Helen and Scott were devoted to a lifestyle giving importance to work, on the one hand, and contemplation or play, on the other. Ideally, they aimed at a norm that divided most of a day's waking hours into three blocks of four hours: "bread labor" (work directed toward meeting requirements of food, shelter, clothing, needed tools, and such); civic work (doing something of value for their community); and professional pursuits or recreation (for Scott this was frequently economics research, for Helen it was often music - but they both liked to ski, also). They clearly honored manual work, and viewed it as one aspect of the self-development process that they felt life should be.
paul wheaton wrote:
1) On most farms, each person typically works 12 or more hours a day, seven days a week.
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paul wheaton wrote:
For those that work 35 hours per week, what if there could be a choice between 35 hours per week of "bread labor" or: 30 hours per week of "bread labor" plus 10 hours per week of "soul labor".
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T. Joy wrote:
What kind of job is only 4 hours a day and pays a living wage? Whatever it is, I'll take it!
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A man owned a small ranch in Texas. The Texas Work Force Department claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him.
"I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the agent.
"We'll," replied the farmer, "there's my farm hand who's been with me for three years. I pay him $200 a week plus free room and board.
The cook has been with me two years. I pay her $150 a week plus free room and board.
Then there's the nit-wit. He works about 18 hours per day and does about 90% of all the work around here. He makes about $20 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night. He also sleeps with my wife occasionally."
"That's the guy I want to talk to...the nit-wit," says the agent.
"That would be me," replied the rancher.
paul wheaton wrote:relevant joke from the internet:
A man owned a small ranch in Texas. The Texas Work Force Department claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him.
"I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the agent.
"We'll," replied the farmer, "there's my farm hand who's been with me for three years. I pay him $200 a week plus free room and board.
The cook has been with me two years. I pay her $150 a week plus free room and board.
Then there's the nit-wit. He works about 18 hours per day and does about 90% of all the work around here. He makes about $20 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night. He also sleeps with my wife occasionally."
"That's the guy I want to talk to...the nit-wit," says the agent.
"That would be me," replied the rancher.
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Papa always says, "Don't go away angry... just go away."
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