Upstate, I knew you would be paying in one way or another for writing "I will bet my paycheck..."
I made this bet with the sole purpose of shutting her up if only for one day. I had no intentions of ever paying nor any expectations of ever being paid. What person in their right mind is going to send a week's pay to a stranger on an Internet forum over a bet on post counts?
What I have done is donate $100 in her name to a co-worker who lost everything when Tropical Storm Irene slammed our area. He is a preloader who lost his house and all but the clothes on their backs. Our center manager told us about this the other day and most of the drivers have been very generous. He has also helped the preloader by making initial inquiries for help with the United Way, Red Cross and other relief agencies with promising results so far.
We still have roads here that are either impassable or reduced to one lane and there are some homes still without power. The first day after the storm we had nearly 200 EC's--we have since gotten everything cleaned up and are back to normal.
Let the flaming begin.