It is a Monday morning and I would rather be home scale modeling.

I would rather be masking canopies 

Tojo72

Well if I can't be home at the bench, $63.00 an hour for 8 hrs ain't too bad a way too kill a day.

 

Maybe the issue at hand is my job. A beer over lunch might be in my future.

Anyway, thanks for chiming in guys. It helped me through the morning. Sorry for the morose humor, but that is how we talk in this office. It is all just in jest, mostly.

Worked for 36 years for a major oil company and retired in '98 after my kidney transplant. During the '70s, I did a few years working in the boiler house of one of their plants on shift work. When working 4-12 or 12-8 shifts, when not making my rounds, filling feed tanks or other necessary work, I used to bring the wooden scale boats that I built into the control room and sit there watching the controls and working on them. When not busy, some of the other operators used to sneak off and take naps. I just stayed in front of the board watching and working. The engineer always gave me a good write-up because if he needed help I was right there. After I retired and worked through the honey-do list, I got more time to build. Don't miss the work but do miss the friends I made. Every once in a while I get together with a few of them and we meet for lunch.

Jim  

That is a great story, Jim. I love it. I can picture you working on wooden ships while you work. You had the best of both worlds. What a great deal.

10 minutes until beer time. Er um, I mean lunch. JK

Bakster

Monday morning blues here at work.  Sigh. It is nothing that a few hours at the bench couldn't cure.

Back to work.

 

For inquiring minds: Today is a Tuesday... three years later, and what I wrote then is still true today. Some concepts never die. Sigh.

Bakster

 

 

Bakster

Monday morning blues here at work.  Sigh. It is nothing that a few hours at the bench couldn't cure.

Back to work.

 

 

 

 

For inquiring minds: Today is a Tuesday... three years later, and what I wrote then is still true today. Some concepts never die. Sigh.

 

Yuppers... thank goodness today is my workweek Friday...

stikpusher

Yuppers... thank goodness today is my workweek Friday...

You are a lucky man, Stik! 

I am dying here today. Anyone that watched the show, The Office--I am pretty sure I work there. We have characters here that are pretty similar. In fact--we have named them all.

Heavy sigh. 

I think a lot of folks can identify with The Office, or the movie Office Space...

As far as being lucky... well, my workweek begins on Saturday before the sun comes up, so it is a trade off....

stikpusher

I think a lot of folks can identify with The Office, or the movie Office Space...

stikpusher

As far as being lucky... well, my workweek begins on Saturday before the sun comes up, so it is a trade off....

I would not like that either. I am not a morning person. You are a police officer correct? 

Yes, I’m a deputy sheriff. I’m not much of a morning person either. Aside from my time in the Army, of my 30 years as a cop, about 28 of them have been on the swing shift. I only started working day shift again this past December. My body clock is finally adjusted... I don’t mind getting up around sunrise... but hours before.... thank god for coffee!!!! I never drank the stuff before i became a cop... lol!

I remember not liking Mon and Tues at all. They seemed to go on forever.

Your Mon to Tues lasted 3 yrs, that's a long one.

I thought I was the only over-40 (uh, over 60 in my case) guy in the world who doesn't do mornings. This is interesting. 3 of us.

I bet you have some great stories to tell along with some stories that you'd rather not remember. And Stik--I feel for you about the graveyard shift. It is brutal. I did that for a few months only and I could not adjust. During the day I couldn't sleep well, and at night I was very sleep deprived. It is not for me. Sorry you are stuck in that tough sleep cycle.

Greg

I remember not liking Mon and Tues at all. They seemed to go on forever.

Greg

Your Mon to Tues lasted 3 yrs, that's a long one.

Greg

thought I was the only over-40 (uh, over 60 in my case) guy in the world who doesn't do mornings. This is interesting. 3 of us.

The getting out of bed thing is the worst part of work for me. It's a battle I am slowly losing. I have sleep issues and the longer I work, the less sleep I get. Probably an age thing. It doesn't help I am hitting the hay at Midnight or later every day. That issue may have to do with work because I know when I sleep, work follows quickly. It's a vicious cycle man. LOL.

   This is my first full day at home in 14 days, and its a Monday...early afternoon to be exact. While at work all I wanted to do was come home and tinker. Now that I'm home all I feel like doing is snoozing, loving on my dog, being my big kitties "tootsie" warmer,(toes people, I'm a nut but not like that LOL), and listen to my wife tell me about her clinical cases she has done for school. If anybody has figured out how to glue plastic with heavy eyelids, a big dog at your feet, a LARGE kitty in yer lap, and a babbling wife yammering in yer ear PLEASE let me know LOL.

    My shift for this month is 4/ 12s nights, so maybe after everybody goes to bed I should practice stsyung up all night.

armornut

If anybody has figured out how to glue plastic with heavy eyelids, a big dog at your feet, a LARGE kitty in yer lap, and a babbling wife yammering in yer ear PLEASE let me know LOL.

I got nothing. 

Bakster

 

 

armornut

If anybody has figured out how to glue plastic with heavy eyelids, a big dog at your feet, a LARGE kitty in yer lap, and a babbling wife yammering in yer ear PLEASE let me know LOL.

 

 

I got nothing. 

 

Let mama talk her fill... enjoy the company of your four legged furry companions... get some sleep... and hit the bench tomorrow, it will still be there.

stikpusher

Let mama talk her fill... enjoy the company of your four legged furry companions... get some sleep... and hit the bench tomorrow, it will still be there.

Now there... is wisdom. Well done.

Sounds like a common theme here?.... After 10 years military service, I began work for the Federal Government. After 30 years and 8 months of being "on-call" 365 and 24/7; I hung up the pistol and security clearances for good. No more daily 4am wake-ups, emergency responses, COMSEC, OPSEC, PERSEC, Contunity Planning, etc.. As some of you have said, I miss some of the people, some of the work, but I am very happy to be retired.

Now I focus on god, family, modeling, shooting, motorcycling, etc. I am busy now BY CHOICE and living the dream. For those youngins here, love those close to you, respect those who deserve / earn it, live within your means (pay everything off), save money and invest wisely, stay active,  and then enjoy the results of those labors after retirement. 

To all of those who are retired regardless of worldly location; good wishes to you as you have earned it. Glad to have you here in our forum. 

Ben

I'm in this boat... I worked for/built a great company over the past 20 years and now after aquisitions I'm at a point that I'm not certain the direction of the company fits with my ethics and vision.  I'm at a fork in the road for sure.  I'd rather build models.

KeavDog ;

 That is what I was facing eighteen years ago .Guess What ? I cashed it all in and walked away with my new Bride . Boy, were the next ten years fun . Then the next seven after that very good , but  the last four ? I wouldn't wish those on anyone . But I got by .How ? by building Models of course and I mean everything .Buildings  ,cars  ,planes, armor and ships and everything I could or wanted to try .Great stuff , models are . 

keavdog

I'm in this boat... I worked for/built a great company over the past 20 years and now after aquisitions I'm at a point that I'm not certain the direction of the company fits with my ethics and vision.  I'm at a fork in the road for sure.  I'd rather build models.

 

Boy-- can I relate to that. The company I worked for was sold twice in one year.  This was in the late 90s. It was a terrible time of new philosophies, new expectations, new computer systems, employee firings, employee attrition, terrible management, and overall bad customer satisfaction. And, not to forget, bad employee morale. It got so bad that I gave two weeks notice without having another job lined up. It worked out fine, but it really took an emotional toll on me. Since then, the sons of the original owner purchased the company back, and I am back. I fear that one day--they will do what their father did before. That is, build the company to a point where they can sell it and exit with a golden parachute. I guess the good thing for me is that I am close enough to retirement that I don't sweat it too much.

I just watched The office a few days back where Dunder Mifflin was sold to a company called Sabre. The new owner strolls into the office sporting two crotch sniffing dogs, and she is a my way or the highway person. I was having flashbacks. I love that show but sometimes it hits too close to home.

Tanker - Builder

Then the next seven after that very good , but  the last four ? I wouldn't wish those on anyone . But I got by .How ? by building Models of course and I mean everything .Buildings  ,cars  ,planes, armor and ships and everything I could or wanted to try .Great stuff , models are . 

I can relate to this too. In my case the last 10 years have been pretty painful, and scale modeling has helped get me through it. I bury my mind in it, and at least for a little bit the rest goes away. 

This tends to get to me more when I have a kit that is close to being finished. Like I have going on now... 

There are some days when you have to do this:

But don't do this:

And some days--you just need to tell yourself this to get through the day.

Bakster

There are some days when you have to do this:

 

 

That's me when I finish a kit!

And this is how one keeps their job: