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

[dingle at baldwin-net.com]

Bill Gunter wrote:

> 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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Money Can't BUY you happiness -- but if you have enough of it you can 
always rent!
Don ( happy to be breathing at any cost) Ingle