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(Actually only about 8758 hours left)

Assuming 7 hours recommended sleep per night (2555 hrs per annum) leaves about 6200 hours.

Work: a minimum of 1938 hours plus 488 hours travelling (or waiting to travel!!) to and from work, leaves about 3780 hours.

In the bathroom (Avoiding any further breakdown of this category!) minimum 242 hours.

That leaves about 3500 hours, which sounds like a lot - average about 10 hours per day,which means I should have plenty of time for exercise,DIY,helping others,and being an all round good chap,but somehow after I've done a bit of TV viewing,surfing the internet (including ED forum),visiting the pub/off licence and generally lounging around, I never seem to have any time to spare! How about you???

Bony Fido Wrote:

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> (Actually only about 8758 hours left)

> Assuming 7 hours recommended sleep per night (2555

> hrs per annum) leaves about 6200 hours.

> Work: a minimum of 1938 hours plus 488 hours

> travelling (or waiting to travel!!) to and from

> work, leaves about 3780 hours.

> In the bathroom (Avoiding any further breakdown of

> this category!) minimum 242 hours.

> That leaves about 3500 hours, which sounds like a

> lot - average about 10 hours per day,which means I

> should have plenty of time for

> exercise,DIY,helping others,and being an all round

> good chap,but somehow after I've done a bit of TV

> viewing,surfing the internet (including ED

> forum),visiting the pub/off licence and generally

> lounging around, I never seem to have any time to

> spare! How about you???



You have not even mentioned kids...they take up a lot of time, so be prepared.

Yes Mick Mac,kids require a lot of time, fortunately we've only the grandchildren to take up some of our time nowadays and,of course, you can generally give 'em back to the parents whenever you feel like it (although they certainly seem to get a good share of our money)!!
I see - as you have been through it all before I'd have thought you would feel you had a lot of time now. That's what I#m looking forward to in 20 years time! Maybe it does not work that way - with whatever we have on our plate we never seem to have enough time.
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