I agree as well. I got a kick out of what one of my foreman told me once, "Work is actually fun about three days a year...the rest of the time it's just a job". I used to be really enamored with my job, can you say workaholic? It was more of a peer pressure thing than anything else, but that's the nature of the construction industry, a dog-eat-dog world with a LOT of type A, "driver" personalities. It feels good to leave daily knowing you gave it your best, you gave your boss his money's worth. For me it makes the hobbies more enjoyable. If knowing what your sailing acquaintances do for a living comes over time in establishing a friendship that's cool.