What Americans Do When Not at Work

Wall Street 24X7 ^ | 07/01/2013

[Paladin2]

"After work and sleep, most Americans have eight hours left of their day to spend as they please."

Neglecting unpaid overtime, commuting, necessity shopping, filling out tax forms, etc.

8 hr, my 0bama.

[JRandomFreeper]

Americans spent an average of two hours and 50 minutes a day watching television

And people wonder how I manage to get so much stuff done. No TV. That is the answer.

/johnny

[ClearCase_guy]

"most Americans have eight hours left of their day to spend as they please."

For now. But Obama has a plan to deal with this problem ...

[cuban leaf]

When I dumped TV in 1997, one of the first things I did was become a bass player. It’s still a blast!

[Mastador1]

That was my thought also! Does this nit think that most Americans work at home? Or maybe we just sleep four hours a night?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Bump for later. CSI is on! *SNORT*

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[Vendome]

An hour a day on household activities?

I spend less than 5 minutes a day keeping my bathroom clean, neck now that I think of it, sometimes I skip a day.

I’ll bet I don’t spend 20 minutes a week and I’ll tackle the stove once every two weeks and just wife it down as used.

I don’t spend two hours a month on domestic duties.

The rest my house cleaner, gardners and handymen take care of.

[null and void]

You wife down your stove? Hannibal? Izatyu?

[Vendome]

I dontknowmyphonetyoesitsown stuff.

Feel like throwing it against a brick wall @ 96 mph. Right over home plate, in a pickup game in Harlem.

[Conservative4Ever]

Please define the term...just wife it down... :-)

[ThomasSawyer]

"When I dumped TV in 1997, one of the first things I did was become a bass player. It’s still a blast!"

I tried to learn how to play a bass once, but my wife threatened to kick me out of the house. After about three days, the thing really got to stinking, so much so that I couldn't hardly stand to press it to my lips.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Hmmm. Help me out here. Is SEX a:

1. Personal Care Activity,
2. Leisure and Sports,
3. Household Activity,
4. Eating and Drinking,
5. Purchasing Goods and Services,
6. Caring For and Helping Household Members,
7. Educational Activities, or
8. Organizational, Civic and Religious Activity?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

After work and sleep, most Americans have eight hours left of their day to spend as they please.

If I need to be at work by 7:00 I need to get up at 5:30. I have to get prepare myself for work and then get to work.

At noon I have a 1/2 hour and at 3:30 I leave and drive home arriving at 4:15 pm allowing for traffic. I then have the hours from 4:15 to 9:30 to do as I please. By my count that 5.25 hours to "do as I please" 5.75 hours if you count my half hour lunch.

[Vendome]

LOL

Don’t have a wife but, occasionally my phone delivers a good one liner for future use.

[bicyclerepair]

No job, so nothing that costs anything here.

[dagogo redux]

Most of my after work time is spent fuming that my [considerable] tax money from the time I do spend working goes to support absolute nonsense like this Bureau of Labor Statistics study.

Note, BTW, the word “Statist” embedded in the word “Statistics.”

[Squantos]

Eat, drink and do Mary ....

Or .....just make something better before I rest at the end of each day.....

Stay safe !

[cuban leaf]

I tried to learn how to play a bass once, but my wife threatened to kick me out of the house. After about three days, the thing really got to stinking, so much so that I couldn’t hardly stand to press it to my lips.

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