Up at the crack of dawn!
Nov 16th 2007, 6:14 pm
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Nov 16th 2007, 6:17 pm
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Re: Up at the crack of dawn!
My American husband is up at 4.30am - I manage to get up about 6.00am. If I sleep in, it's usually till 8.00am, even at weekend! I used to stay in bed till noon on sundays when I lived in the UK.
Nov 16th 2007, 6:18 pm
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Nov 16th 2007, 10:09 pm
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Re: Up at the crack of dawn!
interesting to read a thread that has the words...
Crack and Cock.
Crack and Cock.
Nov 17th 2007, 1:29 am
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Re: Up at the crack of dawn!
At least they get more than 2 weeks a year off though....
I've noticed the early bird thing here too. Mornings when I've had to set off at 5am to catch an early morning flight I've thought "This'll be a nice quick trip to the airport" - but while its not quite like rush hour, the amount of traffic on the road is still astounding.
I've noticed the early bird thing here too. Mornings when I've had to set off at 5am to catch an early morning flight I've thought "This'll be a nice quick trip to the airport" - but while its not quite like rush hour, the amount of traffic on the road is still astounding.
Nov 18th 2007, 2:47 am
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Re: Up at the crack of dawn!
when I was a kid I had to be at work at 5:30 a.m. 3 days a week at a market stall, then go to school, and go and pack the stall back up afterwards. . .
and we ate coal for breakfast, if we were lucky.
you don't know you are born
and we ate coal for breakfast, if we were lucky.
you don't know you are born
Does anyone else wonder why Americans have to do everything so bloomin' early? It seems to me that everyone gets up much earlier here than back at home. I'm up at 4.30am to get to work for 7am and I'm always the last in the door. Everyone else is already there and consider that I come in late, but if I get up any earlier there won't be any point going to bed! Sometimes (when I'm really running late) I see kids waiting for the school bus before 7am. WTF? When I was a kid I didn't even roll out of bed until 7.30am. Even if I leave really early there's always so many cars on the road. It seems like Americans fel the need to pack so much into their day that they need to get up at before the cock crows!
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Nov 18th 2007, 3:51 am
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Nov 18th 2007, 1:01 pm
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Re: Up at the crack of dawn!
Does anyone else wonder why Americans have to do everything so bloomin' early? It seems to me that everyone gets up much earlier here than back at home. I'm up at 4.30am to get to work for 7am and I'm always the last in the door. Everyone else is already there and consider that I come in late, but if I get up any earlier there won't be any point going to bed! Sometimes (when I'm really running late) I see kids waiting for the school bus before 7am. WTF? When I was a kid I didn't even roll out of bed until 7.30am. Even if I leave really early there's always so many cars on the road. It seems like Americans fel the need to pack so much into their day that they need to get up at before the cock crows!
7.30am is a sleep in for me!
Nov 18th 2007, 2:40 pm
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Re: Up at the crack of dawn!
We have to go to work one hour before we go to bed, eat cold gravel from road, AND pay boss for the luxery of work, AND get 2 weeks vacation a year!
Nov 18th 2007, 3:35 pm
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Re: Up at the crack of dawn!
This apparently is Doris's, showing at the Tate Modern.