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    Wyoming and Alaska vie for the highest per capita suicide rate in America, and a lot of it has to do with there being few folks around. Many home owners in Wyoming only live there part time because they have other homes in other states. There is a big gap between the wealthy and the rest.

    Isolation is certainly a big factor along with loss of jobs and drug abuse.

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    Quote Originally posted by Dreamtimer View Post
    Wyoming and Alaska vie for the highest per capita suicide rate in America, and a lot of it has to do with there being few folks around. Many home owners in Wyoming only live there part time because they have other homes in other states. There is a big gap between the wealthy and the rest.

    Isolation is certainly a big factor along with loss of jobs and drug abuse.
    I think your skiping my post (s) point Dreamtimer ...

    I'm speaking to a growing worldwide phenomenon ...

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    And then there's this ...

    So then what do i know ...

    The latest ...


    New High of 90% of Americans Satisfied With Personal Life

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    Quote Originally posted by giovonni View Post
    Ah ...

    But the 'hikikomori' (example) is an extreme to this growing human social isolation behavior... And it's far from being just a young Japanese man thing...


    This is what i am getting at ...




    Here's a much broader look from 2016 report article...


    How Social Isolation Is Killing Us ?


    And do note this phenomenon is just getting started in modern day China,
    where there is most definitely a shortage of those so called 'little sisters' ...

    Wink/wink.
    I see your point Gio, initially my feeling was that this is a world wide phenomena. When people have only the digital world instead of organic friends, something has to give. Thank you for pointing it out!

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    I'm sorry to go off course with that, Gio. Tangental connections aren't always useful. And I was definitely going off on a tangent.

    I really feel for the men in China with so few eligible women available. It's been a long tragedy which is still manifesting its consequences.



    According to that poll, folks with more money are happier. The wealthy got a bunch of tax breaks recently, so that helped. It helped them, anyway.

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    Love

    I know you get what i'm getting at my friend ...
    And it's all good between us ...


    But really ...

    "New High of 90% of Americans Satisfied With Personal Life"

    Yeah right.

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    We'll see in a few months just how satisfied folks are...

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    Happy

    On a lighter note ...

    Down memory lane ...

    With the back story and commentary from
    Beatles 'Hard Days Night' and 'Help' costar
    actor Victor Spinetti and others involved ...




    The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour Memories

    (Full Documentary)



    Here's a nice change of pace! Here's a documentary on the making of the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour film. Below are the notes from the back of the case:

    THE BEATLES - MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR MEMORIES is an upbeat rockumentary film featuring the vivid memories of those who witnessed the making of the cult Beatles movie, The Magical Mystery Tour, in 1967. It features a celebrity cast along with anecdotal stories and unseen 8mm home movie footage, as well as eye-witness accounts from fans, on-lookers and the cast of the movie. Enjoy!
    1:14:09 minutes

    Note after docu extras


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    A bonus clip ...

    Your Mother Should Know

    2:27 minutes



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    Something new on a winter's day
    Nice tour with some fun information ...

    'A walk through Brooklyn Heights with comedian,
    tour guide, and New Yorker Tom Delgado.'



    Walking NYC (Narrated) : Brooklyn Heights with Tom Delgado


    (February 9, 2020)

    "I walk through Brooklyn Heights with comedian, tour guide,
    and New Yorker Tom Delgado."

    From Wikipedia:
    "Brooklyn Heights is an affluent residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Old Fulton Street near the Brooklyn Bridge on the north, Cadman Plaza West on the east, Atlantic Avenue on the south, and the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway or the East River on the west. Adjacent neighborhoods are Dumbo to the north, Downtown Brooklyn to the east, and Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill to the south.

    Originally referred to as Brooklyn Village, it has been a prominent area of Brooklyn since 1834. The neighborhood is noted for its low-rise architecture and its many brownstone rowhouses, most of them built prior to the Civil War. It also has an abundance of notable churches and other religious institutions. Brooklyn's first art gallery, the Brooklyn Arts Gallery, was opened in Brooklyn Heights in 1958. In 1965, a large part of Brooklyn Heights was protected from unchecked development by the creation of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, the first such district in New York City. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.

    Directly across the East River from Manhattan and connected to it by subways and regular ferry service, Brooklyn Heights is also easily accessible from Downtown Brooklyn. Columbia Heights, an upscale six-block-long street next to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, is sometimes considered to be its own neighborhood.

    Brooklyn Heights is part of Brooklyn Community District 2 and its primary ZIP Code is 11201. It is patrolled by the 84th Precinct of the New York City Police Department. The New York City Fire Department operates two fire stations near Brooklyn Heights: Engine Company 205/Ladder Company 118 at 74 Middagh Street, and Engine Company 224 at 274 Hicks Street."

    Note beginning at the 32 minute mark
    there will be spectacular views
    of lower Manhattan ...


    Feb 12, 2020

    42:51 minutes

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    Returning Topic

    The latest ...
    And good to see him back!

    FAMOUS GRAVE TOUR - Grand View
    (Edna Purviance, Harry Langdon, etc.)

    Hollywood Graveyard


    Welcome to Hollywood Graveyard, where we set out to remember and celebrate the lives of those who lived to entertain us, by visiting their final resting places. Today we're exploring Grand View Memorial Park, where we'll find such stars as Edna Purviance, Harry Langdon, Clara Kimball Young, and many more.

    Full list of stars visited today:
    Dorothy Coburn, George Wright, Madge Blake, Guy Standing, Alec Craig, Chill Wills, Manning Sherwin, Kenne Duncan, Clara Kimball Young, Edna Purviance, Lafe McKee, Harry Langdon, Clarence Wilson, Gus Meins, Helen Ford, Oscar Beregi Jr, Leo Carroll, Verna Felton, Steve Shaw, Leo White.

    Feb 14, 2020

    18:61 minutes



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    Meanwhile ...
    The forgotten ones ...


    Iraq - The orphans of Mosul | DW Documentary

    Thousands of orphans, many the sons and daughters of I-S fighters, live in refugee camps in Iraq. 45,000 children are living in displacement camps without papers. Many are the sons and daughters of I-S fighters, and now live in refugee camps in Iraq. The Iraqi authorities refuse to issue identity documents to these children. They receive no food aid, and are not allowed to leave the camps.

    Tens of thousands of orphaned children - many the sons and daughters of slain Islamic State fighters -- are now housed in refugee camps in Iraq. Many more of these children are likely living homeless in villages and cities, but it's impossible to say how many. The Iraqi authorities refuse to issue identity documents to these children. That means that they can't attend school, and the older ones among them won't be able to find jobs. The children in the camps receive no food aid -- and they're not allowed to leave the facilities, either.

    They live in constant fear, and are often threatened by Iraqis who seek revenge for crimes committed by I-S. Two years after the effective dissolution of the Islamic State's self-declared caliphate, neither the Iraqi authorities nor the survivors of I-S terrorism seem to accept the fact that these children are not responsible for those crimes. It's also possible that in future, when these orphans grow up, they may themselves turn to terrorism because of the indignities that they've suffered in the camps.
    Feb 18, 2020

    28:26 minutes



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    A possible great deal for anyone wanting to
    move (very soon) to the Big Apple ...




    You can ‘buy’ this guy’s NYC luxe life for $11,000

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    There might be a better deal to be had in Italy
    “El revolucionario: te meteré la bota en el culo"

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