Random stuff - the anything else thread
Oct 24th 2019, 1:57 am
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
ha ha too funny.
I used to do the same when I worked graveyards, a note not to knock or ring the door bell, plus ear plugs and I could usually sleep okay, but I slept a lot more when working graveyards, I would sleep from roughly 9am to 8pm and still be tired, but quality of sleep during the day is lower quality and tend to wake up more. I'd sometimes wake up and look at the clock and it would be like 12 noon or 1pm and for a second be confused thinking I over slept and needed to be at work...lol
One of the worst parts of graveyard for me and I called it the 3am chills, every night 3am to 5am, I would feel cold even when it wasn't cold, and the 3am to 5am is the hardest part of the entire night to stay awake.
I used to do the same when I worked graveyards, a note not to knock or ring the door bell, plus ear plugs and I could usually sleep okay, but I slept a lot more when working graveyards, I would sleep from roughly 9am to 8pm and still be tired, but quality of sleep during the day is lower quality and tend to wake up more. I'd sometimes wake up and look at the clock and it would be like 12 noon or 1pm and for a second be confused thinking I over slept and needed to be at work...lol
One of the worst parts of graveyard for me and I called it the 3am chills, every night 3am to 5am, I would feel cold even when it wasn't cold, and the 3am to 5am is the hardest part of the entire night to stay awake.
My husband's niece in Liverpool is a nurse and works lots of night shifts. She's a bit of a character and not someone you'd want to cross. She puts a 'Shift worker sleeping, please don't ring the doorbell' sign on her front door before she goes to bed. She was very cranky one morning when someone rang the bell after she'd only had 2 hours sleep, so she opened her (upstairs) bedroom window and yelled 'can't you f***ing read?!'. :lol:
Oct 24th 2019, 2:10 am
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
ha ha too funny.
I used to do the same when I worked graveyards, a note not to knock or ring the door bell, plus ear plugs and I could usually sleep okay, but I slept a lot more when working graveyards, I would sleep from roughly 9am to 8pm and still be tired, but quality of sleep during the day is lower quality and tend to wake up more. I'd sometimes wake up and look at the clock and it would be like 12 noon or 1pm and for a second be confused thinking I over slept and needed to be at work...lol
One of the worst parts of graveyard for me and I called it the 3am chills, every night 3am to 5am, I would feel cold even when it wasn't cold, and the 3am to 5am is the hardest part of the entire night to stay awake.
I used to do the same when I worked graveyards, a note not to knock or ring the door bell, plus ear plugs and I could usually sleep okay, but I slept a lot more when working graveyards, I would sleep from roughly 9am to 8pm and still be tired, but quality of sleep during the day is lower quality and tend to wake up more. I'd sometimes wake up and look at the clock and it would be like 12 noon or 1pm and for a second be confused thinking I over slept and needed to be at work...lol
One of the worst parts of graveyard for me and I called it the 3am chills, every night 3am to 5am, I would feel cold even when it wasn't cold, and the 3am to 5am is the hardest part of the entire night to stay awake.
Oct 24th 2019, 2:27 am
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Bewitched, My Favourite Martian, Get Smart, F Troop, I Dream of Jeannie, Mr Ed, Green Acres, Man From UNCLE, Girl From UNCLE, The Champions, The Persuaders, The Avengers (Steed etc not the current ones), Adam Adamant, Target, Vendetta, Softy Softly, Doctor Who (of course), Lost In Space (irritatingly on at the same time), Doomwatch, Dept S, Randall and Hopkirk (deceased), UFO, Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5, Joe 90, Captain Scarlet, Supercar, Stingray, The Prisoner, Mission Impossible, MASH, Grange Hill, TISWAS...
All from memory without having to remind myself by googling and the Brit sitcoms, way too numerous to mention
There are bound to be some OMG how did I forget thats.
All from memory without having to remind myself by googling and the Brit sitcoms, way too numerous to mention
There are bound to be some OMG how did I forget thats.
Spoiler:
Oct 24th 2019, 2:32 am
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
I sat with a therapist earlier in the year when we were trying to pay for it and go on a regular basis, but that didn't work out, but anyhow during the time I was going, all my major self harm events were when I was working graveyards, and overall when on graveyard I was more unstable and even worse, so for my mental health and well being, never doing graveyards again full-time.
Oct 24th 2019, 2:36 am
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
That was another thing about night shift, you tend to also be hungry more, and want sugar and carbs, I even read an article once how people on graveyard shifts are hungry more, eat more and eat more carbs and also higher risk for type 2 diabetes and other issues. Graveyard is really one of the worst things you can do to your body, and your body will you hate you for it.... I no longer do graveyards full-time, I can go to 1am or 2am but then I am getting a decent night time sleep, but working from night into the morning, never again.
I sat with a therapist earlier in the year when we were trying to pay for it and go on a regular basis, but that didn't work out, but anyhow during the time I was going, all my major self harm events were when I was working graveyards, and overall when on graveyard I was more unstable and even worse, so for my mental health and well being, never doing graveyards again full-time.
I sat with a therapist earlier in the year when we were trying to pay for it and go on a regular basis, but that didn't work out, but anyhow during the time I was going, all my major self harm events were when I was working graveyards, and overall when on graveyard I was more unstable and even worse, so for my mental health and well being, never doing graveyards again full-time.
Oct 24th 2019, 3:35 am
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
If this photo from an old book is accurate, houses in 1967 could be bought for 2 times the average annual wage, seems like a good deal.
https://i.redd.it/euy1polgzbu31.jpg
https://i.redd.it/euy1polgzbu31.jpg
Oct 24th 2019, 12:20 pm
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Oct 24th 2019, 5:17 pm
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Some criminals make it far too easy for police.
https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/alleged-w...-car-1.4652141
"Police say a shoplifter at a Windsor-area mall climbed into an unmarked police cruiser, mistaking it for a getaway car."
https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/alleged-w...-car-1.4652141
"Police say a shoplifter at a Windsor-area mall climbed into an unmarked police cruiser, mistaking it for a getaway car."
Oct 24th 2019, 5:39 pm
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I hope the phony was arrested!
Oct 25th 2019, 1:43 am
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Looks like some tough times for Alberta in the new budget.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...nation-of-200/
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...nation-of-200/
Oct 26th 2019, 1:37 pm
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Oct 26th 2019, 2:03 pm
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
I've been listening to a reasonable amount of Pearl Jam recently, still good stuff. Never liked the Quo, and AC/DC was a short lived high school herd thing. Greatest group of the 21st century (introduced by Mr Jings to whom I am eternally grateful): The War on Drugs.
Oct 27th 2019, 11:20 am
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Almost a year later they're back, playing 16 cities in a month. They must like it here. Local rock station The Wolf 104.9 is promoting this, so we'll see what the crowd is like.