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Title: 67%
Post by: Bixy1 on 06 April 2011, 15:23:18
Anybody catch that news article yesterday concerning shift workers?
Apparently 67% of shift workers doing 11 hour shifts are more likely to suffer heart problems.  :o

Thank goodness we do 12 hour shifts at our place. Phew!!.........  :-?



Title: Re: 67%
Post by: Richie London on 06 April 2011, 16:16:40
i like long shifts. the more tax i pay the more i get back. did my tax return earlier on and all last years tax is on its way back next week.  :)
Title: Re: 67%
Post by: MICHELINMAN on 06 April 2011, 16:31:19
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Anybody catch that news article yesterday concerning shift workers?
Apparently 67% of shift workers doing 11 hour shifts are more likely to suffer heart problems.  :o

Thank goodness we do 12 hour shifts at our place. Phew!!.........  :-?



It is also a fact that 50% of these shiftworkers will die before the age of 70, but the remainders chances are only 50-50...... ;)
Title: Re: 67%
Post by: Richie London on 06 April 2011, 16:37:00
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Anybody catch that news article yesterday concerning shift workers?
Apparently 67% of shift workers doing 11 hour shifts are more likely to suffer heart problems.  :o

Thank goodness we do 12 hour shifts at our place. Phew!!.........  :-?



It is also a fact that 50% of these shiftworkers will die before the age of 70, but the remainders chances are only 50-50...... ;)[/quo

I hope i'm not around at 70. were be living under muslim rule by then the way these govts give into them.
Title: Re: 67%
Post by: MICHELINMAN on 06 April 2011, 17:35:13
This is true, however if 50% of those 67% of the ones aged 70 keep living, what happens to the 50% of the other 67% ?
Title: Re: 67%
Post by: davethediver on 06 April 2011, 17:52:15
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This is true, however if 50% of those 67% of the ones aged 70 keep living, what happens to the 50% of the other 67% ?

Sounds like a line from Anchorman  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: 67%
Post by: freecall666 on 06 April 2011, 17:54:11
12 hrs i wish 13-16 hrs i was doing and only having 1day a week off. was doing that for 3years with on time off.
Title: Re: 67%
Post by: MICHELINMAN on 06 April 2011, 17:57:13
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12 hrs i wish 13-16 hrs i was doing and only having 1day a week off. was doing that for 3years with on time off.
So, how many hours was that in 3 years?
Title: Re: 67%
Post by: freecall666 on 06 April 2011, 18:02:27
to many to think of, did put me in hospital a few times but back at work after.. stopped when wife got a job thank god.
Title: Re: 67%
Post by: Richie London on 06 April 2011, 18:17:16
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to many to think of, did put me in hospital a few times but back at work after.. stopped when wife got a job thank god.


me too. hospitalised twice through 100hrs a week 7 days a week run down and stressed out all the time. we dont realise what it does to us. but now i cant wait to get back to big shifts after all this time off.
Title: Re: 67%
Post by: albitz on 06 April 2011, 18:58:03
15 hour shifts on weekdays and 12 hour shifts at weekends for me. ::)
Title: Re: 67%
Post by: davethediver on 06 April 2011, 19:17:15
Then after all the hours at work we all manage to spend countless hours chewing the fat on here ::)
Title: Re: 67%
Post by: Bixy1 on 07 April 2011, 17:21:26
That works for me!  :y

I used to do 6 days and 5 nights alternating a couple of years ago....probably why I'm knackered now. :o