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Markmywords · Post by **Markmywords** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:32 am

Which crew did you go out with munchkin ?

munchkin1981 · Post by **munchkin1981** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:30 pm

kewdale yesterday and either central or riverton on Monday then ptv on Wednesday

munchkin1981 · Post by **munchkin1981** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:01 pm

yay i get riverton Monday rfds Tuesday and no idea Wednesday and i feel like i been hit by a truck

munchkin1981 · Post by **munchkin1981** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:39 pm

omg only 1 week left till we start shifts

bomber · Post by **bomber** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:48 pm

bet you cant wait

munchkin1981 · Post by **munchkin1981** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:15 pm

umm yes and no my first 3 shifts are night i got 2off 2nights 2 off 1 night 1 off 2days 2nights 4 off

bomber · Post by **bomber** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:22 pm

Fingers crossed that the nights would be quiter than the days. You should be use to being up at night atleast

munchkin1981 · Post by **munchkin1981** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:24 pm

yuh going be diffrent tho just did 5 weeks of 8-4 /7-3 and now go to 3 nights of 7-7

bomber · Post by **bomber** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:25 pm

are your shifts not the same as the on road crews ?.

munchkin1981 · Post by **munchkin1981** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:26 pm

my tummy hurts

munchkin1981 · Post by **munchkin1981** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:27 pm

no 7am to 1900 then nights are 1900-0700

bomber · Post by **bomber** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:30 pm

munchkin1981 wrote:no 7am to 1900 then nights are 1900-0700

Long hours to stay awake. Is it 2 days/2 nights/ 4 off though ?.

munchkin1981 · Post by **munchkin1981** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:32 pm

munchkin1981 · Post by **munchkin1981** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:01 am

received this email this morning im ur u guys will love it

> A guy who purchased his lovely wife a pocket Taser
> for their anniversary submitted this:
>
> Last weekend at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop I was
> looking for a little
> something extra for my wife Toni. What I came
> across was a 100,000-volt
> pocket/purse-sized taser. The effects of the taser
> were supposed to be
> short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on an
> assailant. The idea is
> to allow my wife -- who would never consider a gun
> --adequate time to retreat to safety. WAY TOO COOL!!
>
> Long story short, I bought the device and brought
> it home. I loaded in two
> triple-a batteries and pushed the button. Nothing!
> I was disappointed. But
> then I read (yes, 'read') that if I pushed the
> button AND pressed it
> against a metal surface at the same time; I'd get
> the blue arch of
> electricity darting back and forth between the
> prongs and I'd know it was working.
>
> Awesome!!! (Actually, I have yet to explain to Toni
> what that burn spot is
> on the face of her microwave). Okay, so I was home
> alone with this new toy,
> thinking to myself that it couldn't be all that bad
> with only two triple-a
> batteries, right?!! There I sat in my recliner, my
> cat Gracie looking on
> intently (trusting little soul) while I was reading
> the directions and
> thinking that I really needed to try this thing out
> on a flesh and blood
> moving target. I must admit I thought about zapping
> Gracie (for a fraction
> of a second) and thought better of it. She is such
> a sweet cat. But, if I
> was going to give this thing to my wife to protect
> herself against a
> mugger, I did want some assurance that it would
> work as advertised. Am I wrong?
>
> So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top
> with my reading glasses
> perched delicately on the bridge of my nose,
> directions in one hand, and
> taser in another. The directions said that a
> one-second burst would shock
> and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst
> was supposed to cause
> muscle spasms and a major loss of bodily control; a
> three-second burst
> would purportedly make your assailant flop on the
> ground like a fish out of
> water. Any burst longer than three seconds would be
> wasting the batteries.
>
> So, I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with
> her head cocked to one
> side as to say, "don't do it," reasoning that a
> one-second burst from such
> a tiny little ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad.
> I decided to give
> myself a one-second burst just for the heck of it.
> I touched the prongs to
> my naked thigh, pushed the button, and HOLY MOTHER
> OF GOD, WEAPONS OF MASS
> DESTRUCTION @!@$$!%!@*!!!
>
> I'm pretty sure Jessie Ventura ran in through the
> side door, picked me up
> in the recliner, and body slammed us both on the
> carpet, over and over and
> over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side
> in the foetal position,
> with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both
> nipples on fire, testicles
> nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under
> my body in the oddest
> position, and tingling in my legs.
>
> You should know, if you ever feel compelled to
> "mug" yourself with a taser,
> that there is no such thing as a one-second burst
> when you zap yourself.
> You will not let go of that thing until it is
> dislodged from your hand by a
> violent thrashing about on the floor.
>
> SON-OF-A-... that hurt like hell!!! A minute or so
> later (I can't be sure,
> as time was a relative thing at that point), I
> collected what little wits I
> had left, sat up and surveyed the landscape. My
> bent reading glasses were
> on the mantel of the fireplace. How did they up get
> there??? My triceps,
> right thigh and both nipples were still twitching.
> My face felt like it had
> been shot up with Novocain, and my bottom lip
> weighed 88 lbs.
> I'm still looking for my testicles!! I'm offering a
> significant reward for their safe return.