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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 02:44 PM
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world happiness index
Edited on Wed Jul-12-06 02:51 PM by Bacchus39
http://www.happyplanetindex.org/list.htm

8 out of the top 10 are from latin america. the US is closer to the bottom. Americans are too stressed out.

on edit make that 7 out of 10, I read Dominica as the DR.
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varkam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 02:47 PM
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1. Nah. We're just not taking enough Prozac yet.
:sarcasm:
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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 03:29 PM
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2. the mushrooms appeared to work really well
I know they did for me back in the day.
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flowomo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 03:39 PM
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3. cool.... I'll write my newspaper column about that next week
thanks for the tip!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 03:42 PM
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4. Gee, I wonder why?
* offshoring
* no confidence in management
* rising prices - lower quality of life

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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 03:58 PM
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5. I really don't read it that way
Despite being mired in poverty political instability and insecurity, latin americans have a favorable outlook on life. Americans don't really have much to complain about, but we do.

the poll reflects an overall outlook on life in IMO.
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deaniac21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 04:08 PM
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6. I wonder why the media never reports on all those boats
Edited on Wed Jul-12-06 04:08 PM by deaniac21
sneaking into Cuba?
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