At 12:54 AM 4/3/2003 +0100 Andrew Crystall wrote:
>On 2 Apr 2003 at 17:40, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
>
>> Gautam wrote:
>> > --- Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > > I give you less than 20 to crash and burn. In
>> > > spectacular fashion.
>> > > I'll bet cash.
>> > > Andy
>> >
>> > Taken. How much, and what are the conditions? I
>> > never turn down free money.
>>
>> Same here - I'd be a fool not to help part a sucker from his hard
>> earned money.
>
>Well, think about the bet. I'm NOT about to bet US$ am I...
Well, the US Dollar is the closest thing we have to an international
currency. Moreover, there is a significantly greater likelihood that
US$'s will be around to make payment in twenty years' time than there is of
the British Pound.
That's why I'm proposing measuring our bet in 2003 US $'s, and then making
whatever exchange adjustments we need to twenty years from now to settle
up. Basically, the US$ is a unit of measure - the bet can be settled by
any other currency of equivalent value.
So, there you have it: US$100 as valued on 4/1/2003, payable by me to you
if another country supercedes the US in power by 4/1/2023, or payable by
you to me on 4/1/2023 if it has not happened by that date.
Do you accept the terms?
JDG
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