unformed 0 #1 May 18, 2007 Those who have a whole bunch of jobs and flying from one place to another, how do you do it without killing yourself from fatigue? edit: I didn't see the other thread before making my smartass remark.This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #2 May 18, 2007 I only fly back and forth twice a year for vacations...but I work 72 hours a week the rest of the time. For me, it's being able to get away from work and do stuff that relaxes me. Listen to some music, read a bit, play a computer game. I also play around on the guitar a bit take photos when I can. Just stuff to counteract the day-to-day stress...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #3 May 18, 2007 We might be killing ourselves with fatigue and just not realizing it. Lately I've been averaging 6 hours in bed a night, and not sleeping all of that...sometimes very little of it. I gotta fix that. Ideally, I'd get two hours a day of relaxation time and 8 hours in bed. The other 14 hours should usually be enough for errands, tasks, work, etc. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 1 #4 May 18, 2007 Quote Those who have a whole bunch of jobs and flying from one place to another, how do you do it without killing yourself from fatigue? edit: I didn't see the other thread before making my smartass remark. I make it appear as though I'm a workaholic... I actually don't do shit but sit on DZ.com all day.Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #5 May 18, 2007 Quote Quote Those who have a whole bunch of jobs and flying from one place to another, how do you do it without killing yourself from fatigue? edit: I didn't see the other thread before making my smartass remark. I make it appear as though I'm a workaholic... I actually don't do shit but sit on DZ.com all day. Are you hiring?Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #6 May 18, 2007 Coffee, hope, sacrifice.... wait, I'm not a workaholic. Never mind. I don't know how they do it. It kills me too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 1 #7 May 18, 2007 Quote Quote Quote Those who have a whole bunch of jobs and flying from one place to another, how do you do it without killing yourself from fatigue? edit: I didn't see the other thread before making my smartass remark. I make it appear as though I'm a workaholic... I actually don't do shit but sit on DZ.com all day. Are you hiring? The military's always hiring... Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #8 May 18, 2007 lol somehow I dont think they want me back ive become to civilianized........ yes its a word Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #9 May 18, 2007 I don't know if I really qualify as a workaholic, but I really love my work. Tonight's my only night off in 6....and I work days too...lol. That's 14 hours off in a 6-day period. But "being on" doesn't always mean being busy....just available. Some days are busy. Others aren't. There are usually at least 3-4 hours of sleep on a bad night, but not necessarily 3-4 hours straight, and not every night is bad. But then I'll only work one night over the following week. It comes in waves, and it's kinda fun like that. Ya' get real tired, catch up on sleep, and look forward to doing it again! :)-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #10 May 18, 2007 Yeah, but you're just weird, Doc!! I know what you mean, though... I'm more like a high-tech Maytag Repairman, waiting on something to break. It's not physically demanding, but it wears on you mentally...so having stuff to do "offline" that gets my mind away from work is a good thing... Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #11 May 18, 2007 Quote Yeah, but you're just weird, Doc!! You only understand my weirdness because it's so familiar to ya' I think....linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #12 May 18, 2007 LOL...you may be right!!! Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TylerDurden 0 #13 May 18, 2007 I'm a night person. While the rest of you are sleeping, I work. I have one part time job as a projectionist. See, a movie doesn't come all on one big real. It comes on a few. So someone has to be there to switch the projectors at the exact moment that one reel ends and the next one begins. If you look for it, you can see these little dots come into the upper right-hand corner of the screen. In the industry, we call them "cigarette burns." That's the cue for a changeover. I flip the projectors, the movie keeps right on going, and nobody in the audience has any idea. ~Why would anyone want this shit job?~ Because it affords me other interesting opportunities. Like splicing single frames of pornography into family films. So in the movie when the snooty cat and the courageous dog with the celebrity voices meet for the first time, thats when you can catch my contribution.-a single frame of smut- Nobody knows they saw it....but they saw it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyninja 0 #14 May 18, 2007 available for those 3am "can we get a tylenol order...just in case??" requests? Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #15 May 18, 2007 Quote available for those 3am "can we get a tylenol order...just in case??" requests? ...usually available to drag my butt out of bed to see someone who has had a cough for a week, but couldn't sleep tonight, so they came to the ER at 3am. Ugh. But sometimes people do use the ER for *real* emergencies.-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beerlight 0 #16 May 18, 2007 Quote Quote Quote Quote Those who have a whole bunch of jobs and flying from one place to another, how do you do it without killing yourself from fatigue? edit: I didn't see the other thread before making my smartass remark. I make it appear as though I'm a workaholic... I actually don't do shit but sit on DZ.com all day. Are you hiring? The military's always hiring... maybe in the "NAVY" you can surf all day Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFWAJG 4 #17 July 14, 2007 Quote available for those 3am "can we get a tylenol order...just in case??" requests? ughhh!! I always hated those! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Royd 0 #18 July 14, 2007 Oh, the joy of being a self employed, or unemployed bachelor, depending on how much money I have in my pocket. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #19 July 14, 2007 I'm learning that in a little town, you can use some behavior modification. HA! It's pretty much the same folks over and over again with their little piss-ant complaints. If they come at a reasonable hour, I'll help 'em out a little. If the come in the middle of the night, they're SOL. I'm not doing SHIT for 'em at 2 am if it's some bullshit complaint. HA! It's starting to work. Is that wrong of me???? -- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #20 July 14, 2007 How did I survive? Quit that job. Of course, I'm writing this from the office on a Friday night. But, we're doing a big upgrade; I'm not really needed here except to rally my team, provide moral support, and run out and pick up sushi to keep them fed and happy. I now travel only once every couple of months and when I do travel ... it's to Phoenix. That'll come in handy in the winter. I don't usually work late, or work weekends. And I can afford to skydive. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godfrog 2 #21 July 14, 2007 We don't survive, we have become slaves to the machine. money comes in and it goes out. when we burn out we are just cast aside!Experience is a difficult teacher, she gives you the test first and the lesson afterward Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #22 July 14, 2007 Quote Is that wrong of me???? You'll get a chuckle from this site, Doc... guy has one HELL of a sense of humor!! http://ambulancedriverfiles.blogspot.com/ Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #23 July 14, 2007 Fuck, I'll have to read that when I'm more focused. Heh. Ya' know, you can cut down on the unnecessary business by just not giving ANY good drugs out unless somebody has a bone stickin' out their arm or something. Some folks are REALLY persistent though. It's those that ya' give it to only during daylight hours. I will read your link though. I'm just a tad cross-eyed at the moment though....lol. Got a 60-hour shift coming up in the morning. Gotta slip a gin and tonic in somewhere.-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFWAJG 4 #24 July 14, 2007 QuoteI'm learning that in a little town, you can use some behavior modification. HA! It's pretty much the same folks over and over again with their little piss-ant complaints. If they come at a reasonable hour, I'll help 'em out a little. If the come in the middle of the night, they're SOL. I'm not doing SHIT for 'em at 2 am if it's some bullshit complaint. HA! It's starting to work. Is that wrong of me???? no, it's not wrong. it's called "setting limits." word gets out about how you practice and if you let things slide, you'll get taken advantage of. I have had to set limits with my inmates in the middle of the night. they hear a new doc is on call, so they all try to come in for ativan shots. If I give in in the beginning, I'm going to have many sleepless nights in the future. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #25 July 14, 2007 You'll get some good laughs...he's got a twisted sense of humor just like us!! Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
