Numbers

can be interesting. A recent news report said that the cost to rebuild Haiti after the earth quake would be 11 and 1/2 billion dollars. There are about 6 individuals in the world who could each, by themselves, pay the whole shot, and still have at least 11 and 1/2 billion left. About 25 could foot the bill if they could be satisfied with just a couple big ones to tide them over. Since these numbers are from 2009, there is a possibility that most of them are even richer today because the stock market has gone up like a rocket in recent months.

At another extreme, some prices from 1935
Average yearly income $1115.00
Ford V-8 coupe $495.00
Ground beef 2 lbs 25 cents
Campbells tomato soup 4 cans 25 cents
Pork and beans can 5 cents
Loaf of bread 8 cents
Living on bean sandwiches and soup would have been pretty cheap.

Des Moines got nearly 7 inches of snow yesterday and over night and now only needs about three more to go into the record book as the snowiest season on record. We escaped with only about 3 inches. I'm afraid there is still time for DesMns to break the record. This has been a crazy year for weather and soon the tornado season starts.

You can cover it with sugar and bake it in the oven, but a cowpie is still manure.

It's not true that life is one darn thing after another. It's the same darn thing over and over.