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Peter Kerchinsky
Master Film Handler

Posts: 326
From: Seattle, WA, USA
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 05-28-2002 04:26 AM

It took me a long time to find out there were two (count em 2) 11's in the day.
Good night all.

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Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)

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From: New York City & Newport, RI
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 05-28-2002 06:59 AM

Now I know there have to be others out there like me. I very rarely sleep more that three hours in any day. If I didn't have to work I would sleep those hours in the afternoon as that is when I enjoy the rest best. However I usually hit the sack about 1 0r 1:30 and I am wide awake at four AM or earlier.

I do most of my reading in the early hours and like to take a power walk before breakfast which I do along the East River in NYC. I walk from 63rd Street to 96th Street and back each morning. If I am at my house in Newport, Road Island you will find me walking around the harbor.

Like Phil, I enjoy the Sunrise and the sunsets. Of Course in the evenings I enjoy a Martini and great conversation with my wife. I know it's hard for anyone who knows me to believe but like Gordon I need that coffee in the morning.

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Christopher Duvall
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 500
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 05-28-2002 01:23 PM

Are you guys saying that there is a 7am through a 11am? I did not know that. I always thought the day started at 12noon.

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Scott D. Neff
Theatre Dork

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From: San Francisco, CA
Registered: Oct 1999

posted 05-28-2002 06:51 PM

I really enjoy mornings. I have to be at most audits at about 8:00am, and some at 7:00am - so I may end up waking up at 4:30 - get dressed and hit the road and drive for a couple hours and show up at some theatre at 7:00am to call and wake up the General Manager.

I really enjoy the mornings - it is true. But I still can't bring myself to go to bed before 2:00am. I'm hardwired to be a late nighter so I have to take naps or else I'd be dead already.

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Jacob Huber
Expert Film Handler

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From: Evansville, IN, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 05-28-2002 08:54 PM

Ever since Star Wars opened, the early proj. has to be at the theatre by about 8:30, while the other comes in at about 9:45. Both work until 6:00. This turns out to be a real mess working stay late (last Star Wars gets out at 1:30), then going to play poker with friends until about 4:30, then working the early shift (waking up at 7:30). Over the weekend, I can expect to get about 5-7 hours of sleep total. Days off are usually spent catching up on the sleep I missed over the weekend.

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John Pytlak
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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 05-29-2002 01:48 PM

I'm usually up at 5:30am and at work by 7:00. Depending on how much e-mail, meetings, and Internet activity, usually "brown bag" lunch at my keyboard, then leave for home around 5:00, sometimes 5:30. Have gotten to like the P&Q of early mornings, when there are fewer distractions. I try to keep up with Film-Tech on nights and weekends too.

When I worked the drive-in, mid-summer showings started well after 9:00pm, with the main feature/intermission/second feature/exit time/main feature sequence making for a long night, sometimes closing up with the eastern horizon getting light. We even had a few "dusk-to-dawn" programs with five features. I found the P&Q of the after-midnight hours was just as enjoyable (except for the occasional encounters with raccoons or rats munching on food thrown from the cars).

When I travel, I find my body clock adjusts to time changes quickly.

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Brad Haven
Master Film Handler

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From: fremantle, West Australia
Registered: Aug 2001

posted 05-30-2002 10:58 PM

The best thing about waking up in the morning is, realizing your on night shift and rolling over and going back to sleep, there is nothing more satisfying!.
Being a projectionist, being late for work just isn't an option, so i've learnt to use cold showers , good coffee and the occasional slap on the face/head to get me to work on time. I always give myself an hour at home to wake up before i leave for work and then if needed i've got the coffee machine at work blow the morning fog away!.
Loving your job certainly makes it easier to wake up, in my old career i always found it hard to get motivated to wake up for a job that i grew to hate!.

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