Pulling an all nighter

Broken Hearted Road

I need to stay up late tonight. I won't be drinking. I'm hand crafting a knit piece that I need to get finished tonight. There is so much work to do with it yet.

At about 11 or 11.30pm my eyes are probably going begin to sting with tiredness but I need to stay up until at least 2 O'Clock in the morning.

Any tips for staying up all night and pulling an all nighter?

The Specialist

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

I need to stay up late tonight. I won't be drinking. I'm hand crafting a knit piece that I need to get finished tonight. There is so much work to do with it yet.

At about 11 or 11.30pm my eyes are probably going begin to sting with tiredness but I need to stay up until at least 2 O'Clock in the morning.

Any tips for staying up all night and pulling an all nighter?

6 shots of red bull taken through the eyes and snort a footlong line of coffee granules.

kunst nugget

I reckon you should really cut back on that rock and roll lifestyle you're living. It'll do you no good in the end…

Is staying up until 2 o'clock considered an all nighter these days?

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Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

I need to stay up until at least 2 O'Clock in the morning.

Any tips for staying up all night and pulling an all nighter?

2 in the morning isn't an all nighter

Sh1tbag OToole

I always had more luck pushing all nighters rather than pulling them

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Work night shift. You'll never sleep right ever again.

MRnotlob606

As a Lark, I need my sleep, So that I can wake up really early in the morning to piss off all the lazy people.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Your body is well capable of staying awake for prolonged periods. It's all about being in the right mindset, fight the tiredness when it comes and tough it out. I find that I always get a second wind once the initial phase passes.

jester77

eh, I usually go to bed between 1:30 and 2 during the week and up again between 6:30 and 7 depending on the kids. 2 is not exactly late, if you were staying up until 4 or 5, then just have an espresso or 2, put on some interesting TV and it will go by in no time.

Barry Badrinath

Let me get this right!

1. You are knitting
2. You need tips for staying up until 0200

Here's a tip.

Knit faster and be done before midnight.

Bandana boy

Cup of coffee around 10pm should do it

If you get really tired go for a walk/run will liven you up

mahoganygas

You crazy kids with your all night knitting sessions.

Slydice

Coffee!

whiskeyman

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

Any tips for staying up all night and pulling an all nighter?

Go to sleep now.
Wake up just before dusk.


Be grand

Dr Crayfish

I gave up the 2am knitting nights a couple of years ago, I couldn't look at myself in the mirror anymore.
But seriously what I would give to be one of these people who can't keep their eyes open at 11pm, I regularly pull all nighters staring at the ceiling and then go to work, not by choice obviously!

razorblunt

I'd be more productive if I hit the hay at 11 and woke again at 4/5 am.

chrissb8

Did one for my Thesis recently. It pretty much destroyed me but was worth it in the end. Make sure you take small breaks and drink a stimulant.

Broken Hearted Road

kunst nugget wrote: »

I reckon you should really cut back on that rock and roll lifestyle you're living. It'll do you no good in the end…

Is staying up until 2 o'clock considered an all nighter these days?

That is just so funny.

Ideally I'd like to go to bed at some stage for around midnight or 1am but that won't happen.

I'm going to be up until at least 2am, maybe even later depending on how I get on.

Broken Hearted Road

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Your body is well capable of staying awake for prolonged periods. It's all about being in the right mindset, fight the tiredness when it comes and tough it out. I find that I always get a second wind once the initial phase passes.

Had late nights all week and it's catching up with me today.

Broken Hearted Road

Bandana boy wrote: »

Cup of coffee around 10pm should do it

If you get really tired go for a walk/run will liven you up

I used to like coffee but not anymore. I find it gives me an incredible thirst. Cold caffeine drinks like red bull are my favourite along with lucozade too.

Riesen_Meal

A few yokes they said....


Be grand they said....

misstearheus

Wha ya knittin O.P?! Pics please!

py2006

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

I need to stay up late tonight. I won't be drinking. I'm hand crafting a knit piece that I need to get finished tonight. There is so much work to do with it yet.

At about 11 or 11.30pm my eyes are probably going begin to sting with tiredness but I need to stay up until at least 2 O'Clock in the morning.

Any tips for staying up all night and pulling an all nighter?

Its amazing what you can do when you really gotta do it

BUBBLES1978

coffee or red bull, an aul splash or 2 of cold water on the face

if all else fails a big line of cocaine and you will be knitting like there is no tomoro:):):):):):):)

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

I need to stay up late tonight. I won't be drinking. I'm hand crafting a knit piece that I need to get finished tonight. There is so much work to do with it yet.

At about 11 or 11.30pm my eyes are probably going begin to sting with tiredness but I need to stay up until at least 2 O'Clock in the morning.

Any tips for staying up all night and pulling an all nighter?

Legal or illegal...?

MrMorooka

I'd actually say it's important to have a big meal late. The worst thing about all nighters is the huge hunger pangs you get around 4am. Plus the digestion will help keep you awake.

Red Bull, coffee etc will probably help too, but I personally think a lot of that is placebo(but it works, regardless). Have some crappy frozen pizza or something that you can whack in the oven when it gets late and you need it.

5rtytry56

chrissb8 wrote: »

Did one for my Thesis recently. It pretty much destroyed me but was worth it in the end. Make sure you take small breaks and drink a stimulant.

Knew an IT engineer in a cushy job now who did this for his own thesis in his 4th year degree many years ago.

RobertKK

An all nighter is having a cow or heifer calving, it is getting late and past midnight, you can't go to bed, you give her plenty of time to calve, finally you see a foot...
It is a monster and too big for a natural birth.
So you call the vet at around 4am and he/she comes and performs a caesarian around 5am, and by the time the calf is delivered and everything sewn up it is time to milk the cows and the sun is up.
That to me is a proper all nighter.

Ush1

RobertKK wrote: »

An all nighter is having a cow or heifer calving, it is getting late and past midnight, you can't go to bed, you give her plenty of time to calve, finally you see a foot...
It is a monster and too big for a natural birth.
So you call the vet at around 4am and he/she comes and performs a caesarian around 5am, and by the time the calf is delivered and everything sewn up it is time to milk the cows and the sun is up.
That to me is a proper all nighter.

Rock n roll.:cool:

kunst nugget

RobertKK wrote: »

An all nighter is having a cow or heifer calving, it is getting late and past midnight, you can't go to bed, you give her plenty of time to calve, finally you see a foot...
It is a monster and too big for a natural birth.
So you call the vet at around 4am and he/she comes and performs a caesarian around 5am, and by the time the calf is delivered and everything sewn up it is time to milk the cows and the sun is up.
That to me is a proper all nighter.

If it ain't knitting, it ain't nothing…

me_irl

2am?

Knitta please!

It's very rarely id be in bed before 2am on a normal Friday even if I wasn't out drinking. How can it be considered an all nighter.

Even during the week it's usually at least 1am when I'm going to sleep, I get awful restless if I go to bed early and woundn't sleep.

I cant remember the last time i was up til 2am. Far too late for me

CelticRambler

2am is going-out time! Well, it is for me when I'm on festival duty. I work 10am to 2am, then get some dancing in between 2 and 6, maybe a bit earlier if it's raining. The guys (and girls) on the bar and the sound desk carry on till 4 or 5.

+1 on the comment about eating late, though - nothing worse than (being told you have to eat) dinner at 7pm when you've still got seven hours of work ahead of you. And I find Coke (the black fizzy stuff) is better than coffee for keeping me awake after midnight.

indioblack

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

I need to stay up late tonight. I won't be drinking. I'm hand crafting a knit piece that I need to get finished tonight. There is so much work to do with it yet.

At about 11 or 11.30pm my eyes are probably going begin to sting with tiredness but I need to stay up until at least 2 O'Clock in the morning.

Any tips for staying up all night and pulling an all nighter?

I've worked shifts for decades.
2am ain't so bad - between 4 and 5 in the morning is when it usually hits you.

shamrock2004

Listen to this on repeat while playing with your needles:

Your Face

Water, intermittent light exercise and the odd coffee.

henryporter

I once stayed up for 2 nights in a row doing a college project then headed out on the beer to celebrate finishing it - that was then but this is now - don't think I could make it til 2am myself at this stage

CantGetNoSleep

Take a load of bangers and knit like a mad thing

DEFTLEFTHAND

The world record for most time spent awake is 11 days 24 minutes.

I always think of that guy for inspiration when fatigue is setting in.

cbyrd

An Apple.. I always have one in the car if I'm on a long journey late at night, specially if I'm on a motorway.. the sugar hit is better than coffee ..

shamrock2004

OP can you let us know how you are getting on with hourly updates?

Broken Hearted Road

shamrock2004 wrote: »

OP can you let us know how you are getting on with hourly updates?

Just started there about an hour ago for the night. I'll be grand until sometime between midnight and 1am.

Stigura

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

The world record for most time spent awake is 11 days 24 minutes.

:eek: That is absolutely mind bendingly awesome!

Have you a link, or what ever, please? I'd like to hear more about this. Christ; It hurts just thinking about it!

mfceiling

Go easy OP.

I know you think you are grand with a bit of knitting after midnight but it's a slippy slope. Next thing you'll be on the crack cocaine and you'd shoot your own mother for another hit.

Seen it before.

buried

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

I need to stay up late tonight. I won't be drinking. I'm hand crafting a knit piece that I need to get finished tonight. There is so much work to do with it yet.

At about 11 or 11.30pm my eyes are probably going begin to sting with tiredness but I need to stay up until at least 2 O'Clock in the morning.

Any tips for staying up all night and pulling an all nighter?

Listen to some good late night Detroit techno/electro music. Look up some DJ Stingray mixes on youtube.
Sounds like your fairly handy with the knitting craft BHR. Would you be able to craft a 'Stars & Stripes' knitted jumper as seen on The Prodigys 'Firestarter' video? If you could fashion such a garment for sale I'd appreciate a pm on the matter

DEFTLEFTHAND

Stigura wrote: »

:eek: That is absolutely mind bendingly awesome!

Have you a link, or what ever, please? I'd like to hear more about this. Christ; It hurts just thinking about it!

This is the guy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_(record_holder)

Stigura

Thanks, DLH. That is just absolutely fcuking gruesome!

I seem pretty sure that, in my much younger days, for reasons I can't even remember now, I've done two, perhaps pushing three days and nights without sleep. That was incredibly awful.

Eleven days though? Dear god!!! Who'd have even thought that was humanly possible? It doesn't bear thinking about!

Noveight

Lucozade Orange was my rocket fuel during my college night shifts. Three or four of those and you'll easily see 4am before you come to your senses

mzungu

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

This is the guy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_(record_holder)

It is often claimed that Gardner's experiment demonstrated that extreme sleep deprivation has little effect, other than the mood changes associated with tiredness.[6] This is primarily due to a report by researcher William Dement, who stated that on the tenth day of the experiment, Gardner had been, among other things, able to beat Dement at pinball.

Well if that kid can keep rockin' n' rollin' and beating his mates at pinball after ten days of no sleep, I think the OP has no excuses for for not being able to finish the knitting.

No pressure.

Esel

Stick to the knitting.