"Jim Webster" wrote in message
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which part of the life style to you crave. Working outdoors whatever the
weather, the 24 hrs on call, no weekends off, no paid holidays, no sick
leave. No street lighting, roads poorly maintained, poor electricity
supply, poor telephone connection, the fact that if you want to go
anywhere at all there is no viable public transport and you have to have
a car.


I don't think I implied any craving? I was just suggesting that cash income
from a farm business is probably a poor metric. To compare that with a
statistical average wage really does not produce a meaningful insight.

From this newsgroup it would appear that people given a choice of careers
have chosen farming over others which would have given holidays and sick
leave.