Thread: When Do You Sleep?

Usually at night. Most times between 11.00 PM and 06.00 AM

Since I work a five day week around 8:00 to around 5:00 (or 6:00, or 7:00), I try to keep a regular pattern of 10:00 or 11:00 to 6:30. It's my way of pretending to be normal. With all the responses that indicate odd hours, I wonder if there's a correlation between unconventional activities such as straight razor shaving and unconventional sleep habits. Any researchers out there?

Like Sam Elliot said in the movie Roadhouse " I'll get plenty of sleep when i'm dead"

As a long ago former nightclub bouncer, I'm embarrassed to admit that I LOVED that movie. I was the smallest bouncer the club had ever hired, since I was 6'1' and weighed 220. When I went in for the interview, the club manager, who was huge, took one look at me and told me that there was no way that I could work there. I asked him if I could throw him out of the club, could I have the job? He said yes, so I offered to shake on the deal. He held out his hand, I took hold of his pinkie and index finger and bent them back hard while moving behind him and holding his shoulder. I walked him to the door and got the job!

While working there I removed 7 knives and 1 gun from uncooperative patrons, but in general, I did not have to be disagreeable because my size was not intimidating. The huge bouncers would get in the faces of the the drunk guys and essentially back them into a corner. With impaired judgement, they would start a fight and the bouncers would easily dispatch them and boost their own egos. I tried to use diplomacy. Generally if a guy needed to be booted out it involved a problem with alcohol, lack of social grace, and a girl. Usually I could get the guy to leave if I just pulled him aside and informed him that I needed him to leave and he was welcome to save face by just leaving with his girl on his own. This gave them the chance to save face, because I was not backing them into a corner and humiliating them. This worked so well for me that I occasionally was tipped by guys I was kicking out!

Originally Posted by Utopian

As a long ago former nightclub bouncer, I'm embarrassed to admit that I LOVED that movie. I was the smallest bouncer the club had ever hired, since I was 6'1' and weighed 220. When I went in for the interview, the club manager, who was huge, took one look at me and told me that there was no way that I could work there. I asked him if I could throw him out of the club, could I have the job? He said yes, so I offered to shake on the deal. He held out his hand, I took hold of his pinkie and index finger and bent them back hard while moving behind him and holding his shoulder. I walked him to the door and got the job!

1. I like your style.

2. Should we ever meet, please forgive me if I just nod hello!

3. When I don't have a schedule to maintain, I sleep only when I can't hold my eyelids open anymore. Otherwise, I try to get 5 - 6 hours daily - er, nightly.

This is a subject that's always intrigued me, and if there are any unprejudiced studies I haven't been able to find them.

Just from noticing over the years what is truly comfortable to me - a 24 hour day doesn't work well; I tend to rotate forward about 2-3 hours per day if I simply go to bed when sleepy and wake up when rested. About 7 hours sleep will do me, a bit more if I'm still tired for whatever reason when I first wake up. I should mention that I've been retired for about ten years, so I can do just that if I wish. Drives the wife crazy, though. Given the 24 hour day which I can't change, I'm a night owl. Chronic migraines and the resultant light sensitivity probably drives a lot of that tendency, but I really do function better at night even when I don't have a pounding head.

Good thread, it's interesting to see the experiences of others on the topic.

During the summer, my two boys and I go almost nocturnal (I'm a teacher, and they're both students). Like me, they're afraid they're going to miss something, so a 4 a.m. bedtime isn't unusual (unless that's when I'm getting up to go fishing!). I've always been a night-owl, and when I was working my way through college on 2nd shift, I often greeted the sunrise before getting a few precious hours and starting all over again!

Since I go back to school tomorrow, and have to get up at 6:00, I need to be in bed by 10:00 on weeknights if I'm going to give 90 seniors all my energy the next day!