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From: Earl Evleth on 1 Feb 2010 03:43 On 31/01/10 15:40, in article 4B65966E.F4A62530(a)yahoo.co.uk, "Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously)" <tribuyltinafpant(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> The statistical mean income could well be $2-$4 >> for a country and you'd still have 10% very well off. >> > ????? You are statistically handicapped. The median income is where half the incomes are above and half below a certain figure. So in Ghana you can have a $4 median with 10% of the population making $100 a day. The rich can afford internet, portable phones, expensive houses. Accra real estate , http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/realestate/luxury_houses.php has plenty available of nice houses at $100,000, cheap by US and European standards but damn expensive to the locals. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/realestate/luxury_houses.php?ID=751 The Ghana situation is made complicated by the influx of money from overseas Ghanaians, they fuel the high end of the real estate market. But the poor remain largely untouched. http://monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/again-on-the-high-cost-o f-living-in-the-third-world/ "The price of bread in Ghana is 0.6 Cedi (this is the minimum price guaranteed by the state), which is $0.46. The American price of bread is $1.28 (given as average price in an�article�in the�Boston Globe, dated 09-03-2008.). The average daily wage in Ghana is $1. "
From: Earl Evleth on 1 Feb 2010 03:54 On 31/01/10 15:47, in article 4B659801.56F9EC18(a)yahoo.co.uk, "Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously)" <tribuyltinafpant(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Complex carbs take longer to digest, giving you energy over a > longer period. Correct but they end up as sugar. Even sucrose (50% glucose, 50% fructose) has to be cut in half before being processed by the liver. Carbs have about the same energy as proteins but fats have the highest the rough calorie values per gram are, respectively about 4, 4 and 9. You should be swigging olive oil while hiking. Sled dogs are fed and prefer a high fat diet. Some predators will go specifically after high fat prey. Sharks are an example, they have been known to reject human prey because of that, prefering a fat seal. This is why I don't recommend that obese people to swim in Australia.
From: Earl Evleth on 1 Feb 2010 04:08 On 31/01/10 20:22, in article bLednTdV9LLtRfjWnZ2dnUVZ8sydnZ2d(a)giganews.com, "John Rennie" <john-rennie(a)talktalk.net> wrote: > Is obesity that much of a problem anyway? Won't it help > to kill off this ageing population that might overwhelm > us? Or will the problems connected with obesity overwhelm > us even before ageing does. ` Good question. Alcoholism in Russia has lowered the life expectancy in that nation over the years. It is best to keep people healthy until their deaths. The end of life costs are significant with diabetes, since with kidney failure. In the UK the dialysis costs run �17500 per patient per year. My brother mentioned before he died from kidney failure complications (20% of those on dialysis die each year) that the yearly costs were $30,000. He was diabetic but did not recognize the symptoms (excess thirst, urination) until it was too far along. There is some expectation that if the US obesity rate remains high longevity will be affected. But it is expensive to the medical health care system.
From: Earl Evleth on 1 Feb 2010 04:10 On 31/01/10 21:59, in article fnrbm51706f0qrro7aj6pvi7dq84utii93(a)4ax.com, "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Unusually skinny people die younger, but so do unusually fat people. Maybe, my observation of the old around me is that most are not overweigh, a lot of thin and frail looking old ladies.
From: Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously) on 31 Jan 2010 21:14
Earl Evleth wrote: > > On 31/01/10 15:40, in article 4B65966E.F4A62530(a)yahoo.co.uk, "Bill Bonde > {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously)" > <tribuyltinafpant(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > >> The statistical mean income could well be $2-$4 > >> for a country and you'd still have 10% very well off. > >> > > ????? > > You are statistically handicapped. > Earl, I'm asking what the relevance is. I didn't say that people in Haiti weren't rich, some people. I didn't make any sort of claim like that. > The median income is where half the incomes are above > and half below a certain figure. So in Ghana you > can have a $4 median with 10% of the population > making $100 a day. The rich can afford internet, > portable phones, expensive houses. > I don't know what your point is. It's like you talking about butterflies when the subject is the bigimoti. > Accra real estate , > http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/realestate/luxury_houses.php > > has plenty available of nice houses at $100,000, cheap by > US and European standards but damn expensive to the locals. > > http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/realestate/luxury_houses.php?ID=751 > > The Ghana situation is made complicated by the influx of money > from overseas Ghanaians, they fuel the high end of the real > estate market. But the poor remain largely untouched. > > http://monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/again-on-the-high-cost-o > f-living-in-the-third-world/ > > "The price of bread in Ghana is 0.6 Cedi (this is the minimum price > guaranteed by the state), which is $0.46. The American price of bread is > $1.28 (given as average price in an article in the Boston Globe, dated > 09-03-2008.). The average daily wage in Ghana is $1. " -- "Gonna take a sedimental journey", what Old Man River actually said. |