Silliness I am very disappointed in MobileRead members - Page 3

RWood · 12-21-2008, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I'm not sure pshrynkie's really back -- he might have just snuck a quick visit here. Wasn't it just 2 days ago that he announced he was going away? Or was it the previous Friday? Really??

Sleep -- yes, I have a long-standing addiction to the stuff. Have tried to kick the habit, but it is a very strong addiction. I like staying awake for lots of hours - reading, etc -- but then getting the amount of sleep required by my addiction tends to put 26 or 28 hours into each day. This yields a body schedule not in-synch with the sun or the rest of the world. Annoyingly, this creates problems. So I struggle. Sigh.

Deb: I always get up at 6:30 am (although I often have to correct the clock when it shows things like 10:45 am), always start work at 8:45 am (again sadly, I must often change the clock as it seldom keeps the proper time.) I quit work exactly at 5:05 pm (even when the clock claims it to be 1:00 pm) dinner is promptly at 6:00 pm and its lights out at 9:30 pm even if that is several hours after David Letterman's "Top Ten List."

Seabound · 12-21-2008, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

and just where have you been all this time, hmmm ???

What are you trying to say? Are you trying to accuse me of some misdeed? Pray, tell me.

Seabound · 12-21-2008, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

more worrying is all those members on line and not one of them a mod to keep an eye on comings and goings ..... tuttuttuttut

Yes, that was also quite conspicuous. I refrained from mentioning it because I didn't want to rub it in.

zelda_pinwheel · 12-21-2008, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by RWood

Deb: I always get up at 6:30 am (although I often have to correct the clock when it shows things like 10:45 am), always start work at 8:45 am (again sadly, I must often change the clock as it seldom keeps the proper time.) I quit work exactly at 5:05 pm (even when the clock claims it to be 1:00 pm) dinner is promptly at 6:00 pm and its lights out at 9:30 pm even if that is several hours after David Letterman's "Top Ten List."

i strive for that schedule, personally. i think it will be easier when marc finally perfects the zany carter eyedrops which allow you to go to sleep 4 hours ago.

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Originally Posted by Seabound

What are you trying to say? Are you trying to accuse me of some misdeed? Pray, tell me.

like sleeping, perhaps ???

Seabound · 12-21-2008, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

Sleeping is such a waste of time.
But being awake is such a waste of energy.

What a dilemma.

Waste of time, indeed. I'm a night owl, always have been. I try to put off sleeping for as long as I could, but when I'm asleep, I am deep in slumber's grasp which can be quite intoxicating.

Seabound · 12-21-2008, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by RWood

You are lucky Seabound, you received a response directly from Zelda -- several in fact. After detailed research I have discovered that she sleeps exactly six (6) hours a week. VR naps all day dreaming of catching squirrels so he averages about 16 hours a day. Some of the cats around here may top 20 hours of sleep a day.

Six hours a week? I don't understand why she has to sleep at all in the weekends. Anyway, I find that Ms. Pinwheel is quite generous with her responses, regardless of who it is she is replying to, and maybe more so to newbies. I'll give her that.

VR is a hopeless case. Good thing he has a dog.

Seabound · 12-21-2008, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

like sleeping, perhaps ???

I am pleading the fifth.

Seabound · 12-21-2008, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Sleep -- yes, I have a long-standing addiction to the stuff. Have tried to kick the habit, but it is a very strong addiction. I like staying awake for lots of hours - reading, etc -- but then getting the amount of sleep required by my addiction tends to put 26 or 28 hours into each day. This yields a body schedule not in-synch with the sun or the rest of the world. Annoyingly, this creates problems. So I struggle. Sigh.

I understand what you are saying only too well.

RWood · 12-22-2008, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Seabound

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VR is a hopeless case. Good thing he has a dog.

Wrong way round. He has a pet human.

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Originally Posted by Seabound

I am pleading the fifth.

Sorry, we drank it all last week.

montsnmags · 12-22-2008, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by RWood

...
Sorry, we drank it all last week.

I had one fifth of Zany Carter Deluxe and four fifths of buggerall.

Cheers,
Marc (I lied about the one-fifth...there were bukkits involved)

pshrynk · 12-22-2008, 10:22 AM

I'm operating on ZZZelda time sleep today. Got home at 2:00 in the farking AM and got about four hours of sleep before I had to go to work. Would have cancelled the day, except we have a budget meeting and I'm not about to let that pack of jackals determine my department budget without me.

Plus, do you know how long it takes to read an entire weeks's worth of posts around here?

zelda_pinwheel · 12-22-2008, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

I'm operating on ZZZelda time sleep today. Got home at 2:00 in the farking AM and got about four hours of sleep before I had to go to work. Would have cancelled the day, except we have a budget meeting and I'm not about to let that pack of jackals determine my department budget without me.

ouch. i think a nap is called for.

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Plus, do you know how long it takes to read an entire weeks's worth of posts around here?

hmmm... well, adding in the new posts which continue to be generated while you're catching up on the old posts, i'd say... carry the 3... multiplied by... probably just under a week, except if you're on zany carter time.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 12-22-2008, 11:39 AM

I would like to officially protest the suggestion that I sleep. I know for a fact that I do not sleep, because I have never been woken by an alarm clock. I am always wide awake when my alarm goes off. (I really set it for the cat, as I am trying to encourage her to wait until the alarm before begging for breakfast. So far, she is proving to be a slow learner. At 17 years old.) In fact, I do spend 5-6 hours a day in a state that may seem to the layman to correspond to sleep, but in fact, is not.

During the hours of midnight to 6 AM, EST, I will generally recline on a horizontal pad in order to allow the muscles of my body to rest from the exertions of the day. (The occasion that I do not recline corresponds to occasional gallstone attacks, which require me to sit up all night.) During this time, I will frequently muse on the matters of the day, on future projects, or spend a few moments in random free association... a mental exercise, if you will, designed to refresh my brain cells, to allow recently acquired information to be examined and either stored in more permanent memory, or discarded, and to create new mental pathways that can lead to creative insights and inspiration.

While I am enjoying this rejuvenation period, I generally turn off my PC and shut down the office power, in order to conserve energy, reduce my carbon output and be a better member of the human race. (I usually turn off the lights in the house at night, for the same reason.)

So, as you can see, my absence from MR does not in any way correspond to a sleeping period. I would consider it a courtesy if you would refrain from accusing me of slumber in the future. Thank you.

DixieGal · 12-22-2008, 12:55 PM

I love sleep. I wish I were asleep right now.

desertgrandma · 12-22-2008, 01:16 PM

I just woke up after an 11 hr sleep-athon. Don't hate me.

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12-22-2008, 10:22 AM	#41
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	I'm operating on ZZZelda time sleep today. Got home at 2:00 in the farking AM and got about four hours of sleep before I had to go to work. Would have cancelled the day, except we have a budget meeting and I'm not about to let that pack of jackals determine my department budget without me. Plus, do you know how long it takes to read an entire weeks's worth of posts around here?

12-22-2008, 11:39 AM	#43
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	I would like to officially protest the suggestion that I sleep. I know for a fact that I do not sleep, because I have never been woken by an alarm clock. I am always wide awake when my alarm goes off. (I really set it for the cat, as I am trying to encourage her to wait until the alarm before begging for breakfast. So far, she is proving to be a slow learner. At 17 years old.) In fact, I do spend 5-6 hours a day in a state that may seem to the layman to correspond to sleep, but in fact, is not. During the hours of midnight to 6 AM, EST, I will generally recline on a horizontal pad in order to allow the muscles of my body to rest from the exertions of the day. (The occasion that I do not recline corresponds to occasional gallstone attacks, which require me to sit up all night.) During this time, I will frequently muse on the matters of the day, on future projects, or spend a few moments in random free association... a mental exercise, if you will, designed to refresh my brain cells, to allow recently acquired information to be examined and either stored in more permanent memory, or discarded, and to create new mental pathways that can lead to creative insights and inspiration. While I am enjoying this rejuvenation period, I generally turn off my PC and shut down the office power, in order to conserve energy, reduce my carbon output and be a better member of the human race. (I usually turn off the lights in the house at night, for the same reason.) So, as you can see, my absence from MR does not in any way correspond to a sleeping period. I would consider it a courtesy if you would refrain from accusing me of slumber in the future. Thank you.

12-22-2008, 12:55 PM	#44
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	I love sleep. I wish I were asleep right now.

12-22-2008, 01:16 PM	#45
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	I just woke up after an 11 hr sleep-athon. Don't hate me.