And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Jeff Bezos is now worth $105 billion. Here's a picture of him, running his mighty online empire, in 1999.
In the early days, Amazon had little enough money that they used old doors as desks. Even as they became more prosperous they still used old doors. Sort of a cache. Like having a low employee number for Microsoft or 5 digit membership number for REI.
In the early days, Amazon had little enough money that they used old doors as desks. Even as they became more prosperous they still used old doors. Sort of a cache. Like having a low employee number for Microsoft or 5 digit membership number for REI.
ReplyDeleteHe came a long way.
ReplyDeleteHuh. I used old doors for desks & workbenches too!
ReplyDeleteMine must've been defective, I'm still not worth even one measly billion.