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To: ajtj99 who wrote (242346)	3/26/2010 11:33:22 AM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

Thank you for this description of what i have been saying they live piss poor relative to Americans. Thank you again. ============================== 90% of the people in China live a subsistence lifestyle The standard for a Chinese worker is "very soiled". This means there is a lot less money spent on hygiene When you are working 6-days a week there is not a lot of time for leisure activity so body odor is much less than people in other parts of the world, the need to bathe less due to odor and wash their clothes less because of the same. (ya right!!) When you don't have to pay rent, food is cheap, you don't have to worry about daily transportation, and you live like a monk, it's pretty easy to get by with very little income.

To: ajtj99 who wrote (242346)	3/26/2010 12:13:20 PM
From: pstuartb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Excellent. Thanks, AJ. I need to get out of the country more often...g My parents grew up on subsistence farms, and they pretty much lived the way you described. My mom told me she didn't remember getting bathed in anything other than spit until she was about 10. My dad told me that if at the end of harvest season they were able to put $500 in a tin can under the house, they considered it a good year. But that was 70-80 years ago. Three thousand bucks seems like nothing now.