That's maybe right, but they don't give the same kind of affection or assistance that a dog is capable of. Never heard of a rescue cat or a guard cat, not much use to the blind either.
Well quite often here about a trillion or so dollars, but can we really comprehend what a vast sum a trillion dollars is. To try and get some perspective on it, consider this...
If you were to physically count a trillion dollars in $1 bills and initial each bill, that would take about $1 per second, that is $1000 every 17 minutes. After 12 days of non stop counting you would reach your first $million, but it would take you 31.7 years to read your first billion. After a thousand years you would be reaching the wealth of Bill Gates. But, it would take a staggering 31,709.8 years before you finally count your trillionth dollar.
A trillion dollars is indeed a huge sum of money.
Thanks to Bill Bryson...Notes From a Big Country for that info.
Yes there are times I'd love to go back to. Bob Dylan sums my feelings up in his song, Bob Dylan's Dream.
While riding on a train goin' west I feel asleep for take my a rest I dreamed a dream that make me sad Concerning myself and the first few friends I had.
With half-damp eyes I stared to the room Where my friends and I spent many an afternoon Where we together weathered many a storm Laughin' and singing 'till the early hours of the morn'.
By the old wooden stove where our hats was hung Our words were told, our songs were songs Where we longed for nothin' and were satisfied Joking and talking about the world outside.
With haunted hearts through the heat and cold We never thought we could ever get very old We thought we could sit forever in fun Our chances really was a million to one.
As easy it was to tell black from white It was all that easy to tell wrong from right And our choices they were few and the thought never hit That the one road we traveled would ever shatter and split.
How many a year has passed and gone Many a gamble has been lost and won And many a road taken by many a first friend And each one I've never seen again.
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain That we could sit simply in that room again Ten thousand dollars at the drop of a hat I'd give it all gladly if our lives could be like that.
Funny you should say that, it reminds me of an occasion a couple of years ago. I was driving past a Buddhist centre in Manchester that I hadn't ever attended, I had a bit of time to spare so I thought I'd call in to see what times the classes were held there. As I walked towards the centre I could see it was really busy, lots of people around the entrance. As I walked in, out of the throngs of people a woman came towards me with a tray of cakes. "Would you like a cake," she asked me, "there's tea and coffee over there." I thanked her, took a piece of cake and walked over to get a cup of coffee. I collected my coffee, turned to the woman and asked, "is it always this busy on a Tuesday?" Imagine my embarrassment when she replied, "aren't you here for the funeral?"
I remember a friend telling me about when he went to a couple of family weddings when he was a young man. On both occasions an old aunt who attended the weddings insisted on, to his annoyance, tapping him on the shoulder and with a wink, whispered in his ear, "you're next," then chuckled. The following year he had to attend a family funeral and of course the aunt was there. It gave him great pleasure to tap here on the shoulder and with a wink, whisper in her ear, "you're next."
I've managed to do that occasionally when the clocks have gone back. If I have nothing to do that's clock time orientated on the Sunday, I put my clocks back Sunday evening. You know it makes sense...
I was on my way home last night when I spotted two men attacking my mother in law. I rushed over to help but all three of us couldn't get the better of her.
Riches and power come at a price. Spiritual growth comes from adversity. The rich ruler, unaware of suffering iwill become poor and weak in spirit. Those who have suffered have learned great meaning and will become rich and strong in spirit.
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