dihard: One quadrillion seventy two trillion four hundred and eighteen billion and three million dollars only Zimbabwean dollars, that is. To help curb the country’s 11.2 million percent inflation, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe cut ten 0’s off of the currency. This check was written just prior to that.(via investment postcards from cape town) Reminds me of all the paper currencies I have at home from Omi of Reichsmark from the 1920s that have face values of up to several trillion Reichsmark - and nothing printed on the back…and it probably was just enough to buy a loaf of bread, if the holder was lucky enough to get to the grocery store in time before the money lost its value…

dihard:

One quadrillion seventy two trillion four hundred and eighteen billion and three million dollars only

Zimbabwean dollars, that is. To help curb the country’s 11.2 million percent inflation, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe cut ten 0’s off of the currency. This check was written just prior to that.(via investment postcards from cape town)

Reminds me of all the paper currencies I have at home from Omi of Reichsmark from the 1920s that have face values of up to several trillion Reichsmark - and nothing printed on the back…and it probably was just enough to buy a loaf of bread, if the holder was lucky enough to get to the grocery store in time before the money lost its value…


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Looks like fun!!!!
Looks like fun!!!!

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Beachy Head - near Brighton, England.  I hiked to here and up and down the 7 Sisters 6 years ago - what a great day and wonderful swimming in the English Channel.
Beachy Head - near Brighton, England.  I hiked to here and up and down the 7 Sisters 6 years ago - what a great day and wonderful swimming in the English Channel.

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Elephant cured of heroin addiction

An Asian elephant that became addicted to heroin after being fed bananas spiked with the drug is to return home after undergoing a detox programme.

The four-year-old animal, called Xiguang, received methadone injections for a year at five times the human dosage, state media said.

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Cory had a biodegradable knife and he was rubbing it on his tongue the whole time we were at lunch, trying to see if he could make it degrade and fall apart.  it didn’t….   Ya gotta work it for a week, Cory!
Cory had a biodegradable knife and he was rubbing it on his tongue the whole time we were at lunch, trying to see if he could make it degrade and fall apart.  it didn’t….   Ya gotta work it for a week, Cory!

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Another Hurricane tracking after me.  Gustav petered out.  Hanna (another German name!) is on the way up to Virginia….  Come on, give me something to talk about….
Another Hurricane tracking after me.  Gustav petered out.  Hanna (another German name!) is on the way up to Virginia….  Come on, give me something to talk about….

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2:30 to 5:00

cwags:

edatrix:

back-to-back meetings.

same room.

kill me.

This has been deemed a whine in violation of no whine wednesday.  Please go check yourself.

Since Lauren has violated Cory’s No Whine Wednesday and thusly the pact is broken, I am going to whine and say that it SUCKS to be back in the office the first day after a vacation.  Motivation is lacking and the body too antsy to be sitting in a chair staring at a monitor….

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Oops.  He doesn’t know left from right….
Oops.  He doesn’t know left from right….

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Mosquitoes in Texas are fierce.

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This one’s for you, Dad!  :-)
This one’s for you, Dad!  :-)

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Hurricane Gustav - predicted to hit the Gulf on Monday.  The day we were going to go deep sea fishing.  Since it is now a Cat. 4 hurricane (currently 140mph winds with gusts up to 170mph), the fishing trip’s been cancelled…    And it may be a nice flight for me back to Washington DC through a hurricane…  Hmm….  May go to San Antonio instead on Monday - we’ll see…  Remember the Alamo!
Hurricane Gustav - predicted to hit the Gulf on Monday.  The day we were going to go deep sea fishing.  Since it is now a Cat. 4 hurricane (currently 140mph winds with gusts up to 170mph), the fishing trip’s been cancelled…    And it may be a nice flight for me back to Washington DC through a hurricane…  Hmm….  May go to San Antonio instead on Monday - we’ll see…  Remember the Alamo!

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Nice…
Nice…

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Airline lifevests go to cut costs

An airline in Canada is removing lifevests from all its planes to cut weight and so reduce fuel costs.

The regional airline Jazz says government regulations allow it to use flotation devices if the planes stay within 50 miles (80km) of shore.

Passengers will be directed to use seat cushions as flotation devices.

The move has drawn angry criticism. One Newfoundland politician, Woody French, said Jazz’s passengers were “a distant second to profits”.

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laureola: UPS 757 Night Departure

laureola:


UPS 757 Night Departure

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