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Bullwinkle925 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 04:51 AM Original message |
I wonder how long a body can go without adequate sleep? |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 05:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. About 36 hours |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. That's about my limit. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. thats about my limit |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. The body doesn't need sleep |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. Don't worry. You'll crash soon enough. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Stalin's Russia mostly used sleep-deprivation to obtain confessions |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. It will make them 'talk'...especially if you let the subject start to fall asleep |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. A good interrogator can sort the good stuff from the babble |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Ahhh but its not just the babble |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 06:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I understand the technique, |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Yup. Cheap, easy and doesn't leave a mark. n/t |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. Years... |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. Ugh, my longest was 60 hours |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
7. I HATE to miss sleep |
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eauclaireliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. I need the mandatory 8-10 hours of sleep to funtion at work |
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Efilroft Sul (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. I twice hit the 90+ hour mark. |
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SacredCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. With my last job I did 48-plus on a regular basis... |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. theres actually a hereditary disease that causes death by insomnia |
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Bullwinkle925 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. that's a comforting thought ...... |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. but fewer than 1 in 10 million get it - nothing to lose sleep over |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. My understanding is that most people do survive on inadequate sleep |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. When I was a senior in college, I was editor of the literary magazine |
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reyd reid reed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. Dunno... |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. I lasted about seventy-two hours once |
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