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How to Get Through a Workday on No Sleep
New York Magazine ^
| Melissa Dahl
Posted on 08/18/2014 3:27:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
That is my every day — sleep deprived or not.
;)
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posted on
08/18/2014 3:33:21 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(AGW "Scientific method:" Draw your lines first, then plot your points)
To: nickcarraway
I did all of that this very day .... Couldn't sleep so went to work, ate a big breakfast, walked a few miles around our complex, had plenty of caffeine in the form of coffee and diet dr pepper all day, took a power nap of 90 minutes and was back at it and now home. Hot shower, a steak and 3 fingers of buffalo trace whiskey and I'm headed for bed.....kinda tired.
Nite !
Good read....timely.
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posted on
08/18/2014 3:34:23 PM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: freedumb2003
Depending on outside temp and traffic, (2) 12 oz coffees, just driving to work.
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posted on
08/18/2014 3:34:33 PM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: nickcarraway
A steady supply of food, caffeine, and Iron Maiden. Also stay busy, as long as you have something to do you won’t have as much time to think about being tired.
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posted on
08/18/2014 3:35:31 PM PDT
by
discostu
(Villains always blink their eyes.)
To: nickcarraway
“So within the first hour or so of waking up, get outside and get some natural light, if you can.”
Not often possible in the Cleveland/Akron area! Not much “natural” light!
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posted on
08/18/2014 3:36:57 PM PDT
by
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
(Don't touch that thing! Don't let anybody touch that thing! I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that th)
To: nickcarraway
Or, use what they gave me in the IDF: modalert.
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posted on
08/18/2014 3:37:41 PM PDT
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: Jewbacca
Didn’t know you were in the IDF. Very cool...and bless you.
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posted on
08/18/2014 3:41:12 PM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
To: nickcarraway
i agree with the 2 p.m. nap... that is when my sleep train comes in... without fail...
To: Jewbacca
I appreciate your tagline.
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posted on
08/18/2014 3:46:11 PM PDT
by
bubbacluck
(America 180)
To: nickcarraway
When I was younger, I had to do this all the time — work through the night and into the next day. Surprisingly, if you eat just protein (tuna fish without bread or mayo, etc.t) and hydrate yourself, you can go two days without sleep and think clearly. Going three days is a problem though.
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posted on
08/18/2014 3:55:03 PM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Opinionated Blowhard
Btw, their idea of drinking caffeine is a bad idea. Its a quick boost and then you crash, hard.
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posted on
08/18/2014 3:57:05 PM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: CatherineofAragon
Been a while.
I now work for a defense contractor and train pilots, generally NATO countries, but also Japan, etc.
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posted on
08/18/2014 4:13:29 PM PDT
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: TurboZamboni
>>Depending on outside temp and traffic, (2) 12 oz coffees, just driving to work.<<
You need a bigger travel mug!
;)
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posted on
08/18/2014 4:14:28 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(AGW "Scientific method:" Draw your lines first, then plot your points)
To: latina4dubya
I’m lucky some days if I get a 2 A.M. nap.
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posted on
08/18/2014 4:17:00 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: Jewbacca
Yep, lots of defence forces use the agent. Much better than dextroamphetamines. Increased alpha wave much better than just “staying awake” . US AirForce long flights. SpecOps, and even the Indian military use.
Not to say this is preferable to a normal 7 hour sleep night— which no one gets in the current stress pressures being applied to the working masses.
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posted on
08/18/2014 5:17:59 PM PDT
by
John S Mosby
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
08/18/2014 5:44:55 PM PDT
by
Semper Mark
(Vlad Tepes was a piker.)
To: nickcarraway
i did a computer job finding a billing error for company named nu-car carrier where gm wanted to buy the company but told the owner that he had to find a $1m short billing error to GM. we started on friday. i take the lead cuz that’s what i do. all night friday still nothing. we are on univac which runs same os as the IBM dos and some old line editor to try to find the code in some cobol billing programs. friday night comes some guys go home. Saturday comes some guys go home. I do not and stay awake until sunday morning. It’s snowed three times that weekend. Finally i’m looking over the shoulder of some guy (cuz i can’t sit and code i start to fall asleep ) at this vsam file read statement and look at the return code verification. It’s missing. tell the guy to fix it and run the job with that program. Done. drove home that morning with the schuykill covered in snow. company was off lancaster ave in bryn mahr. That’s accomplishment.
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posted on
08/18/2014 6:17:05 PM PDT
by
kvanbrunt2
(civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
To: discostu
unless most of your job involves thinking. I snooze if i have to.
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posted on
08/18/2014 6:22:52 PM PDT
by
kvanbrunt2
(civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
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