Just What's A Canker Sore
9 years ago
Monday, November 06, 2006
Check this site out. It's an interesting site that works well in conjunction with the Make Poverty History campaign. It's Make Affluence History. It's about personal responsibility, not just lobbying for governments to relieve debt.
If you want to see how rich you are in comparison to the rest of the world, go here. You'll need to convert your earnings to British Pounds which you can do here.
If you missed out on the Make Poverty History concert tickets, you can still go to the festival the following day. That's free! Details here.
And don't forget to keep supporting the breast cancer site here. You can also link to other sites from there to support those in need without it costing you a cent! Just a few seconds!
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so, if i now put my actual salary in (without a decimal point), it says i'm about 384,000,000. a bit more likely, but i'm not quite sure how much i trust their maths.
(Does that mean each of you dueling to the death against my highly trained ferret swordsman? Or dueliing each other using ferrets dipped in starch as swords? Who can tell?)
Is starch that you use in washing the same as the starch that potatoes are rich in?
I remember you, I think, we discussed the history of the bible, is that right?
I'm with Rob about the wealth calculator, I doubt the accuracy. Still it does drive home the point of how lucky we are in comparison to the rest of the world. I saw a great documentary recently called "Darwin's Nightmare". About a place in Africa where the first world meets the third world, which creates an interesting, revealing, contrast. It's a bit full on, which is inevitable with topics concerning extreme poverty.
Looking forward to this ferret duel!
Oddly enough, we live in a VERY affluent area and are considered a moderate income level. Because of this fact, my children constantly feel they're "poor." We struggle with this issue a lot... road trips to less fortunate places, reading about impoverished countries, etc., and stressing community service and charity. They take SO much for granted. We have to constantly remind them that we are blessed so that we may help others... not because we deserve it.