To: Ditchdigger who wrote (25607 ) 7/17/2001 9:04:36 PM From: Ken W Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 29382 Ditch Well, there went your tax refund plus some. LOL GOLD will get its pop....I just know it! <GGGGG> Off Topic, and thanks to EGGSHAPE for sending it to me. Is It Better To Be a Jock or a Nerd? > > $ Michael Jordan having "retired," with $40 million in endorsements, makes > $178,100 a day, working or not. > > $ If he sleeps 7 hours a night, he makes $52,000 every night while visions > of sugarplums dance in his head. > > $ If he goes to see a movie, it'll cost him $7.00, but he'll make $18,550 > while he's there. > > $ If he decides to have a 5-minute egg, he'll make $618 while boiling it. > > $ He makes $7,415/hr more than minimum wage. > > $ He'll make $3,710 while watching each episode of Friends. > > $ If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSX ($90,000) it would take him a > whole 12 hours. > > $ If someone were to hand him his salary and endorsement money, they would > have to do it at the rate of $2.00 every second. > > $ He'll probably pay around $200 for a nice round of golf, but will be > reimbursed $33,390 for that round. > > $ Assuming he puts the federal maximum of 15% of his income into a tax > deferred account (401k), his contributions will hit the federal cap of $9500 > at 8:30 a.m. on January 1st. > > $ If you were given a penny for every 10 dollars he made, you'd be living > comfortably at $65,000 a year. > > $ He'll make about $19.60 while watching the 100 meter dash in the Olympics, > and about $15,600 during the Boston Marathon. > > $ While the common person is spending about $20 for a meal in his trendy > Chicago restaurant, he'll pull in about $5600. > > $ This year, he'll make more than twice as much as all U.S. past presidents > for all of their terms combined. Amazing isn't it? However... > > $ If Jordan saves 100% of his income for the next 450 years, he'll still > have less than Bill Gates has today. > > $$$ Game over. Nerd wins. Ken