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Kerry:
Time magazine recently ran an article titled, "One Day In America." In a country as big and diverse as the USA, being average still leaves you room to be different. Here's a look at the daily life of the average American. How do you measure up? Visit the following sites to see how you compare:

Commuting:

http://www.time.com/time/2007/america_numbers/commuting.html

Job Happiness:

http://www.time.com/time/2007/america_numbers/job.html

Free Time:

http://www.time.com/time/2007/america_numbers/play.html

Drinking:

http://www.time.com/time/2007/america_numbers/alcohol.html

Kerry:

Though I'm not American, I thought it would be fun to participate, just to see how I compare with the "average" American haha.  ;)  :D

Two things particularly stood out for me.

The first was daily internet use. I responded that I am online approximately 3 hours each day on average. I was shocked to read that the daily average in America is something like 20 minutes!!!  :o  I would have expected it to be higher than that. I can only guess that this low figure comes from an average of the entire population, and as lots of people don't have a computer, that would keep the result low.  ???

Something I laughed at was a comment about the average American getting in their car for the drive to work at approximately 8.30am each day. It made me laugh, because I have usually been sitting at my desk for about an hour already by the time 8.30 ticks around!   :-\

David In Indy:
I can't get the quizzes to load up Kerry, but we played around with the maps a little. I wonder why they drink so much in New Hampshire? Maybe it's because of all the politicians up there right now! ;)

Kerry:

--- Quote from: garycottle on December 02, 2007, 02:53:47 am ---You must get up with the chickens.   :P

--- End quote ---

I'm up at 6am every morning. It's only a short drive across the Harbour Bridge to my place of work.  :D

Kerry:

--- Quote from: David on December 02, 2007, 04:45:35 am ---I can't get the quizzes to load up Kerry, but we played around with the maps a little. I wonder why they drink so much in New Hampshire? Maybe it's because of all the politicians up there right now! ;)

--- End quote ---

Haha, I'm guessing Canberra would show-up likewise, David, should there ever be an Oz version of this exercise!  :D

P.S., Sorry you had difficulty accessing the questionnaires. You may have had a slow internet connection. Try again later.  :D

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