Use a little imagination...the explanation for this random figure comes at the end of the post. So, what *can* you buy for $18,975?
- 19,166 songs from iTunes @ $0.99 each (assuming the fixed price from before)
- 18,975 McChicken sandwiches @ $1 each
- 5,345 Iced tall soy white mochas @ $3.55 each
- 54 years' worth of the New York Times @ $6.70 per weekly subscription, or $384.40 per year
- 421 Muni monthly passes @ $45 each, or 35 years of cable car, bus and street car rides in San Francisco
- 253 MoMA memberships @ $75 each, so either you can be cultured for two lifetimes, or you and two hundred and fifty two of your closest friends can pretend to be for a year
- Dinner for 69 people at the French Laundry @ $275 each. Maybe kick some people out of the dinner party if you want to drink wine with your food.
- 34 nights in a Chateau Marmont cottage @ $550 each. Lindsay Lohan *must* be seen at least once if you stay there for over a month, right?
- 1 first class roundtrip ticket from SFO to DXB on Emirates @ $17824.87, plus a grand for spending money while in Dubai
- 1 PT Cruiser, Mazda 3, Volkswagen Rabbit, Honda Civic, or a bunch of other entry level sedans and trucks @ $18000 or less
...or, you could spend it all on a shoulder capsular repair surgery, like I did. Or well, my insurance company did. That's how much my recent shoulder surgery cost -- $18,975 plus some change. Apparently, the anaesthesia alone cost $2,000 and the recovery room was another $3,000. The American healthcare system is completely, mind-bogglingly frightening to me. Thank goodness for insurance. I'd rather spend that money on McChicken's.
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