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

Julie Bove · 09-25-2012, 05:27 AM

"Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:k3re0k$oei$[email protected]..
>
> "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 wristwatch-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 · 09-25-2012, 06:08 AM

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.

-sw

John John · 09-25-2012, 06:29 AM

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:08:51 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
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

Julie Bove · 09-25-2012, 07:14 AM

"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:4tshnjhkyh0f$.[email protected]..
> 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. :-)~

Somebody · 09-25-2012, 01:36 PM

"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:k3rfcq$u33$[email protected]..

> 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 **** 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.

Somebody · 09-25-2012, 01:48 PM

"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:k3rls7$poo$[email protected]..
>
> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:4tshnjhkyh0f$.[email protected]..
>> 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?

Sqwertz · 09-25-2012, 04:30 PM

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:14:55 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:

> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:4tshnjhkyh0f$.[email protected]..
>> 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

Roy · 09-25-2012, 04:36 PM

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" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> > news:4tshnjhkyh0f$.[email protected]..
>
> >> 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

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The Doughbelly Pillsboy · 09-25-2012, 06:17 PM

Somebody <[email protected]> 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 **** 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 wanker.

Nunya Bidnits · 09-25-2012, 06:32 PM

Sqwertz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:14:55 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:4tshnjhkyh0f$.[email protected]..
>>> 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

Hey, at least she hasn't invented a pinwheel powered car yet.

Chemo · 09-25-2012, 06:44 PM

On Sep 25, 6:35*am, "Somebody" <v...@glorious.com> wrote:
> "Julie Bove" <julieb...@frontier.com> wrote in message
>
> news:k3rfcq$u33$[email protected]..
>
> > 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 wasquite
> > 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 **** 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 · 09-25-2012, 06:44 PM

On Sep 25, 11:32*am, "Nunya Bidnits" <nunyabidn...@eternal-
september.invalid> wrote:
> Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
> > On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:14:55 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> >> "Sqwertz" <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote in message
> >>news:4tshnjhkyh0f$.[email protected]..
> >>> 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
>
> Hey, at least she hasn't invented a pinwheel powered car yet.

are you sure?

Sqwertz · 09-25-2012, 07:40 PM

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:32:34 -0500, Nunya Bidnits wrote:

> Sqwertz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I figured that. Everybody already knows you're a kook, and we blame
>> that on your IQ and gullibility - not a good combo.
>
> Hey, at least she hasn't invented a pinwheel powered car yet.

I just found a picture of Barbara celebrating her new invention:

http://i49.tinypic.com/2q8r4vl.jpg

-sw

Brooklyn1 · 09-25-2012, 07:54 PM

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:40:37 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:32:34 -0500, Nunya Bidnits wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I figured that. Everybody already knows you're a kook, and we blame
>>> that on your IQ and gullibility - not a good combo.
>>
>> Hey, at least she hasn't invented a pinwheel powered car yet.
>
>I just found a picture of Barbara celebrating her new invention:
>
>http://i49.tinypic.com/2q8r4vl.jpg

Yup, that's sf alright, can't miss that cellulite piggy butt.

Chemo · 09-25-2012, 08:04 PM

On Sep 25, 12:40*pm, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:32:34 -0500, Nunya Bidnits wrote:
> > Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
>
> >> I figured that. *Everybody already knows you're a kook, and we blame
> >> that on your IQ and gullibility - not a good combo.
>
> > Hey, at least she hasn't invented a pinwheel powered car yet.
>
> I just found a picture of Barbara celebrating her new invention:
>
> http://i49.tinypic.com/2q8r4vl.jpg
>
> -sw

And here's Sqwertz having the last laugh.
http://kimedia.files.wordpress.com/2...dman.jpg?w=386

Somebody · 09-25-2012, 10:52 PM

"Chemo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 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.

Somebody · 09-27-2012, 01:30 PM

"John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:08:51 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
> 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.

Nunya Bidnits · 09-27-2012, 02:27 PM

Somebody <[email protected]> wrote:
> "John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:08:51 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
>> 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.

I'm starting to think you two butt monkeys are the same person.

Regardless, you're both idiots.

John John · 09-27-2012, 02:32 PM

On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:27:13 -0500, "Nunya Bidnits"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Somebody <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:08:51 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
>>> 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.
>
>I'm starting to think you two butt monkeys are the same person.

And also the same person as Moose in Love. The plot thickens!

>Regardless, you're both idiots.

Thank you for your contribution to the the ecosystem.

--
John

Somebody · 09-28-2012, 01:12 AM

"John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:27:13 -0500, "Nunya Bidnits"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Somebody <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> "John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]..
>>>> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:08:51 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
>>>> 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.
>>
>>I'm starting to think you two butt monkeys are the same person.
>
> And also the same person as Moose in Love. The plot thickens!
>
>>Regardless, you're both idiots.
>
> Thank you for your contribution to the the ecosystem.
>
> --
> John

There are composers and decomposers... anabolism and catabolism.

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