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02-13-2008, 09:08 PM
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| One Billion Dollars...
Like everyone else, my inbox gets its share of facts, trivia and jokes. The word "billion" is an everyday word, but how many of us have stopped to consider what this number actually represents. One advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases... Quote:
A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New Orleans. It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division. Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans. Interesting number, what does it mean?
A. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you each get $516,528.
B. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.
C. Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.
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02-14-2008, 06:47 AM
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i think this word is most interesting if seen from the european side:
the american word "billion" is set to 1,000,000,000 Dollar
the german(european) word "billion" is set to 1,000,000,000,000 Dollar - which is some bits more 
that would mean, add a couple of zeros to you credit-card 
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02-14-2008, 07:52 AM
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#3 | | YF Historian
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Sounds like: "I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help you.." RUN AMOK!
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02-14-2008, 08:54 AM
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#4 | | YF Wisdom Dept.
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"A billion dollars ain't what it used to be."
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02-15-2008, 10:24 PM
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A billion years ago I got married.
Nah, just feels that way...
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02-16-2008, 06:40 AM
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#6 | | YF Associate Writer
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" A billion here, a billion there...pretty soon, we're talking real money".
- the late Senator Everett Dirksen c. 1974
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02-16-2008, 11:17 AM
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You know what they say....
The first billion is always the hardest to make.  | |
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02-16-2008, 04:18 PM
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| Quote: | Originally Posted by Quads You know what they say....
The first billion is always the hardest to make. |
maybe we should talk about the first 'MILLION' in first place
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03-04-2008, 05:46 PM
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That's because most of us in here are working on making our second Million.....$$$$.....
Because we screwed up making our first mill....
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