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Buffett replaces Gates

#1 Post by ne1410s » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:20 am

Warren Buffett replaced Bill Gates as world's richest person.*

Buffett: 62 Billion

Gates: 58 Billion


Oh, the humanity....



*according to Forbes
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Re: Buffett replaces Gates

#2 Post by Rexer25 » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:22 am

ne1410s wrote:Warren Buffett replaced Bill Gates as world's richest person.*

Buffett: 62 Billion

Gates: 58 Billion


Oh, the humanity....



*according to Forbes
Sorry, but the first thing that came to my mind was "Jimmy Buffet is going to be Secretary of Defense?"

So, send all the troops to Margaritaville!
Enough already. It's my fault! Get over it!

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Re: Buffett replaces Gates

#3 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:23 am

ne1410s wrote:Warren Buffett replaced Bill Gates as world's richest person.*

Buffett: 62 Billion

Gates: 58 Billion


Oh, the humanity....



*according to Forbes
Hasn't Gates been giving away his money?

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Re: Buffett replaces Gates

#4 Post by Appa23 » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:29 am

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
ne1410s wrote:Warren Buffett replaced Bill Gates as world's richest person.*

Buffett: 62 Billion

Gates: 58 Billion


Oh, the humanity....



*according to Forbes
Hasn't Gates been giving away his money?
As has Buffett (you may recall the huge announcement last year that Buffett is giving a large chunk of stock to Gate's foundation.)

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#5 Post by Appa23 » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:52 am

Have you ever wondered about the house where the world's richest person lives?

It is an 87 year-old, 2.5 stories, 5830 square feet, that was remodeled in 1989 to include a racquetball court and guard shack. It is located in a fairly-regular neighborhood.

Assessed value is $710,000. It likely is not anywhere near the top 100 of Omaha's most expensive houses.
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#6 Post by peacock2121 » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:28 am

What's a hosue?

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#7 Post by peacock2121 » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:30 am

I am also a bit impressed that Buffett hasn't made his family's life easy. They get their education paid for and that's about it. I admire that in him.

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#8 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:02 am

Darn, I thought maybe they found someone to fix Vista


either that or Warren Buffet was doing his own home repair.
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#9 Post by plasticene » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:03 am

peacock2121 wrote:What's a hosue?
About 80 tons. :wink:

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