No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

Castlekeeper

whelan2 wrote: »

Think of all they are missing out on with no discos etc. I wonder are there affairs still going on with covid?

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_Brian

whelan2 wrote: »

Think of all they are missing out on with no discos etc. I wonder are there affairs still going on with covid?

It’s not normal for 17/18yo not to be out mixing and meeting. I feel awful sorry for them into their second year of no social life exactly at the time when a social life is so important

wrangler

whelan2 wrote: »

Think of all they are missing out on with no discos etc. I wonder are there affairs still going on with covid?

On my walk I pass what's obviously a mating ground, so they're all not missing it. If they want to enjoy the fruits of love they shouldn't be throwing the skins around........ along with bottles, tins, Mc donalds boxes and of course masks

_Brian

Genghis Cant wrote: »

I know that lake well. I often launched right there too beside the disabled fishing stand! It's a good paddle down to the bottom of the lake and back!

It’s a really nice forest in fairness and extra paths have been opened up in recent times to give alternative walks. I see an increasing number of mountain bikers using trails which is great.

Avns1s

wrangler wrote: »

On my walk I pass what's obviously a mating ground, so they're all not missing it. If they want to enjoy the fruits of love they shouldn't be throwing the skins around........ along with bottles, tins, Mc donalds boxes and of course masks

In my day, "protection" meant something different! :D

_Brian

Less than three hours sleep last night again. Not able to fart today have so little energy. Been pretty bad sleeping since Christmas, insomnia is a sort cumulative tiredness that just grinds you down.

_Brian

_Brian wrote: »

Less than three hours sleep last night again. Not able to fart today have so little energy. Been pretty bad sleeping since Christmas, insomnia is a sort cumulative tiredness that just grinds you down.

The young lad went through a six week spell of waking up multiple times every single night last year. Sleep deprivation ain't no fun. Found myself doing daft things like I'd boil the kettle, and when it was ready I'd go to put it into the fridge. But it'd take a few seconds to twig as to why exactly that wasn't going to work!

whelan2

Youngest lad is 12 and sleep walks and talks. Sometimes it's worse than having a baby in the house. He's improved a bit since he doesn't have football as often. It would be reliving stuff that happened during the day. Stair gate is closed at top of stairs as he nearly gave me a heart attack one night.

Odelay

whelan2 wrote: »

Youngest lad is 12 and sleep walks and talks. Sometimes it's worse than having a baby in the house. He's improved a bit since he doesn't have football as often. It would be reliving stuff that happened during the day. Stair gate is closed at top of stairs as he nearly gave me a heart attack one night.

Won’t mention fencing him in with a pallet and baler twineðŸ˜႒

whelan2

Odelay wrote: »

Won’t mention fencing him in with a pallet and baler twineðŸ˜႒

My dad was saying to tie a rope around his wrist :cool: I am hoping he will grow out of it, but it's been going on about 4 years now. Some nights it's just a few shouts , other nights he's off out of the room. He remembers none of it the next day and if you're talking to him it's as if he's awake

Say my name

This was reviewed positively a few nights back on BBC1 on a program just before the ten o clock news.

https://www.currentbody.com/products/alpha-stim-aid-device

It's costly. And maybe it's cheaper elsewhere but it was this exact brand and device they used.

Maybe it might help some.


Just blame the beeb if it doesn't. Thank you very much.

_Brian

Deleted User wrote: »

The young lad went through a six week spell of waking up multiple times every single night last year. Sleep deprivation ain't no fun. Found myself doing daft things like I'd boil the kettle, and when it was ready I'd go to put it into the fridge. But it'd take a few seconds to twig as to why exactly that wasn't going to work!

When I was working nights you’d be pinch drunk coming home with pure exhaustion. Occasionally had to stop roadside for a wee sleep to make it through but the overall drive would be to push on home, desperately dangerous stuff. It’s a major reason why i quit the job. I’d hoped at the time that the insomnia would pass when I quit nights and returned to a normal living pattern but doctor says I was just too long doing it amd it’s unlikely to ever resolve now.

roosterman71

One time when I was working in Limerick, it was an hour drive home or so in a 20 year old Escort. During the week I'd a place to stay but after the Friday shift I'd go straight back to the mother for love and kindness (and the washing) over the weekend. Anyway, one Friday I was wrecked and don't know why. Wasn't out drinking the night before - can't explain it. Anyway, got as far as Toomevara and was struggling to stay awake. Said I'd pull up in the layby for a quick nap. Was around 5pm. Woke up at 12.30am and finished my trip. Was nearly worse then the next couple of days cos I didn't sleep at all that night I got home!

On a separate note, what's the price of scrap these days? Wards in Mountmellick would be my closest yard

patsy_mccabe

I nodded off once going around the roundabout in Roscrea. I was travelling in Asia with work and hadn't slept in about 36 hours. Couldn't sleep on the plane. I was drinking coffee and had window down and all. Scared the hell out of me. Pulled in and slept for about 30 minutes. Twas all I needed.

whelan2

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I nodded off once going around the roundabout in Roscrea. I was travelling in Asia with work and hadn't slept in about 36 hours. Couldn't sleep on the plane. I was drinking coffee and had window down and all. Scared the hell out of me. Pulled in and slept for about 30 minutes. Twas all I needed.

A bit like fr Ted

wrangler

whelan2 wrote: »

Youngest lad is 12 and sleep walks and talks. Sometimes it's worse than having a baby in the house. He's improved a bit since he doesn't have football as often. It would be reliving stuff that happened during the day. Stair gate is closed at top of stairs as he nearly gave me a heart attack one night.

My brother was terrible for it at that age, used to go mad at night. It only lasted a short while, my parents reckoned he was fretting about going to boarding school. He arrived at the back door one night after going out the bedroom window onto a flat roof and down on a tank, must have been some shock for the mother

Base price

wrangler wrote: »

My brother was terrible for it at that age, used to go mad at night. It only lasted a short while, my parents reckoned he was fretting about going to boarding school. He arrived at the back door one night after going out the bedroom window onto a flat roof and down on a tank, must have been some shock for the mother

Good Lord that would frighten any parent. I presume the window was screwed closed after that event.

Castlekeeper

A friend of mine climbed out his upstairs bedroom window when he was about 14:and fell down on a shrub in the lawn, only broke a hand amazingly.
I'd be tying him or moving him downstairs.

whelan2

whelan2 wrote: »

My dad was saying to tie a rope around his wrist :cool: I am hoping he will grow out of it, but it's been going on about 4 years now. Some nights it's just a few shouts , other nights he's off out of the room. He remembers none of it the next day and if you're talking to him it's as if he's awake

Would an electric fence be out of the question?

Castlekeeper

_Brian wrote: »

When I was working nights you’d be pinch drunk coming home with pure exhaustion. Occasionally had to stop roadside for a wee sleep to make it through but the overall drive would be to push on home, desperately dangerous stuff. It’s a major reason why i quit the job. I’d hoped at the time that the insomnia would pass when I quit nights and returned to a normal living pattern but doctor says I was just too long doing it amd it’s unlikely to ever resolve now.

I don't know much about insomnia but I saw an interesting programme about sleep one night that theorised that the "full nights sleep" was a relatively modern phenomenon and expectation that came in with the regular working hours of the industrial revolution.
Bi-phasal sleep or something they called it where it was deemed quote normal to be up for an hour or few in the middle of the night and to go do some work or read, go for a walk. Many examples given mainly from London.
That said, I couldn't see it working around the illiterate, candleless boondocks.

wrangler

Base price wrote: »

Good Lord that would frighten any parent. I presume the window was screwed closed after that event.

It was those old wooden up and down windows, there was a few stout nails driven into the sides to let it up only about 6 inches after that.

whelan2

Castlekeeper wrote: »

I don't know much about insomnia but I saw an interesting programme about sleep one night that theorised that the "full nights sleep" was a relatively modern phenomenon and expectation that came in with the regular working hours of the industrial revolution.
Bi-phasal sleep or something they called it where it was deemed quote normal to be up for an hour or few in the middle of the night and to go do some work or read, go for a walk. Many examples given mainly from London.
That said, I couldn't see it working around the illiterate, candleless boondocks.

See on the watch my daughter has it tells how many hours of each type of sleep she got

wrangler

Castlekeeper wrote: »

A friend of mine climbed out his upstairs bedroom window when he was about 14:and fell down on a shrub in the lawn, only broke a hand amazingly.
I'd be tying him or moving him downstairs.

Its seems you're so relaxed when you fall while sleep walking you won't injure yourself as bad

whelan2

Deleted User wrote: »

Would an electric fence be out of the question?

it only happens between 11pm and 1 am whatever stage of sleep he is at then.

Base price

wrangler wrote: »

Its seems you're so relaxed when you fall while sleep walking you won't injure yourself as bad

I heard something simular about people falling when they are drunk/inebriated.

whelan2

whelan2 wrote: »

it only happens between 11pm and 1 am whatever stage of sleep he is at then.

At least you'd have the comfort of knowing what the roar would be about

whelan2

Deleted User wrote: »

At least you'd have the comfort of knowing what the roar would be about

He was being bullied at school and we didn't know about it, only found out when he was apologising to this lad in his sleep. Asked him about it the next day and went to the school about it. Can be useful at times

Water John

whelan2 wrote: »

He was being bullied at school and we didn't know about it, only found out when he was apologising to this lad in his sleep. Asked him about it the next day and went to the school about it. Can be useful at times

Wonder would something like Yoga help? Just to reduce stress levels.

_Brian

Castlekeeper wrote: »

I don't know much about insomnia but I saw an interesting programme about sleep one night that theorised that the "full nights sleep" was a relatively modern phenomenon and expectation that came in with the regular working hours of the industrial revolution.
Bi-phasal sleep or something they called it where it was deemed quote normal to be up for an hour or few in the middle of the night and to go do some work or read, go for a walk. Many examples given mainly from London.
That said, I couldn't see it working around the illiterate, candleless boondocks.

Was up eating brioche and cheese abkut 3:30 last night. Sometimes read, sometimes watch tv, sometimes just stargazing.

carrollsno1

_Brian wrote: »

It’s not normal for 17/18yo not to be out mixing and meeting. I feel awful sorry for them into their second year of no social life exactly at the time when a social life is so important

My age group a bit older but would be in the same boat. Was close to cracking this week with the january blues, covid restrictions, i suppose what would be close to gaslighting at work then the car gave bother yesterday evening as well. All outside the door was my thinking gave an hour on the phone to a good mate wed usually ring every week and more often than not one of us would give each other a fierce belt of depression altogether and talk about the highs and lows and be in stitches laughing at it after an hour or so.
Worked it out i did 1500kms this week for work and mixed with lads from the four corners of the country but yet i cant call into my grandparents or call to one of the lads for a few bottles tomorrow night.
I took to the bed the last two sundays more or less between everything as the job was the only thing i really had going for me the last while(or so i believed) and even that wasnt as enjoyable for the last while so to keep my mind occupied and as a break from the monday to friday job im going back relief milking as i have SFA else to be at at the weekends these days.