as i tyo this i am 17hrs 10 minuts into a 24hr shift at work,,this sucks
usualy i only work a 12 hr day but my relief didnt show up and no one would come in since its mothers day,,,no worries not the firstime and were real slow at work so all im really doing is radio watch,,(im a boat captain) been sitting in my office playing on um and watching the lord of the rings all 3 of them haha,,,,i got a about a 2 hr nap but thats about it,,,,thanks to monster "assualt" energy drink sleep is not optional haha

24 hour shift... you must be absoloutely Knackared. keep up the caffine intake

the longest iver ever pulled was a 48,,,and that sucked really bad i wont do it again now my limit is a 36 and thats got to be a worst case scenerio kind of thing,,i wont volunteer for it...put working on the river for the last 15yrs,,,a 30 min cat nap and i can exteend my work day 4to5 hrs easy,,i guess your body just adjust to it,,and yea caffeene can help tons haha...the hardest part is on the weekend we work skelton crew,,,i.e. just me,,24hrs by yourself with no one to talk to start to get on your nerves...haha i was on um all night last night.

what do you work as anyhow?

riverboat captain on the mississippi river,we deliver supplies to vessels moving up and down the river,as well as people or what ever needs to me moved,,right now i have a 100ton masters working on upgrading to a 500ton..moce to bigger boats possibly off shore to work the oil rigs,,start a new adventure with rough seas and do the salty captain routine,,,see if any of the stories i hear out here have any truth to them,,,,,the river is full of stories but the ocean the ocean has the best ones,of mystery fog,strange lights, ghost ships..theres that and just lerning new things and a new way to run a boat would be exciting right now even the most dagerouse things i do have become commen place and second nature.

A lot of caffeine will draw water out of your body and possibly make you dehydrated in the long run. So please be careful when drinking the energy drinks!

I wish i had your job.

I think a blog would be a much better place than a thread for this type of info.

thankd for the concern,but im also mixing in water and someone diet cokes let in the ridge haha,



do you live near water,,,to be honest working your way up from a deckhand to the wheel house is ard but fun work,and if your the typ that dosnt mind beaing aaway from home you can make really good money and see the world..i picked a job on the river and i go home everyday well most of the time hah,,22hrs into it 2 to go,,,just go up from a hour nap,,,,but alot of compaines if your living on the boats will fly you back home so if your not close to water you can still get a job....just takes a certain mentality but it really does get in your blood and you love the water,,,like a crazy dug you cant kick the habit

I suppose everyone who has posted has given the poor guy something to do and think upon. Good luck ACS Nearly over now!

Im going to look into that. Thanks very much.

You can do that with a blog. Not trying to be a killjoy, but this is not a topic for a discussion thread. Good grief.

No no, Eric, not at all, and in most cases I would agree with you. It's just, the way I see it, there wouldn't be much to put in a blog. "Today I worked for 24 hours on a boat. And watched Lord of the Rings." At least this way, he can just have a normal discussion with people, and it seems to be attracting a bit of interest. I'm thinking that as long as he's keeping himself, and others on the board, entertained - then he must be doing something right.

fair enough without starting a new thread in wil infact pose a question for debate..

does a man spending more time at work then at home to provide for his family,realy provideing for his family or is hs simply being selfish in his own pursuits.

what would someone else limit of hours a day be,before they said no,,i cant say no because as a captain of a vessel i cant leave with out being properly relieved,with out being derilic in my duties....but i can refuse to run a bout for safty issues...so what are you lines drawn in the sand as far as work goes.

2 very debatable questions

Thats why we have a chat room here too.

We do?...Oh, we do. My apologies, I'd never noticed before.

"does a man spending more time at work then at home to provide for his family,realy provideing for his family or is hs simply being selfish in his own pursuits." You're providing for your family, whom you obviously care for, by working in a way that you care about. I don't see that as selfish.

i understnd eric no wories,in my last post i did pose 2 questions for debate.

if there not worthy then close the thread no hard feelings..

Agreed