Re: [VFB] Surprises...

[mark romero]

Y'all outta see what it's like when you do an 8 week tour in Europe, come 
back and do two weeks in Manhattan, go to the west coast for a 4 week tour, 
go to Japan for a one month tour, come back and do the west coast again, the 
go to the midwest for a tour, back to N.Y. for two weeks and then back to 
Europe for another tour. Then when you finally get back home for maybe a 
whole week off, all you do is sleep. Most nights, if not all, that entire 
time are under 6 hours sleep, and the average is about 3 to 4 and a 
half.....sometimes with days on end being three or less. You learn to lean 
back against a wall on your honches in an airport and knock out. You sleep 
where you can get it....on a plane, bus, train, dressing room, hotel lobby, 
anywhere. You keep eye shades in you jacket pocket....along with ear plugs. 
the one real exp[erience is after about the 5th week on a tour, in europe 
say.......(especially one nighters in a different country, every day), 
....you just wake up one morning, and you have absolutely no idea at all 
where the hell you are, lmao. It's not until you turn on the lights and look 
around, at the room, the room list, the furniture, or go downstairs and see 
what language their speakin'...that you can remember. It's different believe 
me, lmao again. mark.....

From: "Desert Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [VFB] Surprises...
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:45:37 -0700
Reminds me of when I was in the Coast Guard. We had an operation one time,
"Blocked Passage", I believe was the name of it. 6 other Cutters, our ship
and 3 Navy Fast Frigates closed down the Old Bahamas Channel in a web, and
there was another contingent doing the same in the Yucatan Straits. For 72
hours we were running solid. Boarded anything that would float. Busted
drugies and Haitian Interdiction. We learned to nap standing up, in the
boats between boardings, whenever we had a chance for a couple of winks.
When it was over, all we had was a crew of zombies. Glad those days are
over.
Jimi
DonO...  Let me tell you, it really gets tough sometimes with only maybe a
total of 3 or 4 hours sleep in that 48 hour shift...  I've even ran 48 
hours
with MAYBE 2 hours sleep...  And you don't really sleep because your ear 
has
to be tuned open for when the tones go off...  They only give you 5 minutes
to respond over the radio before they second tone you...  Then we get our
butts chewed, if we do get 2nd toned...   It's called "a lot of 
caffeine"...
LOL ...  When I get home, the first place I hit is my tying bench, tye up a
couple flys, which helps me unwind and relax, then I hit the bed and sleep
for 10 to 12 hours...  LOL ...  Getting paid only $10.00 per hour, with NO
benefits, leaves you no other alternative but to work 120 to 144 hours in a
2 week pay-period...  (Course we get time and a half for anything over 80,
which helps compensate.)


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