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Monday, November 11, 2013

These gazanias were looking very cheerful in my garden today:

They look a lot more summery than the weather has been!

Meanwhile I was amused by this item on the website of The Age today:

Not sure I need financial advice from someone who can't count the number of digits in 1,000,000.

mitchez2013 said...: Perhaps that missing 0 indicates the residual after paying the commission!; November 12, 2013 at 12:27 AM
Dee said...: I think the text is somewhat ambiguous. With the words in brackets is how I see it.

You've ( already) got your six figure goal - so how are you going to get there (to your first million); November 13, 2013 at 10:34 AM
Vireya said...: I must admit I didn't think of that interpretation!

The Age changed it later in the day to read "seven figure", so I can't have been the only person who read it the way I did.; November 13, 2013 at 11:52 AM
Dee said...: Lol! I wonder if they consulted with the author before changing it?; November 13, 2013 at 2:22 PM

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