The power of the nap

kerryjack

As an early riser about 6am i find a little 20 minute nap in the afternoon a great job heard you man david mc willom or what ever his name is your man that predicted the bust, on the radio promoting the idea that every one should take a nap in the afternoon If he is saying it well than it must be the right thing to do. or is it.

Toplink

kerryjack wrote: »

As an early riser about 6am i find a little 20 minute nap in the afternoon a great job heard you man david mc willom or what ever his name is your man that predicted the bust, on the radio promoting the idea that every one should take a nap in the afternoon If he is saying it well than it must be the right thing to do. or is it.

I wish I had the opportunity to do it. My grandfather used to live by it and was healthy and wise until he dropped dead at 94 years of age.

reilig

I just can't nap during the day unless I have got less than 3 hours sleep the night before. But can go to bed at 9.30pm and sleep right through. Usually up at 6.15am. It's horses for courses I suppose.

Toplink

reilig wrote: »

I just can't nap during the day unless I have got less than 3 hours sleep the night before. But can go to bed at 9.30pm and sleep right through. Usually up at 6.15am. It's horses for courses I suppose.

I am a 11.30pm to 6.30 man...

If I got the chance to take a 30 minute nap after a mornings farming I would probably sleep alrigh.

After a mornings office work... I doubt it.

pakalasa

I find it great towards the end of the week, say on a Thursday evening. Bit of a kip after work even for 30 mins is great. These last few weeks though I have being flat out, working Saturdays Sundays. Hadnt even a lay in at the weekend for a while. Went herding cattle in the dark last night. Saw two different farmers working away in the dark trying to get things done.

whelan1

nope, wouldnt do it, if i ever did i am real pussy after - worse than normal

Conmaicne Mara

I do that at lambing mostly, its a great idea altogether.

Sam Kade

kerryjack wrote: »

As an early riser about 6am i find a little 20 minute nap in the afternoon a great job heard you man david mc willom or what ever his name is your man that predicted the bust, on the radio promoting the idea that every one should take a nap in the afternoon If he is saying it well than it must be the right thing to do. or is it.

We'll all be taking a permanent nap sooner or later, put to bed with a pick and shovel so to speak. Life's too short for napping during the day.

lefthooker

I remember one weekend when from 7am Friday till 7am Monday I got 8 hrs sleep. Back then I was younger and busier than our limousin bulls. Those were golden days in the Hydro.

Fast forward a few years and now that I'm the boss and still underpaid, when I feel the need for a nap I take it. Nothing as dangerous as trying to operate machinery or vehicles and the eyelids are getting heavier.

kevthegaff

if its a crap day, or lots goin on i tipp in for 1 hour kip, the auld lad has been doing it for years and hes stil milking well into his seventies. Theres dairy farmers around here up at 7:30 here so i have two hours on them!

20silkcut

Worked on a fas course when I was young. Our foreman used to take a nap everyday in his car from about 1:15 to 1:30. One day he slept right through til 3:30 , woke up and he was like a bastard with us for leaving him asleep.

My father told me when he was young his parents would fall asleep at the table after dinner. He would leave the table as silently as he could so as to leave them asleep and he could take it handy till they woke up again.

I swear by it myself 20 mins can make a fierce difference. I don't do it everyday but when I feel the drowsiness coming I don't fight it.

Muckit

I am envious of those that can do it. It'd take me 20min just Switch off. 'Highly strung' as the oul lad would say.

There's a lad l work with that religiously pulls in for a nap on his way home from work even though he's only 25min away in total. Manys da lad came over tapping on the window to see if he was alright.

pakalasa

I worked in an open style office once. There was a young guy there on work experience and often I could see him asleep at his desk. Gas !!

J DEERE

Sam Kade wrote: »

We'll all be taking a permanent nap sooner or later, put to bed with a pick and shovel so to speak. Life's too short for napping during the day.

sure no point in sleeping at all when ya look at it like that

moy83

Sam Kade wrote: »

We'll all be taking a permanent nap sooner or later, put to bed with a pick and shovel so to speak. Life's too short for napping during the day.

When we were going out wan time the wife used to tell me that there was plenty of time for sleeping when we're dead . 10 years and a couple of kids of kids later she has well and truly eaten those words

A nap in the afternoon is a mighty job , any longer than 20/30 minutes though and I get cranky

Manoffeeling

Sam Kade wrote: »

We'll all be taking a permanent nap sooner or later, put to bed with a pick and shovel so to speak. Life's too short for napping during the day.

Life's too short for nor having a rested mind and body.

On a different note, I was reading recently where sleeping through the note is a modern fad. Throughout history, people would go to bed after sunset for a few hours, rise in the middle for a while, do a bit of riding or whatever, rest then until sunrise. It was only with the introduction of lighting that people started going to bed later and sleeping all night.

I take a half hour everyday at around 2. Tis the job.

fredweena

Anything over 45 mins takes a long time to wake up from and can leave you groggy and cranky. 20 mins is supposed to be best but that's actually sleeping so you have to work out how long it'll take you to fall asleep if you're setting an alarm or something. During nights when we had to stay up in the lab all night and still go to work we took a 20 min nap every four hours, seemed to work.

Juniorhurler

Worked the night shift in a factory one time, 12 hour shifts, 8 to 8. I often slipped away for two hours from about 12 until 2. Used to keeps going as when I arrived home about 8.30 in the morning the auld man used to nearly always say here I want you for about 2 minutes. You all know the rest.

C0N0R

Normally in bed for 8:30 asleep for 9:00 or so then up 05:30. Would often take a 20 min nap at breakfast and lunch, powerful Job. It's tough to return to work after though sometimes. At weekends it all goes to bits though, get feck all sleep but make up for it during week. Can't beat a decent nights kip.

Toplink

lefthooker wrote: »

Back then I was younger and busier than our limousin bulls. Those were golden days in the Hydro.
r.

LOL!!!

The Hydro indeed... Coming up the driveway walking sideways at 7am and the ould fella heading out to do the jobs.

In fairness to him, if you told him you were with a young wan.. he'd find it hard to hide his approval!

I get 6.5 hours a night these days and maybe 7.5 at the weekends. No naps.

Conmaicne Mara

Muckit wrote: »

I am envious of those that can do it. It'd take me 20min just Switch off. 'Highly strung' as the oul lad would say.

Jesus I dunno, when you're working proper hard, not enough hours in the day type hard, you'd sleep on a wet slate of rock. I do be burning the candle at both ends in Spring, out shooting at night, then working all day, a few days of that in a row, you'll sleep anywhere, anytime.

delaval

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Jesus I dunno, when you're working proper hard, not enough hours in the day type hard, you'd sleep on a wet slate of rock. I do be burning the candle at both ends in Spring, out shooting at night, then working all day, a few days of that in a row, you'll sleep anywhere, anytime.

I'd actually sleep now!!!

Conmaicne Mara

delaval wrote: »

I'd actually sleep now!!!

So would I, but I have a bottle of vino to finish

Strange thing, but I'm always up dead early after any drink

bob charles

former gf of mine was in US studying sleep science. Some of the research was priceless, they would get people (paid guinea pigs) to come into the labs and they would deprive them of sleep for days on end, then start doing crazy tests, asking stupid questions and getting them to do strange tasks. Some of the things that the people were doing after being awake for 3/4/5 days were bonkers. People were very well paid for the testing.

delaval

bob charles wrote: »

former gf of mine was in US studying sleep science. Some of the research was priceless, they would get people (paid guinea pigs) to come into the labs and they would deprive them of sleep for days on end, then start doing crazy tests, asking stupid questions and getting them to do strange tasks. Some of the things that the people were doing after being awake for 3/4/5 days were bonkers. People were very well paid for the testing.

Guantanamo ???

moy83

delaval wrote: »

Guantanamo ???

I was just about to say why pay them well for it when they had the iraqis doing it for free

Dampintheattic

kerryjack wrote: »

As an early riser about 6am i find a little 20 minute nap in the afternoon a great job heard you man david mc willom or what ever his name is your man that predicted the bust, on the radio promoting the idea that every one should take a nap in the afternoon If he is saying it well than it must be the right thing to do. or is it.

I thought Kerry men, didn't sleep at all -;)

kerryjack

Dampintheattic wrote: »

I thought Kerry men, didn't sleep at all -;)

Ya we do looks like 15 kerry boys took a bit of a nap last sunday eve above in croker around 5

Sam Kade

Dampintheattic wrote: »

I thought Kerry men, didn't sleep at all -;)

They sleep with one eye open

Muckit

Aaaaaawwwww...... mmmmm........just after a lovely 8 hour nap

pakalasa

Nodded off once going around a roundabout in the car. Scary stuff. I hadnt slept for over 24 hrs before that. Pulled in and had a kip for about 30 mins. Grand after that. Worst than any drink driving , I reckon.

sea12

I rarely go for a nap but the misses and all her family do it religiously. I find it hard to switch off. As an uncle says " it's hard enough to get up once a day without having to do it twice"

munkus

Toplink wrote: »

LOL!!!

The Hydro indeed... Coming up the driveway walking sideways at 7am and the ould fella heading out to do the jobs.

In fairness to him, if you told him you were with a young wan.. he'd find it hard to hide his approval!

I get 6.5 hours a night these days and maybe 7.5 at the weekends. No naps.

HA!

We used organise a bus to bring us to and from the Hydro. Wouldn't get into bed until about 7am, and the auld lad would get me up at 8 to go milking. Unknown to me one day he had bought a cow the night before. I went out like a zombie milking them on autopilot after my 1 hour kip. The bitch blackened me.

Timmaay

pakalasa wrote: »

Nodded off once going around a roundabout in the car. Scary stuff. I hadnt slept for over 24 hrs before that. Pulled in and had a kip for about 30 mins. Grand after that. Worst than any drink driving , I reckon.

Agreed, was driving home from I think cork one day, hadn't got much sleep the night before, most of the way home not too bad, tired but fully awake. Afew miles from home tiredness really kicked in, but sure almost there, kept on going. Without knowing I managed to cross about a foot or so into the traffic coming the opposite direction, last second I realise there is a car coming straight for me and I swerve back! I think it was an old man in the car, so probably wasn't too aware of everything either, could well have ended an utter disaster. I'll happily stop for a 10min powernap now on the side of the road if needs be.

Muckit

where's this 'hydro' ye speak of? Is it before dare?

Manoffeeling

Muckit wrote: »

where's this 'hydro' ye speak of? Is it before dare?

Lisdoonvarna?

redzerologhlen

Muckit wrote: »

where's this 'hydro' ye speak of? Is it before dare?

Lisdoonvarna in north clare muckit, matchmaking festival there for the whole month of September.

munkus

Manoffeeling wrote: »

Lisdoonvarna?

Ya, Whites hotel. Used to be the spot in the mid-nineties. Good auld rave music and ya might spot the owner's son's bird, Thai wan. Savage bird. As close as we got to the exotic as teenagers :eek:

lefthooker

Muckit wrote: »

where's this 'hydro' ye speak of? Is it before dare?

Not sure about the other yahoos here but our Hydro was in kilmuckridge. How we didn't get locked up when we were chaps. You'd walk a young wan down to the village, stop a hundred times on the way and ditch her for Oifig an Chip when the hunger kicked in. Ah the way it should be:pac:

When the work settles we're packing up and heading to the races in listowel and tip on over to lisdoonvarna and pick up a yank or two

kerryjack

thats funny i thought it was the Highland in newmarket ye were on about done a a few nights there when i done my 3 months work experience in cork.

Manoffeeling

munkus wrote: »

Ya, Whites hotel. Used to be the spot in the mid-nineties. Good auld rave music and ya might spot the owner's son's bird, Thai wan. Savage bird. As close as we got to the exotic as teenagers :eek:

I often emptied the bag in that spot. It has that certain 'swingers' ambience to it!