Originally Posted by GatorB

A billion seconds ago it was 1977. A billion minutes ago Jesus had been dead for 70 years.

Here's some more ways to think about $1 billion. If Bill Gates lost $1 billion dollars he'd only have $54 billion left over. If Bill Gates and Warren Buffet spent all but $1 billion of their fortunes each on re-building new Orelans they could pay for 45% of the cost all by themselves. If the government gave out $1 billion to all Americans each American would get a whopping $3.30