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Topic: If I had a million dollars ...
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Jazzns
Member (Idle past 3911 days) Posts: 2657 From: A Better America Joined: 07-23-2004
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I just finished a stressful semester in grad school and took a few days off of work to relax. My wife got home one of those days as asked me what I did. I of course said, "I did nothing, and it was everything I thought it could be!" BUT if objects for gratitude and admiration are our desire, do they not present themselves every hour to our eyes? Do we not see a fair creation prepared to receive us the instant we are born --a world furnished to our hands, that cost us nothing? Is it we that light up the sun; that pour down the rain; and fill the earth with abundance? Whether we sleep or wake, the vast machinery of the universe still goes on. Are these things, and the blessings they indicate in future, nothing to, us? Can our gross feelings be excited by no other subjects than tragedy and suicide? Or is the gloomy pride of man become so intolerable, that nothing can flatter it but a sacrifice of the Creator? --Thomas Paine
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Theodoric
Member Posts: 9076 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: 08-15-2005 Member Rating: 3.7
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Message 17 of 25 (664628)
06-03-2012 11:05 AM
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Reply to: Message 15 by onifre 06-03-2012 10:36 AM
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Re: Two chicks, man
I did get the reference. Funny movie. Great line. My comment still stands. Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
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onifre
Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: 02-20-2008
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Message 18 of 25 (664635)
06-03-2012 4:34 PM
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Reply to: Message 17 by Theodoric 06-03-2012 11:05 AM
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Re: Two chicks, man
You could just sit back and be an observer rather than a participant. You're skills won't be needed. Grab a scotch and kick back, let the magic happen. - Oni
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RAZD
Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: 03-14-2004
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Message 19 of 25 (664643)
06-03-2012 7:08 PM
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now that we have had a little fun with option (a) ...
Let's try option (b): ... your mission Mr Phelps, should you choose to take it, is to boost the economy ... What would you do with 1million from the government for that purpose? Enjoy
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onifre
Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: 02-20-2008
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Message 20 of 25 (664675)
06-04-2012 12:23 AM
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Reply to: Message 19 by RAZD 06-03-2012 7:08 PM
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Re: now that we have had a little fun with option (a) ...
What would you do with 1million from the government for that purpose? Start a gym, give free memberships, make people skinny, get these fatties off the government teet. - Oni
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caffeine
Member (Idle past 1024 days) Posts: 1800 From: Prague, Czech Republic Joined: 10-22-2008
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Message 21 of 25 (664684)
06-04-2012 4:21 AM
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Reply to: Message 11 by dwise1 06-02-2012 12:19 PM
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And to put a million dollars into perspective, if your current annual salary is between $50,000 and $100,000, then a million dollars only represents 20 to 10 years income, respectively. If you have fewer than that many years left before you retire, then that is different than if you are much earlier in your career. Of course, to put things in a real perspective, I have never earned close to $50,000 in one year. On my current wage, the time it would take me to earn a million dollars (assuming I spent nothing) is approximately two years longer than the life expectancy at birth (or five years longer than the male life expectancy). So bollocks to you and Rahvin. If I had a million dollars, I would never need to work again. The bliss.
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Artemis Entreri 
Suspended Member (Idle past 4228 days) Posts: 1194 From: Northern Virginia Joined: 07-08-2008
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Message 22 of 25 (664690)
06-04-2012 8:51 AM
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Pay off the pickup, by a sweet bass boat, get a fully automatic rifle (AK-74), get a fully automatic sub-machine gun (Mac-11, or MP5), get a dirt bike (maybe a dual sport), buy a house, get some handguns, give my mom some money, pay my brother's house off, save the rest (add it to my investments). give some to the church Edited by Artemis Entreri, : No reason given.
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onifre
Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: 02-20-2008
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Pay off the pickup, by a sweet bass boat, get a fully automatic rifle (AK-74), get a fully automatic sub-machine gun (Mac-11, or MP5)... Sounds like the beginning of a Toby Keith song. - Oni
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Artemis Entreri 
Suspended Member (Idle past 4228 days) Posts: 1194 From: Northern Virginia Joined: 07-08-2008
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Message 24 of 25 (664746)
06-04-2012 5:47 PM
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Reply to: Message 23 by onifre 06-04-2012 5:45 PM
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"i like my violence like I like my beer...domestic"
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onifre
Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: 02-20-2008
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