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Post by Killer Goldfish on Apr 17, 2019 11:58:58 GMT -5
You have the choice between going into work at 6pm-3am or 3am-12pm. Which do you choose (and why)? 3-12. Because I am a natural-born night person.
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Apr 17, 2019 12:01:29 GMT -5
I just asked this over at TOP, but I want to put it to this group too:
WTF is that light-fixture thing the Japanese army keeps using on the giant monsters that keep showing up there? It looks like the light they point down your throat at the dentist's. If that's what it is -- and it does in fact emit some sort of light beam -- why would you ever use it on Megalon, who has mandibles rather than teeth?
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Apr 17, 2019 13:22:05 GMT -5
You have the choice between going into work at 6pm-3am or 3am-12pm. Which do you choose (and why)? 3-12. Because I am a natural-born night person. I am, too. It seems like the 6pm-3am shift would be the better one for a night person.
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Post by Portrait in Flesh on Apr 17, 2019 17:51:59 GMT -5
You have the choice between going into work at 6pm-3am or 3am-12pm. Which do you choose (and why)? Even though it's been over 20 years since I worked there, and I regularly have anxiety nightmares about still working there, I actually had enough seniority to get the early morning stock crew shift at Disneyland. I can't remember the exact hours, but I think it was from 4 a.m. to 1 p.m. Whatever it was, because of union stuff, I'd end up with an hour paid lunch rather than the half hour you'd get from a regular shift. Why did I take it? Because my shift would pretty much be half over by the time people started entering the park (except for those who had some kind of early bird pass where they got to enter the park a whole hour before the normal horde could enter). And for the remaining part, I had a legitimate reason for skulking around in the back, because, you know, stock. Either way, I minimized my exposure to park guests, and that was good enough for me.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Apr 18, 2019 1:03:04 GMT -5
You have the choice between going into work at 6pm-3am or 3am-12pm. Which do you choose (and why)? Even though it's been over 20 years since I worked there, and I regularly have anxiety nightmares about still working there, I actually had enough seniority to get the early morning stock crew shift at Disneyland. I can't remember the exact hours, but I think it was from 4 a.m. to 1 p.m. Whatever it was, because of union stuff, I'd end up with an hour paid lunch rather than the half hour you'd get from a regular shift. Why did I take it? Because my shift would pretty much be half over by the time people started entering the park (except for those who had some kind of early bird pass where they got to enter the park a whole hour before the normal horde could enter). And for the remaining part, I had a legitimate reason for skulking around in the back, because, you know, stock. Either way, I minimized my exposure to park guests, and that was good enough for me. I just can't get my brain around the idea of going to sleep for the evening as early as 5pm. I had a little taste of that with my 5am-1pm shifts rotating the carcasses for a few years. That was manageable. I'd have to get up around midnight for a 3am shift start, though. Ugh. I just don't know. I'm leaning pretty heavily towards the 6pm shift. Of course, it has it's negatives, too.
Anyway, thanks to everyone for weighing in on this quandary.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Apr 18, 2019 1:11:39 GMT -5
I just asked this over at TOP, but I want to put it to this group too:
WTF is that light-fixture thing the Japanese army keeps using on the giant monsters that keep showing up there? It looks like the light they point down your throat at the dentist's. If that's what it is -- and it does in fact emit some sort of light beam -- why would you ever use it on Megalon, who has mandibles rather than teeth?
Do you have a picture of the lights? I "think" I'm with you on this. Those usually rectangular displays full of bright lights? I never really thought about them. I guess I always figured they had night construction applications or something when they weren't trying to target building-sized beasties wrecking havoc through the city. Or am I taking a rhetorical question way WAY too literal?
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Post by Marxo Grouch on Apr 18, 2019 4:59:15 GMT -5
3-12. Because I am a natural-born night person. I am, too. It seems like the 6pm-3am shift would be the better one for a night person. If you want to go straight home afterwards and go to bed, yeah, but, as I said, I'd rather know that I have time to unwind afterwards. I need a beer and a blast, and maybe an episode of The Blacklist.
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Post by Choconado on Apr 18, 2019 10:04:37 GMT -5
I get up at 4am for dialysis three days a week. *shrug*
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Post by Deeky on Apr 18, 2019 13:44:15 GMT -5
The 6 - 3 shift sounds perfect for you.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Apr 18, 2019 14:01:11 GMT -5
The 6 - 3 shift sounds perfect for you.
The current 3pm-12am shift was lovely, but it was hard to get the work done, walking in the door during the busiest portion of the day. That's undoubtedly why they're changing the schedules around. This way, neither team is working quite enough hours to officially qualify for overnight pay. I work for Satan.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Apr 18, 2019 14:03:23 GMT -5
Rifftrax Live: Octoman tonight in the local theater. I wanna go, but we are looking at some pretty severe weather headed our way. And, I'll be going alone, which always feels kind of weird. Should I stay (home), or should I go?
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Apr 20, 2019 10:26:17 GMT -5
I just asked this over at TOP, but I want to put it to this group too:
WTF is that light-fixture thing the Japanese army keeps using on the giant monsters that keep showing up there? It looks like the light they point down your throat at the dentist's. If that's what it is -- and it does in fact emit some sort of light beam -- why would you ever use it on Megalon, who has mandibles rather than teeth?
Do you have a picture of the lights? I "think" I'm with you on this. Those usually rectangular displays full of bright lights? I never really thought about them. I guess I always figured they had night construction applications or something when they weren't trying to target building-sized beasties wrecking havoc through the city. Or am I taking a rhetorical question way WAY too literal?
Here 'tis:
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Apr 20, 2019 13:02:55 GMT -5
Oh, okay. Not what I was thinking of at all. I guess the Japanese are way ahead on the laser tech?
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Apr 20, 2019 14:46:58 GMT -5
Oh, okay. Not what I was thinking of at all. I guess the Japanese are way ahead on the laser tech? I was struggling to find this photo until I saw a reference to "maser cannons" and searched for that. I couldn't say about the Japanese military, but Toho is miles ahead of all others in war tech and still all they can do is make Godzilla madder.
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Post by Lemmy Caution on Apr 20, 2019 17:33:29 GMT -5
Oh, okay. Not what I was thinking of at all. I guess the Japanese are way ahead on the laser tech? I was struggling to find this photo until I saw a reference to "maser cannons" and searched for that. I couldn't say about the Japanese military, but Toho is miles ahead of all others in war tech and still all they can do is make Godzilla madder. Certainly brings a new depth of meaning to "Please do not feed the energy beast"...
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Post by Choconado on Apr 21, 2019 10:32:20 GMT -5
Well I mean, the Maser Cannon was effective against the Gargantuans, so they just figured they'd use it for all the Kaiju. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it.
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Post by Lemmy Caution on Apr 21, 2019 12:20:08 GMT -5
Well I mean, the Maser Cannon was effective against the Gargantuans, so they just figured they'd use it for all the Kaiju. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. And where the heck was Ultraman during all this, anyway?
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Post by Choconado on Apr 23, 2019 13:36:26 GMT -5
working for a different company mostly
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Post by Lemmy Caution on Apr 23, 2019 15:44:56 GMT -5
working for a different company mostly Fair point.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on May 2, 2019 5:14:04 GMT -5
Godzilla vs Ultraman needs to happen, all the same.
So, this morning's stupid is regarding home air-conditioning. During this time of year especially, I like to keep both the air AND the fan running. The air still cycles in and out dependent on the temp as it ought; and honestly - the fan constantly running serves to mask the air conditioner cycles, which tend to spoil my sleep somewhat through the day. I'm just wondering if there's any harm to be done from running the fan constantly AND having the air doing it's thing intermittently for 10-12 hours a day?
In case you're baffled, it's suddenly low 80's in the day, but nice mid-60's at night here.
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