Hamish Macbeth wrote in message
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"Jim Webster" wrote in message
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remember the money side of it, the holidays, time off etc is now far
worse than it was ten or twenty years ago. We have seen our quality
of
life go backwards




Certainly if you are unable to take breaks away that is a
significant
drop.
Breaks away clear the mind and allow a detached view of work
activities.
Not having them is likely to be bad for the individual and bad for the
business.

Last year I got a five day family holiday which is what my sister and
her family could cover for me. Year before no holiday because of fmd,
but 2001 is not a year that should be included in anything, including
memory.
Prior to 2000 we had an employee and I could normally get two weeks but
remember this holiday was always in the UK and I phoned home every night
to check on details such as calvings, AI, whether anyone had phoned,
called needing me as Brenda and I are the entire management team. Also
because if something went wrong (like relief milker breaking a leg, or
having illness in his family or whatever) we had to be no more than 12
to 18 hours away from home.
Last time I went abroad would be 1984 before my fathers health collapsed
and he had to have a triple heart bypass.

Occassionally I will get a day down to a London meeting which means I go
down one day and back the next, which is a break of sorts.


--
Jim Webster

"The pasture of stupidity is unwholesome to mankind"

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