JohnH wrote:
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 07:32:05 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Dave Hall wrote:
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:07:06 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Dave Hall wrote:
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 08:54:36 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:


Define the good life.

Being able to make something of myself through hard work and
dedication, and then enjoying the results of those gains through a
lifestyle that is entirely of my own choosing.

Dave



Gee, I have a few friends in Norway (I only know about six Norwegians)
who love their jobs and their lifestyle, and got to where they are by
hard work and dedication in a field they chose. There's nothing
particularly "country-centric" about your "good life."

Then again, some people are satisfied with the meager earnings of a
common laborer, and are quite happy living in a one room flat, with
such "luxuries" as running hot water.

So I guess once again, it's all relative.

Dave


My guess is that my Norwegian buddies do better than you do.

That depends on your definition of "better"......

Dave


They earn more, have better health care, have better housing, have
longer vacations, better retirement, nicer looking wives and smarter,
less neurotic children than you do. You know, the minor stuff.

How many immigrants, whose earnings are part of your statistics, does
Norway get on an annual basis?

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!


Wow...eight posts in a row from Herring...must have gotten out of
Detention Class early.

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