I have, in the past, had jobs where I worked 4 ten hour days a week, it was like heaven. 3 day weekends are the perfect thing.
Briefly I worked a job that was w thirteen hour days and they gave you the 40th hour for free. It kinda sucked to have to work so much each day but having more then half the week off was worth it.
I try not to work a 6th day, but 2 weeks ago I worked 26 hours straight and since the New Year (besides the one day I called in-sick on a Monday 'cause I was getting over a bad cold), I've been averaging 12-14 hour days...gotta HATE it, but @ least when I check my balance I get pleasantly surprised. Too friggin' bad I have NO TIME to spend the extra coin!
You think you've got it bad, I work every Saturday! unless I book it off as holiday. So I don't even get two days off back to back. I get Sundays 'cause I can't get there due to being reliant on the legendarily crappy and extortionate British public transport and another day off during the week, the joys of working in retail. I agree completely it never gives you chance to do anything really.
EX: If I put in 200 hours in a typical 160 hour work month, I get a 3 days of comp time that I can use anytime I want with a mere 48 hour window (to be used as added vacation days or to be put either the day before or day after a holiday unless I call in-sick where it would be used towards that).
I would look for something else but unemployment is currently at about 19.5% in my city, (going by figures from the 2001 census anyways) so it's not the best time for looking for alternative employment really. I'm kind of lucky really since the company I work for is fairly well isolated from the recession. Loads of companys are dropping staff by the hundreds, I don't know whether you follow the news from where you are.
As for Motorhead they released their first album 3 years before I was born (1977) and their Lemmy's 7th band! I think he's something like 63, that must make him the coolest pensioner on the planet. I remember watching a documentary called "Motorheadche Too Old to Die Young" and he said "I can't remember not being in a band, I don't know how to do anything else".
Briefly I worked a job that was w thirteen hour days and they gave you the 40th hour for free. It kinda sucked to have to work so much each day but having more then half the week off was worth it.