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Archive through June 04, 2009

Reality TVClubHouse Discussions: General Discussions ARCHIVES: May 2009 ~ July 2009: Free Expressions: The return of The Return of the Gripe Thread: Archive through June 04, 2009 users admin

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Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 7:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Well yay for you, Naja!!! :-) Even if I'm dyin' to know what yer mystery product is, no point you getting into trouble, hon.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 9:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
The 787 of us here won't tell a soul, Naja. Your secret is safe with us.

Christy358
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07-10-2007

Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 10:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Christy358 a private message Print Post    
<---does not believe snow is real. It is a cartoon thing.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Saturday, May 23, 2009 - 5:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Heads up Christy! Splat! Ha ha ha. I saved a snowball in my freezer for you.

Sugar
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08-15-2000

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 1:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sugar a private message Print Post    
My gripe is not being able to sleep. I've always been a night owl but over the last several months I have periods where I may stay up for 24 to 36 hours. I'm sure the jobless stress isn't helping. Here it is nearly 4:00 am and despite being tired I cannot sleep. I simply cannot get my mind to stop racing. Trying to visualize a "happy serene place" doesn't work for me and I don't like to take a sleeping pill unless I have something to do the next day or have not slept in a long time.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 8:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
That sucks, Sugar, not sleeping is really hard. I'm sure you've tried just about everything, but just in case, one of the things that works for me when your mind is racing is to completely distract yourself from it right before bed (or actually in bed). Either find a book (nothing too strenuous, something like a novel) that's engaging or a puzzle that doesn't involve too much thought, just a bit of logic, and do that. Make sure you've washed and brushed your teeth so that there's nothing else to wake you up and then just get into the book, when you're feeling tired gently put it down and turn off the light.

Another thing is are you getting enough exercise or are you exercising too late? If you exercise late it's meant to keep you up. If you exercise earlier in the day it's meant to help you sleep.

And make sure the temperature is right!

I hope you get some sleep soon.

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 9:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
I find the older I get I can not come home and go right to bed. I need to relax for at least an hour, by playing solitare or watching something that does not require a lot of thinking for about an hour. I always try and get home by 8:00 so I can get ready for bed and just relax for a while

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 3:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Ditto, Dfennessey.

Christy358
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07-10-2007

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 8:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Christy358 a private message Print Post    
I go to sleep to talk radio. I keep it just loud enough to hear, but soft enough to have to focus to hear. You can close eyes and relax, yet you are not "TRYING" to sleep. If you know what I mean.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 9:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
My chiropractor recommended calcium magnesium because I'm also have sleep issues from stress. I take a dose about 1-2 hours before bed, and it helps to relax your body naturally.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 9:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
The best way to fall asleep is to put on a show you've been wanting to watch, lay down with the full intent of watching it. Next thing you know its several hours later and you don't remember anything past the first 5-10 minutes of the show. Works like a charm every time!

Christy358
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07-10-2007

Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 12:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Christy358 a private message Print Post    
whoami.....you make me laugh

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 9:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
The calcium thing Teachmigan references works for me quite a bit. Otherwise, melatonin is a good non-sleeping-pill alternative. Resets your circadian system.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 10:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
I have been taking calcium magnesium for years and yes it puts me to sleep within 30 min and that is if I'm not trying to fall asleep.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 3:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
exercise has helped me start sleeping better. That and booze.
j/k :-)

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 4:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
How about Calcium + D? Would the Calcium without the Magnesium do the same thing? Geez, maybe that's why I'm so tired in the afternoons. I take my vitamins then.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 4:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
My alarm goes off @ 6 am & I too have that getting to bed/sleep issue - especially in the warmer months. I will take an over the counter sleeping pill (the cheap equate gel caps at Wal-Mart are usually what I take), jump in the shower and by the time I get out & in my jammies I'm ready to doze off. I won't take the "pill" any later than midnight though because it's not worn off when I have to get up the next day & I'm groggy for the 1st couple of hrs.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 11:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
After I found out that calcium +D pills can make you sleepy, (and you can't absorb more than about 500 mg at a time), I switched to one at breakfast and one at bedtime.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 11:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Well, I guess I'll have to change my calcium pill to bedtime. Learn something new all the time.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 9:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Ok, I'm back and need to tell you all about the graduation last night.
My niece, who we have raised for the last 5 yrs, graduated from high school.
The ceremony was outside but was supposed to be moved in if we were going to have bad weather. Now in Oregon bad weather does not include rain and apparently it doesn't include a lightening and thunder storm with high winds and lots of rain. Cause that's what it was!
So, we get to the school 1 hr 15 min early to get a good seat for the four of us there to support my niece. The entire bleachers were reserved with blankets and tape! The school allowed people to go down there at 2pm while most of us were at work to reserve as many seats as they wanted. Seriously, some people reserved up to 20 spots! How wrong is that? The newspaper said people could reserve the spots starting at 3pm but still don't people understand that it's greedy to reserve that many spots for one kid.
OK, so we find some chairs down on the ground next to the graduates and I ended up thinking that the chairs were more comfortable anyway. I decide this isn't too bad but I did feel bad for the hundreds of people coming an hour early to get a spot and ended up standing the entire time.
This should be in the gripe thread! (I moved it, lol)
I even had an agruement with this guy because I said out loud that it wasn't fair to reserve more than 7 seats or more for one graduate. The guy says well you could have came down at 2(paper said 3), I told him I was at work, he says you could have taken the day off. Seriously! I wanted to slap the guy, does he think that every graduates family could do this? Whatever, I'm sitting in a chair and he isn't. My back was to the wind and the rain, still got soaked but the poor graudates really got soaked.
Still, I'm trying to be happy. But with the hundreds of people standing around, walking around, the little girl playing and being loud, the people talking so loud you couldn't hear a damn word the speakers were saying. I felt like I was at a football game.
I have several suggestions for the principle of the school for seating next year.
1. no reserved seating, just come early and reserve the spot with your bottom.
2. or leave half the bleachers for people who cannot make it down at 2pm(5 hrs before the start)
3. give each graduate a limited amount of tickets and people have to have a ticket
4. I'll think of something, or if you all have suggestions, because I am writing an email to the principle

rant over for now
Thanks for listening to me be a gripey gripe!

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 9:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
have them have people with small children teach them to be quiete during the ceramony.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 10:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
Our graduates are only allowed a certain number of tickets.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 10:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Dfennessey, tell them to sit in the back so there kid won't bother others!

Scooterrific, yeah if it would have been inside each graduate was given 5 tickets, they should have used those for outside too!

There were 252 graduates, and the bleachers only hold about 1200 people.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Heh, there were 1,200 give or take a few in my graduating class! We were given a limited number of tickets (think 4 or 5?) and then could stand in line to request an extra 2 until they were gone.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 11:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Ours had different colour tickets, you were given two(?) red (or whatever it was) tickets and you could get several more white tickets if you wanted them. There were enough good seats for all the red tickets, and seats on the side for white tickets (or they could fill gaps if they were available later on).

It's completely not fair to let people in early to reserve seats in numbers like that. I hope overall you enjoyed the day anyway, Denecee.