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[Sir C]

Why does one stop sleeping when one becomes old? I'm in bed by 10 every evening but then I'm awake before 5. I mean wide awake, bouncing around the walls awake. Obviously I have to get up for a gypsy's, and then - that's it, I'm up. So I've got 4 hours to kill before work. Sometimes I do a 5k run and then go for a 5 mile walk.

By 10 a.m. I'm shattered :-(

How're your diurnal rhythms working out for you?

[barrybueno]

Why does one stop sleeping when one becomes old? I'm in bed by 10 every evening but then I'm awake before 5. I mean wide awake, bouncing around the walls awake. Obviously I have to get up for a gypsy's, and then - that's it, I'm up. So I've got 4 hours to kill before work. Sometimes I do a 5k run and then go for a 5 mile walk.

By 10 a.m. I'm shattered :-(

How're your diurnal rhythms working out for you?

Sounds like bed at midnight would help, swot I do. Then a bit of broken sleep one of them due to a jimmy and I generally wake up proper around 8

[Sir C]

Sounds like bed at midnight would help, swot I do. Then a bit of broken sleep one of them due to a jimmy and I generally wake up proper around 8

It's years since I went to bed after 10. I'd just fall asleep on the sofa.

I wonder if you can buy Mogadon off tinternet.

[Burney]

Why does one stop sleeping when one becomes old? I'm in bed by 10 every evening but then I'm awake before 5. I mean wide awake, bouncing around the walls awake. Obviously I have to get up for a gypsy's, and then - that's it, I'm up. So I've got 4 hours to kill before work. Sometimes I do a 5k run and then go for a 5 mile walk.

By 10 a.m. I'm shattered :-(

How're your diurnal rhythms working out for you?

Have you considered going to bed later? EDIT

I find I wake up at 4, am awake for half an hour and can then get back to sleep for an hour and a half before having to wake up.

[Pokster]

Why does one stop sleeping when one becomes old? I'm in bed by 10 every evening but then I'm awake before 5. I mean wide awake, bouncing around the walls awake. Obviously I have to get up for a gypsy's, and then - that's it, I'm up. So I've got 4 hours to kill before work. Sometimes I do a 5k run and then go for a 5 mile walk.

By 10 a.m. I'm shattered :-(

How're your diurnal rhythms working out for you?

In bed by 10-45, alarm goes off before 6 and i think "why the hell am i still doing this"

[Burney]

It's years since I went to bed after 10. I'd just fall asleep on the sofa.

I wonder if you can buy Mogadon off tinternet.

I had a bit of a coldy-fluey thing last week, so I used some Nyquil I brought back from the US. Phew, that's good stuff! Knocked me out and I was still a bit mongy until about 11am. Say what you like about the yanqui, but they don't píss about when it comes to prescription drugs.

[7sisters]

Why does one stop sleeping when one becomes old? I'm in bed by 10 every evening but then I'm awake before 5. I mean wide awake, bouncing around the walls awake. Obviously I have to get up for a gypsy's, and then - that's it, I'm up. So I've got 4 hours to kill before work. Sometimes I do a 5k run and then go for a 5 mile walk.

By 10 a.m. I'm shattered :-(

How're your diurnal rhythms working out for you?

I've found that by having the last drink before 9, invariably means I can forego the small hours slash. I don't usually hit the hay until gone 11 but usually stir just after 7. That, or the dog makes it quite plain he needs his garden visit.

[Burney]

I've found that by having the last drink before 9, invariably means I can forego the small hours slash. I don't usually hit the hay until gone 11 but usually stir just after 7. That, or the dog makes it quite plain he needs his garden visit.

You have your last drink at 9, but don't go to bed until 11?

What on earth do you do for those two hours? :shrug:

[Sir C]

I've found that by having the last drink before 9, invariably means I can forego the small hours slash. I don't usually hit the hay until gone 11 but usually stir just after 7. That, or the dog makes it quite plain he needs his garden visit.

Hmm, but that's hours without a drink, surely you become dehydrated, or worse, reality breaks through? :yikes:

[Luis Anaconda]

Why does one stop sleeping when one becomes old? I'm in bed by 10 every evening but then I'm awake before 5. I mean wide awake, bouncing around the walls awake. Obviously I have to get up for a gypsy's, and then - that's it, I'm up. So I've got 4 hours to kill before work. Sometimes I do a 5k run and then go for a 5 mile walk.

By 10 a.m. I'm shattered :-(

How're your diurnal rhythms working out for you?
I was awake at 5 this morning - but I'm still sweating alcohol from Sunday. Then seeing the bill and needing more drink to forget it

[Ash]

I rarely get to bed early (before midnight), and have little idea what it is like to wake up and feel wide awake. Night Owl, me.

Though I sometimes have a post-dinner snooze .

[Sir C]

I rarely get to bed early (before midnight), and have little idea what it is like to wake up and feel wide awake. Night Owl, me.

Though I sometimes have a post-dinner snooze .

I always insist we're on the fells by 6. I will occasionally allow a delay until 7 if she makes enough of a fuss.

Sometimes we take a picnic to do a big walk but finish before lunchtime :hehe:

[Ash]

I always insist we're on the fells by 6. I will occasionally allow a delay until 7 if she makes enough of a fuss.

Sometimes we take a picnic to do a big walk but finish before lunchtime :hehe:

Blimey. I can just about be up at eight for a Full Onglay and out the door by nine / half past. Back to the inn by three and get on the beer. I'm sure the 'best part of the day' is indeed magnificent but I won't be seeing it.

There's actually a case of not setting out till nearly midday, seeing as sometimes the clouds lift in the mid afternoon.

[Sir C]

Blimey. I can just about be up at eight for a Full Onglay and out the door by nine / half past. Back to the inn by three and get on the beer. I'm sure the 'best part of the day' is indeed magnificent but I won't be seeing it.

There's actually a case of not setting out till nearly midday, seeing as sometimes the clouds lift in the mid afternoon.

Yes, I confess that on a couple of cloudy days we delaed departure until after lunch to allow the weather to lift. However, determined to use the time profitably, I had us waiting on the doorstep of Booths for them to open at 8.