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[TOMO 30,545]

Donr 48 hours before...but that was out parting so had chemical help....funnily enough I've just done 22 hours yesterday...got up Monday morning at 7...and on to a night-shift last night home at 5 this morning...and now I'm wide awake at 10.....and couldn't wait to get on here to see what Hull wrote....lol

[gnasher16 31,927]

When i was young i did a bit of minding for a big time local villain of the day,one weekend he was out of the country with his bit on the side and he rang me saying to go round and stay at his house with his wife and kid as he'd had word someone was going to cause trouble...." dont you dare fall asleep " was his last words and me being all keen to impress and make a name for myself back then literally sat looking at the front door for 60 hours !.....the last day i was there a platoon of soldiers could have come running through the door and i wouldnt of noticed id slipped into some weird zombie like state where your eyes are open but you're not really awake 

[saluki bouy 1,077]

15 hours ago, fireman said:

I did 5 nights without any drugs at all, the truth is i was withdrawing from herion, exhausted wasn't the word and it just about broke me as a human being.   

Well in mate ….. just watched my pal get his fist day clean in 27 years been a journey the last year with him had to go into rehab to get of the meth and Valium be 21 days today if you met this guy 3 months ago you wouldn’t recognise him 

[gnasher16 31,927]

Speaking of that zombie like state i remember coming back from Italia 90 having not slept for 2 nights......getting off the plane and driving home i drove at least 10 miles past where i lived before realising i was in some weird half awake half asleep semi coma ........has anyone else had them....very strange.

[eastcoast 4,900]

We would sometimes be asked to volunteer for a "ghoster", back when many businesses, particularly banks, did not open at weekends. Electrical distribution system changes or upgrades. Power off when last member of staff left on a Friday (except security at banks) then everything needing to be done by 07:00 Monday. The plan was that those who started on Friday would work through until replaced on Saturday morning then swap again on Sunday. Did not usually work like that though.

Often it would become obvious that the scope of works could not be completed working those shifts. The poor bloke in charge would ask Friday crew to "do a bit more". If he was someone who would do the same for us you would end up staying. Helping a mate and the allure of lots of double bubble. Added risk of when the real fatigue started kicking in on Sunday morning that's when the power was going back on. No none live working back then, no one had been educated in Electricity at Work Regs.

Often a gaffer would call in suited and booted for his Saturday evening of enjoyment with fish & chips and pop for everyone. As an apprentice I used to think " ee, what a lovely bloke"  

[mackem 31,914]

5 hours ago, gnasher16 said:

Speaking of that zombie like state i remember coming back from Italia 90 having not slept for 2 nights......getting off the plane and driving home i drove at least 10 miles past where i lived before realising i was in some weird half awake half asleep semi coma ........has anyone else had them...

Desynchronises,had it loads of times,for me it’s worse flying east-west long haul than west-east,feels like my heads filled with cotton wool and brain fog.It does feel like being in an awake-coma.

[THE STIFFMEISTER 18,268]

4 minutes ago, mackem said:

Desynchronises,had it loads of times,for me it’s worse flying east-west long haul than west-east,feels like my heads filled with cotton wool and brain fog.It does feel like being in an awake-coma.

I get a similar feeling when wilf starts talking about carping 

[fireman 11,709]

8 hours ago, saluki bouy said:

Well in mate ….. just watched my pal get his fist day clean in 27 years been a journey the last year with him had to go into rehab to get of the meth and Valium be 21 days today if you met this guy 3 months ago you wouldn’t recognise him 

That's brilliant mate and of all the drugs and booze addicts i have known valium is the one that has been the hardest for them to come off of, well done you as well for hanging in there with him as it takes someone special to still see the good person stuck inside a junkie mate.. Good luck to your pal as his journey ain't over yet and may never be but it's so worth having a life where you can choose what way your day will go ,he just needs  something to do now as he's been a bit pre occupied ffrom having a real life for the last 27 years .. 

[dytkos 18,628]

Back in the early 80s 3/4 if us used to go wildfowling on the Solway. Picked up about 01:30 for the 125 mile drive, out in the marsh at first light, breakfast then pigeon shooting, evening flight, fish and chips then back down the M6 in the dark in an E reg land rover, top speed 60mph with an internal PTO that was like cruise control lol.

Took it in turns to drive but we were all knackered, the only person who got any sleep was the driver when you hit that rumble strip and snap awake the adrenaline boost is massive - for about 30 seconds  

Cheers, D.

[gunter 4,426]

On 13/04/2026 at 21:09, fireman said:

I did 5 nights without any drugs at all, the truth is i was withdrawing from herion, exhausted wasn't the word and it just about broke me as a human being.   

I watch a programme about it the other night looked like mental warfare for the guys they got hooked in jail one of them Said he never done drugs before in his life in for a stupid charge it changed his life for ever fairplay to you tho mate there's guys can't stop smoking fegs lol I'd say it's f***ing mental 

[mC HULL 18,683]

5 minutes ago, gunter said:

I watch a programme about it the other night looked like mental warfare for the guys they got hooked in jail one of them Said he never done drugs before in his life in for a stupid charge it changed his life for ever fairplay to you tho mate there's guys can't stop smoking fegs lol I'd say it's f***ing mental 

Fireman's a knob mate but ill.admit I aint doing that for 5 days id rather of stormed the beach at Normandy and topk my chance lol

Edited 3 hours ago by mC HULL

[gunter 4,426]

3 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

Fireman's a knob mate but ill.admit I aint doing that for 5 days id rather of stormed the beach at Normandy and topk my chance lol

Pupe get the steroid kit I'm going for it 

[mC HULL 18,683]

Just now, gunter said:

Pupe get the steroid kit I'm going for it 

Steroids about time I started trt I think ourlass said I do shes leaving me though   

[gunter 4,426]

She rules the roost in that house of yours 

[mel b 4,940]

I've done more than my fair share of 24 and 36 hours shifts over the years ( when i had young kids and a mortgage , and was always switched on by earning a quid), and after my wife passed away , I started working as a doorman again , so between , the kids , training , and two jobs , most of my days were around 20 hours , and I did that for just under 4 years.

The longest stint I've had with no real sleep , was the two weeks leading up to my wifes passing . She spent her last two weeks on the sofa , with friends and family here around the clock . I spent two weeks sitting on a kitchen chair , just being with her .  I don't honestly remember eating and sleeping, or even having a shower ,   I just lived on cigarettes and coffee for two weeks.  Most of it was a bit of a blur to be honest.