Last night Richard mentioned the commercial part of Boeing does a trillion dollars worth of business a year and the military half that. Then, of course, we're hearing a lot about the US National Debt which is now more than 14 trillion. We talked about how it really is hard to imagine those kinds of numbers. Of course, wouldn't you know it, there are some things on the Internet that do help to visualize those large amounts.
What does one TRILLION dollars look like?
I was also (as is Richard) rather fascinated by all the acronyms Boeing uses...like SME and FOD among many many examples. I found this site pretty interesting and especially these figures on their home page:
865, 330 acronyms and abbreviations
421,806,948 searches
10, 516 visitors online now
Military Boeing Acronyms and Military Boeing Abbreviations
And another acronym I was introduced to today in the newspaper was DTES...Downtown Eastside in a context of a plan to end homelessness by 2021. A worthy goal and I truly hope it comes true.
