12 Hour Workdays Are a Wonderful Thing!

[jmoore]

First overtime in about a year. I'd rather do a 12 than come in an extra day- doing both is fine, though. Yay!

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[jmoore]

That was easy. Got plenty of jobs out, too..

[Badger]

Regards,
Badger

[jmoore]

Take it when I can get it! Its easier for me than selling off stuff...Besides, my job is just a hobby gone full time. Don't know how I'd cope doing a "real job"...

05:56 -Once more, w/ "feewing"!

Happy, happy, joy, joy!

[Harlan (Deceased)]

You are a fortunate man jmoore.

[jmoore]

3rd day in a row, plus coming back in tonight. If this keeps up maybe I can wrangle a No 32 scope! (I'm two short right now, and the aftermarket thing just isn't the same...)

Its not fortune, its blessings! Gotta give credit to the Man in charge, because I surely don't know what I'm doing!

[jmoore]

Dang, its killing me NOT to work this morning. Instead, off work and drive an hour and a half to the range. Dagnabit. Get into a routine and its hard to stop!

Plus, might get snowed out tonight as far as work goes. BUT- New L42a1 at the range this morn- supposedly.al'gao'wgih'WOGH'wogi- ;zrldsgkan;l ga;a[wga [wog, phooey.

[TDH]

First overtime in about a year. I'd rather do a 12 than come in an extra day- doing both is fine, though. Yay!

When I first saw your post I thought this is a sick sick man but then I read the rest of it.

I try to remember what Daddy said--make sure you can live on a 40 hour check. Overtime money is a bonus. Don't count on it. I know a lot of auto workers that didn't learn that lesson and lost most of what they worked so hard for because they counted on OT money.

On a more personal level when I had kids at home I worked as much OT as I could. Today I try to avoid it like a bad rash. But then I have put in more than my share of 10/12/14/16/18/20/22/24 hour days. I even put in a 40 hour day once. (quoting Johnny Dangerously) JUST ONCE

[jmoore]

Definitely learned not to count on it, which is why I'll grab as much as I can whilst its available! Actually worked more overtime when the company was bankrupt than at any other time in my life.

I do a 23 or 24 hour "up" day about every week. Good for 'ya, don't ya know...

Longest I was ever up was about 72 hrs straight- then all of a sudden it was lights out! Long ago, that was!

[Dan Wilson]

I do a 23 or 24 hour "up" day about every week. Good for 'ya, don't ya know...

Recently I was up for a little over 80 hours - WOW the strange little hallucinations that started creeping into the peripheral vision were wild!!
Never had that problem in my earlier years like during the first Gulf War, Bosnia era, but then again I was quite a bit younger and a lot less busted up.

Dan