Last night I...

I often fall asleep on the sofa watching BBC4; wake up intermitantly, watch a bit of a programme and nod back off again.

jangly How on earth can you sleep without the headphones coming off during the night?

They are in the ear ones. Not the ones that go right in (buds?). The flatter ones.

Only one falls out at a time.

I went with DH to see Horrible Bosses. The theme of it was funny but the language [the 'f' word in virtually every sentence] and the sexual content whilst not 100% explicit - left very little to the imagination! Not really what I expected . The 3 main characters were all supposedly grown men but acted and spoke like teenagers. I felt a bit out of touch with what people like to watch - the audience was guffawing away. It reminded me of 9 to 5 with Dolly Parton but not half as funny. Has anyone else seen it? When we came out DH commented that at least we'd only paid as Senior Citizens!

Yes jangly..I sleep with the radio on, but I've got a speaker that goes inside my pillow. Like you it has to be spoken word, Radio 4 or 4 extra - the only downside is when you get an interesting programme and then find you've fallen asleep before the end!
I used to use headphones but would wake up with a sore ear.

I, too, have the radio on all night - but I don't use earphones, I just have it on very low (my husband tells me if he thinks I have it on too loud). I listen to Radio 5 - and what I find interesting is how the way the news is reported changes overnight - it's almost as if a new "controller" comes on shift in the morning and decides to alter the perspective.

lol when I! go to bed..It has to be perfectly quiet and dark! no noise no ticking clocks and no chinks of light coming through the blackout blinds lol..
you can see I lead a "very active" night life lol lol....

I get audio books from the library, listening to the words blocks out those whizzy thoughts and off I go. Next night I start from the last place I can remember!

Last night I had a massive Indian take away and shared a bottle of wine.. the next thing it was morning!

A glass of wine does it for me,then read 2 lines of my book (sure its the same two lines everynight) head hits the pillow and next thing the alarm is going off!

Wine makes me wake up later in the night with my heart beating loudly and fast! And I get bad dreams.

I have a sock by my bedside to put over my eyes to keep out the light that shows above the top of the curtains. That helps. It gives a nice cosy feel too.

I have to do half hour on my exercise bike at about 7.30 too. That really helps.

*glassortwo" .. I'm the same with reading or even watching tv in bed.. I never finish a page, or watch a full programme. The wine is helpful too, especially at weekends .. I know there is a thread about drinking too much, but I wonder how much gransnetters do actually drink, I have to admit to a glass of wine usually Wednesday and Thursday, and slightly more Friday or Saturday depending on what I am doing or where I am going!

When i had a hip replaced I had to sleep on my back. I never sleep that way and found it very difficult to sleep, I used my mp3 player and headphones to get off.

And I get cramp too. That doesn't help.

Pompa I dream if I sleep on my back! Its a shame cos I can relax better that way.

I must dream but I never ever remember them, am I strange, (I should not ask that on here when jangly is about )

I never remember my dreams either.

helshea do you sometimes feel that you are missing out on something when you hear other people on about their dreams?

I have some wonderful dreams and I also make some incredible speeches, using words I would never know how to use when I'm awake all of which I forget as soon as I awake - very odd! Like Bikergran I have to have peace, perfect peace and no light; I start off on my back, turn on my right and then finally sleep on my left - very regimented.

Oh, you're not strange any more Glass. We're getting to know you reeeeally well!!!

glass, I don't remember my dreams either. Everyone knows I'm strange. Strange but not totally loopy like jangly

Not only do I remember my dreams quite often. I also talk in my sleep from time to time – although nothing like as much as I talk when I'm awake. I've done it since I was a young child. My favourite was when apparently I sat bolt upright in bed and announced very firmly, "I will not have cats being unpunctual for their meals" and promptly lay down again. I have also described in detail a number of animals that I don't own, including Rowan, the mare, the Big Black He Horse whose name I can only remember when I'm asleep, and Alphabet the Pig. There's also a duck, but you musn't feed him because he'll sink. I have answered questions on Who Wants to be a Millionaire up to about £500,00 before falling into a deeper sleep and given an incredibly tedious lecture on odd-toed and even-toed ungulates.I probably have a much more interesting life when I'm asleep than when I'm awake.

Well I am in good company then