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To: sport

8,000 lbs. of gold aboard. A cool ten mil.


7 posted on 02/08/2009 6:59:22 PM PST by screaminsunshine (f)
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I know. My wife is following the story on the Discovery Channel.


8 posted on 02/08/2009 7:12:50 PM PST by sport
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8,000 lbs. of gold aboard. A cool ten mil.

I'll give you 12M.

Even with gold @ $1000/oz, 8 x 1000 x 12 = $96,000,000. (if the weight quoted isn't troy, it's even more)

9 posted on 02/08/2009 7:13:58 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (Just wanted to see how it felt to be a Jackboot Licker)
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“A cool ten mil.”

Get a new calculator


10 posted on 02/08/2009 7:17:37 PM PST by freeplancer (McCain Voters Catch the Lobsters-Obama Voters Eat Them)
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