Kosmo Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 48 hours about 4-6 times a year for offsite data collection at synchrotron beamlines and here is me around 40 hours I guess..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_MIKE Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 well i hate to admit,but back in my younger days when i was a cokehead idiot.. i stayed up for 4 days straight till my body finally said fuck you and shut down lol...i slept for 19 hours lol...the last couple years help'n my buddy plow snow at menards and lowes,plus my all of my accounts, ive seen a few 36 hour days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorro Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 I'm going to vegas this weekend, 3pm flight friday. My goal is to not sleep until sunday's flight at 4:30pm - PAC Time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman88210 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 I really must be lazy, I have pulled 3 all-nighters in the 9+ years I have worked in IT here at OSUDo you work for the med center or for the university? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 48 hours about 4-6 times a year for offsite data collection at synchrotron beamlines and here is me around 40 hours I guess.....Kos... I dont know what the fuck that thing is but I want one.. gadgets for the win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaNick Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 24hrs+ on a friday/Saturday in HighSchool back in the day, but that's it.I always get atleast 5-6 hours of sleep a day.Staying up that long is really bad for your health. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12oclocker Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 I'm going on 24 hours right now..... and I have at least two more hours before I can even leave work to head home. I hate this shit. I need a new job.2 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchmuckGirl Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Maybe 24 hours once while in college: Pulled a double at Applebee's, packed and left for vacation around 2am. I took the first shift driving but could only hang for about an hour and a half before I started hallucinating and drifting off the road. I never have been good at staying up late..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonzie Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 I got a 6hr break from work yesterday evening.Lightweigts. Come work on the railroad and then we'll talk That's standard operating procedure on the railroad if you're on call. I spent 2 1/2 years livin' on call like that. They work you 15-20 hours sometimes by the time you get off the engines when the cab finally shows up, and you get back to your home terminal. If you're lucky, you can squeeze a catnap in while waiting, or in the cab. That's one thing the railroad taught me......How to sleep anywhere....anytime Then you go home, sleep for about 6 hours, provided you don't try to stay up & do something around the house or actually see your kids, and they call you right back in to do it all over again......day after day, week after week. Wears you down in pretty short order. A month on the railroad flies by in what seems like a weekThere were several times though, where I worked 15-20 hours, came home for a quick catnap, or just got right on the bike, & we went riding. I can tell you though.....Experience has taught me that's not a good thing for me to do. Had my accident on one of those days, when I had worked 19 hours the night before, then came home & decided to ride to Toledo to take my mom to lunch for Mother's Day. Her comin' to pick me up with cops, fire & EMT all around me, while my old Yami was layin' across the street at the foot of a Virgin Mary statue is a gift I'm sure she'll never forget Worked one night, got off, took a catnap on the bench in the crewroom 'til Sam got there, then we took off to ride/escort the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall that afternoon. Took another catnap on the parking lot next to our bikes, until we were actually ready to start escorting itThen there was my first time offroading on the 'Bird after I'd had her a couple months. Had been up all night before workin'. Stayed up cause we were comin' down to QSL that night, and didn't wanna waste my day takin' a nap Was bein' a dumba$$, showin' off my new bike to one of the guys with us, flew into a curve about 85mph, couldn't hold my line, panicked, hit the brakes 'til I got on the gravel, then released and came up on the pegs, leaning over the front end & tried to ride my bull for 8 seconds while in a drainage ditch slaloming those stupid gasline marker poles. Good times.....Good times!! Soooooo......Long story short......I don't like to ride tired anymore. Baaaad things happen Between the railroad & college, I think I've done 36 hours several timesI hate staying up that long; it does some messed up stuff to your body.Yeah....My stomach starts gettin' upset & I get a bit jittery around the 25-30 mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoosego Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 That's standard operating procedure on the railroad if you're on call. I spent 2 1/2 years livin' on call like that. They work you 15-20 hours sometimes by the time you get off the engines when the cab finally shows up, and you get back to your home terminal. If you're lucky, you can squeeze a catnap in while waiting, or in the cab. That's one thing the railroad taught me......How to sleep anywhere....anytime Then you go home, sleep for about 6 hours, provided you don't try to stay up & do something around the house or actually see your kids, and they call you right back in to do it all over again......day after day, week after week. Wears you down in pretty short order. A month on the railroad flies by in what seems like a weekThere were several times though, where I worked 15-20 hours, came home for a quick catnap, or just got right on the bike, & we went riding. I can tell you though.....Experience has taught me that's not a good thing for me to do. Had my accident on one of those days, when I had worked 19 hours the night before, then came home & decided to ride to Toledo to take my mom to lunch for Mother's Day. Her comin' to pick me up with cops, fire & EMT all around me, while my old Yami was layin' across the street at the foot of a Virgin Mary statue is a gift I'm sure she'll never forget Worked one night, got off, took a catnap on the bench in the crewroom 'til Sam got there, then we took off to ride/escort the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall that afternoon. Took another catnap on the parking lot next to our bikes, until we were actually ready to start escorting itThen there was my first time offroading on the 'Bird after I'd had her a couple months. Had been up all night before workin'. Stayed up cause we were comin' down to QSL that night, and didn't wanna waste my day takin' a nap Was bein' a dumba$$, showin' off my new bike to one of the guys with us, flew into a curve about 85mph, couldn't hold my line, panicked, hit the brakes 'til I got on the gravel, then released and came up on the pegs, leaning over the front end & tried to ride my bull for 8 seconds while in a drainage ditch slaloming those stupid gasline marker poles. Good times.....Good times!! Soooooo......Long story short......I don't like to ride tired anymore. Baaaad things happen Between the railroad & college, I think I've done 36 hours several timesYeah....My stomach starts gettin' upset & I get a bit jittery around the 25-30 markeat some biscuits and gravy and get back after it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitzburgh Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 From Monday at 5:00AM to Wed at 10:00PM. All working in sulfur pit from HELL.Worked at the BP refinery in Lima.. We had contracted to clean out the Sulfur pit. Was a tunnel that was 50 feet long and 8 foot tall. My employer contracted it would be done by Thurs. Got down there and realized the tunnel was WAY worse then expected. an 8 foot tall tunnel was only 3. To be able to work in that 160 degree tunnel, you had to wear about everything a firefighter does. Oxygen tank and all with arms and legs taped sealed.Then, work with a jackhammer on your knees and waterblast away with the 40k. Was the worst 3 days of my life and I must have lost 30lbs.But just like Harry Stamper.. We DID make the mark on time.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Kos... I dont know what the fuck that thing is but I want one.. gadgets for the win.Well thats a xray beamline in Argonne National Lab. We shoot protein xtals with superbright xrays to resolve their atomic structure.Seriously the wow factor in these synchrtron facilities are just next to NASA like Kennedy or Johnson facilities.....here are some picture links..http://www.aps.anl.gov/About/APS_Overview/http://www.lightsources.org/imagebank/search_public.php?offset=0&keywords=&lab=APS&limit=5 (couple of pages) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted February 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Hey guys! I'm at work! Again! I left around noon today, and was back in at 10p. Yay!!insert suicide smilie here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copper1k Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Back in March -Friday 8am to Sunday 10am. (Insert 2 hour nap Saturday from 9 to 11am). Lifeline Of Ohio was running a 3 for one special for organs. I had 3 donors come in at different times on my on-call weekend, 8 hours of testing each. When I finally went to sleep Sunday I could not maintain body temp and had head to toe body aches. Lack of sleep has some wicked side effects. Suck factor of 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremygsxr Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 I was up for a couple months while working in the meth lab a few years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagr Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 5 days with about 2 hours of sleep a day. Once or twice a month for 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoosego Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 5 days with about 2 hours of sleep a day. Once or twice a month for 2 years.field exercises sure were fun... huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagr Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 field exercises sure were fun... huh? That was Security Forces. After that i went to the fleet. Field exercises there were 3 weeks or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 5 days with about 2 hours of sleep a day. Once or twice a month for 2 years.That's the third of a month for two years,,,,,yeah...I guess that's insane...and I guess that 22 hours is also way challenging than, no offense what most of us experience.....kudos to ya.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagr Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 That's the third of a month for two years,,,,,yeah...I guess that's insane...and I guess that 22 hours is also way challenging than, no offense what most of us experience.....kudos to ya....After every stint in the wire, we would get a 96+ hour leave. I would get off of duty and drive about 10 hours back to C-Bus. you know to drink and Skank snipe. oh to be young again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r6allstar Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 I dunno.. 7.. maybe 8 hours. Usually dont make it past 6 though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 I did 4 or 5 days in a row of partying and slinging burgers at Jamboree in the Hills a couple years ago with Blake1221 and Gump. We stayed open all night and got a 2 hour nap every day between 8 and 10 am. By 10 the tents were about 100 degrees inside and I woke up covered in sweat (mostly beer and whiskey) every morning. Good times......Break timeThe Kitchen.......fun at partiesBreakfast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpaul Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 I've been awake for 72hrs one time, and that will never happen again!! I'm too old for that crap anymore!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake1221 Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 I did 4 or 5 days in a row of partying and slinging burgers at Jamboree in the Hills a couple years ago with Blake1221 and Gump. We stayed open all night and got a 2 hour nap every day between 8 and 10 am. By 10 the tents were about 100 degrees inside and I woke up covered in sweat (mostly beer and whiskey) every morning. Good times......Break timeThe Kitchen.......fun at partiesBreakfastWhy are my eyes ALWAYS red in your pics?!! You need a new camera. Those were good times.....almost brought a tear Remember the "snake" in the shitter?!!! Damn i thought that chick was hott tho HAHAHAHAHA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1_MP Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 The longest I have ever been awake is 82 hours straight while I was in Iraq. Those three and a half days felt like three and a half months! Combat's a Mother Fucker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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