[pct-l] Re: pct-l-digest V1 #589

[Dave Gomberg <gomberg@wcf.com>]

At 12:02 AM 10/14/98 -0500, Karen Elder wondered:
> bears are doing $500,000,000 (that's right!! half
>:a billion dollars !!)  in damage to cars in the park every year? Wow!
>Wha?!? That would imply that bears totally destroyed 10,000 $50,000 cars
>each year. Seems rather unlikely!

Karen, you got the budget wrong.  500 cars damaged at $1000 each and 4995
rangers at $100,000 each to write reports and go on TV decrying the
situation.

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