Time!!! In the UK, too. I've done 81 flights this year. The brilliance(?) of our Canadian management decreed that outstanding vacation must be taken by the end of the year...so I actually have ben able to do thingsat home for the last few days. And answer emails etc....the disadvantages of having remote access to works email..and join 2 hour long conference calls....and get one hour long calls from my manager in California...... Still, I'm retiring next May when I'm 60. Actually, I'm going part time, but what that means may be debatable.... Peter Chadwick Swindon. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.