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04-03-2009, 12:15 AM	#1
harley Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: May 2008 Location: MD's Eastern Shore Posts: 1,722	I ran across this today. It made me think about the way I've been tossing "billion" and "trillion" around in conversation. What does one TRILLION dollars look like? __________________ The only reason a great many American families don't own an elephant is that they have never been offered an elephant for a dollar down and easy weekly payments. - Mad Magazine DW and I - FIREd at 50 (7/06), living off assets

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