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Re: Mini Auction - 6273 - Rock Island Refuge
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 11 Mar 1999 15:22:20 GMT
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cjc@newsguy.comIHATESPAM
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Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote:
> > And throwing $800 away on impatience is
> > foolish.
> >
> > $100 maybe. $200 perhaps. $800? Nope.
>
> Have you heard about this guy William H Gates the third? He throws
> away $800 _million_ because he can't wait till someone else launches a
> few satellites.
Well, Billy doesn't really exist in the same world as the rest of us.
Hell, if he does what he's said he'll do with his money and gives 95%
of it away to science and charity he'd still have more than any sane
person could spend in a few lifetimes.
What's $800 million, anyway?
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