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13 May 2008, 3:14 pm

I slept through my TV waking me up this morning, and when I woke up, Who Wants to be a Millionaire was on, and this woman was at $25,000. She said that her child has a developmental disorder, and she was going to put the money towards a daycare that would specialize in speech and other forms of therapy for children on the spectrum, and went on to clarify a few things about autism. Being half-asleep, I didn't catch whether she was contributing towards an already functioning daycare, or starting this herself, or what, but she made it to $50,000 and walked with it.

I thought that was really awesome of her, and a very cool idea.



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13 May 2008, 4:47 pm

I didn't know Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was still on these days. I was an avid fan of the show back when Regis Philman hosted it, but after he retired it got kicked off of primetime, and I didn't feel like chasing after it, so I stopped watching.


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13 May 2008, 11:01 pm

Yeah, it's that Meredith chick now.

Idunno if it's repeats, but it's on just about every day.



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14 May 2008, 8:48 am

It was indeed a new episode.

Yes, Meredith Vieira is the host now.

It turns out that the lady who advocated for the day care won $50,000! That's enough money to get one for sure!


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31 May 2008, 7:48 am

Interesting story and idea to do.


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31 May 2008, 10:13 am

$50,000 is a lot of money, even though it seems like peanuts knowing the number of big-money game shows that are on now!


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01 Jun 2008, 1:40 am

larsenjw92286 wrote:
$50,000 is a lot of money, even though it seems like peanuts knowing the number of big-money game shows that are on now!
Even less taking account inflation. :P



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01 Jun 2008, 3:46 am

don't forget all these other sytems that do anything but steel money i'm looking at you taxes.



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01 Jun 2008, 8:21 am

Thats great!



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01 Jun 2008, 9:52 am

This world has changed, hasn't it?


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