[Dixielandjazz] Do you believe this s****?

[Tom Belmessieri]

I believe it.

Tom B.

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>From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
>To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Do you believe this s****?
>Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:08:21 +0000
>
>Hi listmates,
>
>Much has been made, over the years of the DJML, about the economic factors 
>impinging on OKOM presentations by many of the musicians who frequent this 
>forum.
>
>There are those who love to play and will do so for free if the opportunity 
>presents itself.
>
>On the other hand there are those who maintain that these "amateurs" are 
>ruining things for the rest of us.
>
>Just to place some of this in perspective, I'm submitting a clip from a 
>study I just read about concerning income distribution in Australia:
>
>-----> start clip
>
>Money doesn't buy happiness, and now there's a study to prove it. 
>Australian researchers found that people in well-off Sydney are among the 
>most miserable in the country, while those in some of the poorest areas are 
>much more satisfied with their lives.
>
>"Only at very, very high levels does money actually have any impact to act 
>as a buffer," said Deakin University researcher Liz Eckerman.
>
>"Money doesn't actually buy happiness and that's what was shown very 
>clearly for the nearly 23,000 people we've interviewed so far," she told 
>ABC radio.
>
>-----> end clip
>
>Does anybody out there actually believe any of this s***!
>
>Respectfully submitted,
>
>Bill "Perfectly willing to relieve any of you rich people of your miserable 
>burdens" Gunter
>jazzboard at hotmail.com
>
>
>
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