Holiday PC gone mad

[scott_harpell]

It also uses litteracy rates. For the large populations in teh south that do not speak English, I would think they would have a hard time passing a litteracy test.

[scott_harpell]

So what is left? GDP and PPP. Who i sthe top of that again?

[scott_harpell]

Don't forget that Communism will place you at the top of the Gini coefficient. I am sure that North Korea is somewhere near the top of the UN quality of living charts.

[klenke]

Boys, boys--esp. Scott--you're messing up my post search list. Please consolidate your thoughts into one post. Thank you. Now carry on.

[KaskadskyjKozak]

There are many problems with the UN Human Development Index anyways. Like Americans are 'too healthy' as in they eat too damn much and their life expectancy suffers. This is obviously going to be grasping if you want to equate this with education standards.

 

The important thing to keep in mind is freedom and the choices regarding quality of life issues. Americans earn enough to choose to eat like pigs and have weight-related problems (and have the money and health care to subsequently treat the problems). Some choose otherwise - buying expensive gear and taking time to go climbing, for example. In contrast, recall the posting from the polish guy who could not afford climbing gear.

 

Another example - Americans can and DO choose to buy cars in lieu of supporting large public-transportation infrastructures. They get congested freeways, wasted time commuting, and pollution as a result. They also are able to travel at will to any destination - like the cascade mountains to hike, bike, ski, and climb, for example.

[scott_harpell]

where'd they go?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

....where'd whooooooooooggaooooooooooooo?

[KaskadskyjKozak]

where'd they go?

 

Ne znayu... mozhet byt' oni poshli na tri veselye bukvy.

[scott_harpell]

ja ne znayu gde kurite

[scott_harpell]

The Oka Crisis was an event which began on March 11, 1990, and lasted until September 26, near the town of Oka, Quebec. The town planned to build a golf course over a burial ground near the Mohawk town of Kanesatake, resulting in the Mohawks blockading a road. In an initial confrontation between the Quebec Provincial Police and the Mohawks, a police officer was killed.

 

The ensuing standoff and crisis caused a confrontation between the police, the Canadian Forces and the Mohawk tribe.

 

Other Mohawks at Kahnawake in solidarity with Kanesatake blockaded the Mercier Bridge between the island of Montreal and the South Shore suburbs. They were able to do so since the southern end of the bridge passed through their territory. Enormous traffic jams and frayed tempers resulted as thecrisis dragged on for many months before being resolved peacefully.

 

Bienvenue a Canada

[KaskadskyjKozak]

ja ne znayu gde kurite

 

Umnichali samozvani mudraki,

Nastoyashchie mudaki,

Propali skoro vsye oni bez znaka,

Pered siloj slov Kaskadskogo Kozaka!

 

[cj001f]

Salaried, high-paid employees work longer hours - of their own accord. These people are often the most motivated to excel.

Having worked at an employer that mandated 50hr weeks, bullshit.

[cj001f]

So what is left? GDP and PPP. Who i sthe top of that again?

Luxemborg, the US and Norway (which is almost equal to the US)

[scott_harpell]

So what is left? GDP and PPP. Who i sthe top of that again?

Luxemborg, the US and Norway (which is almost equal to the US)

 

Norway is #6 Canada is #9. US is #2. Luxembourg is the size of Seattle.

[cj001f]

Norway is #6 Canada is #9. US is #2. Luxembourg is the size of Seattle.

Try getting recent statistics. OECD for 2003 has Luxembourg, USA and Norway as 1, 2 and 3, and Canada as #5.

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/55/60/33747039.pdf

[scott_harpell]

Luxembourg US$48,900 2002

2 United States 36,300 2002

3 Bermuda 35,200 2002

4 Cayman Islands 35,000 2002

5 San Marino 34,600 2001

6 Norway 33,000 2002

7 Switzerland 32,000 2002

8 Iceland 30,200 2002

9 Canada 29,300 2002

 

2004... 39,991 for the US

Edited December 8, 2004 by scott_harpell

[cj001f]

proving once again the american education system sucks there Harpell Your statistics are 1-2 years out of date

[scott_harpell]

How about 2004 which has Canada at 18th?

[cj001f]

How about 2004 which has Canada at 18th?

Scott-

You can't have statistics for a year that isn't complete. You don't post any sources, so I'm assuming you make up your data.

 

Have funny playing with you, yourself, and the picture of Jude on the wall

[scott_harpell]

How about 2004 which has Canada at 18th?

Scott-

You can't have statistics for a year that isn't complete. You don't post any sources, so I'm assuming you make up your data.

 

Have funny playing with you, yourself, and the picture of Jude on the wall

 

Nominal

[scott_harpell]

Have funny playing with you, yourself, and the picture of Jude on the wall

 

jerking off is healthy. How did you know I had a picture of Jude on the wall?

[scott_harpell]

2002 with Canada @#9

 

from CIA fact book

Edited December 8, 2004 by scott_harpell

[KaskadskyjKozak]

Salaried, high-paid employees work longer hours - of their own accord. These people are often the most motivated to excel.

Having worked at an employer that mandated 50hr weeks, bullshit.

 

I've never worked at a company that "mandated" overtime. If I had, I'd have changed jobs.

[scott_harpell]

Salaried, high-paid employees work longer hours - of their own accord. These people are often the most motivated to excel.

Having worked at an employer that mandated 50hr weeks, bullshit.

 

Mmmmm yeah. I'm gonna have to ask you to work on Saturday.

 

To this, you respond "fuck you."

[cj001f]

Salaried, high-paid employees work longer hours - of their own accord. These people are often the most motivated to excel.

Having worked at an employer that mandated 50hr weeks, bullshit.

 

Mmmmm yeah. I'm gonna have to ask you to work on Saturday.

 

To this, you respond "fuck you."

And they fired several people who did (including a manager who refused to ask it of his employees). Several people left. In the middle of a bad job market finding new employment isn't easy.

 

Scott - your statistics are exchange rate based, denominated in US $. Mine are at PPP, and as such less reflect the vagaries of monetary policy.

[scott_harpell]

Salaried, high-paid employees work longer hours - of their own accord. These people are often the most motivated to excel.

Having worked at an employer that mandated 50hr weeks, bullshit.

 

Mmmmm yeah. I'm gonna have to ask you to work on Saturday.

 

To this, you respond "fuck you."

And they fired several people who did (including a manager who refused to ask it of his employees). Several people left. In the middle of a bad job market finding new employment isn't easy.

 

Scott - your statistics are exchange rate based, denominated in US $. Mine are at PPP, and as such less reflect the vagaries of monetary policy.

 

Did you read them? They are PPP as well.

 

 

 

so what? shitty boss; leave. bad job market simplt means that you can't get the wage you want for the job you want. you can find a job if you want one. just because you don't like the wage/job and think you are too good for it doesn't mean its not there.

 

I suggest that people in this position either shut up about it or do something about it.

Edited December 8, 2004 by scott_harpell