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I'm confused!
Such luck!
In my mailbox today:
... you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 2,000,000,000 (EUROS ) (TWO MILLION EUROS) CONGRATULATIONS!!!
My question how big a receptacle should I bring? Big enough to fit 2,000,000,000 euros or just a measly million of them?
Anyway, that's a lot to carry all the way from Amsterdam. I think I'll forgo the whole thing.
Skitt (in SF Bay Area) http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ I speak English well I learn it from a book!
Manuel (Fawlty Towers)
In my mailbox today:
... you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 2,000,000,000 (EUROS ) (TWO MILLION EUROS) CONGRATULATIONS!!!
My question how big a receptacle should I bring? Big enough to fit 2,000,000,000 euros or just a measly million of them?
Anyway, that's a lot to carry all the way from Amsterdam. I think I'll forgo the whole thing.
Skitt (in SF Bay Area) http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ I speak English well I learn it from a book!
Manuel (Fawlty Towers)
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[nq:1]Such luck! In my mailbox today: ... you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ...
- [nq:1]Such luck!
- In my mailbox today: ...
- you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ...
- of them?
- Anyway, that's a lot to carry all the way from Amsterdam.
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[nq:1]Such luck! In my mailbox today: ... you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ... of them? Anyway, that's a lot to carry all the way from Amsterdam. I think I'll forgo the whole thing.[/nq]
Geez, the spirit of rugged individual enterprise really is dead!
Mike.
Geez, the spirit of rugged individual enterprise really is dead!
Mike.
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[nq:2]Such luck! In my mailbox today: ... you have ... way from Amsterdam. I think I'll forgo the whole thing.[/nq]
[nq:1]Geez, the spirit of rugged individual enterprise really is dead![/nq]
I know. My previous attempts to get them to send me a cashier's check for just ten thousand dollars, or so, to help me with my immediate expenses and to show their earnestness and good will, have met
[nq:1]Geez, the spirit of rugged individual enterprise really is dead![/nq]
I know. My previous attempts to get them to send me a cashier's check for just ten thousand dollars, or so, to help me with my immediate expenses and to show their earnestness and good will, have met
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[nq:1]Such luck! In my mailbox today: ... you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ... of them? Anyway, that's a lot to carry all the way from Amsterdam. I think I'll forgo the whole thing.[/nq]
Well, it should be enough to hire a 747 for the haul, and have lots left in SF,
Jan
Well, it should be enough to hire a 747 for the haul, and have lots left in SF,
Jan
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[nq:2]Such luck! In my mailbox today: ... you have ... way from Amsterdam. I think I'll forgo the whole thing.[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, it should be enough to hire a 747 for the haul, and have lots left in SF,[/nq]
The problem is, my efforts to get an advance large enough to do that have been ignored. Heck, if they'd just send me a cashier's check for only a quarter of the prize, I'd be willing to
[nq:1]Well, it should be enough to hire a 747 for the haul, and have lots left in SF,[/nq]
The problem is, my efforts to get an advance large enough to do that have been ignored. Heck, if they'd just send me a cashier's check for only a quarter of the prize, I'd be willing to
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[nq:2]Geez, the spirit of rugged individual enterprise really is dead![/nq]
[nq:1]I know. My previous attempts to get them to send me a cashier's check for just ten thousand dollars, or ... immediate expenses and to show their earnestness and good will, have met with deafening silence. It makes one wonder ...[/nq]
I have my suspicions about ***** enlargement mechanisms, too. They never amo
[nq:1]I know. My previous attempts to get them to send me a cashier's check for just ten thousand dollars, or ... immediate expenses and to show their earnestness and good will, have met with deafening silence. It makes one wonder ...[/nq]
I have my suspicions about ***** enlargement mechanisms, too. They never amo
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[nq:1]Such luck! In my mailbox today: ... you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ... how big a receptacle should I bring? Big enough to fit 2,000,000,000 euros or just a measly million of them?[/nq]
Those are European millions. People keep claiming that European billions have a few extra zeros, so why shouldn't their millions?
Evan Kirshenbaum + HP Laboratories >
Those are European millions. People keep claiming that European billions have a few extra zeros, so why shouldn't their millions?
Evan Kirshenbaum + HP Laboratories >
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Thus spake Dr Robin Bignall:
[nq:1]I have my suspicions about ***** enlargement mechanisms, too. They never amount to anything, IMO.[/nq]
I think the idea is that you have to have one to enlarge in the first place.
Simon R. Hughes
[nq:1]I have my suspicions about ***** enlargement mechanisms, too. They never amount to anything, IMO.[/nq]
I think the idea is that you have to have one to enlarge in the first place.
Simon R. Hughes
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[nq:2]Such luck! In my mailbox today: ... you have ... fit 2,000,000,000 euros or just a measly million of them?[/nq]
[nq:1]Those are European millions. People keep claiming that European billions have a few extra zeros, so why shouldn't their millions?[/nq]
Not really, for then it would have been
2.000.000.000.000 euros.But of course Skitt may have translated.
Seems unlikely
[nq:1]Those are European millions. People keep claiming that European billions have a few extra zeros, so why shouldn't their millions?[/nq]
Not really, for then it would have been
2.000.000.000.000 euros.But of course Skitt may have translated.
Seems unlikely
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Jan Lodder writes (of email, not food):
[nq:1]Spam is an American disease, made for Americans by Americans...[/nq]
Nope. Remember Canter & Siegel, the first unrepentant Usenet spammers? Their market excluded* Americans they were after people who *wanted to emigrate to the US.
Mark Brader, Toronto / "A computer makes it possible to do, in half an hour, (Email Removed) / task
[nq:1]Spam is an American disease, made for Americans by Americans...[/nq]
Nope. Remember Canter & Siegel, the first unrepentant Usenet spammers? Their market excluded* Americans they were after people who *wanted to emigrate to the US.
Mark Brader, Toronto / "A computer makes it possible to do, in half an hour, (Email Removed) / task
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[nq:2]Those are European millions. People keep claiming that European billions have a few extra zeros, so why shouldn't their millions?[/nq]
[nq:1]Not really, for then it would have been 2.000.000.000.000 euros. But of course Skitt may have translated.[/nq]
I didn't mess with the text, nor the money!
[nq:1]Seems unlikely though. Spam is an American disease, made for Americans by Americ
[nq:1]Not really, for then it would have been 2.000.000.000.000 euros. But of course Skitt may have translated.[/nq]
I didn't mess with the text, nor the money!
[nq:1]Seems unlikely though. Spam is an American disease, made for Americans by Americ
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