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Old 07-23-2010, 09:36   #3
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Originally Posted by greenberetTFS View Post
History is filled with bold predictions that completely missed the mark:

* At the turn of the 20th century, car makers produced only four million automobiles because the experts believed the world would eventually run out of chauffeurs.
* Lord Kelvin, president of the Royal Society, made the bold pronouncement that radio had no future in 1894.
* Mark Twain refused to invest in Alexander Graham Bell's telephone because he didn't see a use for it.
* Thomas Watson, the President of IBM, once said the future world would need "maybe only five computers."
* And in 1899, the director of the United States patent office told President McKinley that "everything that can be invented has already been invented.

Big Teddy

Great Post, Big Teddy!

And Chef, I like the advice your post gives:

"Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to Drink heavily and recycle."

Holly
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