Bored? Work? Never. And I've only been in my new job 2 days!. .. .I haven't had a "typical" year yet, but off the top of my head. .. .2000: Started PPL training in August. Logged about 25 hours. .. .2001: Completed PPL in June, with 51 hours (including skills test) - so about 25 in 2001 up to this point. Logged a further 30 hours between then and end of November.. .. .December 2001/Jan 2002: Was in USA hour-building, logged about 100 hours in 2 months. .. .Since Feb 2002: Have logged about 6 hours. .. .Have a PPL, and a night qualification (gained in USA and never yet used in UK).. .. .Now, back to work. Yawn.. .. .FFF. .-----------