Looks like it can to a degree…
Comparing people’s happiness against income, the researchers found that the more money people earned, the higher their overall life satisfaction. But people’s day-to-day emotional state rose with average annual income only until about $75,000, after which additional income made no further difference.
Source: NewScientist
I’d like to wish all the Canadians out there a very Happy Canada day. :) This country is not perfect but it’s probably the best place to live in the world and we have a lot to be thankful for so go out and celebrate!
There’s an interesting new study that says working 11 or more hours a day is bad for your health. If you have a few minutes (and are not working) check it out!
The study, published in the online European Heart Journal, found that people who consistently worked three or more hours more than a normal, eight-hour day, had a 60 per cent higher risk of heart-related problems, including death, heart attacks and angina.
Source: The Star
Even though I’m not a fan of the holiday season I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I hope that you enjoy spending time with loved ones and lol god help those who plan on going boxing day shopping tomorrow.
I went to Ikea with my folks yesterday and check out the “terms and conditions” you get when you try and leave comments about Ikea’s service…
LOL yeah I thought it was pretty funny too. ;-) Oh and I noticed that quite a few terminals had pirated versions of WindowsXP, either that or they failed WGA authentication. Odd oh well whatever it doesn’t bother me much.
On Saturday a few of the boys and I went to One Shot Tactical to meet Darren the owner as he was interested in sponsoring Team GHOSTS. It was the initial meeting and things went well, I think it’ll be beneficial for both parties to move ahead but the everyone on the team has to be cool about it and I haven’t heard from every member yet. Man I’m glad that I have multiple load outs already, if I didn’t I would be tempted to buy a lot of gear (and he’s got some first class stuff!)
Just a few pictures of what’s available and it’s all real combat gear.
Ikea sigh…
Earlier in the week I was trying to order a few things from Ikea’s website and man talk about backwards. First half the things I wanted was not available for online sale (and I can’t call in my order either) and next in order to take advantage of the delivery discount, Ikea charges me in full ($169.99 yeah in store it’s $69.99) and then refunds me the difference later.
After having to talk to customer service a few times (for some reason Ikea has problems with RBC Visas…) I decided to cancel my order because it just costs so much more to deal online than in the store. 3 days later they charge my credit card anyway and will refund me (hopefully, I haven’t gotten it yet) early next week.
Oh well whatever, today Maggie and I went to the Vaughan store to pick out the stuff we need and end up blowing $1800. :-( Sigh living in a house can be expensive and we’re not even done yet. Still I’m glad we got what we did at least the main level is now pretty much complete, onto the second and third floors after my current debts are paid off lol!
All in all Canada is a pretty awesome country to live in and Canadians should be grateful for what we have, I know I certainly am. =) To you and your family happy Canada day, hope it’s a good one!
Maggie and I have started shopping for houses and it’s certainly going to be an interesting adventure. There’s not too much to talk about right now, we’ve just started but so far so good. :) Going to enjoy the rest of my good Friday now.
Special thanks to the boys at Empire Airsoft for letting me grab the last Super Max PTW motor. My original 490-A motor has been causing me problems since pretty much the beginning and died last week. It’s a known issue with this series of motors, just sucks that my gun was affected… Anyway the new motor has been installed and the gun is running great, well at least to the best of what I could test at home. Should get a better idea this Saturday after gaming the PTW. :)
On another note my MSN is still down and now I’ve lost access to my Hotmail account. This is supposedly a known issue that affects many people (I’m the only person I know with the problem) and Microsoft is working to resolve the situation, god I hope it’s soon because I’m going crazy. ;)
