No one is up. Is anyone up?
 

Hey west coast dwellars, it's not so very late for you ... and you Brit and Euro dwellars, where are you? Don't you get up by 7:00? And you Aussies? Two in teh arvie, really? Isn't anyone up?

This is against Dwellar philosophy. We should all be able to bitch to each other 24/7, no?

Never mind. Or if you do ... never mind. You all have stuff to do. But if not, check in here once in awhile. Maybe we can establish an insomniac's thread.

Bitch away, someone... well, someone-s, will read it eventually. That's the difference between a message board and chat room.

Never mind.

By the time anyone reads this, the problem will be solved or not.
But of course it'll be solved.

I am up. I was up to my ears in fondant at 2pm today though. I made a minecraft cake. It was a bit dodgy really, but as a last minute thing, it was ok. I wouldn't put it on my page though. haha

Like being a cannibal, you can always eat your mistakes. :haha:

Hi all - sorry I popped out to get a paper - that's always a killer for eating up time in huge chunks. Did I miss anything apart from breakfast? Brit's are well up - past up. We get up (well, I do) just about when you are thinking 'it's about time I finally gave into my body's demands to let it have some rest and shuteye'.

Ironically (or should that be coincidentally - it's getting late - I'll let you decide), it's now that end of the day here in sunny, sunny England (sunny earlier that is, before it went all dark and moonful about 4 hours ago) so I'm currently having that rest and shuteye argument with my body. You on the other hand are now not about to get up - well, maybe you are if you are in Hawaii. Does Hawaii count as today, or tmrw like Aliantha (hi, lady!)'s land does (which is also up now)? Too late in the day for me to get my head around that international dateline phenomenon, but, hey, you and Bruce have all the afternoon and evening to do so. Leave me a note about it before you go to bed, please, for when I get up a few seconds later. I promise not to go out for a paper again.

Hey CycleF! I am indeed up. I am doing not one thing today. Taking the day off. Well, i do have one order to fill, but that wont take long. :)

Welcome back Cyclefrance,

That must be one helluva paper.

Very good to see you again.

Yes, you missed a bunch of crap. Lucky you.

I will hold you to your word about future paper trips.

:)

That was the worst poem ever!

You got pastry too, didn't you. And dallied around until you'd eaten the all, that's what took so long, isn't it.
Don't even start.. I see the crumbs on your lapel.
Oh well, we didn't need the calories anyway, so all is forgiven.

As I recall, you were being disowned for spilling paint on her car's carpet, or something.;)

OOooo. Goose pimples, Bruce. Sent shivers down my spine that you remembered all that - also because it reminded me how amazingly my ex-wife could recall during any argument what I exactly said and did to the minute in detail whether it was 10 minutes or 10 years ago (or maybe she couldn't and just got away with it because I certainly had no idea if she was right or not).

Yes, pink emulsion paint - a gallon of it - sadly no poetic retroactive post-divorce justice - it was MY car! Gone now (paint damage and car) along with the subsequent Audi Estate which was quite nice until it had an oil pump failure that also took out the turbo - totally ruined my bank account - and it seems to be a common problem with that particular engine although Audi-VW don't seem to get that particular piece of mounting evidence. Have a Hyundai estate instead now - Oscar (my dog) likes it and so do I. Think I will buy another next time around.

BTW, I will have been up 4.5 hours at the time of this posting - must observe the topic rules!

TTFN - just off to get a paper (ha! - that got you - I'm not really)

Iambic polyameter I believe.

Good to be seeing posts from you again, Cyclefrance.

*snort!!*

Thanks Glatt - nice to be welcomed back - sign of a good home

yey:) hallo Cyclefrance. I was wondering only the other day, what had happened to you :p

Hi Dana. Time has just flown by. It's been a busy few years. The road to divorce led to the chance to play single male again, and for a few years this took the shape of a modern jive addiction. Still a regular activity but not the 5 or 6 nights a week it used to be. Plus spent time shaping out the future a bit in other ways in preparation for the second half of my 60's. Now there, and time is becoming more available. Still working but not on a full time basis any more.

I thought about a Cellar return quite a few times, but I wasn't ready - I decided to wait until it felt right. It does now and even more so having been welcomed back so warmly. It'll be great catching up on what's been happening to everyone. Looking forward to participating in discussions and poking my over-large nose in as often as possible.

Was in Yorkshire in June with my new lady - stayed in Barnsley, and played the tourist for a while. Even visited my first home when married - 1974 that was - it was a small 2-bedroom bungalow in Thorpe Willoughby then, now it's expanded into a two storey 4 bedroom house! A pleasant few days which included a little dancing too.

One of the reasons you came to my mind recently is D-Day and WW I 100th publicity reminded me of the tours of France you gave us. Those included the war monuments, so when I saw them on TV or the internet this summer, I knew roughly where they were.

Nice to meet you, Cyclefrance! I should have appealed to Europe rather than the west coast, the other evening. Thank you for replying, even though by then I'd laid down for a nap to prepare for the coming day.

On my way to catch another nap now, although I tend to get distracted by this board.

That's the thing about naps.

No one's going to give you one; you just have to TAKE IT!

Hello Cyclefrance, welcome back.

Hi Bruce. Maybe I should change my nickname to 'Notsomuchcyclefrance' as I have cut down quite a bit on cycling recently. Plan to start again soon though. I haven't really done anything major since 2009, just a few days here and there with a few pals - but at least most of these were in France!. I have a family now who will look after my boy(dog) Oscar, making holidays a little easier to take (he is not one for kennels!), although right now he is recovering from a large operation (see pics) to remove an oversized lump of benign fatty tissue - it got to the point that it was becoming uncomfortable, and bearing in mind his age (12), operating now was deemed better than leaving it any longer. He is doing very well, but getting through my t-shirts at an alarming rate!

I also have to get round to finding a new web host for my cycling holidays websites. The last two I used closed down on me - another 'to do' item. So much for spare time!

Hi fargon. Thanks for the welcome back. I didn't realise you were a retired vet until I just viewed your profile. You must know all about the type of op my Oscar had.

Heh, "disabled vet"...


...but, close.

;)

Oscars incision was closed, mine are left open to heal from the inside out. But I am very familiar with surgery of this type. And I am going to have more surgery.

Don't know anything about the surgery, but I'm an expert on fatty tissue. :blush:

Fair is fair, would you like being locked in the garage while Oscar roamed around France, lounging on the terraces of wayside inns, sampling the local wine, cuisine, and bar-bitches? :haha:

ftfy

I'm very happy to see he's doing well. :)

You know what's a terrible idea? Eating a bunch of espresso beans when you have zero daily exposure to caffeine. I have to be up in four hours and I'm thinking I might not even try to sleep...

Did you clean the house? Might as well be useful when you can't sleep. Or did you make lots of stuffs in the kitchen? :D

Nah, I laid in bed and played on my phone like an idiot. I did eventually fall asleep around 2:30ish, then woke up again at 5:00 and couldn't go back to sleep.

I made up for it last night, went to bed at 9:00 and slept straight until the alarm at 5:45... except now that I do the math I realize that's still under 9 hours so I didn't really make up for much I guess. Kids were home sick today so no nap. Maybe tomorrow.

On Monday night, I stayed up till about 1.30 am watching the last of season 4 of GoT, then woke before 5am. I was pretty tired yesterday, so went to bed at 7.30 when Max did and slept in till almost 7am this morning. I feel pretty good today, which is lucky, cause I have a lot to do.

When you're old, you really do have to make up for loss of sleep. haha At least, that's what I'm finding.

I suddenly need twice as much sleep s I used to. I thought it was the stroke, but maybe it's just age :/

I find that my reaction to lack of sleep is different as I get older too. Used to be, I'd just yawn all day and zone out. Now I find myself snapping and being irritable instead, and not necessarily noticing that I'm tired at all.

Yep, all of the above for me. I just try to make sure i get 8 hours each night and i am ok. I do love my girls weekends for stress relief though. Always good for catching up on sleep too.

I need 8-9 hours' sleep/night, and have ever since childhood.

I get anywhere from 4 to 6 hours most nights, and sometimes I luck out and get 7 or more ... never more than 8. I feel undefeatable/indefatigable when I get that much sleep! Maybe it's a good thing it doesn't happen that often, ha.