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From: nazgul@apollo.uucp (Kee Hinckley)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.singles
Subject: Re: Sleeping
Message-ID: <2c7e34e4.7005@apollo.uucp>
Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 15:12:08 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 14 15:12:08 1986
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Reply-To: nazgul@apollo.UUCP (Kee Hinckley)
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Summary: 

In article <548@cisden.UUCP> gmack@cisden.UUCP (Gregg Mackenzie) writes:
> In article <525@watdragon.UUCP> Alec Saunders writes:
> >The problem with getting less than
> >8 hours is not so much that I can't function the NEXT day, but over a period
> >of time the lack accumulates until I sleep two or three 12 hour nights. Thus
> >the best solution is to sleep 8 hours every night.
> 
> This is not how sleep works.  Once you lose sleep, it is gone.  It does 
> not accumulate and you cannot "catch up" on it.  We each have a certain
> amount that is optimal for us, but it varies with many factors including
> daily activity level and diet.  It also varies between individuals.

That's what my SO keeps telling me, but it doesn't explain how I got
through college averaging 7 hours of sleep per night.  5 on weekdays
and 12 on weekends. :-)

                                        -nazgul


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                         ...decvax!wanginst!apollo!nazgul

Probable-Possible, my black hen,
She lays eggs in the Relative When.
She doesn't lay eggs in the Positive Now
Because she's unable to Postulate How.

                    A Space Child's Mother Goose