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BigDave
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From: England
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Posted: 2009-03-16 11:38
Well... What DOES one TRILLION dollars look like?All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts"... A billion dollars... A hundred billion dollars... Eight hundred billion dollars... One TRILLION dollars... What does that look like? I mean, these various numbers are tossed around like so many doggie treats, so I thought I'd take Google Sketchup out for a test drive and try to get a sense of what exactly a trillion dollars looks like. We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S. denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them, slighty fewer have owned them. Guaranteed to make friends wherever they go.  A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1/2" thick and contains $10,000. Fits in your pocket easily and is more than enough for week or two of shamefully decadent fun.  Believe it or not, this next little pile is $1 million dollars (100 packets of $10,000). You could stuff that into a grocery bag and walk around with it.  While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable. It fits neatly on a standard pallet...  And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere...  Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've been hearing about so much. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros. You ready for this? It's pretty surprising. Go ahead... Scroll down... ... I give you $1 trillion dollars...  (And notice those pallets are double stacked.) So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... That's what they're talking about! This is the content of another one of those great emails, sent to me by Brian Craig. Thanks Brian... Really fascinating!-----------------  Authorised Pro9 forum advertiser/sponsor [ This message was edited by: BigDave on 2009-03-16 11:41 ]
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Darkside
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Posted: 2009-03-16 11:46
phew....i no what £3million looks like..but a Trillion mind blowing.....
Heres a bit of trivia for you..Everlyn Rothschild and the Rothschild family own over half of the worlds wealth....
we all here about Bill Gates being the worlds richest,but got news for you...he aint
Rothschilds over $500 trillion dollars..(google it)
youtube..secret rulers of the world ..is a start.....
Darkiside.....General knowledge
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CuesportTV
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Posted: 2009-03-16 13:33
$1 trillion actually equates to you being able:
to spend $1 every second for 32,000 years!!!
If $1 trillion $1 bills were laid end-to-end they would reach the sun!
Unbelievable amount of money!
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Buckster_uk
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From: Surrey
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Posted: 2009-03-16 17:47
Wow that is cool!
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Darkside
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Posted: 2009-03-16 17:55
hmmm..not sure about that pete.... they wood catch fire...  Darkside...Global sponsor of Phil Burford
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BigTone
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Posted: 2009-03-16 21:42
Now what would the business plan have to say to support the cahsflow of that beauty!
The million wasnt very appealing though was it!! huh! not worth bothering bout!
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bruno
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From: Aberdeen, Scotland
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Posted: 2009-03-19 06:19
Its just about enough to buy Si D'Vali's cue collection... :lol
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laz1957
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Posted: 2009-03-19 13:21
Rudolph Wanderone (the man who claimed to be the original 'Minnessota Fats') had a favourite term of a gazillion: "I beat him like a drum all day long for a gazillion dollars. By the time I'd finished the guys had to club together to pay his bus fare back to Chicago" I wonder how much that is?  [ This message was edited by: laz1957 on 2009-03-19 13:22 ]
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CuesportTV
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Posted: 2009-03-19 14:32
I have heard the term 'brazilion' but not sure if that is something else 
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BigDave
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From: England
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Posted: 2009-04-03 06:18
I thought I would bump this as they are talking about 1.1 Trillion dollars now!
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