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Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook!

Date 2012-04-10 10:57 -0500
Subject Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook!
From George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Message-ID <CBA9C295.85231%ghost_topper@hotmail.com> (permalink)
References (1 earlier) <-7mdnYRDH8HKUhzSnZ2dnUVZ_qqdnZ2d@giganews.com> <timmcn-B54394.17042908042012@news.iphouse.com> <4f82109e$0$2071$c3e8da3$a9097924@news.astraweb.com> <CBA890FB.850F0%ghost_topper@hotmail.com> <michelle-95A5F8.19392609042012@news.eternal-september.org>

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On 4/9/12 9:39 PM, in article
michelle-95A5F8.19392609042012@news.eternal-september.org, "Michelle
Steiner" <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <CBA890FB.850F0%ghost_topper@hotmail.com>,
>  George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> I have to wonder however whether one's lifestyle changes once you get
>>> above 10 million per years. There is only so much money someone can
>>> spend during your free time.
>> 
>> Oh, but you are so naïve. Here are ten stories that prove that statement
>> wrong...
>> 
>> <http://www.oddee.com/item_97101.aspx>
> 
> Well, only nine stories; can't count the one about the lottery winner who
> was murdered.  Besides, those stories are about people who won mere
> millions in the lottery (and it was left unsaid that those who opted for a
> lump sum payment actually got less than the value of the lottery, because
> that value included future value); there is only so much one can spend, but
> that is more than a paltry few million.
> 
>> Plus, the 536 goofballs in Washington who think that our pockets are
>> hind teats that will never run dry.
> 
> Have you noticed that the majority of them are Republicans?

No. Not until 2010 election, and that was just one House. Dirty Harry still
runs the Upper House. But we'll see this Fall, will we not?

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Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-08 13:38 -0400
  Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-08 13:48 -0400
    Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2012-04-08 17:04 -0500
      Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-04-08 18:26 -0400
        Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com (Helpful Harry) - 2012-04-09 12:52 +1200
        Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-09 13:13 -0500
          Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-09 19:39 -0700
            Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-10 10:57 -0500
              Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-10 09:24 -0700
      Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-08 20:33 -0400
        Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-04-08 21:11 -0400
          Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-08 18:18 -0700
            Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-09 06:58 -0400
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                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-09 13:35 -0400
                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-09 13:23 -0500
              Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-09 13:24 -0500
            Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) - 2012-04-14 03:48 +0000
          Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-09 13:21 -0500
            Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-09 19:33 -0700
        Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-09 13:15 -0500
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            Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com> - 2012-04-10 18:08 -0400
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                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-10 17:32 -0700
                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-10 19:55 -0500
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                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-04-10 21:25 -0400
                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-04-10 22:42 -0400
                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-11 08:10 -0400
                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-11 12:03 -0400
                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-04-11 18:27 -0400
                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-12 12:08 -0400
                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2012-04-13 17:54 -0700
                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-14 11:49 -0400
                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-12 20:14 +0200
                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-11 12:55 -0400
                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2012-04-11 15:21 -0700
                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-11 10:59 +0200
                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-11 13:04 -0400
                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2012-04-11 10:23 -0700
              Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-04-10 23:21 -0400
                Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com> - 2012-04-20 16:09 -0400
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    Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-09 11:59 -0400
      Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2012-04-09 09:11 -0700
        Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-10 11:34 -0400
          Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2012-04-10 11:15 -0700
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            Re: Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-04-11 11:08 -0400
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