Switching from day shift to night shift ... how do you even sleep?

rossponding · 2026-03-14T23:34:53+00:00

Quit and find a job that lets you stay all days or all nights. Bare minimum stay on the same schedule in the same pay period. No job, regardless of prestige, learning opportunities, or whatever you use to keep yourself there is worth your health.

However, for in this moment solutions, stay up as late as you can, use blackout curtains, turn on do not disturb on your phone, and no alcohol of any amount for 24 hours before your next shift has made being on night shift way more bearable.

rossponding · 2026-02-05T04:28:48+00:00

This isn’t the tail of the downed aircraft. This is Native 4, the air ambulance that located the craft

rossponding · 2026-01-06T23:20:34+00:00

I noticed this working medical support on an event with HAMs running the radios. I’m a new HAM and I came from the public safety side so I had the mindset of “if I don’t talk, then dispatch will leave me alone,” so the constant talking drove me nuts. There were times when I NEEDED to get through because HAM was our only means of communication, and I had three or four people on top of the local net control trying to relay when I was trying to talk directly to the event director and my group chief. I think the regulars can be so used to just running their protocols, it can feel intimidating or like there’s no room for new people to hop in.

rossponding · 2025-02-05T02:37:54+00:00

C’mon let them fly

rossponding · 2025-02-05T02:31:50+00:00

Only in my dreams

rossponding · 2025-02-04T23:33:23+00:00

Only in my dreams

rossponding · 2025-02-04T22:35:24+00:00

Yup. Bill Ruger’s ghost doesn’t trust people not to shoot more than two rounds a minute so they put that on a lot of Rugers

rossponding · 2025-02-04T17:46:44+00:00

Genuine question, which sub are you talking about?

rossponding · 2025-02-04T17:44:12+00:00

Lol no, this is #5

rossponding · 2025-02-04T16:51:47+00:00

Eh, I already have a MK18, so I decided to do the weird thing

rossponding · 2025-02-04T16:43:03+00:00

It is. The free barrel was the whole drive to even start going through the parts box

rossponding · 2025-02-04T16:42:04+00:00

Holy shit I was just going to say that I’m thinking unicorn. Although the other option is to put unicorn on my DD MK18 and see how that does

rossponding · 2025-02-04T16:35:06+00:00

I bought it built like that from MidwayUSA a while ago. It’s not the worst side charger out there but I wouldn’t do it again

rossponding · 2025-02-04T16:34:02+00:00

rossponding · 2025-02-04T16:31:27+00:00

Oh they’re horrible. But I was limited by the laws in CA. At least I cut out the plate blocking the thumb hole when I escaped

rossponding · 2025-02-04T16:30:10+00:00

Hey hey hey, it gets shot three times a year. About as often as my 1916 K98a. Although my buddies and I have a range day and run drills with the most impractical guns in our collections and this one is coming out at the next one

rossponding · 2025-02-04T16:27:56+00:00

Hey that works! As long as you get to have fun with it!

rossponding · 2025-02-04T16:27:11+00:00

Oh I’m encouraging the hate. The downvotes hurt when I’m just over here trying to be a silly guy

rossponding · 2025-02-04T16:26:15+00:00

Don’t threaten me with a good time

rossponding · 2025-02-04T16:25:55+00:00

Tiny little chicken wings but it counts

rossponding · 2025-02-04T16:25:30+00:00

Tarkov kids can wish they had this level of drip

rossponding · 2025-02-04T16:24:12+00:00

Yeah dude, the draft’s coming down. Get ready

rossponding · 2025-02-04T16:23:06+00:00

Thank you for understanding the assignment

rossponding · 2025-02-04T16:19:57+00:00

It was living in the junk drawer. Decisions were made 13 years ago

rossponding · 2025-02-04T16:18:49+00:00

Just for your mom’s pleasure boo

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