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Old 02-20-2015, 07:15 AM
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Good morning Iowa, Friday is upon us! At least it stayed in the double-digits, temperature wise, last night.
 
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Friday for me this week doesn't mean anything... my "Friday" isn't until next Saturday. We're working all through this weekend. Time and a half tomorrow all day, and double time Sunday all day. Makes for a good paycheck, not so good on the sanity.
 
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Old 02-21-2015, 07:38 AM
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Good morning Iowa! I'm working 6 day weeks right now, until we shut the plant down April 3rd, for our refueling outage. Then I go to 6-12's. I'll be on Sundays also. Might as well, pays double time on Sundays. I here you on the sanity thing. We'll be shut down until the end of May. The novelty will definitively be gone by then!!
 
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Morning Iowa... Enjoy the Saturday
 
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Hello Iowa...stay warm indoors and watch some racing!
 
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I used to work at a place that you could work 7 days a week if you wanted. By day 13, I was very ready for my one day off... I couldn't do the non-stop like some did. It was also double on Sundays.

I actually got a 3 day weekend, such as it is. Was on the road Friday morning for a figure skating competition for 5 pm in Glenview, Il. Then we went to the Museum of Science and Industry, then had to see the Bean right near Soldier Field... Got caught up in the Chicago Auto Show traffic, took almost 1 1/2 hrs to go 5 miles... Got home late last night, been lazy all day today. Back at it tomorrow.
 
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Good morning Iowa, last Monday of February! Roger, sounds like a busy weekend. We used to work 7-12's during outages, but the NRC has made rules so we can only work 72 hours a week now. I hated those outages, I was a zombie after 3 weeks or so.
 
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It was bad enough working 4 10's and 3 8's, I wouldn't want to see doing that on 12's...
 
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Yeah, it's not fun. Great for the paychecks, but tough on the body. And it just gets tougher every year that I get older!!
 
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Good morning Iowa, happy Hump Day! Only 16 days left in this thread!
 
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Good morning Iowa, happy Hump Day! Only 16 days left in this thread!
Seems more like two weeks & a couple days, really...
 
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Good morning Iowa, going to be chilly this morning... But Friday should be awesome
 
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Next week sounds pretty darn good too.
 
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Good morning Iowa, welcome to Thursday! Yeah, looks awesome next week. 3 here this morning. I'm hoping this is the last of the really cold days.
 


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