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View Poll Results: On a scale of 0 to 10, what is your average level of happiness?
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1.05% |
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1.05% |
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3.16% |
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5.26% |
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8.42% |
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11.58% |
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22.11% |
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25.26% |
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16.84% |
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10
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5.26% |
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12-23-2009, 02:04 PM
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#41
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I would love to be a 10...in looks, happiness, wealth..etc...
The only way I'm a 10 is in regards to my boot size. 
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12-23-2009, 02:26 PM
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#42
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by TromboneAl
...I'm genuinely sorry for you guys coming in at 5 and below. That sounds like no fun.
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I can't speak for others, but I am fine as is. Have always been somber since a kid. I am in fact a bit leery of cheerful people, though I frequent this forum so some of it may rub off on me. But not too much though... 
However, I cannot stand being angry, and do not like to be around angry people.
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12-23-2009, 02:47 PM
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#43
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10
Lesseee, it was 8 F this morning, got the fire in the stove going in a few minutes to a blaze, DW had the coffee done by the time I made it to the kitchen, then stood at the window watching the the payers of my SS moseying to w*rk.
In living color and exquisite detail with my new plastic eye implants.  Get to wear real sunglasses.
Not w*rking, and now on the dole as well. This is the good life.
Now if this poll was in the summer it might have been a vote of 8.
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12-23-2009, 03:51 PM
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#44
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Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TromboneAl
...I'm genuinely sorry for you guys coming in at 5 and below. That sounds like no fun.
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I voted a 5 for myself, but remember the poll indicated an average. Personally, I feel like an 8 or better half of the time, but I clearly recognize I have some 3 days also. These pass quickly and then I'm off and running again. Some may call it mood swings, I call it living life. 
It all evens out for me. 
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12-23-2009, 04:12 PM
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#45
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Location: Kansas City
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Growing up in the PacNW I thought happiness was illegal - you know sorta like the Sun.
Gumpy is good - just don't take yourself too serious.
Don't they have meds for happy? - you know like they do for depression?
heh heh heh - a day without whinning is like a day without sunshine. And after 30 yrs in New Orleans - my 4th yr of Missouri winter is still fun - cold, ice, snow and all. Maybe a white Christmas this year. Bah Humbug -   - and yes I'm just kidding. I voted 5.
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12-23-2009, 04:40 PM
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#46
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Quote:
Originally Posted by unclemick
Don't they have meds for happy? - you know like they do for depression?
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Well, there was this stuff that Timothy Leary was fond of that took my "happy" away a few times... not enough times to matter, however.
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12-23-2009, 04:54 PM
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#47
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I recently watched a Discovery channel program on Earth's history... Pretty amazing, but one thing that stood out was how for billions of years organisms have tried to survive on this rock, most died a horrible death after a short lifespan filled with dangers, hunger, etc. Even today most or all of us on this board are so much better off than 99% of Earth's population (and that is just among humans)... Sometimes not being happy seems like a sin!
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12-23-2009, 05:11 PM
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#48
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I voted 3 - my FIL was hospitalised just after we left for holiday so we had to cancel the holiday in Bali and turn around and come back home, one of my children has a cold (as do I), my other daughter broke my glasses (a real PITA) and my taxes are due shortly. Fortunately, these are all temporary (FIL is improving) - ask me again in a few weeks time and I will vote higher (in spite of being back at work).
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12-23-2009, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by traineeinvestor
I voted 3 - my FIL was hospitalised just after we left for holiday so we had to cancel the holiday in Bali and turn around and come back home, one of my children has a cold (as do I), my other daughter broke my glasses (a real PITA) and my taxes are due shortly. Fortunately, these are all temporary (FIL is improving) - ask me again in a few weeks time and I will vote higher (in spite of being back at work).
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I am so sorry to hear about all of this! Sometimes life just stinks (luckily, not for long in most cases). I hope your life improves very, very soon.
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12-23-2009, 06:20 PM
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#50
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Quote:
Originally Posted by traineeinvestor
I voted 3 - my FIL was hospitalised just after we left for holiday so we had to cancel the holiday in Bali and turn around and come back home, one of my children has a cold (as do I), my other daughter broke my glasses (a real PITA) and my taxes are due shortly. Fortunately, these are all temporary (FIL is improving) - ask me again in a few weeks time and I will vote higher (in spite of being back at work).
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"It's tough to make predictions, especially when it involves the future." ~Attributed to many
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is." ~(perhaps by) Yogi Berra
"Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge."~ Lau tzu
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12-23-2009, 10:30 PM
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#51
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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9 for me; I'm usually a happy, content person (unless I'm driving, lol). My favorite quote is from the movie Arthur; "Fun is the BEST thing to have."
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12-24-2009, 07:04 PM
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#52
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Since I retired definitely a 9. Before retirement probably around a 5 or less.
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12-24-2009, 07:36 PM
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#53
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I would have been about a 7 a month ago. Now I give myself a 4.
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12-25-2009, 08:57 AM
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I'm a little late with this reply even tho I voted a 7 quite a few days ago. Even with this snow and being alone today, on Christmas, I'm still a 7. I like lemonade.
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12-25-2009, 10:52 AM
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I hope I´m not being too nosey, but but why are you alone on Christmas?
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12-25-2009, 10:54 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vicente solano
I hope I´m not being too nosey, but but why are you alone on Christmas?
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http://www.early-retirement.org/foru...tml#post887200
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12-25-2009, 11:29 AM
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Yep...that's my story.  The candy is good and I really like my dog.
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12-25-2009, 11:41 AM
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OK, I voted 10. It may be 9 or 8 tomorrow, but so far this past three years it has been so close to 10 that I rounded up. Life is good.
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12-25-2009, 12:44 PM
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plastic eye implants
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Far out, ls99! I got me one and I can't wait for the other other one to crap out so I can get it, too. I just wish these had been available for my father when he needed them.
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12-25-2009, 12:48 PM
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I score 8.
No serious health problems among us. Enough $$ for minimalist retirement in Mexico if absolutely necessary.
I mostly worry about getting the kids launched and whine about working away from home and family.
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I have outlived most of the people I don't like and I am working on the rest.
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