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Beauty : Not a great investment . . !

A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum: Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy? I'm going to be honest of what I'm going to say here. I'm 25 this year. I'm very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I'm greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York . My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you? Among those I've dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit. If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York City Garden (?), $250k annual income is not enough. I'm here humbly to ask a few questions: 1)      Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaura

Taj Mahal rejects US dollar

by Joel Bowman on Wednesday, 21 November 2007  Tourists visiting 27 World Heritage Listed sites in India , including the Taj Mahal, will no longer be able to pay in dollars after it was announced Tuesday that the flailing currency was not welcome. Entrance fees to the Mughal tomb in Agra and over 100 other sites run by the Archaeological Survey of India have rejected payment in US dollars, accepting only Indian rupees. According to the Time UK, "The Indian Ministry of Culture said that it was ditching the dollar to correct 'any anomaly' caused by currency fluctuations that were adversely affecting its income." But the new payment will cost tourists up to one-third more. Where tickets for the Taj Mahal and other World Heritage Listed sites had previously been set at $5, the new price of 250 rupees converts to approximately $6.40. Indian residents, however, are extended a discounted rate of 20 rupees to visit their national sites. The US dollar has suffe