Night Crew check in v2.0

[Mazin]

Joining the ranks of you misfits tonight so I thought I'd check in and see how everyone's doing?


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[Mazin]

Ahh I see everyone must be taking a nap, guess I'll join in.


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[HoneyBadger]

Hello night crew!



Joining the ranks of you misfits tonight so I thought I'd check in and see how everyone's doing?


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Bob Dole! :D

[BuffCyclist]

Heya HB. Did HoneyBadger Jr wake you up again?

[HoneyBadger]

Of course he did!

[BuffCyclist]

Well, he's at least reliable [Flower]

[vossman]

This shift is killing me.

[BuffCyclist]

This shift is killing me.

Me too. NOT! [LOL]

This shift was a half-shift for some reason, only 2 nights on. I only have about an hour to go before I can go home so time to go grab some more coffee to ensure I make it through the rest of the night, and can drive home safely.


[Scramble]

[Mazin]

BOB Dole ;)


Covering 3rd tonight made me realize how much I miss it.


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[hunterhawk]

This shift isn't bad... Have done it for 3 years now but with a newborn at home and just my wife I feel bad... Well kinda bad :-) my weekends suck though! Try to get on a normal day to sleep with the wife and when the kid doesn't like sleeping yours truly is the one getting up with him... He's actually 3 months old yesterday and he actually slept for 7 hours straight! I would lie if I said it wasn't amazing to sleep in :-)

on that note 3 and 1/2 hours to go and it's time to start working out.... Wish me luck it's day 1 but must be done!

[Mazin]

This shift isn't bad... Have done it for 3 years now but with a newborn at home and just my wife I feel bad... Well kinda bad :-) my weekends suck though! Try to get on a normal day to sleep with the wife and when the kid doesn't like sleeping yours truly is the one getting up with him... He's actually 3 months old yesterday and he actually slept for 7 hours straight! I would lie if I said it wasn't amazing to sleep in :-)

on that note 3 and 1/2 hours to go and it's time to start working out.... Wish me luck it's day 1 but must be done!

Know the feeling, I was on 3rd for 4 years before moving to 1st. It was always hell come Sundays when I had to basically stay up the 24 hrs to get my sleep schedule adjusted.


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[HoneyBadger]

This shift isn't bad... Have done it for 3 years now but with a newborn at home and just my wife I feel bad... Well kinda bad :-) my weekends suck though! Try to get on a normal day to sleep with the wife and when the kid doesn't like sleeping yours truly is the one getting up with him... He's actually 3 months old yesterday and he actually slept for 7 hours straight! I would lie if I said it wasn't amazing to sleep in :-)

on that note 3 and 1/2 hours to go and it's time to start working out.... Wish me luck it's day 1 but must be done!
Hey! My son is 3 months next week! Most nights he sleeps through the night now, but sometimes he still has a bad night and insists on waking up several times throughout the night.

[hunterhawk]

Yeah he has been pretty good lately..I can always tell when he slept well... My wife's always in a better mood :-)

[USAFGopherMike]

Evening night owls.

[UrbanWolf]

I'm up, I'm fucked up but I'm up.

[brutal]

Still working from the hotel room after mandatory fun and much alcohol, I have to be up in 5 hours to attend the 3rd day of a tech conference, then fly out tonight.

blarg

[USAFGopherMike]

Reminds me of my flying days... lots of that.

[USAFGopherMike]

Where are all the night owls these days. I know I'm not the only one that does shift work.

[Goodburbon]

On vacation.


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[BuffCyclist]

Where are all the night owls these days. I know I'm not the only one that does shift work.

I work shifts too, but my schedule is erratic. I work 4 nights on and between 5-14 days off, sometimes more. My last shift is 7/19-21, then I'm off until 8/30. :D

[ChunkyMonkey]

I work shifts too, but my schedule is erratic. I work 4 nights on and between 5-14 days off, sometimes more. My last shift is 7/19-21, then I'm off until 8/30. :D

I used to know a call girl that has that kind of shift. [Coffee]

[BuffCyclist]

I used to know a call girl that has that kind of shift. [Coffee]

[werdo]




Haha, they have to take the telescope apart in the summer to clean the optics (primary and secondary mirrors) as well as do preventative maintenance on various systems. Takes about 4 weeks in total to take it apart, and either clean the mirrors or ship them to AZ, then the wait for other work to be completed, then reassembling the entire thing.

Whats funny though, is the box of "random parts" that we ALWAYS end up with every year at the end of shutdown. Its countless nuts/bolts, and sometimes other more unique parts as well.

[BuffCyclist]

Feeling like this thread is feeling a little left out from all the activity the post whore thread has gotten today.

[Great-Kazoo]

Feeling like this thread is feeling a little left out from all the activity the post whore thread has gotten today.

Only, real important people post here. The rest aren't smart enough to do anything but whore;)

[UrbanWolf]

Staying up writting a group project paper again, I wish those in my group actually worked on it, but who am I kidding.

[Goodburbon]

Been there done that. But honestly, it's hard to coordinate a group to accomplish such a focused task.


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[BuffCyclist]

Only, real important people post here. The rest aren't smart enough to do anything but whore;)

Oh whew, I was worried you were making a joke that I wasn't anything other than a whore! [Beer]


Staying up writting a group project paper again, I wish those in my group actually worked on it, but who am I kidding.

That sucks, I do not miss group projects at all. There is always people who skate on by doing the bare minimum or hoping the other people in the group will take up all the slack.

[UrbanWolf]

Been there done that. But honestly, it's hard to coordinate a group to accomplish such a focused task.


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Not that hard to send me their articles, but they didn't do it, now I'm reading through news section on CNN.com, lovely.

[HoneyBadger]

Not that hard to send me their articles, but they didn't do it, now I'm reading through news section on CNN.com, lovely.
[Puke]

[USAFGopherMike]

Definitely dark where I am.

[BuffCyclist]

Dark here too, guess that means we can officially check in now, right?

[USAFGopherMike]

Been dark where I am for about 10 hours now.

[BuffCyclist]

Only 4 hours for me, have 4 more to go.

Where are you that you've had 10 hours of darkness?

[USAFGopherMike]

Underground

[BuffCyclist]

Ah, well that's just cheating!

[Goodburbon]

I've been working in some fashion since yesterday morning at 8, is it nighttime yet?


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[BuffCyclist]

Checking in again, sigh, just a few more hours to go before freedom, sleep, wake up, LGS, MRI, beer, food, sleep, then shooting range!

[glocklp]

New to grave shift boo!!

[BuffCyclist]

But being new to the night crew is AWESOME!!!

[brutal]

Wasup bishes?

[Goodburbon]

Nothin...poked a hole in the earths arm and missed the vein...

[brutal]

<Blows off cobwebs>

Expecting to be rolling a system migration for a plant in Asia, I get up to find they are still hours away from being ready for me after I've already had an Espresso and a large cup o joe. Do I go back to bed for a few hours or hang?

[T-Giv]

Hang out and keep the party rolling!

[brutal]

<crickets>

Running controller and drive code upgrades on a SAN.

Yawn.

[brutal]

Buff must be busy on that fancy telescope in Chile?

I saw that thing on a Modern Marvels show about Aluminum when it was still just a plan. How they coat (and recoat) those big ass mirrors.

[Dr_Fwd]

How yall doin?

[T-Giv]

I'm doing great. What's up with the other night walkers?

[brutal]

Finished!

Yea, I can go to bed soon.

[Big Wall]

I was switched back to night shift at work and now I can't sleep at night on my days off. Got 1-1/2 hrs of sleep tonight.

[GilpinGuy]

Grave shift sucks, but it works for the rest of the fam. Nights off are weird. I feel like staying up all night, but have shit to do the next day - usually in in the AM. Gotta do what needs doin.

[Big Wall]

I think it works better for the family as well, but my wife doesn't like me not being home at night. She graduates with her masters degree in the spring. Until then, like you said, I gotta do what needs doin.

[T-Giv]

My bed time can't come soon enough!

[Big Wall]

Out doing driver observations tonight. Basically spying on them. I've never been caught yet. Amazing how they don't pay attention to their surroundings while making deliveries.

[brutal]

I was destined for another long night, but fuck it, I'm done. Besides, I need some sleep before going to the range tomorrow. One last DOPE run before chasing some Elks around the woods.

[T-Giv]

I'm already tired and it's only approaching 0100. I'm having a hard time getting used to nights.

[HoneyBadger]

Technically, I'm on "night crew" every other night with the baby HoneyBadger, but tonight is a real doozy...

Ill be on real night crew all week this week. Got stuck with graves for 4 straight days. [Bang]

[BuffCyclist]

Way to revive the night crew thread HB [Awesom]

Any chance you can bring your reloading manuals and do some reading up while working? [LOL]

[BuffCyclist]

I'm on night crew duty, though I'm heading home in just under 2 hours.

Only have 3 more night crew shifts before I start working on the new project. Sucky part is, I'm on from 12/23-12/27. :(

[HoneyBadger]

Way to revive the night crew thread HB [Awesom]

Any chance you can bring your reloading manuals and do some reading up while working? [LOL]

Maybe? [Dunno]

i don't think I'll be very busy.

[BuffCyclist]

How interesting, decided I'd revive the night crew thread and the second to last person to post in here is none other than yours truly. And even then I was complaining about working this shift [LOL]

[brutal]

yawn.

[BuffCyclist]

Aw man, a ho followed me here!

[BuffCyclist]

What are you doin' up tonight brutal? Working or just can't sleep?

[ChunkyMonkey]

Fox/coyote is driving our dog crazy. Grrrrr

[BuffCyclist]

1.5 hours to go, I can make it. Then, a one hour drive home, hot shower, and into the guest bedroom to sleep the day away.

[brutal]

I've been technically off work 12-21 through the 1st. Technically, as in; "We need to do whatever is needed to close this Q4 deal." for sales support. But I'm not on any projects, just a couple best-effort support contracts.

[TheBelly]

Alright fuckos..take it back to the PWT where it belongs. It's morning now.

sheesh! some people!

[brutal]

zombie thread revival

And I'm cross-posting too bitches.

[Bang]

I've been at this fucked up software troubleshooting/re-install for 14 hours.

Company hired a sub to do something we don't do a lot of and didn't have time for. I thought they were going to sub back to IBM, but they went cheap on us.

Well, the consultant fawked it up right good. So now the old adage applies very well.

Had we taken the time to do it right ourselves the first time, we wouldn't have had to do it over.

To make matters worse, there's so many moving parts, it actually took the better part of 6 hours just to uninstall and get things cleaned up to the point I could start the install over.

Gawd I hate Tivoli shit.

[buffalobo]

Foul, foul, repost from PWT.

[Great-Kazoo]

Foul, foul, repost from PWT.

You posted, that count as a DUPE ?

[boomerhc9]

Hey yall, first check in with night crew. recently unemployed schedule change leading to insomnia returning. Great!

[brutal]

Well, I got the shit working again, so I'm out.

[HoneyBadger]

Well, I got the shit working again, so I'm out.
That's good. Being constipated is no fun!

[HoneyBadger]

And a bump for good measure. [Beer]

[KestrelBike]

Welp, I got into graduate school. Unfortunately, it's the one that doesn't make me jump through a whole bunch of loops pre-admission credits wise, and it'll cost 5x as much (I'll have to pay a substantially higher rent than I do now, and it's twice as expensive as the school I want to go to). It's probably a better school, too : \

But hey, getting accepted into a school is always nice.

[brutal]

And a bump for good measure. [Beer]

Wow, you did stay up late last night; snuck one in after I turned in. Bravo!

[Great-Kazoo]

Wow, you did stay up late last night; snuck one in after I turned in. Bravo!

You guyz PWT slumming? No problem

[OtterbatHellcat]

What's up your ass, man?

You PMS'ing or what?

[brutal]

You know it's against the forum rules to post here between 0430 and midnight right? One must not just be getting up at 0400, but must just be getting done.

[driver]

I'm getting it done right now.

[Snowman78]

Welp, I got into graduate school. Unfortunately, it's the one that doesn't make me jump through a whole bunch of loops pre-admission credits wise, and it'll cost 5x as much (I'll have to pay a substantially higher rent than I do now, and it's twice as expensive as the school I want to go to). It's probably a better school, too : \

But hey, getting accepted into a school is always nice.


Congrats! What are you getting your master in?

[Ah Pook]

The drama lama is strong in this thread.[LS]

Ping and goodnight.

[Irving]

Night crew wut?!

[brutal]

Early night here, have a call at 0800.

[Zombie Steve]

Stupid puppy.

Hello, Night Crew.

[HoneyBadger]

You know it's against the forum rules to post here between 0430 and midnight right? One must not just be getting up at 0400, but must just be getting done.
You just broke the rules... [Roll1]

[HoneyBadger]

Been too busy to post before this. Lonnnnng night tonight. I got to work at 8pm last night and won't be leaving until around 10am.

[brutal]

Fuck apache, tomcat, and web security right in the pussy. fuck it, I'm going to bed.

Lone arranger on a DR excercise and I'm burned.

[alxone]

must motivate, friking cold

[alxone]

weather says -5 but feels like -2? what the hell is that? so its really really really cold but its only gonna feel really really cold? stupid weather people

[Squeeze]

Burning the late night oil too. Off in 4 hours. Glad I have a job working inside on cold nights like this.

[brutal]

Zombie thread

Zombie worker

[brutal]

man I hate pulling all-nighters...

[OtterbatHellcat]

Yeah, but you're a stud muffin rakin' in the big bank for your smartness and stuff.

I forgot about this thread.

[vossman]

I start mids on Monday. Not looking forward to that.

[vossman]

2nd mid shift, get home about 7am and sure as shit the neighbors getting a new roof. NO SLEEP.

[HoneyBadger]

I figured this thread could use a bump. :)

[SAnd]

It sure is quiet tonight. Between the usual no 'roar of the city', no traffic, and the snow sound damping, it is nice and quitel.

[roberth]

Don't ask me why I'm up - I don't know - I'm usually not awake until 5AM or so. Getting old stinks.


It sure is quiet tonight. Between the usual no 'roar of the city', no traffic, and the snow sound damping, it is nice and quitel.

It is beautiful outside.

[HoneyBadger]

Don't ask me why I'm up - I don't know - I'm usually not awake until 5AM or so. Getting old stinks.



It is beautiful outside.
I can hear the low rumble from the fruit packing plant that is about a mile away. The insulation standards here are garbage... I feel like I'm living in an apartment - I can hear neighbors yelling, smell their cooking, traffic is super loud, etc.

[Mazin]

Good bump it's been awhile.

[Zcsdkr]

This sure is a beautiful city when it snows.

[roberth]

I can hear the low rumble from the fruit packing plant that is about a mile away. The insulation standards here are garbage... I feel like I'm living in an apartment - I can hear neighbors yelling, smell their cooking, traffic is super loud, etc.

Wow, that is terrible insulation. Might be time to xfer back here.

[GilpinGuy]

I would have thought that CA has outrageously overbearing standards. For everything.

[HoneyBadger]

I would have thought that CA has outrageously overbearing standards. For everything.
Yeah, that's what I expected. We had R-33 in our attic in Colorado. The minimum standard here is R-19.


...And as I look at these standards, I keep seeing things about my brand new house that are not up to code.... [facepalm]

[KS63]

Dam, this thread is back. I could've whored it up this week by staying up till 6am while sitting in a blind.

[KestrelBike]

Yeah, that's what I expected. We had R-33 in our attic in Colorado. The minimum standard here is R-19.


...And as I look at these standards, I keep seeing things about my brand new house that are not up to code.... [facepalm]

But the coldest it ever gets is low 50's practically... what else is not up to code?

[HoneyBadger]

But the coldest it ever gets is low 50's practically... what else is not up to code?
It regularly gets into the 30s at night here.

As far as what else isn't up to code, I'm really afraid to look... I sure hope the inspector doesn't get too nosy when we try to sell this place.

[brutal]

Back on these 16 hours days... I gotta stop working until 0100, getting up in the morning is the suck.

[Dr_Fwd]

hey gents.

[Dr_Fwd]

dang, its been a minute since my last post....

[HoneyBadger]

Welcome back, Doc!

[brutal]

I have been working late past 0100, 0200 or 0300 every day this week.

Man I'm bushed.

[Great-Kazoo]

Is this end of night crew, or start of day shift, point of the thread?

[cableguy11]

Is this end of night crew, or start of day shift, point of the thread?

Almost the end of the night shift...2.5 hours more to go!! Shouldn't you be asleep? You need better meds....lol.

[Great-Kazoo]

Almost the end of the night shift...2.5 hours more to go!! Shouldn't you be asleep? You need better meds....lol.

Rust never sleeps..

[SAnd]

Hello Great-Kazoo,
I just noticed your comment about using violence properly. It reminded me of a maybe apocryphal exchange between a couple great science fiction writers.

Isaac Asimov told Jerry Pournelle That 'Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent". Pournelle replied "Only the incompetent wait until the last refuge to use it."

I'll now again quote a line for night people-

"I'd like to remind you at four in the morning my world is very still
The air is fresh under diamond skies, makes me glad to be alive" Bachman Turner Overdrive Blue Collar

Well, maybe no "diamond skies" tonight. But is quiet and peaceful right now.

And another thought- Snowflakes are raindrops with deployed parachutes.

[GilpinGuy]

Diamond skies up here. No snow at all (yet).

[Great-Kazoo]

Diamond skies up here. No snow at all (yet).

How times have changed. "Live" TV (PBS) Tom's freestyling. smoking a cigarette and(GASP) DRINKING, ON TV [panic]


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO5sB2_EJjo

[Great-Kazoo]

Hello Great-Kazoo,


Isaac Asimov told Jerry Pournelle That 'Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent". Pournelle replied "Only the incompetent wait until the last refuge to use it."

I'll now again quote a line for night people-

"I'd like to remind you at four in the morning my world is very still
The air is fresh under diamond skies, makes me glad to be alive" Bachman Turner Overdrive Blue Collar

Well, maybe no "diamond skies" tonight. But is quiet and peaceful right now.

And another thought- Snowflakes are raindrops with deployed parachutes.


Staying in theme with celestial descriptions. Tom is not only a favorite musician wise. He was one of the few to incorporate lots of Denver references / story telling in more than 1 song.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo5SQIKAjhE&amp;ebc=ANyPxKrwxE9Qkg06ifIOyoVkEL onwhDRGTwt462_UzzqhUJeOOc1KZamtGkHRJ8hSkjoYlDPpF1r iX9O2DHiZ2-kDEdWl1rL6g

[brutal]

LATE check-in for night crew. Been up all night working a customer critsit. System patching (not me) killed the box. Took an act of God to resurrect it. I told them they need to change the system name to JC.

Got that sucka running again so you all get your shiny new CC's and junk mail offers.

[brutal]

So I've worked late every night this week. Friday night it was until 0400. Got up at 1000 and have now been up 24.

Ouch. Later.

[cableguy11]

Rust never sleeps..

I thought you upgraded to titanium....no rust!!

[stodg73]

He went stainless...

[cableguy11]

So I've worked late every night this week. Friday night it was until 0400. Got up at 1000 and have now been up 24.

Ouch. Later.

I remember those days, but that was 15 years ago...now it's just 12.25hrs day or night, but not both!!

[HoneyBadger]

Hey Night Crew! Anyone else in it to win it tonight?

[brutal]

Need to stop jerking around with my new phone and go to bed.

[HoneyBadger]

Need to stop jerking around with my new phone and go to bed.

[sheepshagger]

[Irving]

Here I am!

[brutal]

Gotta love migration weekends...

At least I can sneak off and grab a few Zzzz while this data restore is running.

[Great-Kazoo]

Here I am!

At the top of the world.

[buffalobo]

Looking down on creation

sent from my electronic ball and chain

[Great-Kazoo]

Looking down on creation

sent from my electronic ball and chain

Ummm sun's up. Around here, that's usually DAYTIME !

[buffalobo]

Sunrise is my lunch time.

sent from my electronic ball and chain

[brutal]

4.5 hours sleep, Awesome.

got back up at 0700 and back at it. Just got a break.

[HoneyBadger]

STOP CHECKING IN! IT'S NOT NIGHTTIME ANYMORE!!!!








[ROFL1]

[brutal]

STOP CHECKING IN! IT'S NOT NIGHTTIME ANYMORE!!!!








[ROFL1]

[goFyourself]

If I work all damn night and pull a 36'er, I can keep posting in this here bitch.

[zombie1]



Then again, I suppose that 4.5 hour nap makes it not count.

[Irving]

Just woke up from a day time nap. Totally the same as working at night.

[brutal]

Just woke up from a day time nap. Totally the same as working at night.

lol

[HoneyBadger]

Checking in for the night crew.

[Grant H.]

Gonna be a late one here...

Trying to get apache to run in a new jail on my NAS.

Thus far, it's been a little bit of a PITA.

[brutal]

Checking in for the night crew.

Too early bish.

[Neene1]

[Irving]

I'm making a pin cushion out of a cute owl pattern.

[brutal]

Gonna be a late one here...

Trying to get apache to run in a new jail on my NAS.

Thus far, it's been a little bit of a PITA.

I don't envy you, doesn't sound like fun.

I am far from a nix guy myself, but I did have a little fun getting a bunch of oddball products up and running in a CentOS VM on my work laptop last year.

I needed to run an open source storage monitor product that uses lots of oddball packages, and to get to the storage, Cisco Anyconnect VPN via commandline. fun fun fun.

[Grant H.]

I don't envy you, doesn't sound like fun.

I am far from a nix guy myself, but I did have a little fun getting a bunch of oddball products up and running in a CentOS VM on my work laptop last year.

I needed to run an open source storage monitor product that uses lots of oddball packages, and to get to the storage, Cisco Anyconnect VPN via commandline. fun fun fun.

This is just for "fun" on my personal NAS. I want to be able to host a few things, and as such am setting up the web server on the one box that is ALWAYS running at my house. I could just cheat and use my router, since it has DDNS implemented by ASUS, and has the ability to serve from a usb hard drive plugged in. I'd rather it be done on my NAS for space (11.7TB usable, fully backed up), but if this doesn't start to cooperate, I might just go with the router option.

I know VM is useful, crap, I use them all the time for instances of polling engines, but I really dislike having to set them up all the time. I'd rather fight with the FreeNas implementation of Linux than a VM right now.

[HoneyBadger]

Too early bish.

[Neene1]


Nuh-uh!!
[Coffee]

[HoneyBadger]

I'm making a pin cushion out of a cute owl pattern.

You're turning into such a good domestic husband! [ROFL2]

[Irving]

Today I test drove a minivan AND finished a pair of pajama pants (made from previously mentioned cute owl pattern).

[ColoradoTJ]

Making power. Almost purchased a gun tonight at work. New first for me [Coffee]

Testing it out on Monday, G19 Gen 4

[Circuits]

Workin the Evan Williams, some local brew, and binge-watching a series on netflix. Might have to get a job next month.

[Lars]

Working night shift, operating my crane. She's just a little thing, but it gets the job done.

[brutal]

I'm fading fast... two weekends ago it was an all nighter (client caused outage)

Too f u c k i n g old for this

[HoneyBadger]

Damn TPS reports are piling up.

[Grant H.]

This is just for "fun" on my personal NAS. I want to be able to host a few things, and as such am setting up the web server on the one box that is ALWAYS running at my house. I could just cheat and use my router, since it has DDNS implemented by ASUS, and has the ability to serve from a usb hard drive plugged in. I'd rather it be done on my NAS for space (11.7TB usable, fully backed up), but if this doesn't start to cooperate, I might just go with the router option.

I know VM is useful, crap, I use them all the time for instances of polling engines, but I really dislike having to set them up all the time. I'd rather fight with the FreeNas implementation of Linux than a VM right now.

Ha.

Got the server to run and stay stable finally. Started with a simple default page, and now I have to build the pages that I want to have public for the hosted content.

Not as late as I was expecting, but not as simple as I hoped.

Now to finish to my movie, build a webpage or three, and then get to bed for snowboarding tomorrow...

[HoneyBadger]

I suppose this EPR isn't going to write itself... [Roll1]

[GilpinGuy]

The weekend begins in less than an hour. Oh yeah.

[rondog]

Guess I never noticed a "night crew" thread before. I work nights, deep nights! 8:30pm to 6:30am, four nights a week. We manage maintenance work and splicing on fiber optic cables nationwide, which can only be done at night, not a day job at my end of the stick, maybe years down the road.

[HoneyBadger]

Guess I never noticed a "night crew" thread before. I work nights, deep nights! 8:30pm to 6:30am, four nights a week. We manage maintenance work and splicing on fiber optic cables nationwide, which can only be done at night, not a day job at my end of the stick, maybe years down the road.
Well, welcome! I'll be here for the next few nights, if you want to check in and chat.

[HoneyBadger]

I guess this is as good a time as any to check in! [Dunno]

[buffalobo]

Time to make the dohnuts?

sent from my electronic ball and chain

[Irving]

My schedule got kind of screwed up and I didn't really work today. Is that the same as working nights?

[GilpinGuy]

No.

[GilpinGuy]

Getting home when the sun is rising or already rose (risen?) is working nights. [Coffee]

[Irving]

Oh I know. I text adjusters the night before to confirm appointments, and some of them start texting me back at 4:30am and calling before 6am. That's also kind of like working nights.

[brutal]

Oh I know. I text adjusters the night before to confirm appointments, and some of them start texting me back at 4:30am and calling before 6am. That's also kind of like working nights.

bed by 2030 and up at 0430 isn't exactly working nights...

[brutal]

Getting home when the sun is rising or already rose (risen?) is working nights. [Coffee]

Pretty sure I posted the event in here, don't recall as I was pretty wiped out.

3-26 through 3-27, I helped resurrect a VIP system that was dead dead dead. I told them they should rename it Jesus Christ as it arose from the dead. On Easter Sunday no less. How weird is that?

[GilpinGuy]

Not to bring on the pity party here since I actually made my schedule myself, but I go in at 5AM two days a week and get off at 5AM two days a week. Talk about f-ed up. Sleep is a "get it when you can" thing.

It works out for the family though. Better this than the $700 a month we were paying for babysitters. Plus, the Night Crew thread![Beer]

[HoneyBadger]

Not to bring on the pity party here since I actually made my schedule myself, but I go in at 5AM two days a week and get off at 5AM two days a week. Talk about f-ed up. Sleep is a "get it when you can" thing.

It works out for the family though. Better this than the $700 a month we were paying for babysitters. Plus, the Night Crew thread![Beer]

Still sounds better than my schedule! [LOL]

I work from 0600-1400 for 2 days, then from 1400-2200 for 2 days, then 2200-0600 for 2 days. Then I get 4 days off, but I usually spend most of my time off just trying to get back on a normal schedule. Oh well. I guess I'll sleep lots when I'm dead. [zombie1]

[HoneyBadger]

zzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZ

[brutal]

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz

memememememem

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz

memememememem

[Slapps74]

Zzzzzzzz

[brutal]

OK, I'm not kidding, I'm going to bed now.

I think my work is finally done. This new system has been kicking my ass for a few days now.

[rondog]

With this, I'm going to bed.....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HpLqqH2tkw

[brutal]

That's exactly how my week has gone.

[brutal]

I was NOT supposed to be working late this weekend.

[Bang]

[brutal]

Damnit!

[Bang]

[Grant H.]

Stupid projects...

Working on an RF pathstudy for an O/G customer.

Hurray for 1.5Gbps Microwave links, tying a hole batch of 1-2Mbps SCADA networks back to the office. Holy details though... Quoting/Spec'ing towers for wind loading and future growth, quoting RF hardware, and quoting about 6 months of labor...

Oh well... At least it's work...

[GilpinGuy]

Stupid projects...

Working on an RF pathstudy for an O/G customer.

Hurray for 1.5Gbps Microwave links, tying a hole batch of 1-2Mbps SCADA networks back to the office. Holy details though... Quoting/Spec'ing towers for wind loading and future growth, quoting RF hardware, and quoting about 6 months of labor...

Oh well... At least it's work...

I think this an english only forum. [ROFL2]

Yay! The weekend just began. This PBR tastes good.

[wyome]

Mmmmmm SCADA

[Grant H.]

I think this an english only forum. [ROFL2]

Yay! The weekend just began. This PBR tastes good.

Aside from the misspelling of "whole" [facepalm] (stuff happens when you've been on the road all week, and then up till 4:30) that seems like English to me.... [Neene1]

SCADA stands for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. Basically we build wireless communication networks that allow our customers (Oil and Gas, Water/Waste Water, Electric Power, etc) to see what all their devices are doing in the field remotely. These are generally poll/response systems, and have the ability to remote start/stop on command, and usually have the logic to emergency stop a process when something is out of whack.

In the case of this customer we are quoting and building a high speed wireless backbone ring (data can get routed either way, so even if a link goes down, the data can get back still) throughout their field, and then we are breaking off with much slower radios to go out to their end devices. Also on the main backbone towers we will have wifi access points for their field guys to get onto the corporate network from the field. With the access points we will put up, and the truck wifi kits that we usually sell to go with it, they can be up to 10 miles from the towers and still get good wifi access.

Sorry for the book, just thought I would share.

[wyome]

So these are all time shared links right? So what modulation and baud rates do you utilize ?

[Grant H.]

So these are all time shared links right? So what modulation and baud rates do you utilize ?

For the backbone links we are using one of three bands depending on the situation. 5.8GHz, 11GHz, or 24GHz microwave shots, ranging anywhere between 16-2048QAM modulation rates. The 5.8GHz and 24GHz are license free, but the 11GHz is licensed. Depending on the customers preference, there are a host of options for this. I haven't found a need for one suppliers 4096QAM, nor a customer that wants to spend for it.

The last mile communication links are all Xetawave 900MHz unlicensed radios running multispeed multipoint, with an allowed range of 884kbps - 2651kbps (BPSK, QPSK, and 8PSK). We used to use FreeWave radios, but have since moved away from them.

This end users devices are a mix of Totalflow's, ROC's, and a few small name PLC/well controllers. Other customers have Allen Bradley, Bristol, Siemens, Ferguson, PCS, etc... (We see a lot of random gear due to being in so many vertical markets. We focus on being the experts on the wireless side and work/partner with people that know the PLC/RTU side better, if no one wants to partner we can do most of it, but it's not our forte. This brings a much better solution to the end user.)

Generally for serial devices in the field (old PLC's/RTU's/Flow computers), we run them at the max serial baud rate they are capable of. A few fields we have radios in still have devices that are limited to 1200bps. With RS485, we generally run 19200-38400, depending on the radio link (the better the link the faster we'll run). With RS232, if we have a full complement of control lines available on the device (they are all there on the radio), we'll run 115200.

[GilpinGuy]

I was just kidding. I get loopy after a 13 hour graveyard shift. Probably should refrain from posting at that time.

[Grant H.]

I was just kidding. I get loopy after a 13 hour graveyard shift. Probably should refrain from posting at that time.

It's all good. I was just kidding with my response.

[Irving]

I was just kidding when I read this thread and didn't post anything.

[wyome]

Thanks for the scada setup explanation....in a previous life I used to do rf analysis, and every know and then some of that stuff would pop up...

[Grant H.]

Thanks for the scada setup explanation....in a previous life I used to do rf analysis, and every know and then some of that stuff would pop up...

Sure.

The RF world is still fun for me (15+ years later), since I get to design big stuff like this, and then implement it.

Older Picture, but the most interesting immediately available. In this one, I'm hanging out at 120' working on a PTMP 3.65GHz Access Point.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1481/26160348073_6d7122f503_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FRGC52)0918141517 (https://flic.kr/p/FRGC52) by ARNEWB (https://www.flickr.com/photos/61071044@N08/), on Flickr

[Irving]

Awesome. I want to try something that high.

[HoneyBadger]

Hey Night Crew. [Beer]

[Grant H.]

Does this count as night crew?

Probably be up for a while. Then I have a meeting with a customer at 6, an hour from my house... Maybe I should try the napping thing from the other thread... LOL.

Making a Raspberry Pi 3 into an OpenVPN server. Should be straightforward, but who knows. The last time I played with OpenVPN I never could get a client to connect properly...

[Great-Kazoo]

Does this count as night crew?


Hope so, since I'm bumping the thread too.

[HoneyBadger]

Hey Night Crew! Where is everyone? Did everyone working shift work drop dead? I know I feel like I'm about to.

[driver]

I'll be off in about 45 minutes. It has been a long night.

[HoneyBadger]

I've got another 2 hours. Yee-haw.

[ColoradoTJ]

9 more hours to go......

[hurley842002]

2 hours and 20 ish minutes give or take.

[hurley842002]

The up side, when people were going to work saying "happy Monday" after the three day weekend, I'm saying happy Friday! The down side, it seems like my "Friday" changes every week.

[cableguy11]

Nights on Friday-Saturday...so technically this is my Friday but I was on days...so Friday will be my second Monday!!!

[HoneyBadger]

The up side, when people were going to work saying "happy Monday" after the three day weekend, I'm saying happy Friday! The down side, it seems like my "Friday" changes every week.
Yep.. I'm about to get ready for work, but today is my Friday! [Awesom]

[hurley842002]

Yep.. I'm about to get ready for work, but today is my Friday! [Awesom]

Nice, happy Friday!

[HoneyBadger]

Thanks! Are you glad you decided not to move to CA?? [LOL]

[hurley842002]

Thanks! Are you glad you decided not to move to CA?? [LOL]

With the crap gun legislation signed recently, yes I am glad. That, and we've come to terms with the fact that we need to be looking for somewhere cheaper than CO, not more expensive. If my wife can handle the heat, we are looking closely at Phoenix. Close enough to CA to be able to visit family, but cheaper.

[Great-Kazoo]

With the crap gun legislation signed recently, yes I am glad. That, and we've come to terms with the fact that we need to be looking for somewhere cheaper than CO, not more expensive. If my wife can handle the heat, we are looking closely at Phoenix. Close enough to CA to be able to visit family, but cheaper.

No water AND too crowded, much too crowded in Phx. In Jan we sat in traffic @ 2:30, took 1 hr to go from airport to scottsdale. Something GPS said was a 30 min ride.

[hurley842002]

No water AND too crowded, much too crowded in Phx. In Jan we sat in traffic @ 2:30, took 1 hr to go from airport to scottsdale. Something GPS said was a 30 min ride.

It would actually be Anthem, which is 30 miles North of Phoenix, with work being in Anthem as well, so I wouldn't have to deal with metro crap.

[Great-Kazoo]

It would actually be Anthem, which is 30 miles North of Phoenix, with work being in Anthem as well, so I wouldn't have to deal with metro crap.

[ROFL3]

Until you're in Verde Valley. You will ALWAYS be dealing with Phx metro crap. Where do you think 1/2 that traffic goes after work in Phx.

Unfortunately No Place is perfect. it's what we make of it.

[cableguy11]

Night check-in, here till 0630!!

[rondog]

Night check-in, here till 0630!!

Ya, me too. Just started a new shift this week, 8:30pm - 6:30am, Tues-Fri. Friday nights by myself. Bleh.

[cableguy11]

That's not too bad of a schedule. I swap nights/days. Same 6-week schedule just rotating shifts. Today and tomorrow is OT!

[ColoradoTJ]

Time to brew a pot of coffee and talk about guns to my "no longer liberal" co-worker.

[hurley842002]

Ya, me too. Just started a new shift this week, 8:30pm - 6:30am, Tues-Fri. Friday nights by myself. Bleh.

Ugh, I hate overnight shifts, 4pm-12am is bad enough, which is what time i'll be here until.

[Great-Kazoo]

Time to brew a pot of coffee and talk about guns to my "no longer liberal" co-worker.

#formerlibralsmatter

[hurley842002]

You all must be working way too hard..

[cableguy11]

Thank goodness we have cable over here! and no libs! Check in for night #2....

[HoneyBadger]

Heyo! Happy night.

[HoneyBadger]

Quiet night.
[Awesom]

[Lars]

Just checking in. Just got home from work for the day. Having a full time job and running my own welding business on the side plus two little kids, makes for some long days. It's off to bed then up at 5:45 to do it all over again.

[GilpinGuy]

Yay! Off tonight and don't have to go in tilll 2000 tomorrow. Just watched an aweful flock on Netflix.....bored now.

[HoneyBadger]

Hey GG. I'll be here for 5 more hours.

[GilpinGuy]

I won't last that long bro. The Crown is stsrting to catch up with me.

[HoneyBadger]

Ohhhh I wish I had some crown right now. Instead I'm nursing a redbull and snacking on some pistachios. That combination seems to keep me awake pretty well.

[brutal]

gonna be a long nite.

(post) storage system upgrade went sideways... ugh

[brutal]

Hooah,

I get to go try to sleep for 3 hours and get back at it...

[HoneyBadger]

Sorry I missed ya, Brutal. I've actually been pretty busy most of the night.

[brutal]

fun

[Squeeze]

2018 here in the Shitty & Cunty of Denver. On until 0300.

[HoneyBadger]

I'm not heading in for another 2 hours, but then I'll be there for a while. In a few weeks, we're switching to 12 hour shifts.... yay. :(

[roberth]

Oh man I hated 12 hour shifts. 2 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off 2 on, 3 off; one month of days the next month on nights.

[gnihcraes]

Hello everyone.

I'm supposed to be sleep deprived for an EEG and MRI tests tomorrow... yay me. I'll try to stay up and check in here a few times. :)

[cableguy11]

I love 12 hour shifts...and we rotate 4nights-3days-3nights-4days...then a BS 32 and 40 hour work week...There are a couple days off in between shifts, but I love this schedule.

[Irving]

I always wanted to work three 12's when I worked a normal job.

[hurley842002]

Going to 4 tens here soon, two days of late shift, two days of earlier shift. Three days off every week sure is nice.

[Great-Kazoo]

Going to 4 tens here soon, two days of late shift, two days of earlier shift. Three days off every week sure is nice.


I feel like i'm going 24/7 ;)

[SAnd]

Going to 4 tens here soon, two days of late shift, two days of earlier shift. Three days off every week sure is nice.
Be careful. It's real easy to spend twice as much money during a three day weekend than you would spend in a two day weekend.

[hurley842002]

Be careful. It's real easy to spend twice as much money during a three day weekend than you would spend in a two day weekend.

Eh, can't spend money you don't have, what I can spend is an extra day with the family!

[GilpinGuy]

Going to 4 tens here soon, two days of late shift, two days of earlier shift. Three days off every week sure is nice.

This is what i do. Go in 2 days a week at 5am, leave 2 days a week at 5am. Weird schedule but the extra day off is sweet.

[hurley842002]

This is what i do. Go in 2 days a week at 5am, leave 2 days a week at 5am. Weird schedule but the extra day off is sweet.

Yeah it's weird for sure, especially working the late shift Friday and coming in early Saturday, but once I get used to it, all will be well.

[Squeeze]

Yeah, I work 4, 10-hour shifts and I love it. Currently on a Monday - Wednesday off.

[GilpinGuy]

Having weekdays off is the best.

[hurley842002]

Having weekdays off is the best.

I agree.

[Squeeze]

Having weekdays off is the best.

I absolutely agree. Those of us with weekdays off need to get together for some range therapy.

[HoneyBadger]

We'll be doing 2 days, 2 nights, then 3 off. Not too bad.

Lately I've been doing 2 days, 4 nights, and 3 days off (8 hr shifts)

[cableguy11]

Checking in...but not working tonight...got my hip replaced 8/17...now I can't sleep. Hope you guys that are working have a nice quiet night.

[HoneyBadger]

Hola night crew!

[Great-Kazoo]

Checking in ;)

[driver]

It's my night off, but still checking in.

[brutal]

random night work again.

been at it all night, need to knock off and get some sleep.

[GilpinGuy]

Checking in...but not working tonight...got my hip replaced 8/17...now I can't sleep. Hope you guys that are working have a nice quiet night.

How did that shit go?

This is my "transition" night. Last 2 days I went in at 5am. Now I go in at 8pm the next 2 days. Kind of like a night off, but not really. I really like this schedule though.

Does HB like his new sched. or does he not give a shit? LOL

[Ah Pook]

Up doing some research. Haven't been in night owl mode for a while.

[GilpinGuy]

We keep saying it...gotta do some blastin. I want to shoot your lever gun again!

[Great-Kazoo]

We keep saying it...gotta do some blastin. I want to shoot your lever gun again!

Too bad you guys aren't closer. I have 2 suppressed 357 levers. ;)