aparenty the board doesn't like

the vague reference I made to perhaps a trigger word.

What I was trying to point out is how much is a billion and a trillion
Maybe this will work


Well we don't have nearly enough paper to print a trillion dollar bills so its all done by computer.

If you just have a billion dollars placed end to end it would stretch nearly 4 times around the earth. LOTSA money

I remember Sen Evertt Dirksen once said as a joke, “a billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money. (In his day the 60s ), a billion dollars meant much more than it does today

So how far does ONE trillion dollars stretched end to end,.Well it would stretch 2 million miles PAST the sun, (aprox 95 million miles)

[kzoofisher]

A million hours ago was 1906. A billion hours ago was 112,000 BC

[Ozark Bob]

I always liked a Billion seconds.Over 32 years

[rockpt]

The Milky Way Galaxy is roughly 160,256,410 times wider than our solar system. The diameter of the Milky Way Galaxy is about 100,000 light years. The Milky Way Galaxy is only one of some hundred thousand million galaxies that can be seen using modern telescopes.

Originally Posted by rockpt

The Milky Way Galaxy is roughly 160,256,410 times wider than our solar system. The diameter of the Milky Way Galaxy is about 100,000 light years. The Milky Way Galaxy is only one of some hundred thousand million galaxies that can be seen using modern telescopes.

Prove it.

[BornToFish]

Greetings,

Our daughter has always been an inquisitive person. I was tucking her into bed one night when she was about six years old. She looked up at me and asked me the following question: "Dad, which is bigger, time or space?". I still don't know how to answer that question.

Kindest regards....

[10pounder]

Wow!!! Was she a treasure or a trial to raise??

[Anonymouse]

Given that time and space are 2 parts of the same equation, the answer is "Neither".
They are interchangeable - or at least dependent on one another out to infinity - thus we recon the warping of "space-time" & not 2 inseparable dimensions.

Keep encouraging her, BornToFish. The world needs more precocious wonders like your little girl.

[Anonymouse]

Originally Posted by prove it

Prove it.

Oh-tay, no problemo.

[BornToFish]

Greetings,

Thanks for asking about our daughter. She was an absolute delight to raise as a child. She is, without a doubt, our greatest joy in life.

Our daughter's inquisitive nature carried her through grade, high and undergraduate schools. She then went on to receive a doctorate degree in pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin. She married a wonderful young man. We couldn't have asked for a better son-in-law. Our daughter and son-in-law are very involved in their community, church and raising their three children. Two of the three children are following in the footsteps of their mother. It's too early to tell if the youngest grandchild will do the same.

Very kindest regards....