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MazaritaSenior Contributor

Night Shift

Since I am awake at 4am I thought I'd start this thread for those of us who have trouble sleeping and might find it helpful to have a place to go to chat. Whatever gets you through the night is alright.

To get the ball rolling, I'll just say that I enjoyed being part of the Topic Tuesday discussion tonight. I wish it was possible for these events to be weekly rather than monthly. Either way, thanks SANE and all the people I've met on here over recent months.

Edited June 2016 and February 2017: Night Shift is now open 24 hours a day. To join in, just click through to the last page of the thread at the top right of this post to get to the latest message.

Edited April 2017 and June 2017: For the sake of better communications between members here, I am adding that this thread is meant to be a caring, kind and gentle place of sharing. Humour is welcome, as long as its not unkindly directed towards other members. Hope your time in this chat thread is rewarding.

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Unknown userMember

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Gosh, that's quite a military family, @TAB. You were smart to walk away when the time was right. 🙂

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AppleblossomSenior Contributor

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My son was in RAAF cadets for a while and I got to understood the swoon thing over flying and men in uniform.

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Unknown userMember

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Hi there @Appleblossom! Haha. Shame he didn't continue on so you could mix it with the Top Guns. Or perhaps he didn't "feel the need, the need for speed" lol

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TABSenior Contributor

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yeah, @Former-Memberand next to no ammo even lol .. had to go to Canungra, well was after had 3mth at least no PT chit, other guys pulled better scams, got to work in mess etc.. wtff..lol .. course we got 'outgrunted' by the grunts' der lol, well mostly, were promised a go at M79s , didn't happen, always felt safer when had vehicles and with own 'people' re grunts as impressive as they may have been, well, their demos on platoon attacks etc anyway

was some really cool stuff like firepower demos, er exercise where we had to work out what weapon was being fired from where in big valley etc ..who needs Mythbusters lol and it was 30yrs before haha ..so many stories

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TABSenior Contributor

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@Former-Memberwell that was younger brother and wife and they are both still in there. Father was tank gunner 3rd Panzer Division Russian Front 2 1/2 yrs, survived.. I blame him ..lol

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Unknown userMember

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Canungra hey @TAB? Not a bad place provided you're not out bush or in the tentage in winter, or doing the confidence course and up to your nostrils in bacteria in the bear pit!

Always wanted to get to the firepower demos but was always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Would've been awesome.

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BabooSenior Contributor

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Hi there Night shift crew, just a polite reminder to make sure you dont discuss any information that may identify you on here. Cheers- Baboo Moderator

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AppleblossomSenior Contributor

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Actually that sums it up @Former-Member He did meet the head honcho ... felt cool and all that ... but isnt a speed freak on any set of wheels.

Also he was extra tall and hated having to limit his stride to match everybody else ... so marches to his own drum now.

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Unknown userMember

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Gees that's hard core, @TAB.

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Unknown userMember

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😏ahh yep, probably don't get as excited about army as some. I think some life experiences wipe out memory of all others, in my case there is a lot of things I don't remember anymore. It's what something means to u perhaps? I'm not sure. I'm learning why I do some things now..sometimes I'm sad I wasted a lot of my life on things that changed me forever. It comes back the same feelings. I do my time, then leave ..it's how I roll ..👍
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