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Carpe Diem #1267 millionaire



What would you do if someone knocked on your door and handed you a cashiers check for one million dollars?  That was the premise of a 1950's TV show that ran for 5 years.  Named simply "The Millionaire" it was entertaining to watch story lines about the effects of sudden wealth.  That check would need to be 9 million to be worth the same amount now. 

inflation
balloon rises to heaven
sun rays of gold

©  petra domina

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  1. Yamini MacLeanOctober 4, 2017 at 3:37 AM

    Hari OM
    Love your lead from telling us the difference from then till now on the dollars then on to that first word of the verse... superb! YAM xx

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  2. JaniceOctober 4, 2017 at 12:09 PM

    Like leaving 22 million without affordable health care.

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  3. ChèvrefeuilleOctober 4, 2017 at 1:05 PM

    Very nicely created Janice.

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  4. forestbatherOctober 4, 2017 at 2:50 PM

    Hides philosophy in lightness...

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  5. Cressida de NovaOctober 5, 2017 at 7:43 AM

    Mammon is alive and thriving.

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  6. JaniceOctober 7, 2017 at 3:29 AM

    thanks

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  7. TournesolOctober 7, 2017 at 11:19 PM

    What a great response, Janice. I do remember that show as a young child imagining life if my parents won.

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    1. JaniceOctober 8, 2017 at 9:40 AM

      I suspect I dreamed of that, too. Probably thought the first thing they would do was put in indoor plumbing. ; )

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