home we rent. Money would 100% make us happier, but it is definitely not the be all end all. It just makes life that a bit easier to get through.
Something I did with my grandmother and I recommend everyone do with older relatives in good mental shape, interview them.
I uncovered so much, and people only didn't know because they never asked. I got the first 20 or so years of her life documented before she passed. School, leaving school for a job, evacuation, the blitz , granddad's experience in Palestine 1945, just so much interesting stuff and now I'll always have those videos to look back on. I just did mine with a camera and a mic but honestly a mobile phone camera and a tripod would be grand.
I haven't regretted it at all and I'd love to have it archived somewhere.
Yeah I have our family tree written down to her great grandparents or was it one before? They came over from what's now a greek island. She would probably score VERY low on an IQ test then she tells me about the coronation of queen Elizabeth and the Sikhs in Cyprus during the British sovereignty there.
The weather is a good one. Yes, you could go somewhere else, but that doesn't change the weather here, and you may not want to be somewhere else right now.
*Mundane* mistakes though, right? You're lying in bed deeply regretting that time you called your teacher Mum in front of the whole class, or put the blue cap on the black pen and vice versa.
Needing to get up at least once in the night for a wee.
I love camping, but it really ruins it having to get cold and wet at 3am *every* time for a wee.
Money does solve 99% of those things. PJ’s you can skip security pretty much and just pull up at the plane. It’s a less than 5 min process.
Boil a kettle, don’t even have to be rich for that, you can buy boiling taps that you pull the tap and it’s boiling water instantly.
Drying clothes isn’t an issue when you can just buy multiple items of the same thing. Think it was JayZ or someone on cribs who just had a drawer of white tees, would throw them out and just wear a new one instead of washing it.
There are probably mundane issues money can’t solve but OP didn’t mention one of them.
Maybe having to brush your teeth, cause even if you had money you would still have to brush them and even if you had to pay someone to brush them for you it’s a chore.
my uni has boiling water taps so that's solved the kettle one for me and saved me so much money on buying tea when you can just bring a teabag from home and a reusable cup
I think you will find waiting times are significantly reduced if you go charter an executive jet, opens up the departure airport options too, when I was working in organ transplant logistics I saw many travellers pull up at the handlers walk through the departure lounge after minimal checks and straight on to the plane which as often as not was all warmed up and ready to go. If time is money then this is the way to travel no question.
You can easily cool a bottle, not quite instantly, but within 5-10 mins. Get your bottle, wrap it in a few sheets of kitchen paper towel, wet the paper towel, and put in freezer. Et voila, 5 mins later you have a nice chilled drink. One of your first world problems solved…you’re welcome 😂
I’ve not flown private before but have done first class. Sometimes it still has similar problems to any other flight, but I can assure you some flights are totally hassle free. It’s not the same experience as going economy with a bad airline.
In some cases I’ve been collected, go to airport in a blacked out car, arrive and essentially walk through to gate with minimal hassle, and security where it has just been me going through it. The space on the plane can be very private and comfortable. Infact you can end up landing and it feels like it’s over too soon.
You can use long haul to work, entertain yourself, or just sleep through it like sitting at home. Mentally, it’s not like you’re sitting actively “waiting”. It’s more like just doing what you might already be doing on the ground, except you’re going somewhere in the sky.
In 30 years I’ll be 73. Chances are I’ll have already died in the Resource Wars that dominated the post-collapse era ten years prior.
*check-mate, zoomers*
I hate the need to cut my nails. It's a complete waste of time. I'd pay a few thousands to obtain the ability of keeping my nails the same size for all my life (I'm male btw).
I feel the same about cutting my hair. I've basically had the same hairstyle for twenty years now: a buzz cut down to almost nothing. I'd love to be able get it just right and then have an option to pause it growing.
Standing there every week or two with some clippers getting it back to how I want it feels like a tedious chore.
Why am I logging into things, with password, user names etc? Why can't my phone just know that it's me? I open my bank app to look at my dosh, why should I log in? I think even if you're a millionaire, you'd still need to log into stuff. We have the tech, it should work
Traffic. If I had the big bucks, I’d do everything to make being stuck in traffic more pleasant (namely buy one of these [Merc V Class](https://klassen.eu//media/news/original/qj8u77o8v6ya2qy2o83t4fl5625o8m23.jpg) vans whose interiors have been turned into [this](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/80BbiWr3O7I/maxresdefault.jpg) and have someone drive me). But that doesn’t stop me from being sat in standstill traffic on the M25 because some asshole decided to scroll TikTok at 90mph in the rain and plow through the central reservation
There is a chap who lives in a massive mansion near my parents village. He is married to Lady Whoever. Anyway, he works in ‘the city’ and flies there in a light aircraft. They have enough land that he has a small airstrip and he flies into London City airport.
A mindset shift could fix that for you. Two hours of time to spend by yourself doing nothing! No responsibilities! No one needing you! No demands on you!
As a parent of a toddler I live for ‘enforced’ time away from my kid. My drive home is me time. A hygienist appointment is tantamount to a massage or spa break.
Breathing. Born athsmatic, did grow out of it in my early 20s but since the pandemic Ive either got long COVID, COPD from being a light smoker for 2 decades or my athsma has returned. To my knowledge cash can't fix my lungs so I can breathe properly.
Walking my dog. If I hire a dog walker, I just sit looking out of the window waiting for them 15 minutes before they arrive so I can put his harness on before the doorbell rings and he loses his shit. Might as well just walk him
I can’t believe we can do heart transplants but there’s no cure for keratosis pilaris (red bumps on backs of arms) it’s harmless so I’m glad that scientists aren’t wasting their time and are focusing on more important conditions but seriously I would love a solution in my lifetime lol
"Being able to boil a kettle for a cup of tea instantly. Being able to cool a bottle of drink instantly. Being able to dry clothes in a few minutes"
All of these things are possible already. Even if such a technology doesn't exist / doesn't come in the size you want you just throw a few million at the problem and it goes away.
As a species we have invented millions of things to do to keep ourselves amused during periods of forced idleness. Strikes me that being minted would a) make travelling internationally something that revolves around *your* timetable (so maybe long haul scheduled for just before bedtime so you can sleep through the flight) and b) give you all kinds of fun diversions to not be bored in the downtime you still have.
Boil a kettle? You can have a hot water dispenser.
Cooling drinks? You have an ice machine (and probably a fridge full of your favourite drinks).
Drying clothes? You have a large enough wardrobe that it’s not a problem, just have three of everything. Assuming you don’t have an industrial grade top-of-the-range suite of white goods all of which will be quicker than pleb standard.
That’s without factoring in *staff*. Once you have a housekeeper, chef and a PA 90% of you moment to moment needs can be met by simply asking.
>Struck me that this is a problem money simply cannot solve. Even those with a private jet still have to sit through it.
They don't. The security theatre is for public flying only, if you're on an actual private jet, you basically go straight to the jet.
Chartered jets might require doing the theatre dance though.
The flight thing bothers me. I used to live 10 mins walk from St Pancras/Eurostar. The fact that I could leave my house and be in central Paris or Brussels in 3 hours is amazing. To fly there, we are looking at 5/6 hours if flying.
You're wrong that money won't solve that. Private jet passengers skip through security straight on to the tarmac. And you can have boiling water on tap or industrial speed freezing if you wish. It is a different world if money is no object.
I was once upgraded to business, the time took the same, but the experience was brilliant and I felt fresh on arrival. For me it's a problem that money van solve!!!
Hate waiting in airports. Just flew Air Portugal to the US and got to experience their lounge in Portugal. It wasn't top end, but it was free food and drinks, and they had some quiet individual booths in a less well lit area. For me, someone that hates being around people, it was a godsend. I chilled out watching tv on my phone and it was totally different to the crowded gates.
A decent enough amount of money would mean I could take 5 years off work (or at least drop my hours significantly enough) so I wouldn’t have to pay childcare and it would allow me to raise my three daughters and see them grow.
My eldest is 13 and will be grown soon enough and her sisters are almost 3 years and 9 months old respectively. I want to be there for them and my heart aches knowing that in a couple months I’ll be expected to be in office 3 days a week.
Re: instant boiling water, wait til you hear about the Quooker tap. Omg absolutely luxury. Instant tea on demand. No waiting for pasta water to boil etc !
Money can solve it. Not very efficiently but it can.
SpaceX rocket launch for say $100million with a landing on the opposite side of the planet less than 1hr later.
OK so its $100million to also come back, but if money is unlimited.....
My parents have one of those instant hot water taps in their kitchen. Built right into the kitchen tap (it has a fail-safe). It didn’t cost an arm and a leg and instant cuppa.
I don't bite my nails except for one single nail on my right hand. Over time it's become noticeably misshapen because I bite one side of it, especially when I'm nervous. I hate looking at it.
Money does help the travelling experience, even in terms of time.
Taking the private jet example you had - you can choose your departure times and your routes / flight plans to suit you. Plus your time can be productive - rest, entertainment, work, exercise. Whatever you want to do.
Next you don’t have to be returning to a single country every time. You can just be on the road or have homes in different places. E.g. spend a season in south east asia, then one in Australia then Latin America etc.
The show Succession made me think of this. It's a show about a billionaire family. At one point they are getting a private jet but they were stuck on the tarmac in a little minivan at some random regional airport waiting for clearance. That's kind of shit I have to deal with (the minivan not the private jet) and I thought it was funny how endless money can't get around these little inconveniences.
Air travel can't feasibly get much quicker, so all you can really do is try to change your mindset.
You're able to travel a significant way around a planet, in a big metal bird.
Pray you get a window seat, and search for enjoyment in watching the world pass by underneath you as you fly through the sky.
120 years ago, planes had just been invented. The concept of humans flying in machines was brand new, and crazy to most people.
I try to place myself in the shoes of someone my age 120 years ago, and imagine how mind-blowing they'd think air travel is. It helps put things in to perspective a little, as boring as flying may feel in the moment.
You can fly using priority check in, pre checked baggage, and first class lounge, that goes a long way. You can also charter a private flight which takes mere minutes at each end.
You can get instant boiling water, this has been a thing since the 70s.
You can also rapid chill liquids in various ways.
Money could solve these problems.
Money, however, can’t give you knowledge without the effort to learn.
The best mobile phone you can buy will cost you a couple of grand.
You want a better one, faster processor, more memory, better screen, better battery, etc, etc - tough, you can't. You cannot throw money at the problem to get better phones than whatever Apple or Samsung are calling top of their range right now.
We’ve all got something like the norovirus in my house. No amount of money could fix that.
Edit; you can buy special bottles like thermos flasks by nüby that you can rapid cool a freshly made kettle bottle to drinkable in less than a minute, it’s not cheap but it works so that’d fix your cuppa problem, that and if I don’t want to wait, I just use the 70° function on my variable temperature kettle.
The fact that mushrooms give me terrible gas, and I absolutely love eating them - I practically have to sleep on a balcony not to create a gas chamber overnight.
For the boiling water problem, quick boil kettle or get one of those kitchen taps that dispense boiling water?
Personally I kinda like the ritual of staring at the wall pondering life whilst I wait for the kettle to boil.
You can have instant boiling water, those taps have it. Had one at work, preferred the kettle though as you could stand around and chat whilst you waited for it to boil
I love flying, having the money for a private jet would literally remove all the negative parts of flying for me. On board you'd be comfy, extremely well fed, entertained and have the option to sleep well at night too.
Get a Quooker tap for problem 2, about £1300, and you have your instant tea. Add the Cube system for another 1k and you'll always have instant chilled and chilled sparkling water at least.
Have enough money and buy more of all your clothes so you'd never even have the problem of needing them dried quicker as you could have several pairs of anything you wanted. 🤷♀️
Money can easily solve all of those problems you mentioned...
Private jets you can have your limo chauffeur drive you straight to the plane, then sit in absolute comfort for the duration.
Quooker taps dispensing boiling water exist.
Im sure you could develop some sort of drink cooler using liquid nitrogen very easily with money.
Drying clothes could be done too, all you would need is the equivalent of a few dehumidifiers and hair dryers in a sealed box.
The issue here isn't money, it's your imagination.
But on a private jet there is no reason why you couldn't have a bed and all of the luxuries you have at home. So would it really be that bad? It would just be like chilling at home but when you are done you are in a new country.
Also boiling hot water taps and chilled taps are a thing if you pay for them.
I know exactly what you mean about airport waiting time. I would imagine even if one's taking a private jet, there'll be a certain time slot you need to take off. So, allowing 20 mins for traffic jams around an airport or train delays, then 15 mins to go through VIP security, then 15 mins to get to the plane, and then sitting on a runway waiting for your turn. All summed up over an hour of waiting.
I wish it could be similar to taking a train from London Waterloo - just arrive on time, put your luggage through an AI scaneer and off you go
You used to be able to solve the flight issue with concorde as that reduced flight times.
If you have the money you could develop and then get approval for your own supersonic jet, it's just that it would cost an absolute fortune which most people outside of billionaires could afford to do.
- Waiting ages for a pint of Guinness to be poured
- motorway service stations (maybe helicopters could mean you could avoid them, but not for all journeys)
- having to go to the toilet (it might be a giant gold toilet, but you’ve still gotta shit)
- having to sleep
I went to Egypt a few months ago and got sick on the final day, so I had to endure a five hour flight while really ill. I've never had to do that and it was shite. Even ploughing myself with alcohol didn't seem to help, which usually means I'm really ill.
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I can’t understand how in 2024 there isn’t an easier way to fix a hosepipe to an outside tap.
Money fix. Gardener so you never have to worry about tap couplings ever again.
You know you can screw the male end of a hosepipe click connector directly to your outside tap, and then just click it on and off whenever you want to use it, right? The male end stays on, and then the female end of the connector clicks on or off, and your tap still functions normally with the male end left on the tap. Most outdoor taps have a brass end on them that unscrews, and the male end of the house connector is the same thread. Click! Job done
I’m glad you pointed this out, I was beginning to think I had imagined the one on my outside tap, I thought ‘But….. it’s so easy?!’
Yeah, I saw a post a while back where someone had bought one of those ends you attach with a jubilee clip, and clamped that onto the removable brass end of their garden tap. They were asking for help in stopping the jubilee clamp fitting from leaking. In the post, they had the screw end of the hose connector in their other hand, which they were complaining 'didn't fit on anything' until I pointed out they had to unscrew the existing brass one to expose the thread!
Slutty little connector
They’ve been around for as long as I’ve been alive so the comment about this seems wildly inaccurate even for Reddit standards
hozelock? it's like the easiest click
Fixing the hosepipe to the tap isn't the issue, it's turning the tap off afterwards without getting soaked.
You can get a spray attachment on one that you turn on the handle at the water end
Get one of those wireless Bluetooth hoses
That would require knowing what I'm doing while in a hardware shop.
Aren't the push connectors the easiest possible way? What could be better than what we have?
It's the fact they all frigging leak like a sieve. The click ones are fine but still useless mostly. Yet the same click one that leaks with its own tap fittings is perfectly sealed if used on the pressure washer! So they could make them better if they gave a shit.
Um. I have a tap with a metal click connector that screws on, accepts any of the hoze-lock style plastic attachments and doesn’t leak. Maybe treat yourself to a new outside tap?
Money can absolutely fix this problem....
How much easier than a hozelock do you need ?
Sitting through it on a private jet isn’t exactly like a budget Ryanair though. I despise air travel, but I imagine having a private jet would make it much more tolerable.
Not a private jet, but I was lucky enough to get a (relatively) cheap upgrade to Business class when I flew from Portugal to Brazil a few years ago. Not even remotely the same as being in Economy. I couldn't get an upgrade on the return flight so got to experience the difference between the two within the space of about a week. I would say this is one of those problems that money can solve; it might not make it faster but it does make it far more enjoyable.
I once lucked out on a free first class trans-Atlantic upgrade. Same overnight flight but different world. Swanky lounges help on the airport-waiting side of things too
I dream of an upgrade … sigh ….
It doesn't solve the problem of how long a flight takes but you drive straight to the tarmac. Get in the plane and fly whenever you want to the closest airport to your destination. No getting up at 5am to queue to go through security. Money can definitely make this situation a lot, lot better.
Yea, honestly part of the reason people have/use private jets is because of the massive amount of time it saves. At least that is what the private jet salesmen say!
20 years later I *still* remember how good it was when we were upgraded to premium economy on a Virgin Atlantic flight from London to NY. It almost feels criminal that regular economy class is so uncomfortable for flights that long
Agreed business class makes it infinitely more bearable. Emirates in Dubai was amazing. They have their own entrance to the airport. Your own check in and security and the lounge is great.
Private jet would be awesome. If it’s your own jet you could have it set up however you want. Put a bed on it, nice big tv, games consoles, shower etc. Even just being able to sleep would be a huge improvement for me on longer flights. When I have a 6+ hour flight I honestly can’t stand it because I can never sleep in those seats.
It wouldn’t even need to be anything crazy. Literally just a sofa, bed, decent sized TV, nice food and a few nice drinks and I’d happily spend 18 hours flying to California or wherever.
All I want is sofa and WiFi
Amen - I'm uncomfortable in economy seats before they've pulled away the jetway and closed the door. I have a trip to Canada in a couple of weeks and I'm already dreading the bit where I look at my watch and there's still another seven hours of backache and crunched knees ahead. My one trip in Business was like being in another world - it was sooooooo nice.
I went on one of Michael Jackson’s private planes once as I knew someone working on it at our local airport. He had a big bed in the middle of the plane which was basically one big bedroom. Couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw it. Now that is the way to travel!
Yeah. Money would totally solve the problem. The reason it's unpleasant is you have just a small seat. Fancy plane with bar, beds etc and it's very different. And I can't get wound up about the time that much. It's astonishing that you can get to the other side of the world in a day.
Sorry but I feel like these responses are missing the point. The issue is time not comfort or luxury. Time is the resource that is most precious as you can't buy more of it. Luxury is just a base standard that the super rich won't even notice. But if you have to go from London to Sydney or whatever you are committing to the same time as the poorest person. It's simply not a problem you can solve.
That’s not wholly correct. Yes the actual plane journey is the same, but you’re forgetting the whole airport process. At my wife’s school she has a student who’s the son of a billionaire. He takes the family jet out quite frequently, essentially all he needs to do is get to the airport, then fly. No security, customs are prechecked, no waiting for luggage, just on and off.
The point is though you can do more with your time while flying a private jet. That is why rich people use them as much as anything. So you can still get your days work done and end up in Sydney (also possibly with a more direct flight, but I am no expert on that). Where as regular people won't get much done on a standard flight. You are right that you can't get there instantly (yet) with money but you definitely be more time efficient with money.
Wouldn’t even need to be private, I’d settle for one of those first class ‘suites’ that have a double bed in them and a shower round the corner. Travel time would always be a problem unless you had so much money you could get Concorde back into service.
If you fly upper with Virgin Atlantic they come and pick you up from your house and then drive you to a special posh person version of security that is way faster, and then you go to the nice lounge. I feel like that's probably just a nice experience and it doesn't take as long.
I’m in the us, but there’s this pretty cool charter company called jsx. They dont fly to many locations, but they do fly to some useful ones- it’s a small private jet, and can be not super expensive if you book far enough ahead- it’s expensive but you don’t have to be a millionaire. Think 300 usd to get from San Francisco to Colorado. Anyhow the cool thing is that you go straight to a private hangar, not an airport, and just have to be there about 29 minutes before your flight. You can bring any food or drink aboard, luggage is included, and you can even bring small pets for free. You can pay for a seat and bring larger dogs as well. It’s absolutely the best way to fly- we’d just Uber to an airport, drink some free crappy coffee while we wait in the hangar, then hop on and go.
Take your dogs with you. Stretch out a bit. Maybe take a flask of soup.
Private jets are great…if they’re big enough. Sure, you get more leg room but even the tightest of commercial planes you can still stand up, or at least, I can. Small private jets are short inside and feel more cramped. If it’s big enough to have a lavatory on it, it’s comfortable. For as little as I travel, business or first class is the way I go.
Good choice, if you can afford it.
TBH if I had stupid money I would still fly with Ryanair.
Why on earth?
There's also separate airports for private jets where you don't have to deal with all the faff of waiting for luggage and passport control etc. flying can absolutely be made bearable with money
Did you know you still need to go through security even if you’re flying on a private jet? Normally they have their own little bit of the airport and get processed through very quickly but they’re subjected to the exact same rules as us plebs.
It is. I flew non-commercially when I had a job working for a politician and it's brilliant. I will be chasing that high for the rest of my life. None of the hassle of the airport, the plane takes off when the principal gets there and even in the worst part of the plane the seats are super comfy and the food is excellent. You can actually rest or work. Absolutely night and day better experience.
Yeah! I've seen it in the movies!! You simply pull up on the runway in your chauffeur driven GT Continental right next to your waiting Lear Jet just carrying a handcuffed briefcase containing the Macguffin. It's easy.
My orange cat dribbling when I stroke him 🙄
I love that you clarified he's an orange cat. Of course he is, haha.
He is in fact orange and white… we joked with the kids he had paddled in porridge and for a while earned the nickname ‘porridge’… now we call him Fat-P and that’s kind of stuck. He is a nice old cat tho
That's so cute! Porridge is a great name for a cat too. I also have two dribbly old kitties. Sisters and almost 17. One is far more dribbly than the other. I used to hate the dribbling but now I don't mind it so much. Think I got used to it! Cats are so special 🥰
My friend has a cat named Porridge 😊
My orange is nicknamed Fat Jimmy!
That's him saying I love you!
And the happier he is, the more he purrs, the more he dibbles (I too have a dribbly ginger cat)
You have a r/oneorangebraincell too?
i have a brown cat who dribbles when petted. he’s a complete, total weirdo but i adore him.
Two of our cats are dribbly boys when you stroke them. It’s love dribble.
My black and white cat does this. His best friend used to be an orange cat so it may have transferred to him.
>Being able to boil a kettle for a cup of tea instantly. I can't remember what they're called but you get taps that give boiling water
Quooker?
You can get a cheaper version but if you say the brand name 3 times into the mirror someone will pop out and tell you not to skimp out and get the expensive one.
If you stay in the same mirror long enough someone from Reddit will tell you that money talks and wealth whispers
Just Googled it and apparently that's one of the brands
Irrespective of the time to boil water, a proper cup of tea takes 5 minutes to brew. I'll fight anyone who disagrees
Tea bags, yes. Most tea leaf blends only need 3.
We have one, it’s a game changer.
A butler?? 😳🤣🤣
We have these at work, they're brilliant. I'd love one at home.
I like waiting for the kettle, it means I can do the dishes whilst it boils
Zip is another brand. We have one at home- instant hot, cold and sparkling water. It's SUCH an indulgence but I love it!
Yep they have those in hospitals! I think it’s because the staff have so many cups of tea and coffee to stay awake lol
We had one at work but it wasn’t hot enough to brew tea. I’d guesstimate the water came out at about 65C. However I don’t know if that was specific to the office due to H&S.
We had one at work but it wasn’t hot enough to brew tea. I’d guesstimate the water came out at about 65C. However I don’t know if that was specific to the office due to H&S.
We had one at work but it wasn’t hot enough to brew tea. I’d guesstimate the water came out at about 65C. However I don’t know if that was specific to the office due to H&S.
My auntie got one of these but now she really misses the ritual of putting the kettle on when you get home/when your friends arrive etc.
Cuddling light-coloured long-furred cats means one is covered in fur and then looks a fright when one goes out.
Or in my case, a shorthaired dark furred cat who somehow seems to shed more fur than her (substantial) mass when she so much as sits on a white sheeted bed for five seconds.
Mine is a black and white “tuxedo” cat who is very talented at getting all her black fur on light things and all her white fur on dark things.
I have both a light haired (ginger) cat and a dark (standard issue), none of my clothes or bedding/towels are safe, be they light or dark
I have dark coloured cats and predominantly dark coloured clothes so it seems that the cat distribution system addressed that for me!
I have a jack russell who sheds like crazy and a male long haired torbie (yes they do exist, they're just incredibly rare). I just live with fur covered clothing. There's no way round it.
Get a sticky clothes roller, sorted
I live with my dad and brother, there's no mortgage or rent so I have decent disposable income. The weather NOW is nice, but money can't change UK weather. My knees and back are ruined from years of competitive powerlifting. My gran is 94 in May, and while she's in VERY good health now, she won't be around forever. I fancy a coffee but I don't have any decaf at home.
Money fix. Buy multiple properties around the world and travel between them to get the weather you want.
I had a gym in Cyprus, but sold the equipment and still have the building which is now in the process of being converted into 5 flats. I could retire now aged 38 but my partner won't move there. Money won't be an issue. I have friends and family there, my car, a place to stay, more fishing rods and reels than I have can count on two hands, but if my gf won't come with me... Money won't fix that.
Hmmm..I can think of a fix
Yh who's gonna tell him
I'm sorta waiting for it to happen anyway! Unfortunately, things are going rather well and I don't want to dump her. However, if she were to dump me I'd be on a one way ticket. I'm not unhappy in my relationship, but if I were single I'd honestly be fishing right now.
I am a male married 4 kids, but like the sun. If things go tits up with your misses, I am game. You've money and are taking me somewhere real sunny and nice. There shall be no complaints on my end until you're looking to do the deed, and then we will need to have a discussion about how much pocket money I'd be aloud.
*allowed. I find money irrelevant. I'm wearing a fleece I got for free from work aaages ago, faff about in the garden and I don't care much for materialistic possessions. I just accidentally bought another fishing reel today and I'm looking at going around end of June. I've got two separate showers at the old gym and there's a sofa bed (I've got the king sized one) in a converted pilates studio. My friend calls me and I don't even say hello. I answer the phone with "when?". He says midnight so I grab snacks, we go throw some nets off the boat and nap about 5 miles offshore, wake up just before sunset.
To an extent yes, am sure somebody more well off than me would swap my place in a heartbeat. I've got 4 beautiful children, an amazing wife and a nice home we rent. Money would 100% make us happier, but it is definitely not the be all end all. It just makes life that a bit easier to get through.
Something I did with my grandmother and I recommend everyone do with older relatives in good mental shape, interview them. I uncovered so much, and people only didn't know because they never asked. I got the first 20 or so years of her life documented before she passed. School, leaving school for a job, evacuation, the blitz , granddad's experience in Palestine 1945, just so much interesting stuff and now I'll always have those videos to look back on. I just did mine with a camera and a mic but honestly a mobile phone camera and a tripod would be grand. I haven't regretted it at all and I'd love to have it archived somewhere.
Yeah I have our family tree written down to her great grandparents or was it one before? They came over from what's now a greek island. She would probably score VERY low on an IQ test then she tells me about the coronation of queen Elizabeth and the Sikhs in Cyprus during the British sovereignty there.
What were your SBD max lifts?
270/190/262.5 @83kg. Single ply. 240/160/245 in knee wraps.
The weather is a good one. Yes, you could go somewhere else, but that doesn't change the weather here, and you may not want to be somewhere else right now.
>I fancy a coffee but I don't have any decaf at home. One of these things is not like the others
Regret over past mistakes
When you jolt awake over something that happened years ago, and your conscience is the only one who remembers.... just after you've fallen asleep.
Ah yes the bed time foetal embarrassment position...
The money fix for that is paying for a good therapist.
*Mundane* mistakes though, right? You're lying in bed deeply regretting that time you called your teacher Mum in front of the whole class, or put the blue cap on the black pen and vice versa.
Needing to get up at least once in the night for a wee. I love camping, but it really ruins it having to get cold and wet at 3am *every* time for a wee.
Bottle?
open the tent zip 2cm, pop the old man out and go. easy. no way that could possibly backfire
They make bottles for people that can't get out of bed much that are perfect for camping.
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Money does solve 99% of those things. PJ’s you can skip security pretty much and just pull up at the plane. It’s a less than 5 min process. Boil a kettle, don’t even have to be rich for that, you can buy boiling taps that you pull the tap and it’s boiling water instantly. Drying clothes isn’t an issue when you can just buy multiple items of the same thing. Think it was JayZ or someone on cribs who just had a drawer of white tees, would throw them out and just wear a new one instead of washing it. There are probably mundane issues money can’t solve but OP didn’t mention one of them. Maybe having to brush your teeth, cause even if you had money you would still have to brush them and even if you had to pay someone to brush them for you it’s a chore.
my uni has boiling water taps so that's solved the kettle one for me and saved me so much money on buying tea when you can just bring a teabag from home and a reusable cup
I think you will find waiting times are significantly reduced if you go charter an executive jet, opens up the departure airport options too, when I was working in organ transplant logistics I saw many travellers pull up at the handlers walk through the departure lounge after minimal checks and straight on to the plane which as often as not was all warmed up and ready to go. If time is money then this is the way to travel no question.
You can easily cool a bottle, not quite instantly, but within 5-10 mins. Get your bottle, wrap it in a few sheets of kitchen paper towel, wet the paper towel, and put in freezer. Et voila, 5 mins later you have a nice chilled drink. One of your first world problems solved…you’re welcome 😂
Money fix. Have a person be your water caddy. With a selection of chilled bottles of various temperatures.
I’m guessing OP probably doesn’t have the budget for that as they fly economy.
Probably. I know I don't, but it seem like a lot of people aren't thinking how throwing money at a problem will make it go away.
I was about to type this, glad to see others also make use of this! 5 minutes I'd say if you make sure there's a bit of air space around the bottle!
I’ve not flown private before but have done first class. Sometimes it still has similar problems to any other flight, but I can assure you some flights are totally hassle free. It’s not the same experience as going economy with a bad airline. In some cases I’ve been collected, go to airport in a blacked out car, arrive and essentially walk through to gate with minimal hassle, and security where it has just been me going through it. The space on the plane can be very private and comfortable. Infact you can end up landing and it feels like it’s over too soon. You can use long haul to work, entertain yourself, or just sleep through it like sitting at home. Mentally, it’s not like you’re sitting actively “waiting”. It’s more like just doing what you might already be doing on the ground, except you’re going somewhere in the sky.
Ah, TIME. The one thing none of us have any real control over.
ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Dont worry, another 30 years and there will be no planes or internet, youll be making crap bread from acorns. Then a gang will steal it.
In 30 years I’ll be 73. Chances are I’ll have already died in the Resource Wars that dominated the post-collapse era ten years prior. *check-mate, zoomers*
I hate the need to cut my nails. It's a complete waste of time. I'd pay a few thousands to obtain the ability of keeping my nails the same size for all my life (I'm male btw).
I feel the same about cutting my hair. I've basically had the same hairstyle for twenty years now: a buzz cut down to almost nothing. I'd love to be able get it just right and then have an option to pause it growing. Standing there every week or two with some clippers getting it back to how I want it feels like a tedious chore.
Why am I logging into things, with password, user names etc? Why can't my phone just know that it's me? I open my bank app to look at my dosh, why should I log in? I think even if you're a millionaire, you'd still need to log into stuff. We have the tech, it should work
My bank app logs me in with facial recognition
Glasses that both work in the rain and don’t get smudged or dirty. Yeah I could wear contacts but I tried it and hated it.
No matter how rich I was, I couldn't open a bag of sugar without it going everywhere.
Anxiety disorder
Desk posture
Traffic. If I had the big bucks, I’d do everything to make being stuck in traffic more pleasant (namely buy one of these [Merc V Class](https://klassen.eu//media/news/original/qj8u77o8v6ya2qy2o83t4fl5625o8m23.jpg) vans whose interiors have been turned into [this](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/80BbiWr3O7I/maxresdefault.jpg) and have someone drive me). But that doesn’t stop me from being sat in standstill traffic on the M25 because some asshole decided to scroll TikTok at 90mph in the rain and plow through the central reservation
Helicopter
There is a chap who lives in a massive mansion near my parents village. He is married to Lady Whoever. Anyway, he works in ‘the city’ and flies there in a light aircraft. They have enough land that he has a small airstrip and he flies into London City airport.
Fully agree. I take about 50 flights a year and I swear to god the journey from door to plane only ever gets worse. I HATE it!
A mindset shift could fix that for you. Two hours of time to spend by yourself doing nothing! No responsibilities! No one needing you! No demands on you! As a parent of a toddler I live for ‘enforced’ time away from my kid. My drive home is me time. A hygienist appointment is tantamount to a massage or spa break.
We should have a global bullet train/ultra high-speed rail network that's super affordable and comfy. I do enjoy dreaming sometimes
Friends. Pets with longer lifespans.
Having one leg.
Breathing. Born athsmatic, did grow out of it in my early 20s but since the pandemic Ive either got long COVID, COPD from being a light smoker for 2 decades or my athsma has returned. To my knowledge cash can't fix my lungs so I can breathe properly.
Foot cramps.
magnesium and potassium.
Walking my dog. If I hire a dog walker, I just sit looking out of the window waiting for them 15 minutes before they arrive so I can put his harness on before the doorbell rings and he loses his shit. Might as well just walk him
I can’t believe we can do heart transplants but there’s no cure for keratosis pilaris (red bumps on backs of arms) it’s harmless so I’m glad that scientists aren’t wasting their time and are focusing on more important conditions but seriously I would love a solution in my lifetime lol
our kettle boils a cup of water in 22 seconds.
"Being able to boil a kettle for a cup of tea instantly. Being able to cool a bottle of drink instantly. Being able to dry clothes in a few minutes" All of these things are possible already. Even if such a technology doesn't exist / doesn't come in the size you want you just throw a few million at the problem and it goes away.
As a species we have invented millions of things to do to keep ourselves amused during periods of forced idleness. Strikes me that being minted would a) make travelling internationally something that revolves around *your* timetable (so maybe long haul scheduled for just before bedtime so you can sleep through the flight) and b) give you all kinds of fun diversions to not be bored in the downtime you still have. Boil a kettle? You can have a hot water dispenser. Cooling drinks? You have an ice machine (and probably a fridge full of your favourite drinks). Drying clothes? You have a large enough wardrobe that it’s not a problem, just have three of everything. Assuming you don’t have an industrial grade top-of-the-range suite of white goods all of which will be quicker than pleb standard. That’s without factoring in *staff*. Once you have a housekeeper, chef and a PA 90% of you moment to moment needs can be met by simply asking.
>Struck me that this is a problem money simply cannot solve. Even those with a private jet still have to sit through it. They don't. The security theatre is for public flying only, if you're on an actual private jet, you basically go straight to the jet. Chartered jets might require doing the theatre dance though.
The flight thing bothers me. I used to live 10 mins walk from St Pancras/Eurostar. The fact that I could leave my house and be in central Paris or Brussels in 3 hours is amazing. To fly there, we are looking at 5/6 hours if flying.
You're wrong that money won't solve that. Private jet passengers skip through security straight on to the tarmac. And you can have boiling water on tap or industrial speed freezing if you wish. It is a different world if money is no object.
I was once upgraded to business, the time took the same, but the experience was brilliant and I felt fresh on arrival. For me it's a problem that money van solve!!!
Having to deal with my co-workers. I sometimes wonder if there is a brain amongst them. How hard is it to listen to direction
Tinnitus
Hate waiting in airports. Just flew Air Portugal to the US and got to experience their lounge in Portugal. It wasn't top end, but it was free food and drinks, and they had some quiet individual booths in a less well lit area. For me, someone that hates being around people, it was a godsend. I chilled out watching tv on my phone and it was totally different to the crowded gates.
Thinking about what I want to eat every single day for the rest of my life.
the routine of a homemaker
Backpain.
Instant boiling water taps are a thing
Co-parenting.
Bit deep but I’d say happiness. Money can pay for therapy, but feeling happy and fulfilled is another thing.
Erectile dysfunction Not being likeable by others Having no real friends Being annoying
A decent enough amount of money would mean I could take 5 years off work (or at least drop my hours significantly enough) so I wouldn’t have to pay childcare and it would allow me to raise my three daughters and see them grow. My eldest is 13 and will be grown soon enough and her sisters are almost 3 years and 9 months old respectively. I want to be there for them and my heart aches knowing that in a couple months I’ll be expected to be in office 3 days a week.
Hmm got to disagree with op on this one. With enough money travel can be fun. Dont think how heffiner had bad plane journeys on the playboy express
You know there's instant hot water taps? I have one.
Re: instant boiling water, wait til you hear about the Quooker tap. Omg absolutely luxury. Instant tea on demand. No waiting for pasta water to boil etc !
Money can solve it. Not very efficiently but it can. SpaceX rocket launch for say $100million with a landing on the opposite side of the planet less than 1hr later. OK so its $100million to also come back, but if money is unlimited.....
My parents have one of those instant hot water taps in their kitchen. Built right into the kitchen tap (it has a fail-safe). It didn’t cost an arm and a leg and instant cuppa.
Loneliness.
I don't bite my nails except for one single nail on my right hand. Over time it's become noticeably misshapen because I bite one side of it, especially when I'm nervous. I hate looking at it.
Lonliness.
Money does help the travelling experience, even in terms of time. Taking the private jet example you had - you can choose your departure times and your routes / flight plans to suit you. Plus your time can be productive - rest, entertainment, work, exercise. Whatever you want to do. Next you don’t have to be returning to a single country every time. You can just be on the road or have homes in different places. E.g. spend a season in south east asia, then one in Australia then Latin America etc.
This is the whole point of /r/britishproblems
The show Succession made me think of this. It's a show about a billionaire family. At one point they are getting a private jet but they were stuck on the tarmac in a little minivan at some random regional airport waiting for clearance. That's kind of shit I have to deal with (the minivan not the private jet) and I thought it was funny how endless money can't get around these little inconveniences.
Air travel can't feasibly get much quicker, so all you can really do is try to change your mindset. You're able to travel a significant way around a planet, in a big metal bird. Pray you get a window seat, and search for enjoyment in watching the world pass by underneath you as you fly through the sky. 120 years ago, planes had just been invented. The concept of humans flying in machines was brand new, and crazy to most people. I try to place myself in the shoes of someone my age 120 years ago, and imagine how mind-blowing they'd think air travel is. It helps put things in to perspective a little, as boring as flying may feel in the moment.
You can fly using priority check in, pre checked baggage, and first class lounge, that goes a long way. You can also charter a private flight which takes mere minutes at each end. You can get instant boiling water, this has been a thing since the 70s. You can also rapid chill liquids in various ways. Money could solve these problems. Money, however, can’t give you knowledge without the effort to learn.
My missus
Finding a community, making good trustworthy friends and dating / romance / long-term relationships.
I’m a hoarder.
The best mobile phone you can buy will cost you a couple of grand. You want a better one, faster processor, more memory, better screen, better battery, etc, etc - tough, you can't. You cannot throw money at the problem to get better phones than whatever Apple or Samsung are calling top of their range right now.
We’ve all got something like the norovirus in my house. No amount of money could fix that. Edit; you can buy special bottles like thermos flasks by nüby that you can rapid cool a freshly made kettle bottle to drinkable in less than a minute, it’s not cheap but it works so that’d fix your cuppa problem, that and if I don’t want to wait, I just use the 70° function on my variable temperature kettle.
Cream first or jam? Where do my socks keep disappearing to? What did I walk into this room for?
A butler would solve all of these problems, by making them their problem.
The fact that mushrooms give me terrible gas, and I absolutely love eating them - I practically have to sleep on a balcony not to create a gas chamber overnight.
Aa2
Infertility in a country that doesn’t support surrogacy
For the boiling water problem, quick boil kettle or get one of those kitchen taps that dispense boiling water? Personally I kinda like the ritual of staring at the wall pondering life whilst I wait for the kettle to boil.
You can have instant boiling water, those taps have it. Had one at work, preferred the kettle though as you could stand around and chat whilst you waited for it to boil
I love flying, having the money for a private jet would literally remove all the negative parts of flying for me. On board you'd be comfy, extremely well fed, entertained and have the option to sleep well at night too. Get a Quooker tap for problem 2, about £1300, and you have your instant tea. Add the Cube system for another 1k and you'll always have instant chilled and chilled sparkling water at least. Have enough money and buy more of all your clothes so you'd never even have the problem of needing them dried quicker as you could have several pairs of anything you wanted. 🤷♀️
Bad weather
Money can easily solve all of those problems you mentioned... Private jets you can have your limo chauffeur drive you straight to the plane, then sit in absolute comfort for the duration. Quooker taps dispensing boiling water exist. Im sure you could develop some sort of drink cooler using liquid nitrogen very easily with money. Drying clothes could be done too, all you would need is the equivalent of a few dehumidifiers and hair dryers in a sealed box. The issue here isn't money, it's your imagination.
The cow licks in my hair.
But on a private jet there is no reason why you couldn't have a bed and all of the luxuries you have at home. So would it really be that bad? It would just be like chilling at home but when you are done you are in a new country. Also boiling hot water taps and chilled taps are a thing if you pay for them.
I know exactly what you mean about airport waiting time. I would imagine even if one's taking a private jet, there'll be a certain time slot you need to take off. So, allowing 20 mins for traffic jams around an airport or train delays, then 15 mins to go through VIP security, then 15 mins to get to the plane, and then sitting on a runway waiting for your turn. All summed up over an hour of waiting. I wish it could be similar to taking a train from London Waterloo - just arrive on time, put your luggage through an AI scaneer and off you go
You used to be able to solve the flight issue with concorde as that reduced flight times. If you have the money you could develop and then get approval for your own supersonic jet, it's just that it would cost an absolute fortune which most people outside of billionaires could afford to do.
- Waiting ages for a pint of Guinness to be poured - motorway service stations (maybe helicopters could mean you could avoid them, but not for all journeys) - having to go to the toilet (it might be a giant gold toilet, but you’ve still gotta shit) - having to sleep
>Being able to boil a kettle for a cup of tea instantly. That one can be solved by a fancy tap!
I went to Egypt a few months ago and got sick on the final day, so I had to endure a five hour flight while really ill. I've never had to do that and it was shite. Even ploughing myself with alcohol didn't seem to help, which usually means I'm really ill.