Originally posted by arrakisI was dumbing it down for the wire-guy.
I think it's MUCH more than that, guy. The reason is because the US is printing money like crazy and no longer backs it with gold. They had to do that to pay for Bush's war, which is costing a billion dollars every two weeks!
Yeah, Bush and all his ignorant, stupid supporters have doomed the US for the next 20-30 years! He spent MORE MONEY than ALL the other presidents in history COMBINED! Money that the US DOES NOT HAVE!
Originally posted by arrakisHere's the url for this:
Post your interesting "Did you know" facts here.
CEO's at Top Companies will Make More before Lunch on January 2, 2007 than Their Minimum Wage Employees will Earn All Year.
It takes the average CEO, 2 hours and 2 minutes to earn $10,712. The CEO of Fortune 100 companies earn $10,712 in 1 hour and 16 minutes.
It takes the average minimum wage worker 52 forty-hour weeks (2,080 hours) to earn $10,712.
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Originally posted by mikelomAre you sure? I thought blue smarties were a relatively recent addition, probably not brought in until after the Soviet Union started to collapse.
Did you know that during the cold war years Russia had all of the 'blue' smarties removed at source by the sweet supplier before they were shipped in to Russia, as they were deemed to represent western influence.
Originally posted by Von BardelebenWell, most players at or above IM level don't like to play games where they make a move once a day. I think they are afraid some 1300 player using Fritz might beat them. 🙁
Russia, the best chess playing nation does not have a player in RHP over the rating of 2000.
in fact not even over 1900...
