...the other side of the coin...
Hold on a mo guys! Consider the other side too! My close friend is a fire-fighter with the local service (Gloucs) and he takes home each month the princely sum of £1210. His sister is a check-out girl at the local Aldi store and picks up just £22 less.
I am not a fire-fighter (actually I'm not anything any more...) but I know I couldn't cope with some of the incidents they deal with.
Ta bm