"Typically, mention of our ever increasing sleeplessness is followed by
calls for earlier bedtimes and a longer night's sleep. But this directive
may be part of the problem. Rather than helping us to get more rest, the
tyranny of the eight-hour block reinforces a narrow conception of sleep and
how we should approach it. Some of the time we spend tossing and turning may
even result from misconceptions about sleep and our bodily needs: in fact
neither our bodies nor our brains are built for the roughly one-third of our
lives that we spend in bed.
The idea that we should sleep in eight-hour chunks is relatively recent. The
world's population sleeps in various and surprising ways. Millions of
Chinese workers continue to put their heads on their desks for a nap of an
hour or so after lunch, for example, and daytime napping is common from
India to Spain.

....This, despite the fact that a number of recent studies suggest that any
deep sleep - whether in an eight-hour block or a 30-minute nap - primes our
brains to function at a higher level, letting us come up with better ideas,
find solutions to puzzles more quickly, identify patterns faster and recall
information more accurately.

The head of the department of behavioral biology at the Walter Reed Army
Institute of Research, imagines a near future in which military commanders
can know how much total sleep an individual soldier has had over a 24-hour
time frame thanks to wris****ch-size sleep monitors. After consulting
computer models that predict how decision-making abilities decline with
fatigue, a soldier could then be ordered to take a nap to prepare for an
approaching mission.

Most of us are not fortunate enough to work in office environments that
permit, much less smile upon, on-the-job napping."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/op...oc.semityn.www



Employers I've had never liked anyone sleeping, even if on their own time at
lunch or on a break. Personally, I almost always feel rested and better
after a 20 minute nap; especially after lunch around 1pm

"Somebody" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Typically, mention of our ever increasing sleeplessness is followed by
> calls for earlier bedtimes and a longer night's sleep. But this directive
> may be part of the problem. Rather than helping us to get more rest, the
> tyranny of the eight-hour block reinforces a narrow conception of sleep
> and how we should approach it. Some of the time we spend tossing and
> turning may even result from misconceptions about sleep and our bodily
> needs: in fact neither our bodies nor our brains are built for the roughly
> one-third of our lives that we spend in bed.
> The idea that we should sleep in eight-hour chunks is relatively recent.
> The world's population sleeps in various and surprising ways. Millions of
> Chinese workers continue to put their heads on their desks for a nap of an
> hour or so after lunch, for example, and daytime napping is common from
> India to Spain.
>
> ...This, despite the fact that a number of recent studies suggest that any
> deep sleep - whether in an eight-hour block or a 30-minute nap - primes
> our brains to function at a higher level, letting us come up with better
> ideas, find solutions to puzzles more quickly, identify patterns faster
> and recall information more accurately.
>
> The head of the department of behavioral biology at the Walter Reed Army
> Institute of Research, imagines a near future in which military commanders
> can know how much total sleep an individual soldier has had over a 24-hour
> time frame thanks to wris****ch-size sleep monitors. After consulting
> computer models that predict how decision-making abilities decline with
> fatigue, a soldier could then be ordered to take a nap to prepare for an
> approaching mission.
>
> Most of us are not fortunate enough to work in office environments that
> permit, much less smile upon, on-the-job napping."
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/op...oc.semityn.www
>
>
>
> Employers I've had never liked anyone sleeping, even if on their own time
> at lunch or on a break. Personally, I almost always feel rested and better
> after a 20 minute nap; especially after lunch around 1pm

I have not but I had a friend who did. She put water on to boil for
spaghetti. Mind you she had been drinking. And knowing her it was quite a
bit! She then forgot that she had put the water on to boil and fell asleep.
This was back in the days before smoke detectors were common. She didn't
have one. The fire department had a hard time waking her. The pot had
boiled dry and there was smoke billowing out of her apartment.

Another friend didn't fall asleep but boiled countless pots dry in boiling
water for tea. She had a whistling tea kettle but it too boiled dry.
Apparently it didn't whistle loudly enough for her to hear. I bought her an
electric kettle. The kind that shuts itself off after it boils. I have one
and I love it! She loves hers too.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:27:52 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> I have not but I had a friend who did...
>
> We know you're lonely and need somebody to talk to, but please stop
> feeding the troll, Julie.

I will feed whoever I want and you can't tell me otherwise. :-)~

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...

> I have not but I had a friend who did. She put water on to boil for
> spaghetti. Mind you she had been drinking. And knowing her it was quite
> a bit! She then forgot that she had put the water on to boil and fell
> asleep. This was back in the days before smoke detectors were common. She
> didn't have one. The fire department had a hard time waking her. The pot
> had boiled dry and there was smoke billowing out of her apartment.


I had that happen about 15 years ago. Though wasn't drinking, it was late
at night and wanted some spaghetti, and made the mistake of lying down on
the couch.. Heard knocking on my door from downstairs neighbor-- then
sirens in the distance. Thought "oh shit they better not be coming here."
Then the sirens got louder and louder. I hurried and turned the pot off,
but there was a fair amount of smoke... Next thing I know, there are 10
firemen wandering the apartment looking for a fire. I apologized and one of
them said "it happens, just glad there's no fire". (I got the impression it
happens a fair amount on their night calls.)... Tried to salvage the pot
but it was a goner and threw it in the dumpster. That apartment stank for
days

When I was growing up, my older brother did it boiling hot dogs... I
thought he was so stupid.

A friend's condo neighbour has, twice. The fire dept has told him that next
time the cops will arrest him for being a public nuisance!

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:27:52 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> I have not but I had a friend who did...
>>
>> We know you're lonely and need somebody to talk to, but please stop
>> feeding the troll, Julie.
>
> I will feed whoever I want and you can't tell me otherwise. :-)~

Sqwertz has an obsession. Is he an accredited member of the troll police?
Or just a gated community member of a troll security civilian force?

On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:29:59 AM UTC-6, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:14:55 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>
>
> > "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>
> > ...
>
> >> On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:27:52 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >>> I have not but I had a friend who did...
>
> >>
>
> >> We know you're lonely and need somebody to talk to, but please stop
>
> >> feeding the troll, Julie.
>
> >
>
> > I will feed whoever I want and you can't tell me otherwise. :-)~
>
>
>
> I figured that. Everybody already knows you're a kook, and we blame
>
> that on your IQ and gullibility - not a good combo.
>
>
>
> -sw

NET COP ALERT
NET COP ALERT
NET COP ALERT

Somebody > wrote:
>
>
> I had that happen about 15 years ago. Though wasn't drinking, it was
> late at night and wanted some spaghetti, and made the mistake of
> lying down on the couch.. Heard knocking on my door from downstairs
> neighbor-- then sirens in the distance. Thought "oh shit they better
> not be coming here." Then the sirens got louder and louder. I
> hurried and turned the pot off, but there was a fair amount of
> smoke... Next thing I know, there are 10 firemen wandering the
> apartment looking for a fire.

The firemen should have beaten you and thrown you out the window so they
would have someone to rescue, and wouldn't have to chalk up the call to time
wasted on some drunken ******.

On Sep 25, 6:35*am, "Somebody" > wrote:
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > I have not but I had a friend who did. *She put water on to boil for
> > spaghetti. *Mind you she had been drinking. *And knowing her it was quite
> > a bit! *She then forgot that she had put the water on to boil and fell
> > asleep. This was back in the days before smoke detectors were common. *She
> > didn't have one. *The fire department had a hard time waking her. *The pot
> > had boiled dry and there was smoke billowing out of her apartment.
>
> I had that happen about 15 years ago. *Though wasn't drinking, it was late
> at night and wanted some spaghetti, and made the mistake of lying down on
> the couch.. *Heard knocking on my door from downstairs neighbor-- then
> sirens in the distance. *Thought "oh shit they better not be coming here."
> Then the sirens got louder and louder. *I hurried and turned the pot off,
> but there was a fair amount of smoke... *Next thing I know, there are 10
> firemen wandering the apartment looking for a fire. *I apologized and one of
> them said "it happens, just glad there's no fire". *(I got the impression it
> happens a fair amount on their night calls.)... * Tried to salvage the pot
> but it was a goner and threw it in the dumpster. *That apartment stank for
> days
>
> When I was growing up, my older brother did it boiling hot dogs... *I
> thought he was so stupid.

hmmmmm.......two peas in a pod.

"Chemo" > wrote in message
...
> When I was growing up, my older brother did it boiling hot dogs... I
> thought he was so stupid.

hmmmmm.......two peas in a pod.

---

Yes, Mendel would probably say we are genetically related.

On Sep 25, 1:04*am, "Somebody" > wrote:


> Have you ever fallen asleep while waiting for something to cook?


Yes, I have. It's better than dying while waiting for something
to cook. I'm sure that happens to people on occasion. Sometimes when
a dead body is found in an apartment it's because of "the smell".
People always say they wouldn't have suspected anything was wrong had
it not been for the smell. But in this case they don't smell the body
first. No, first they smell the burning food and think, 'Man, whoever
lives in that apartment doesn't know how to cook." Then a few hours
later they smell the burning pot. Finally the stove itself catches on
fire and smoke pours out into the hallways causing the fire department
to be alerted. When the tv news people get there, everyone is milling
around saying "Man, if it weren't for the smell, we never would have
known there was a dead body in there." Everyone watching on tv is
perked up by the news until diappointment sets in when they learn the
neighbors meant the smell of smoke, not the smell of a rotting body.
What a let down.

TJ

"Tommy Joe" > wrote in message
...
On Sep 25, 1:04 am, "Somebody" > wrote:


> Have you ever fallen asleep while waiting for something to cook?


Yes, I have. It's better than dying while waiting for something
to cook. I'm sure that happens to people on occasion. Sometimes when
a dead body is found in an apartment it's because of "the smell".
People always say they wouldn't have suspected anything was wrong had
it not been for the smell. But in this case they don't smell the body
first. No, first they smell the burning food and think, 'Man, whoever
lives in that apartment doesn't know how to cook." Then a few hours
later they smell the burning pot. Finally the stove itself catches on
fire and smoke pours out into the hallways causing the fire department
to be alerted. When the tv news people get there, everyone is milling
around saying "Man, if it weren't for the smell, we never would have
known there was a dead body in there." Everyone watching on tv is
perked up by the news until diappointment sets in when they learn the
neighbors meant the smell of smoke, not the smell of a rotting body.
What a let down.

TJ

---

I was watching the History Channel years ago, and they said falling a sleep
while cooking is a major cause of Spontaneous Human Combustion.

"John John" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:08:51 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:27:52 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> I have not but I had a friend who did...
>>
>>We know you're lonely and need somebody to talk to, but please stop
>>feeding the troll, Julie.
>
> Stay on topic, please. No trolling.
>
> --
> John


Trolls are an important part of the Internet ecosystem. Without them,
self-righteous arrogant blowhards would continuously post screeds and rants
unchecked, and use up all the remaining bytes on the Internet... As a
woodland that goes too long without a fire, then one day has one and is
decimated; trolls start controlled local flame wars that cull some of the
chaff out, and allow for new growth.

"John John" > wrote in message
...

>>She could be Catwoman?
>
> Ninja Bits is a she?

when dressed up as Catwoman