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The Boston Globe ^
| May 15, 2006
Posted on 05/16/2006 6:45:28 AM PDT by A. Pole
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To: Vectorian
Waste not want not. Anyway we are what we eat.
Call me Ars..ole. Can I call you Kidney?
41
posted on
05/16/2006 7:48:51 AM PDT
by
ExpatGator
(Progressivism: A polyp on the colon politic.)
To: A. Pole
I left a miserable job back in Oct. The work wasn't bad, the manager I reported to was a f***en jerk ! He believed that vacation was on of those perks thats reserved to executive & mgt level people and mentioned it too. One time, I sent an e-mail out mentioning who was doing what while I was gone and CC'd him. I already sent an e-mail one month prior indicating the time off. There was no complaints, etc. from him. When he got the 2nd email concerning what is being done, he hit the roof. I got called into his office and was read the riot act. He then mentioned that vacation was a company benefit but it was a privilege to take when you want. He then kicked me out of his office and two days later, he called me in and mentioned that he is grudgingly granting the time off but he said that he was against the time off, he was pissed, etc. The other mgrs in the group had no problem with their people taking their vacation time.
I wonder why Americans die young from heart attacks and there is a high divorce rate. Since being in my new job, I taken several vacations and no one had a problem with me taking time off.
I think there are two items what makes our middle age people unhealthy. First, lack of time off and even with time off, our Puritan Work Ethic in a demented way looks down on those people who want time off to enjoy life. The basis is "idle hands are considered wicked". Second is our diet. With the processed food we eat along with fast food and the lack of quality time with families and home cooked meals.
>>Brits get to spend twice as much time with their
>>families and children - the family is a good thing
>>which should not come second to your work.
>Your statement will make some corporate types
angry. Americans do not need to have children
or family as it is cheaper to import next generation
of workers from the Third World countries - basic
Economics 101.
To: FostersExport
What are the life expectancies for the respective countries?
43
posted on
05/16/2006 7:50:24 AM PDT
by
ExpatGator
(Progressivism: A polyp on the colon politic.)
To: A. Pole
Who ya callin' neurotic? Huh? Who? Huh? Neurotic? Huh???? Ya talkin' to me?
44
posted on
05/16/2006 7:52:39 AM PDT
by
ExpatGator
(Progressivism: A polyp on the colon politic.)
To: Labyrinthos
There is another theory that MADD and the other guardians of the nanny state don't want you to know -- alcohol consumption. The Brits as a whole drink more, and alcohol in moderate amounts is good for the heart and probably helps to reduce stress. I like your theory even better than mine!
Seriously, the current trend for sifting through a mixed bag of studies and statististics and calling the result "meta-research" is of very dubious value.
45
posted on
05/16/2006 7:53:15 AM PDT
by
prion
(Yes, as a matter of fact, I AM the spelling police)
To: CORedneck
If we are what we eat, then I contend that your former boss had been eating some of the aforementioned hamburgers full of a*sehole.
To: A. Pole
"With four weeks you can have a real break." I'm chuckling here thinking of me in earlier times and my former business associates (petrochemical engineering). We would have experienced a real psychotic break if forced on a four week vacation without our wireless laptop computer, email, and PDA. :-)
However, the long days of hard work have their reward; a very early retirement with many long years of happy and healthy leisure time with family and friends.
To: ExpatGator
To: A. Pole
49
posted on
05/16/2006 8:06:01 AM PDT
by
River_Wrangler
(Nothing difficult is ever easy!)
To: ExpatGator
What are the life expectancies for the respective countries? From http://www.aihw.gov.au/mortality/data/faqs.cfm:
Life expectancy at birth, selected countries, 2003
|
Males |
Females |
Rank |
Country |
Life expectancy |
Country |
Life expectancy |
1 |
Japan |
78 |
Japan |
85 |
2 |
Iceland |
78 |
France |
84 |
3 |
Sweden |
78 |
Switzerland |
83 |
4 |
Australia |
78 |
Spain |
83 |
5 |
Switzerland |
78 |
Australia |
83 |
6 |
Israel |
78 |
Sweden |
83 |
7 |
Singapore |
78 |
Italy |
82 |
8 |
Canada |
78 |
Canada |
82 |
9 |
Italy |
78 |
Austria |
82 |
10 |
New Zealand |
77 |
Iceland |
82 |
11 |
Norway |
77 |
Norway |
82 |
12 |
Austria |
76 |
Singapore |
82 |
13 |
Spain |
76 |
Germany |
82 |
14 |
Netherlands |
76 |
Finland |
82 |
15 |
Malta |
76 |
Belgium |
82 |
16 |
France |
76 |
Israel |
82 |
17 |
Greece |
76 |
New Zealand |
82 |
18 |
United Kingdom |
76 |
Netherlands |
81 |
19 |
Germany |
76 |
Greece |
81 |
20 |
Ireland |
76 |
United Kingdom |
81 |
21 |
Denmark |
75 |
Portugal |
81 |
22 |
Finland |
75 |
Malta |
81 |
23 |
USA |
75 |
Denmark |
81 |
24 |
Belgium |
75 |
Ireland |
81 |
25 |
Portugal |
74 |
USA |
80 |
26 |
Poland |
71 |
Poland |
79 |
27 |
China |
70 |
China |
73 |
28 |
Indonesia |
65 |
Indonesia |
68 |
29 |
South Africa |
48 |
South Africa |
50 |
50
posted on
05/16/2006 8:07:00 AM PDT
by
A. Pole
(GWB believes that "guest worker" program will satisfy economy needs for cheap and plentiful labour.)
To: A. Pole
This shouldn't come as a surprise.
I did a similar case study (admittedly using a very limited sample size) and came to the exact same conclusion. Just look at the basic differences between these two:
The British guy has the characteristics of a fairly normal, healthy middle-aged man. The American one looks terrible, has had to deal with a number of ailments over the years, and is such a certifiable loony-tune that if he were in any field other than politics he would have been consigned to a psychiatric ward years ago.
51
posted on
05/16/2006 8:07:31 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
To: A. Pole
It's gotta be the beer -- English beer is much better than the American variety.
52
posted on
05/16/2006 8:08:51 AM PDT
by
Cincinatus
(Omnia relinquit servare Republicam)
To: Vectorian
I have a number of British friends who fly to the US, to get treatment as Johns Hopkins or Sloan Kettering, when they have a truly serious health problem. And yes, that's even with private health care in the UK. Something about those facilities being on the cutting edge of research and being able to offer the very latest drugs and treatment modalities. Sometimes it works.
53
posted on
05/16/2006 8:09:00 AM PDT
by
Fairview
To: FostersExport
Thanks for the comparison.
54
posted on
05/16/2006 8:09:05 AM PDT
by
ExpatGator
(Progressivism: A polyp on the colon politic.)
To: A. Pole
Would you rather live to be 80 in a climate where it doesn't rain 9 out of 10 days, with decent teeth, a 4 bedroom house on a half acre, 200 channels on your satellite or cable TV, a car that is too big to fit in a broom closet, a society where you can still defend yourself against intruders without ending up in prison, and a medical system where you don't have to queue up to receive life saving care.
Or, live to 85 with an umbrella permanently attached to your wrist, teeth that could frighten a wolverine, 6 TV channels (two of which are left wing propaganda mills for which you're obligated to pay a steep user fee), a car that might well fit in your average size pantry, in a culture of "don't do anything to hurt the nice young thug", and a medical rationing system right out of George Orwell.
I always enjoy visiting Britain and consider myself an anglophile, but there's more to life than longevity.
55
posted on
05/16/2006 8:09:12 AM PDT
by
katana
To: River_Wrangler
56
posted on
05/16/2006 8:09:26 AM PDT
by
A. Pole
(GWB believes that "guest worker" program will satisfy economy needs for cheap and plentiful labour.)
To: A. Pole
I figured it would be close, and that the U.K. would have the edge if there was any. Our fatties, who are mostly poor and living off the state, have flattened our increase in life expectancy.
57
posted on
05/16/2006 8:13:05 AM PDT
by
ExpatGator
(Progressivism: A polyp on the colon politic.)
To: katana
a society where you can still defend yourself against intruders without ending up in prison Hmm, maybe you are on to something. If the intruders get shot it will shorten the average life expectancy!
58
posted on
05/16/2006 8:13:31 AM PDT
by
A. Pole
(GWB believes that "guest worker" program will satisfy economy needs for cheap and plentiful labour.)
To: Cincinatus
59
posted on
05/16/2006 8:13:48 AM PDT
by
ExpatGator
(Progressivism: A polyp on the colon politic.)
To: A. Pole
Which one, may I ask? "Ones" England and Canada.
60
posted on
05/16/2006 8:14:41 AM PDT
by
River_Wrangler
(Nothing difficult is ever easy!)
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