Reading in bed can be hazardous to your health!

memobug · 03-26-2007, 09:11 AM

As a frequent bed-time reader, I often find myself dozing away with a book in hand. The Sony Reader has made this a bit of an interesting experience.

Twice so far, I've woken up with the reader under my shoulder, which is fine, but a couple of times I actually dropped the thing on my face, not just once, but repetitively.

See, as I doze off, the hand holding the reader droops down until...

SMACK! I get a faceful of Reader. Then I wake up and start reading again, until...

SMACK! it happens a second (or third) time!

Now, I have this flat spot where my nose used to be, and noseprints on the glass. What I really need now is some form of protective headgear!

Regards,

Matt

NatCh · 03-26-2007, 09:27 AM

Maybe add a layer of foam rubber to the top edge?

Robert Marquard · 03-26-2007, 09:45 AM

Get more interesting books which do not make you sleepy. :-)

Aprilbeginnings · 03-26-2007, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by memobug

As a frequent bed-time reader, I often find myself dozing away with a book in hand. The Sony Reader has made this a bit of an interesting experience.

Twice so far, I've woken up with the reader under my shoulder, which is fine, but a couple of times I actually dropped the thing on my face, not just once, but repetitively.

See, as I doze off, the hand holding the reader droops down until...

SMACK! I get a faceful of Reader. Then I wake up and start reading again, until...

SMACK! it happens a second (or third) time!

Now, I have this flat spot where my nose used to be, and noseprints on the glass. What I really need now is some form of protective headgear!

Regards,

Matt

LMAO.......... Sorry Matt but that was funny........ I do this on the couch, dose/drop the reader (thank goodness alittle hand made laynard), start to read/doze......can do this maybe 10 times... then I go and take a caffeine pill to WAKE UP!!!!!

RWood · 03-26-2007, 10:23 AM

Perhaps you need some protective head gear like they have for people with broken necks that could be rigged to hold the Reader in front of your head.

DougFNJ · 03-26-2007, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWood

Perhaps you need some protective head gear like they have for people with broken necks that could be rigged to hold the Reader in front of your head.

I just couldn't stop laughing at this one, as soon as the visual of it entered my head, THAT was funny!

Bob Russell · 03-26-2007, 11:02 AM

Wow, I had completely forgotten until reading this, but I've done the same thing myself with a paper book years ago. Pretty funny!

But... after the book hit me in the face the first time, I just put it away and went back to sleep! I guess some of us just take a little longer to learn our lessons!

diabloNL · 03-26-2007, 11:15 AM

Funny, with me the reader falls the other way and lands on my lap. I do the same, when In wake up I just continue reading until it happends again. Real die-hards if you ask me!

DougFNJ · 03-26-2007, 11:20 AM

2 Definitions of insanity:

#1 Insanity is repeating the same mistake over and over expecting different results.

#2 Insanity is repeating the same mistakes over and over KNOWING what is going to happen, but doing it anyway

Moonraker · 03-26-2007, 03:43 PM

This happens to me when I start a new book. Keep dozing off, waking up repeatedly. I get angry with myself because I want to read!

But once I'm in the middle of a good book the sleepiness disappears and I will often read to 4 or 5 am in the morning.

I seem to have hit a lucky patch because my last 4 or 5 books have been un-put-downable.

Bob Russell · 03-26-2007, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonraker

I seem to have hit a lucky patch because my last 4 or 5 books have been un-put-downable.

That's a very, very good thing if you are reading e-books in the tub!

Aprilbeginnings · 03-26-2007, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonraker

I seem to have hit a lucky patch because my last 4 or 5 books have been un-put-downable.

And these last books would be?????????????????

Moonraker · 03-26-2007, 08:17 PM

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And these last books would be?????????????????

Most recently read first:

Leonard Goldberg - Fatal Care
Peter Clements - Mortal Remains
Greg Rucka - A Fistful of Rain
John Dunning - The Bookman's Wake
Joe R Lansdale - The Bottoms
Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale
Michael Crichton - Next
Rob Grant - Fat
Philip Roth - Portnoy's Complaint
Stephen King - Lisey's Story
Simon Clark - The Night of the Triffids

Hmmm - more than 4 or 5 - all these books have kept me awake well into the small hours.

Aprilbeginnings · 03-27-2007, 09:19 AM

Cool, I have mortal Remains, Lisey's story and Next...... I love Medical who dunnits, I just ran Mortal Remains through the bookdesigner so maybe that will be the book I start to read today.

Alexander Turcic · 03-27-2007, 11:20 AM

Hah! It also happened to me at various times, but I was too embarrassed to tell you about it

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03-26-2007, 09:11 AM	#1
memobug Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 46 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Silicon Valley Device: PRS-500/PRS-505/Kindle DX/iPhone 3G	Reading in bed can be hazardous to your health! As a frequent bed-time reader, I often find myself dozing away with a book in hand. The Sony Reader has made this a bit of an interesting experience. Twice so far, I've woken up with the reader under my shoulder, which is fine, but a couple of times I actually dropped the thing on my face, not just once, but repetitively. See, as I doze off, the hand holding the reader droops down until... SMACK! I get a faceful of Reader. Then I wake up and start reading again, until... SMACK! it happens a second (or third) time! Now, I have this flat spot where my nose used to be, and noseprints on the glass. What I really need now is some form of protective headgear! Regards, Matt

03-26-2007, 09:27 AM	#2
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Maybe add a layer of foam rubber to the top edge?

03-26-2007, 09:45 AM	#3
Robert Marquard Delphi-Guy Posts: 285 Karma: 1151 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Berlin, Germany Device: iLiad, Palm T3	Get more interesting books which do not make you sleepy. :-)

03-26-2007, 10:23 AM	#5
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Perhaps you need some protective head gear like they have for people with broken necks that could be rigged to hold the Reader in front of your head.

03-26-2007, 11:02 AM	#7
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Wow, I had completely forgotten until reading this, but I've done the same thing myself with a paper book years ago. Pretty funny! But... after the book hit me in the face the first time, I just put it away and went back to sleep! I guess some of us just take a little longer to learn our lessons!

03-26-2007, 11:15 AM	#8
diabloNL Gadget Force® Posts: 705 Karma: 2733 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The Netherlands Device: Sony PRS-300 + Cybook with funny screen :P	Funny, with me the reader falls the other way and lands on my lap. I do the same, when In wake up I just continue reading until it happends again. Real die-hards if you ask me!

03-26-2007, 11:20 AM	#9
DougFNJ Avid Reader Posts: 273 Karma: 1332 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Jersey Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature, 2TB iPad Pro 11”	2 Definitions of insanity: #1 Insanity is repeating the same mistake over and over expecting different results. #2 Insanity is repeating the same mistakes over and over KNOWING what is going to happen, but doing it anyway

03-26-2007, 03:43 PM	#10
Moonraker Addict Posts: 314 Karma: 1002965 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: UK Device: ILiad. Gen 3, PocketBook 360, Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Oasis 2	This happens to me when I start a new book. Keep dozing off, waking up repeatedly. I get angry with myself because I want to read! But once I'm in the middle of a good book the sleepiness disappears and I will often read to 4 or 5 am in the morning. I seem to have hit a lucky patch because my last 4 or 5 books have been un-put-downable.

03-27-2007, 09:19 AM	#14
Aprilbeginnings Guru Posts: 632 Karma: 404 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern CA Device: Sony PRS-500 /prs 650 soon	Cool, I have mortal Remains, Lisey's story and Next...... I love Medical who dunnits, I just ran Mortal Remains through the bookdesigner so maybe that will be the book I start to read today.

03-27-2007, 11:20 AM	#15
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Hah! It also happened to me at various times, but I was too embarrassed to tell you about it

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