Maggie’s How much is a Billion?

[Hasgun Willtravel]

How Much Is A Billion?

The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" casually think about whether you do, or don't, want that politician spending your tax money!!

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but an advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure in perspective in one of its releases:

A billion seconds ago, it was 1959.

A billion minutes ago, Jesus was alive.

A billion hours ago, our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.

And....

A billion dollars ago, was only 8 hours and 20 minutes at the rate Washington spends

 

[rero360]

Re: How much is a Billion?

I have a hard time imagining a billion dollars, the most I've dealt with in cash was probably around 200 million on a daily basis, but a billion, damn.

 

[FequalsMA]

Re: How much is a Billion?

A billion is about how much I spend on guns and reloading components in a single year!

 

[csi:cyberspace]

Re: How much is a Billion?

Well, if you are a billionaire and give your wife $1B to spend, and tell her not to come home until she's out of money, at $100k/HOUR, it will be over 27 YEARS before you see her again....

 

[E3C3H3O3]

Re: How much is a Billion?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: csi:cyberspace</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well, if you are a billionaire and give your wife $1B to spend, and tell her not to come home until she's out of money, at $100k/HOUR, it will be over 27 YEARS before you see her again.... </div></div>

Thats a great idea, now I just need a billion dollars, anyone got a quick billion I could borrow

 

[MidwestPX]

Re: How much is a Billion?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: E3C3H3O3</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: csi:cyberspace</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well, if you are a billionaire and give your wife $1B to spend, and tell her not to come home until she's out of money, at $100k/HOUR, it will be over 27 YEARS before you see her again.... </div></div>

Thats a great idea, now I just need a billion dollars, anyone got a quick billion I could borrow</div></div>

Ask Geitner or Bernanke

 

[shankster..]

Re: How much is a Billion?

It's just numbers. What do we have to worry about?

 

[USMCj]

Re: How much is a Billion?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: shankster</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It's just numbers. What do we have to worry about? </div></div>


Wow shank! you did not just say that. What if your women lost 400 pounds and only weighed 130, its just numbers right?

 

[Guest]

Re: How much is a Billion?

I have seen this e-mail a billion times.

 

[jr81452]

Re: How much is a Billion?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: csi:cyberspace</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well, if you are a billionaire and give your wife $1B to spend, and tell her not to come home until she's out of money, at $100k/HOUR, it will be over 27 YEARS before you see her again.... </div></div>

Wont you be pissed when she comes home after only 416.7 days. A perfect example of the email posted by the OP. To make her stay away for 27 years, you would have to limit her to $4228/hr or $101,471.34/day.

 

[csi:cyberspace]

Re: How much is a Billion?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jr81452</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: csi:cyberspace</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well, if you are a billionaire and give your wife $1B to spend, and tell her not to come home until she's out of money, at $100k/HOUR, it will be over 27 YEARS before you see her again.... </div></div>

Wont you be pissed when she comes home after only 416.7 days. A perfect example of the email posted by the OP. To make her stay away for 27 years, you would have to limit her to $4228/hr or $101,471.34/day. </div></div>
Granted I may have made a typo on the units in my post(hours to days), something I don't really think qualifies as a "perfect example" but honestly, I would have moved and left no forwarding address by day 2.....

 

[B. Harvey]

Re: How much is a Billion?

1 billion seconds equates to 31.7 years, or 1963.

 

[phantasm]

Re: How much is a Billion?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: B. Harvey</div><div class="ubbcode-body">1 billion seconds equates to 31.7 years, or 1963.

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The email has been around for a few yrs.