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I would move to TV.
It is 8* here
If I win the lottery, you're on your way down here.

Now if only I could remember to play...
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My only hope is that a relative or friend wins and gives some to me. The odds are about the same.
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Many people have difficulty understand just how much a billion is.

I once heard this example. One million dollars in one hundred dollar bills would create a stack one foot high. One billion dollars in one hundred dollar bills would create a stack as tall as the Empire State building without the antenna.
The thickness of a $1 bill is .0043 inches, or 1000 bills is 4.3 inches thick. If the bills are $100 bills then 100,000 dollars is 4.3 inches and one million dollars is 43 inches thick not 12 inches. One billion is 1000 times one million, so one billion in bills is 43 * 1000 inches = 43000 inches. The Empire State building is 1,250 feet high, not including the antenna which is 15,000 inches. So.... One billion dollars in 100 dollar bills is, if my math is correct, almost 3 Empire State Buildings stacked on top of each other. This assumes that the 100 dollar bill is the same thickness as the one dollar bill, and that the bills are flat and with no space between bills.
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My only hope is that a relative or friend wins and gives some to me. The odds are about the same.

Actually Tom, I think the odds are worse if a third party is involved, and in some families the relative as an intermediary is the kiss of death.
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That's why Dr. B. said "Many people have difficulty understand just how much a billion is. "
Actually Dr B may wish to check his story. A US $100 bill is about .0043 inches thick.

I leave the math to the rest of you...
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Actually Dr B may wish to check his story. A US $100 bill is about .0043 inches thick.

I leave the math to the rest of you...
Besides, when you fold that wallet in half it will be twice as high.
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Actually Tom, I think the odds are worse if a third party is involved, and in some families the relative as an intermediary is the kiss of death.
Can it be that different?
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I would move to TV.
It is 8* here
With a billion dollars, you are coming to The Villages?

I _may_ keep a house here just to swing in once in a while to hang with some of the little people

Would have to upgrade my lot so I can land my helicopter for a quick get way. Once I am that rich, I would not be able to deal with greens running at 7 for long
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Who ever wins the one billion, will find out they have more relatives and friends they never met before !
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With a billion dollars, you are coming to The Villages?

I _may_ keep a house here just to swing in once in a while to hang with some of the little people

Would have to upgrade my lot so I can land my helicopter for a quick get way. Once I am that rich, I would not be able to deal with greens running at 7 for long
I am a very simple man.
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Say the population of the USA is 300,000,000..............spread the $1.3B to everyone, that's $4.3mil each.
More like a Fries an a Coke.
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More like a Fries an a Coke.
Just having fun with the Dr, most people don't understand what a billion is.

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Donate a bunch to Moffitt Cancer center and travel the world ..........
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