Originally Posted by stargold

20 years.. Seriously.

Two years, fine. Anything more, and it quickly starts to get sketchy. To put this in perspective, she received this letter in the year when Intel first released their Pentium II processor, Hong Kong was being handed back to China, and Titanic was the record-breaking blockbuster in the cinemas.

I understand some people just want something, anything, to have a go at CX about. It was also somewhat remiss of CX to fail to indicate when the offer should be taken up by. However, it was at best optimistic, and at worst misguided, for anyone who receives such goodwill measure to seriously think that it was an indefinite promise, capable of being cashed in 20 years later (or longer - we could just as well be having this exact conversation in 2027, judging by some of the reactions).