Hi Glen,

I had to work Christmas Eve as well as Christmas Day as I work in an Islamic
country....we are perfectly free to celebrate Christmas (Jesus, Mary and
Joseph are mentioned in the Koran), in fact I receive many Christmas cards
from my Omani friends........
However, when I worked in the UK and participated in the on-call system, I
only had one Christmas completely work free in 26 years......
I think when you work in the "caring sector" it goes with the
territory..........
In the meantime,
does anyone use the Shandon microwave histo-processor? Comments about this
would be gratefully received.

Evelyn Kaplan
Dept of Pathology,
Sultan Qaboos University,
Muscat, Oman