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GillieB Sun 24-Jul-11 15:10:53

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.

lucid Sun 24-Jul-11 13:53:48

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.

goldengirl Sun 24-Jul-11 12:47:20

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 blush. 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!

jangly Sun 24-Jul-11 12:34:19

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

Only one falls out at a time.

grannyactivist Sun 24-Jul-11 12:32:48

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

crimson Sun 24-Jul-11 11:38:25

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

jangly Sun 24-Jul-11 11:09:58

slept with my headphones in my ears and my radio on all night. 12.30 till 10 this morning. I use the radio as a sleep aid. I wake up for short periods in between, have a little listen and find it sends me back to sleep.

Anyone else do this?

It has to be spoken word. Music doesn't do it.