Hamish Macbeth wrote in message
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"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.

it was torsten who was keen on comparing it with a wage. I reckon that
to do such is a waste of time.

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.

yes but remember, when we went into it there was more money and staff
and holidays etc were a definate possibility. The quality of life has
definately deteriorated over the last ten years.


--
Jim Webster

"The pasture of stupidity is unwholesome to mankind"

'Abd-ar-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Khaldun al-Hadrami'