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Old 05-06-2013, 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by sueandskip View Post
After 35 years of working 3rd trick. I was wondering how long did it take you 3rd trickers to get your days and nights back to normal....Everytime I come to TV's I feel sluggish all day and when 9pm comes and the town starts to shut down I am starting to feel good again...Then I am up half the night trying to sleep....Then it starts over again.....
It appears that sueandskip is/are ex railroad worker/s. "Trick" is a term used by the railroad industry for shift. I don't know where the term came from, but I used to work 3rd trick also. For almost 30 years. I was very fortunate that I could switch my sleep pattern on my days off and vacations. I have always been able to take cat naps during the day and go for hours afterwards.
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