| [devils_child] Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:31:57 PM | |
|
Yeah for sure  .... it's a hell of alot better than being unemployed with nothing... Those early mornings are worth it for the fun we have on our days off.... 
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by ron h from Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:27:59 PM)| |  | ron h wrote: | | And that's all it is, making the best of it. And like you said, thinking about the money helps a LOT!!!!!!! lol
| | | devils_child wrote: | | Yeah I do find that too... I don't have to worry about traffic at the early hours of the morning.... and in the afternoon it's still quiet and I can come home do washing and settle in for the night quite easy.
I'm going to request staying on the mon-fri roster... weekends do have extra pay rates, but I do like a solid routine.. just going to play it as it goes I guess... it's not forever so I keep that in mind.
| | | ron h wrote: | | It's funny how the bed is so much more comfortable in the morning than it is going to sleep...I've been getting up at 4 for 4 straight years now, and now that I'm in a routine, I find that the early mornings, when things are still quiet is quite peaceful, and I've learned to enjoy the calm before the storms of the day...maybe you'll get to a point where you'll warm up to it...but if you're gonna start working shifts, that is horrible on the body...
| | | devils_child wrote: | | HAHA!!!!! I have to do that too....... I keep hitting snooze then end up rushing to work... hate it! The only thing that gets me out of bed is the thought of money and that first hot coffee...... 
| | | ron h wrote: | | Oh, I hear ya!! I have to keep my alarm clock where I have to actually get out of bed to shut it off. Otherwise I'll keep hitting the snooze, and that won't work for me either 
| | | devils_child wrote: | | I've only got the one tattoo so far..... plan on getting alot more  .... I know what you mean about getting up and gettng going...... it's hard. I set my alarm for 4:20 but need that extra 10 to completely wake up before I dare sit up... and being winter it makes it that little more difficult.
| | | ron h wrote: | | I'm up at 4 to be at work at 6...it takes awhile for me to get going that early...brew a pot of coffee and mess around here for a few...just getting too old to jump and go anymore  How many tatt's do you have?
| | | devils_child wrote: | | Wake at 4:30am.... I start work at 6am...... Mon - fri at the moment I'll go into shifts in 2 months.
I'm going to get another Eddie on my left arm...... Benjamin Breeg is what I'm looking at getting.... but was thinking of getting a smaller one above the elbow before it... gotta make up my mind.
| | | ron h wrote: | | Did I read correctly where you have to wake at 4:30, or is it that you're at work at 4:30?? Congratulations to both of you and your jobs 
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| [ron h] Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:27:59 PM | |
|
And that's all it is, making the best of it. And like you said, thinking about the money helps a LOT!!!!!!! lol
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by devils_child from Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:16:32 PM)| | | devils_child wrote: | | Yeah I do find that too... I don't have to worry about traffic at the early hours of the morning.... and in the afternoon it's still quiet and I can come home do washing and settle in for the night quite easy.
I'm going to request staying on the mon-fri roster... weekends do have extra pay rates, but I do like a solid routine.. just going to play it as it goes I guess... it's not forever so I keep that in mind.
| | | ron h wrote: | | It's funny how the bed is so much more comfortable in the morning than it is going to sleep...I've been getting up at 4 for 4 straight years now, and now that I'm in a routine, I find that the early mornings, when things are still quiet is quite peaceful, and I've learned to enjoy the calm before the storms of the day...maybe you'll get to a point where you'll warm up to it...but if you're gonna start working shifts, that is horrible on the body...
| | | devils_child wrote: | | HAHA!!!!! I have to do that too....... I keep hitting snooze then end up rushing to work... hate it! The only thing that gets me out of bed is the thought of money and that first hot coffee......
| | | ron h wrote: | | Oh, I hear ya!! I have to keep my alarm clock where I have to actually get out of bed to shut it off. Otherwise I'll keep hitting the snooze, and that won't work for me either
| | | devils_child wrote: | | I've only got the one tattoo so far..... plan on getting alot more .... I know what you mean about getting up and gettng going...... it's hard. I set my alarm for 4:20 but need that extra 10 to completely wake up before I dare sit up... and being winter it makes it that little more difficult.
| | | ron h wrote: | | I'm up at 4 to be at work at 6...it takes awhile for me to get going that early...brew a pot of coffee and mess around here for a few...just getting too old to jump and go anymore How many tatt's do you have?
| | | devils_child wrote: | | Wake at 4:30am.... I start work at 6am...... Mon - fri at the moment I'll go into shifts in 2 months.
I'm going to get another Eddie on my left arm...... Benjamin Breeg is what I'm looking at getting.... but was thinking of getting a smaller one above the elbow before it... gotta make up my mind.
| | | ron h wrote: | | Did I read correctly where you have to wake at 4:30, or is it that you're at work at 4:30?? Congratulations to both of you and your jobs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| [devils_child] Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:16:32 PM | |
|
Yeah I do find that too... I don't have to worry about traffic at the early hours of the morning.... and in the afternoon it's still quiet and I can come home do washing and settle in for the night quite easy.
I'm going to request staying on the mon-fri roster... weekends do have extra pay rates, but I do like a solid routine.. just going to play it as it goes I guess... it's not forever so I keep that in mind.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by ron h from Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:13:03 PM)| | | ron h wrote: | | It's funny how the bed is so much more comfortable in the morning than it is going to sleep...I've been getting up at 4 for 4 straight years now, and now that I'm in a routine, I find that the early mornings, when things are still quiet is quite peaceful, and I've learned to enjoy the calm before the storms of the day...maybe you'll get to a point where you'll warm up to it...but if you're gonna start working shifts, that is horrible on the body...
| | | devils_child wrote: | | HAHA!!!!! I have to do that too....... I keep hitting snooze then end up rushing to work... hate it! The only thing that gets me out of bed is the thought of money and that first hot coffee......
| | | ron h wrote: | | Oh, I hear ya!! I have to keep my alarm clock where I have to actually get out of bed to shut it off. Otherwise I'll keep hitting the snooze, and that won't work for me either
| | | devils_child wrote: | | I've only got the one tattoo so far..... plan on getting alot more .... I know what you mean about getting up and gettng going...... it's hard. I set my alarm for 4:20 but need that extra 10 to completely wake up before I dare sit up... and being winter it makes it that little more difficult.
| | | ron h wrote: | | I'm up at 4 to be at work at 6...it takes awhile for me to get going that early...brew a pot of coffee and mess around here for a few...just getting too old to jump and go anymore How many tatt's do you have?
| | | devils_child wrote: | | Wake at 4:30am.... I start work at 6am...... Mon - fri at the moment I'll go into shifts in 2 months.
I'm going to get another Eddie on my left arm...... Benjamin Breeg is what I'm looking at getting.... but was thinking of getting a smaller one above the elbow before it... gotta make up my mind.
| | | ron h wrote: | | Did I read correctly where you have to wake at 4:30, or is it that you're at work at 4:30?? Congratulations to both of you and your jobs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| [ron h] Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:13:03 PM | |
|
It's funny how the bed is so much more comfortable in the morning than it is going to sleep...I've been getting up at 4 for 4 straight years now, and now that I'm in a routine, I find that the early mornings, when things are still quiet is quite peaceful, and I've learned to enjoy the calm before the storms of the day...maybe you'll get to a point where you'll warm up to it...but if you're gonna start working shifts, that is horrible on the body...
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by devils_child from Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:07:05 PM)| | | devils_child wrote: | | HAHA!!!!! I have to do that too....... I keep hitting snooze then end up rushing to work... hate it! The only thing that gets me out of bed is the thought of money and that first hot coffee......
| | | ron h wrote: | | Oh, I hear ya!! I have to keep my alarm clock where I have to actually get out of bed to shut it off. Otherwise I'll keep hitting the snooze, and that won't work for me either
| | | devils_child wrote: | | I've only got the one tattoo so far..... plan on getting alot more .... I know what you mean about getting up and gettng going...... it's hard. I set my alarm for 4:20 but need that extra 10 to completely wake up before I dare sit up... and being winter it makes it that little more difficult.
| | | ron h wrote: | | I'm up at 4 to be at work at 6...it takes awhile for me to get going that early...brew a pot of coffee and mess around here for a few...just getting too old to jump and go anymore How many tatt's do you have?
| | | devils_child wrote: | | Wake at 4:30am.... I start work at 6am...... Mon - fri at the moment I'll go into shifts in 2 months.
I'm going to get another Eddie on my left arm...... Benjamin Breeg is what I'm looking at getting.... but was thinking of getting a smaller one above the elbow before it... gotta make up my mind.
| | | ron h wrote: | | Did I read correctly where you have to wake at 4:30, or is it that you're at work at 4:30?? Congratulations to both of you and your jobs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| [devils_child] Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:07:05 PM | |
|
HAHA!!!!! I have to do that too....... I keep hitting snooze then end up rushing to work... hate it! The only thing that gets me out of bed is the thought of money and that first hot coffee......
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by ron h from Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:02:50 PM)| | | ron h wrote: | | Oh, I hear ya!! I have to keep my alarm clock where I have to actually get out of bed to shut it off. Otherwise I'll keep hitting the snooze, and that won't work for me either
| | | devils_child wrote: | | I've only got the one tattoo so far..... plan on getting alot more .... I know what you mean about getting up and gettng going...... it's hard. I set my alarm for 4:20 but need that extra 10 to completely wake up before I dare sit up... and being winter it makes it that little more difficult.
| | | ron h wrote: | | I'm up at 4 to be at work at 6...it takes awhile for me to get going that early...brew a pot of coffee and mess around here for a few...just getting too old to jump and go anymore How many tatt's do you have?
| | | devils_child wrote: | | Wake at 4:30am.... I start work at 6am...... Mon - fri at the moment I'll go into shifts in 2 months.
I'm going to get another Eddie on my left arm...... Benjamin Breeg is what I'm looking at getting.... but was thinking of getting a smaller one above the elbow before it... gotta make up my mind.
| | | ron h wrote: | | Did I read correctly where you have to wake at 4:30, or is it that you're at work at 4:30?? Congratulations to both of you and your jobs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| [ron h] Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:02:50 PM | |
|
Oh, I hear ya!! I have to keep my alarm clock where I have to actually get out of bed to shut it off. Otherwise I'll keep hitting the snooze, and that won't work for me either
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by devils_child from Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:00:10 PM)| | | devils_child wrote: | | I've only got the one tattoo so far..... plan on getting alot more .... I know what you mean about getting up and gettng going...... it's hard. I set my alarm for 4:20 but need that extra 10 to completely wake up before I dare sit up... and being winter it makes it that little more difficult.
| | | ron h wrote: | | I'm up at 4 to be at work at 6...it takes awhile for me to get going that early...brew a pot of coffee and mess around here for a few...just getting too old to jump and go anymore How many tatt's do you have?
| | | devils_child wrote: | | Wake at 4:30am.... I start work at 6am...... Mon - fri at the moment I'll go into shifts in 2 months.
I'm going to get another Eddie on my left arm...... Benjamin Breeg is what I'm looking at getting.... but was thinking of getting a smaller one above the elbow before it... gotta make up my mind.
| | | ron h wrote: | | Did I read correctly where you have to wake at 4:30, or is it that you're at work at 4:30?? Congratulations to both of you and your jobs
|
|
|
|
|
|
| [devils_child] Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:00:10 PM | |
|
I've only got the one tattoo so far..... plan on getting alot more .... I know what you mean about getting up and gettng going...... it's hard. I set my alarm for 4:20 but need that extra 10 to completely wake up before I dare sit up... and being winter it makes it that little more difficult.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by ron h from Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:55:02 PM)| | | ron h wrote: | | I'm up at 4 to be at work at 6...it takes awhile for me to get going that early...brew a pot of coffee and mess around here for a few...just getting too old to jump and go anymore How many tatt's do you have?
| | | devils_child wrote: | | Wake at 4:30am.... I start work at 6am...... Mon - fri at the moment I'll go into shifts in 2 months.
I'm going to get another Eddie on my left arm...... Benjamin Breeg is what I'm looking at getting.... but was thinking of getting a smaller one above the elbow before it... gotta make up my mind.
| | | ron h wrote: | | Did I read correctly where you have to wake at 4:30, or is it that you're at work at 4:30?? Congratulations to both of you and your jobs
|
|
|
|
|
| [ron h] Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:55:02 PM | |
|
I'm up at 4 to be at work at 6...it takes awhile for me to get going that early...brew a pot of coffee and mess around here for a few...just getting too old to jump and go anymore How many tatt's do you have?
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by devils_child from Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:52:09 PM)| | | devils_child wrote: | | Wake at 4:30am.... I start work at 6am...... Mon - fri at the moment I'll go into shifts in 2 months.
I'm going to get another Eddie on my left arm...... Benjamin Breeg is what I'm looking at getting.... but was thinking of getting a smaller one above the elbow before it... gotta make up my mind.
| | | ron h wrote: | | Did I read correctly where you have to wake at 4:30, or is it that you're at work at 4:30?? Congratulations to both of you and your jobs
|
|
|
|
| [Becks] Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:54:39 PM | |
|
Ooooh nifty
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by devils_child from Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:52:09 PM)| | | devils_child wrote: | | Wake at 4:30am.... I start work at 6am...... Mon - fri at the moment I'll go into shifts in 2 months.
I'm going to get another Eddie on my left arm...... Benjamin Breeg is what I'm looking at getting.... but was thinking of getting a smaller one above the elbow before it... gotta make up my mind.
| | | ron h wrote: | | Did I read correctly where you have to wake at 4:30, or is it that you're at work at 4:30?? Congratulations to both of you and your jobs
|
|
|
|
| [devils_child] Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:52:09 PM | |
|
Wake at 4:30am.... I start work at 6am...... Mon - fri at the moment I'll go into shifts in 2 months.
I'm going to get another Eddie on my left arm...... Benjamin Breeg is what I'm looking at getting.... but was thinking of getting a smaller one above the elbow before it... gotta make up my mind.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by ron h from Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:44:01 PM)| | | ron h wrote: | | Did I read correctly where you have to wake at 4:30, or is it that you're at work at 4:30?? Congratulations to both of you and your jobs
|
|
|
| [ron h] Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:44:44 PM | |
|
Watch'ya getting??
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by devils_child from Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:43:11 PM)| | | devils_child wrote: | | Ooooooh a new drum kit!..... My tax return is due back this week..... the bulk of that will go towards my new tattoo .... I want it so bad.
| | | Becks wrote: | | Oh yes, definitely the right place to be Ron! LOL! I'm an enabler, and I'm proud of it, LMAO!
Oh yay pay week DC! It's my pay week too. Not that I get a hell of a lot - bah a fair amount of my meagre earnings is going toward the beautiful black Mapex drum kit with double bass pedal I saw in the Rock Shop 
|
|
|
|
| [Becks] Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:44:42 PM | |
|
Yeah, sad thing about new drum kit, it'll have to live in the garage! Grrrr! LOL! Oooh tax returns rule! I got a good one this year but most of it went towards stuff needed at short notice damnit! LOL! Hehe a new tattoo will be awesome!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by devils_child from Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:43:11 PM)| | | devils_child wrote: | | Ooooooh a new drum kit!..... My tax return is due back this week..... the bulk of that will go towards my new tattoo .... I want it so bad.
| | | Becks wrote: | | Oh yes, definitely the right place to be Ron! LOL! I'm an enabler, and I'm proud of it, LMAO!
Oh yay pay week DC! It's my pay week too. Not that I get a hell of a lot - bah a fair amount of my meagre earnings is going toward the beautiful black Mapex drum kit with double bass pedal I saw in the Rock Shop
|
|
|
|
| [ron h] Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:44:01 PM | |
|
Did I read correctly where you have to wake at 4:30, or is it that you're at work at 4:30?? Congratulations to both of you and your jobs
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by devils_child from Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:32:44 PM) |
|
| [devils_child] Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:43:11 PM | |
|
Ooooooh a new drum kit!..... My tax return is due back this week..... the bulk of that will go towards my new tattoo .... I want it so bad.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:39:49 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | Oh yes, definitely the right place to be Ron! LOL! I'm an enabler, and I'm proud of it, LMAO!
Oh yay pay week DC! It's my pay week too. Not that I get a hell of a lot - bah a fair amount of my meagre earnings is going toward the beautiful black Mapex drum kit with double bass pedal I saw in the Rock Shop
|
|
|
| [Becks] Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:39:49 PM | |
|
Oh yes, definitely the right place to be Ron! LOL! I'm an enabler, and I'm proud of it, LMAO!
Oh yay pay week DC! It's my pay week too. Not that I get a hell of a lot - bah a fair amount of my meagre earnings is going toward the beautiful black Mapex drum kit with double bass pedal I saw in the Rock Shop
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by ron h from Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:31:30 PM) |
|
| [devils_child] Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:32:44 PM | |
|
I'm having a lazy sunday too... wish I had some time off work, another 2 days to catch up on sleep would be good.... but hey this weeks pay week... woo hoo!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by ron h from Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:26:49 PM)| | | ron h wrote: | | Enjoying a lazy Saturday...off the next 2 weeks from work and kind'a downloading a little bit. So glad to see you back DC, you've been gone quite awhile and we've missed you!! How'ya doing Becks?? |
|
|
| [ron h] Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:31:30 PM | |
|
|
| [Becks] Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:27:53 PM | |
|
Ah a break from work will be most welcome I'm picking! LOL! I'm not too bad thanks, having a lazy sunday here, it's a lovely day and I have nothing that I 'need' to do, so yay! LOL!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by ron h from Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:26:49 PM)| | | ron h wrote: | | Enjoying a lazy Saturday...off the next 2 weeks from work and kind'a downloading a little bit. So glad to see you back DC, you've been gone quite awhile and we've missed you!! How'ya doing Becks?? |
|
|
| [ron h] Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:26:49 PM | |
|
Enjoying a lazy Saturday...off the next 2 weeks from work and kind'a downloading a little bit. So glad to see you back DC, you've been gone quite awhile and we've missed you!! How'ya doing Becks?? |
|
| [devils_child] Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:23:28 PM | |
|
lol... yep!, I socialise with a spanish lady and the lady who trained me..... and some of the chicks from dentistry... We all share the same sense of humor which is awesome.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:20:08 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | Haha awesome, getting along with your workmates is a very good thing lol nothing worse than working with people you can't stand. Been there, done that, LOL!
| | | devils_child wrote: | | yep, settling in quite well... gotten to know some good people too.... already sold one of our old tv's to the lady who trained me.... lol.
| | | Becks wrote: | | Very true. It's just sad when you see it happen to the most innocent people in the world. It sounds like you're doing well there though, which is great 
| | | devils_child wrote: | | Yeah some of it you just have to try and block out, sometimes I feel like i'm not there... like i'm someone else when I'm at work..... At the end of the week alot of them go home which is good to see, but it is hard at times not to be affected by it. Music helps..... I just escape into it at the end of the day and try to remember that sickness is part of life, as much as it sucks.
| | | Becks wrote: | | I can imagine some stuff would be very difficult to see, DC. Sick children is one of the saddest things, but working with them would be very rewarding in that you are doing your part to help them on the road to recovery.
| | | devils_child wrote: | | Having done the job for 4 weeks now i've seen so much I have never seen before.... some of it very sad some of it good... It makes you appreciate your own life so much more seeing some of the stuff the kids have to go through, and the parents as well.
| | | spapad wrote: | | That's a job well worth doing! Gives you the chance to see things you would not normall even think about. I work as a secretary in a nusring home and sometimes it's amazing the things I see happen, and sometimes very sad. But all well worth seeing as it is life I normally would not be exposed to .
| | | devils_child wrote: | | Cleaning at the childrens hospital before all the other staff and patients get up and make a mess again..... and make breakfast for the little kiddies..... that's fun It all comes under operations.... So people like myself keep the hospital clean and functioning....
| | | spapad wrote: | | Always better to have a job than sit at home and have no money! 4:30 or not! What is the gods names are you doing that early in the morning? Jeez, I'm comatose at that hour, or sleepwalking. LOL
| | | devils_child wrote: | | I always shuddered at the thought of waking up that early, but i have found it's not that bad... it's good finishing at 2:30.... As i'm still adjusting to it I've been really tired lately, but it's getting easier...and the pay is good at the end of the day, and the job is easy... So i'm going to stay with it for a while.
| | | spapad wrote: | | 4:30 am is ruff by my standards but, like you said, if it gets you what you want it's worth it!
| | | Becks wrote: | | This dude had a signed LP of British Steel I wanted, I told Craig to look at his eBay watchlist for all his Becks Birthday Shopping needs, but do you think he looked before it closed? LOL nope. Ah well hehe.
Sweeeet deal DC. 4:30am wakeups are worth it to know you have the monies to buy metal stuff, LOL! (Quoting Message by devils_child from Saturday, August 08, 2009 7:11:39 PM)
| |
|
devils_child wrote: |
| |
Guid, I thought this was JP anonymous..... lol
| |
|
guidogodoy wrote: |
| |
Yeah, and let's not forget that Guids bought THREE sets of tix before finding the ones we kept!
I have a problem, I know....JP anonymous anyone?
| |
|
spapad wrote: |
| |
Ah, the pressure and stess of buying tickets! When to buy, If I drop these will I get better or worse? I was so relived Guid did the honors of ordering this year and I just sent him the money for the ticket. Last year I had to order them from work and I thought I would yell at someone to leave me the hell alone before I got finished buying the tickets! LOL
| |
|
devils_child wrote: |
| |
I found this link for you..... but when you go to ticketek the gig does not show..... I'd just keep tabs on it...... should be about the same price as here too. Let me know how you go
www.eventfinder.co.nz/2009/oct/auckland-central/slayer-and-megadeth
| |
|
Becks wrote: |
| |
Oooh cool MG! It should be a great concert. I bought my tickets to see them in January next year a week ago LOL YAY!
Ah DC I'll just ring the ticketing people tomorrow I think. Ask them what's what.
| |
|
devils_child wrote: |
| |
it's giving me a bit of a run around because im searching from an Australian computer lol...
| |
|
Becks wrote: |
| |
Must be. I will check tomorrow morning! LOL!
Heya MG!
| |
|
devils_child wrote: |
| |
It's saying that the tickets will go through ticketmaster but it's not been listed yet......... Maybe the webmaster is a bit slow  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edited at: Saturday, August 08, 2009 7:14:16 PM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
