Time compression question

[Kapt Z]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

But typically if I'm just sitting there with the game running, I will have the TV on in the same room and find something to watch, or I'll be reading a book, or doing something else that I can stop doing immediately if anything happens in the game that requires my attention. Other times I'll be up doing things in the same room - household chores like dusting or folding laundry. I'll go in and out of the room to do stuff as long as it doesn't involve getting out of earshot or so distracted that I miss an alert.

I find that my "SH3 time", usually after the girls are in bed and my wife is watching cooking shows, is the only time I get to catch up on my reading or chores anyway. Of course, if I latch onto a juicy convoy the chores might suffer......

I remember reading in one of Buchheim's books - I think it was U-Boat War - where he quoted Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock saying something like, a u-boat commander's first priority and most important "duty" was to be asleep whenever and however much he could... simply because, once they went into action, it might turn out to be a very long ordeal (either on offense or defense) during which he would have to be awake, alert, and making crucial split-second decisions for hours at a time.

Reminds me of a comment I heard somewhere years ago. Always thought it had to do with soldiers or those involved in combat.

Never stand when you can sit
Never sit when you can lay down
Never stay awake when you can sleep

'cause you never know when you'll get another chance