Rangeroger- I empathize with your night shift work. Congratulations on escapng it. I have to work 11p-7a, so it's really not TOO bad, being only eight hours. But they throw me on other shifts as needed, and my days off tend to change, so it's difficult to get a sleep pattern established. Sounds like perfect mudcat credentials. I really hope to be going into the private business sector soon, which may entail 16 hour days at first. Still, even that doesn't seem excessive when I recall my railroad days.
Hi, Praise! I haven't been on the Mudcat lately as I've been on vacation. That includes from the Mudcat. But I look forward to reading your verses again at 3 am. I haven't had any problems with computer screens, but I do have to be careful about strobe lights. I had some seizures, post head trauma, (ha ha, you all knew it anyway), about twenty years ago. I have felt the beginnings of epileptic "aura", during fire drills with strobe type alarms; I have been able to keep it together by closing my eyes and meditating. RANGEROGER: I hadn't heard of the helicopter blades causing the same effect, but it makes sense to me. Guess I'll not look for work in that sector.
P.S.- Where exactly is the Neil Young Center for the Sleep Deprived? Can I get there from Colorado without crossing the ocean? (You know, the sunlight on the waves could have the same effect, possibly the explanation for the Bermuda Triangle)? And exactly where is Mudcat Central Time? It's about 10 pm where I am. Maybe some of you will read this before I wrote it!