> This is sanctimonious and insulting. I am glad you
> have such god ideas about how I should live. Now, will
> you set me up with a Mexican fishing boat and give me
> about 15 years lessons in fishing, plus providing
> Mexican national health insurance and pensions and
> state-subsidized educations for my kids? I didn't
> drift into my line of work. I considered voluntray
> poverty and its costs. Btw, my wife the schoolteacher?
> Works longer hours than me for a sixth of the pay. jks
>
It was from a humor list that arrived coincidentally with the 'cushy' thread, and was intended to defuse rather than to fuel. And why assume that it was directed at you?
Martin
BTW - Why not assume that the joke was pointing you toward the consultant's position? <g>