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To: ManyMoose who wrote (390489)11/2/2010 2:49:19 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793970
 
>> People have no concept of how much a trillion is

You are so right. I was out with friends one night and highly offended them when I said, "If I write one trillion in numbers, how many zeros do I write?". Not one of them could answer. But they felt I was playing "gotcha".



To: ManyMoose who wrote (390489)11/2/2010 6:56:39 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793970
 
<<A trillion dollars in a stack of THOUSAND dollar bills >>

And have a lot of pictures of Grover Cleveland.



To: ManyMoose who wrote (390489)11/2/2010 7:02:17 PM
From: Ish1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793970
 
<<A trillion here, a trillion there: pretty soon you're talking a lot of money.>>

Thats what the late, great, gravely voiced statesman, senator from Pekin, Everett Dirksen said but he spoke about billions.



To: ManyMoose who wrote (390489)11/2/2010 8:38:45 PM
From: carranza25 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793970
 
What a trillion in $100 bills looks like (double pallets):

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