Forbes - The World's Richest People

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  1. rerun2

    rerun2 Registered Member

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    Top Ten
    1. William Gates III
    2. Warren Buffett
    3. Karl Albrecht
    4. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
    5. Paul Allen
    6. Alice Walton
    7. Helen Walton
    8. Jim Walton
    9. John Walton
    10. S Robson Walton

    205. Donald Trump
    512. Oprah Winfrey

    http://www.forbes.com/maserati/billionaires2004/bill04land.html
     
  2. doug6949

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    Its interesting how the list changes each year. Back in the mid-eighties three of the ten richest Americans lived in Idaho.
     
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  4. Acadia

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    Hey BJ, quit saying nasty things about my Uncle Billy. :rolleyes:

    Acadia
     
  5. beetlejuice

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    If he's really your Uncle, it shouldn't be any problem for you to loan~~I mean give me~Oh I don't know~A couple million dollars? :rolleyes: I really need a new PC. :D
     
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    He may be a scatter brain but he is responsible for my comp working. At least his software.
     
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    Xandros2.0 XpPro,Sp1, p4-2.3, 1ghz ddr ram, Panda platinum 7, Bitdefender 7.1 , cwshredder, Bho demon, regseeker, a2, spyware blaster, spywareguard, Opera 7.50, mozilla firefox, Eudora 6.1,Linksys wireless and a littlemore. surf safe.

    Yes, I see your point exactly. I'm sure you've heard of the Oxymoron-Microsoft Works? Well this isn't an Oxymoron but what you've got is--
    No Microsoft=It Works!! :D
     
  8. bigc73542

    bigc73542 Retired Moderator

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    Are you trying to tell me something
     

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    I thought that's what you were trying to tell me. Xandros isn't a MS product is it? o_O
     
  10. Acadia

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    Hey, all of you, I'm telling ya one last time, quit making fun of my Uncle. If ya don't, well, Uncle Billy is even rich enough to buy out Wilders, and I will tell him to do so and then he will appoint me head moderator and then I will ban you all from posting, so there! :rolleyes:

    Acadia
     
  11. beetlejuice

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    Well, I never.

    If you call Mr. Bill, I'll just call Mr. Sluggo. So there! :D
    ~In a tiny tiny squeaky voice Mr. Bill cries~Oh No! :eek:
     
  12. bigc73542

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    And sluggo would probably come.


    And no xandros is not connected to mr. Bill :D :D
     

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    All right, I must really be out of it ... who or what is a Mr. Sluggo?

    Acadia
     
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    bigc73542 Retired Moderator

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    I think someone has been in hibernation for to long :D
     
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    bigc73542 Retired Moderator

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    Here is a little info
     

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    Didn't you ever watch Saterday Night Live in the 70'S?
     
  17. Acadia

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    Ahhhhh, Mr. Bill, OH NOOOOOOOO!

    Acadia
     
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    bigc73542 Retired Moderator

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    I see you have jogged his memory.
     
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    Acadia... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: er..hmm..er.. May.. I ..err get... some 1 million dollar... :-*
     
  20. Acadia

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    I'll see if Uncle Bill has any pocket change ... hey, wait a minute, if he has any pocket change, I want it!

    Acadia
     
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    He might not give you any change he is saving it to raise a microsoft windows army to do battle with linux. The screen shot is of his elite guard the xp pro commandos.
     

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  22. beetlejuice

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    And here's his top commander.
    :p :p
     

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  23. rerun2

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    Tell me about it, in the 9 year timeline there was even a year Bill Gates was second (1997)! :eek:

    It looks like he is sticking up his middle finger at me :(
     
  24. Acadia

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    Now there ya go making fun of my Uncle Bill again. I'm gonna tell, and his secret police will come for ya in the middle of the night ... that will teach ya!

    Acadia
     
  25. beetlejuice

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    Sorry Acadia, you missed your chance. I'm not running IE anymore. He can't find me now. :D
     
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