[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Sleep disorders
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:01:03 -0800 (PST)
Wow, Pratik!! I'm impressed!! Are you sure you're
human, or are you a robot and don't know it?
Amazed G.Cindy
--- Pratik Patel <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I usually don't like to respond to OT messages.
> But, since the conversation
> did include me in a non-OT thread, I thought I might
> as well take this
> opportunity to respond.
>
> I, of course, am a self-proclaimed, unabashed
> genius! I seem not to require
> too much sleep. I do have light perception in one
> eye but many blind people
> do seem to have insomnia. I tend to get about two
> to three hours of sleep
> and find myself productive almost any time of the
> day.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Grandma Cindy
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:21 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: Sleep disorders
>
> I've wondered if blindness affects sleep. Certainly
> it
> seems that age, does. I have no trouble,
> fortunately;
> if I wake up, which I do several times a nigt, I can
> roll over and go back to sleep easily, but my
> husband
> and quite a few elderly people I've known in the
> past,
> as well as friends of mine, have insomnia; they
> either
> read or watch t.v. until they get sleepy again.
> That's
> another nice thing about being retired--one can
> sleep
> when one wants.
>
> Geek or Genius? Or are they the same? We just
> watched
> part 2 of the Search for Cold on our PBS
> station--quantum physcists--both. grin
>
> G.Cindy
>
> --- Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > G. Cindy, <smiling>, the fact that Pratik is up at
> > 04:00 indicates that
> > either he suffers from insomnia or that he is a
> geek
> > of the first
> > water. It is a well known fact that many people
> who
> > are blind suffer
> > from insomnia. Also, geeks are notorious for
> > keeping odd hours. I
> > know geeks who commonly operate at 02:00 or 03:00
> in
> > the morning on a
> > regular basis.
> >
> > <smiling> I suspect that Pratiks reasons for
> being
> > up at 04:00 are a
> > combination of the two reasons.
> >
> > Just as an asside, they've done studies that show
> > that folks who are
> > totally blind, and who have no light perception,
> > commonly have sleep
> > disorders. It's something about not being able to
> > see the light. I,
> > fortunately, still have light perception, so am
> not
> > bothered by
> > insomnia, or at least not often. I'm not a geek,
> so
> > I don't have that
> > excuse either. So, I keep regular hours, although
> I
> > tend to get up at
> > 05:00 or 06:00 and go to bed about 22:00.
> >
> > Ann P.
> >
> > Original message:
> > > Pratik, dear.
> >
> > > I think you need to go to bed. smile (I see it's
> 4
> > > a.m. where you are). If the original submitter
> is
> > the
> > > one who chooses the quality rating, then he or
> she
> > > won't need to upgrade it--unless you mean after
> it
> > was
> > > rejected, and he/she might resubmit. But the
> books
> > go
> > > directly on the download page, don't they, with
> no
> > one
> > > checking them first?
> >
> > Ann P.
> >
> > --
> > Ann K. Parsons
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