Richest man alive, or just a common criminal?

02:47 AMI found this at:
www.mugshots.org

Here is one of the mugshots...

Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, and the richest man in the world at over $50 Billion net worth, arrested in New Mexico 1977.

Heres the link to the actual webpage:
http://www.mugshots.org/misc/bill-gates.html

-John
(At least he's got a smile!)

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06:12 AMHe's not the richest man in the world, but that picture is hilarious!

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06:58 AMYa it is hilarious, i didnt think he was the richest, but thats what it said, so thats what i put.

-John

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07:37 AMWhat the hell is that he is wearing, a diving suit?

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08:06 AM

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Originally posted by Fralcon:
What the hell is that he is wearing, a diving suit?

Actually it's a "ski sweater" popular at the time.

reg

08:32 AMWhy anyone would wear a ski sweater in Albuquerque is beyond me. Looks more like a gag picture.

reg

10:27 AM

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Originally posted by Desharei:
Why anyone would wear a ski sweater in Albuquerque is beyond me. Looks more like a gag picture.

I guess you never have been there. I have skiied in Santa Fe which is a whoppin 45 minute drive from there and they have a small ski area just up the local mountain just east of town. It gets damn cold there in the winter sometimes.

Some folks think latitude and not elevation and think they got the weather patterns down in this country. How wrong could you be.

Hell, it was the late seventies. Give em a break. I seen worse fashion then. Same with today. I personally don't like the guy either but pick apart something else that doesn't reveal so much jealousy.

reg

12:30 PMYeah I was in Albuquerque last year actually. Temperature was a balmy 109 in the shade. Hubby cashed at the ABC National Tournament held there, we had a great week, went horseback riding, drove to Santa Fe (rentals are NOT meant for mountain drives lemme tell ya!), visited some incredible museums and old pueblos.

According to the New Mexico Travel Bureau, it can get 2 inches of snow in the lower Rio Grande valley, and into 300 inches (!) in the Northern mountain regions.

Albuquerque, in January, averages 46 for a high and 28 for a low. The next coldest is in April, when the high is 69 and low is 46. Average year-round precipitation in Albuquerque is 8.1 inches per year, including rain.

Average yearly precipitation in snow alone is under 1 inch. So if Gates was skiing, he wasn't doing it in Albuquerque. If he was just wearing the ski jacket as a fashion statement he was probably comfy outside, but would've been VERY warm inside, which is where a mugshot would be taken. They DO have heat and air conditioning in buildings there afterall.

I still think it was a gag shot, taken as a goof in some tourist attraction back when Gates was young enough to remember spontaneous moments of good humor. Note the "Hey Mom and Dad, Having a Great Time Wish You Were Here!" goofy smile on his face in the frontal shot.

Roberta

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12:34 PMRichest or not, who cares? More than likely none of us will ever compare to his wealth. And as for what he is wearing... heh, who cares? It is an old picture taken by someone who just wanted a laugh or two out of it. May not even be real, and even if it is, so what? Everyone has had problems or troubles in their lives, and to claim pure innocense otherwise is a fools quest. One thing I never understood is why are people that are considered higher in stature than the normal people held to higher standards? They are normal people as well, and all of us make mistakes. Money does not make you better. Nor does popularity. The unfortunate part is that schools teach us nowadays that popular is the best way to be, which is far from true. I happen to think the best people in the world that I know are the ones hidden from society. If Bill Gates had no money, would he still be Bill Gates? Yes. Though nowhere near as envied, or hated, or like/loved, or whatever. He simply would be someone like the rest of us, just trying to get by in life... maybe even playin some dorky game like GS.

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01:23 AMWhoa whoa, calm down ya'll! This was suppose to be a post to make everyone laugh, not for you people to tare apart and argue about, so just chill, take a minute to regain youre thoughts, and start posting ALOT less serious...

-John

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02:34 AMyou know its bad when spree has ta scold you guys...

'lood
heheh reg

10:02 AMNext thing you know 'lood, i'll be a moderator!

HAHA
-John

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01:08 PMoh no... *groans*

Please?! Anything but that!

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02:23 AMYa we all know what happend with Arkudon. ::cough::

-John

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05:07 AMI can relate

'lood
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10:53 PMFigures it would be skiing, bout the only thing to do in new mexico besides drink.

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07:07 AMHey fral, lets go get drunk in new mexico!

-John

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06:31 PMWas just wondering who was richer than Bill Gates.. I don't keep up with that stuff, but it is kinda interesting to know somebody(or more than one person) has over 50 billion dollars. Care to share the name(s)?
Thanks reg

07:09 PMI just saw some thing on the news last night, that bill gates IS the richest man alive. With somethin like 56 or 57 billion.

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07:19 PMBill Gates is the richest according to Forbes business magazine. Others claim the Wal-Mart CEO is the richest and Gates is second. But Forbes says the top Wal-Mart guy, Jim Walton is only 18.8B. Previously it was thought that Ellison CEO of Oracle would pass Gates but apparently he's only at 26B.
http://forbes.com/2001/06/21/billionairesindex.html

-Pirub reg

07:41 PMI always thought it was this guy in Saudia Arabia. He owns the majority of the oil fields in the middle east. Perhaps I was wrong. reg

05:34 AMOkay, i admit it...i am, "The Richest Man Alive" ::makes dun dun dun sounds:: I got like, hmm...::searches around his pockets::...something like... i think, . . . 25 cents? Ya, see!

-John

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