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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-30-09 08:45 PM
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Poll question: What kind of pillow do you sleep on?
I like a soft fluffy down pillow, but I usually have a firmer one under it to help keep my head in line with my spine. Otherwise I will have a headache all the next day. (And I use a body pillow between my knees for my back.)
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-30-09 08:54 PM
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1. Off white with some slight sweat stains.
The pillowcase is forest green.



:-)
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-30-09 09:42 PM
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10. you sleep on dirty pillows!
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-30-09 09:50 PM
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12. Sticks and stones may break my bones...
...but whips and chains excite me!


:spank:
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-30-09 10:05 PM
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13. I had no idea Carrot Top was in that movie...
:hide:
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ohheckyeah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-30-09 09:00 PM
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2. I found a pillow at
Bed, Bath and Beyond that is "synthetic down". I have no idea what that really means but I really like it a lot as it holds it's shape better than down and it's really comfortable. I didn't think I would like it as much as I do as I have always used down pillows.
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Mike 03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-30-09 09:02 PM
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3. Memory foam, or my own arm, but I'm not impressed with either,
but I will stay tuned to this thread to see what others post.

I'm sick of having headaches all the time.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-30-09 09:04 PM
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4. One that doesn't argue with me as much as the other one does. nt
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-30-09 09:06 PM
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5. I have 6 pillows in my bed. There's something "Cozy" about pillows.
But don't tell my friends...they would just say "Told you he was weird"
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cwydro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 03:02 PM
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17. I do too!
I like to read in bed, so they come in handy for that. Also I like a lot of pillows.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 03:46 PM
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23. I have only 5, but the dog has one of his own, and my wife has 2...
We read in bed a lot - except for the dog - and they are great for support. My wife likes down pillows, I have anti-alergenic foam or some damn thing. (The dog has just plain foam.)

mark
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-30-09 09:21 PM
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6. Having neck problems w/migraines
Nothing beats a contour pillow. :thumbsup:
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triguy46 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-30-09 09:27 PM
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7. It even has a name: Old Flatty. More symbol than pillow.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 03:00 PM
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16. Flat is not something I look for in a pillow, myself. :^P
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-30-09 09:29 PM
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8. I have a combination - memory foam inside the egg crate stuff
I love it! A solid memory foam pillow made me feel like I was going to suffocate. The combo is perfect!
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Mike 03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-30-09 09:34 PM
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9. I am trying memory foam now, but it seems to be making my headaches worse, not better. NT
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-30-09 09:43 PM
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11. Oh wow.
I think I've had my 2 pillows for 15+ years! Gah.

I'll be getting some new ones this week.

:scared:
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midnight armadillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-30-09 10:14 PM
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14. Buckwheat pillows
FUCKING RULE. that is all.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-30-09 10:21 PM
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15. I have always wondered. Are they noisy like beanbags?
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midnight armadillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 08:44 PM
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32. No, not too bad
They're a little crunchy when you shift your head a bit to make a little depression, and then it's so amazingly comfortable you are fast asleep and don't care.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 05:44 PM
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28. Sing it, Bro.
I used to have fearful backaches and a stiff neck every morning. Thanks to that buckwheat pillow both have gone bye-bye and never returned.
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siligut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 03:28 PM
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18. My husband has a favorite pillow.
It is a down pillow that has lost most of its feathers. I wash and dry our down pillows in the machines, they lose a few feathers, but it freshens them up.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 03:32 PM
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19. I have one down pillow and one synthetic-filled pillow.
I pile the down pillow on top of the other one. I kind of stagger them rather than put stack them straight up.
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 03:35 PM
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20. Which one?
There are the old hard synthetic fill, the newer starting to be hard synthetic fill, the down fill, the cheap memory foam, the tempurpedic memory foam, and the "didn't like the way it contoured, so I cut the foam into little bits and now have a custom shape cheap memory foam mixed with all the tempurpedic samples I was collecting" pillow.

Its summer. Allergies have kicked in. I use them all, memory foam atop the others. Sometimes I wonder if it might not be easier just to sleep in a chair. But it prevents drowning and my back seems to like it, so I go with it.
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 03:38 PM
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21. Firm contoured foam pillow.
I need a very firm pillow and the contour helps keep my head/neck positioned the same whether I'm on my back or side.

The I have two regular pillows laying to either side of me that I slip my top leg over when I do turn to the side.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 03:42 PM
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22. 2 sealys, one firm, one medium.
I have 11 pillows on my bed and yes I take them off everynight. I love my bed.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 03:47 PM
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24. Very flat but firm one -- I hate fluffy fluffy, soft pillows
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 03:52 PM
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25. Even Haruka's?
:hide:
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 03:56 PM
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26. How should I put this?
Hers are just soft enough.
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Moondog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 04:21 PM
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27. I have tried just about every type of pillow that one can buy.
They are all lacking, one way or another.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 05:47 PM
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29. I have one with synthetic filler from IKEA.
I love it! I've got allergies so down pillows, while comfy can really cause me discomfort.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 07:32 PM
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30. s. Pillow...S - plural
two feather/down, a fake feather/synthetic filled, a small feather/and another odd foam thing that came off a lounge chair. A king size pillow case fits it and it is mostly for propping up reading material.
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 07:38 PM
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31. Two pillows
A soft down pillow for under my head. Then a light, no flat foam over top. A down pillow also on top, muffles the alarm. It's something to do with light. In hostels, I use my fleece pulli with a sleeve wrapped over my eyes.

I've had new girlfriends ask if I was hiding from them when eventually we sleep and my head burrows under a pillow.
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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 08:47 PM
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33. down pillow
or I get a headache


give me down

sorry flvegan

I am allergic


lost
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 09:47 PM
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34. Memory foam is great!
Got two of the foam pillows with a pad I got to resurrect my saggy king size bed.

The top and bottom edge are rounded and higher.

I love it b/c I can shove it under my neck and it will support my neck and head, and keep my neck absolutely straight. :D
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 11:35 PM
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35. soft and scrunchy and almost not there
I get neck aches from firm or tall pillows.
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 12:28 AM
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36. What is this "sleep" of which you speak?
I think I remember doing that some time in the 80's...... :evilfrown:
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