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Poll Question: Would you give up Prog Archives in its entirety for life to get $12k?
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Originally posted by King By-Tor King By-Tor wrote:

I don't think people really know how little $12,000 is...


That's like 6 months of work for someone who makes $8/hr.
pft! Who wouldn't want an extra $12K ...
 
 
here you go:
 
22 years old, 50K on the clock, yours for £7400
 
or:
10 years old, 90K on the clock, yours for £7,200
 
but it won't buy you this:
The AUDIOQUEST WEL SIGNATURE Loudspeaker Cable
Two 1 metre lengths of Audioquest WEL signature speaker cable - £10,728 LOL
 


Edited by Dean - July 21 2011 at 03:34
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Points: 16111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2011 at 03:00
I don't think people really know how little $12,000 is...


That's like 6 months of work for someone who makes $8/hr.
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Points: 65249 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2011 at 00:13
well since it's a deal with the devil it would surely include every aspect of PA
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2011 at 00:08
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:


^ because 12K would be gone quicker than you think and you'd be right back where you started, or broke, and without your favorite music site.. sounds like a deal with the devil to me Evil Smile
I wouldn't suffer that much if I couldn't visit PA any more, I'd suffer much more if I couldn't visit PA Forum anymore.

And true, 12000 would go rather quickly...
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Points: 34550 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2011 at 00:04
Now that is some progressive thinking! 
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maybe I could have the only parrot-run hotdog cart
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

invest 12K in what, a hotdog cart?  a few shares of Disney?  that operation my African parrot's been needing?



Depends on location, hot dog cart could be fairly lucrative around here, especially on a beach or in the urban areas.
Also if you're pet is in need of operation I recommend you do it!!!
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Points: 65249 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2011 at 23:54
invest 12K in what, a hotdog cart?  a few shares of Disney?  that operation my African parrot's been needing?
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Points: 34550 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2011 at 23:51
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

^ because 12K would be goner quicker than you think and you'd be right back where you started, or broke, and without your favorite music site.. sounds like a deal with the devil to me Evil Smile



tsk tsk...invest some of it. Find some way to turn it into more! Also, the money can also be used as an incentive to kick the PA habit!
You need to think of all the possible uses man
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Points: 65249 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2011 at 23:48
^ because 12K would be gone quicker than you think and you'd be right back where you started, or broke, and without your favorite music site.. sounds like a deal with the devil to me Evil Smile





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Points: 16715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2011 at 23:42
I don't know how anyone could not choose the money. I'm not sure about the sexual favors, though. It depends on how many of them. 
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Points: 34550 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2011 at 23:39
Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:

For those who would do it for sexual favors, Brian can offer some beach skanks. TongueWink


I would never partake, just sell and buy them, build a nice market ya know? I live in NJ, running a beach skank business is just smartSmile

Also not to derail, I'd also quit PA for sexual favors Rob. Really, any decent incentive.
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For those who would do it for sexual favors, Brian can offer some beach skanks. TongueWink
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Points: 34550 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2011 at 23:22
Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Absolutely, and without an iota of doubt.

...has someone given you this offer?LOL


The wife has, but for sexual favors rather than US dollars.

I hear tell the British exchange rate is comparable for those as well.  Geek


I see.
Well, that's good though you can't buy things with sexual favors. Unless an underground market exists I don't know about!
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Points: 13054 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2011 at 22:50
For $12,000 I'd say f*ck the Internet altogether.
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Points: 19236 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2011 at 13:20
12k would solve some problems but I would hold out for more money. Big smile
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Points: 13627 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2011 at 12:11
Not for £7,400. My addiction has a much higher price than that.
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Points: 8667 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2011 at 11:57
Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Perhaps a more difficult question would be this.
 
How much money would it take to make you give up listening to all music for the rest of your life??  $12K, less, more?

The logistics of this are challenging what with music playing in public places, friends playing music when you are around, etc...

But to never be in control of the music I hear and only hear it as a consequence of someone else playing it who is indifferent to my tastes ... well ... no amount of money would be worth it.

I mean, probably half of the money I spend beyond cost of living / etc. goes to music related things anyways, so without the ability to listen to music I wouldn't really need more money than I have now anyways. LOL
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Points: 8667 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2011 at 11:54
I've thought about this ... and for now I think my answer is, no I would not. I could use $12K (who couldn't) but there are other methods I can use to get $12K. They may take longer, but money is ultimately a fluid thing that comes and goes and is easily replaceable. 

Then again, the people and info from PA have spread beyond this websites boundaries to places like lastfm, facebook, and listening room, so maybe it wouldn't be such a big deal.
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Points: 1003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2011 at 11:51
Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

 
How much would it take to make you give up listening to all music for the rest of your life??

Only my sanity.
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