I ... am ... a ... robot. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grandma Cindy Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 6:01 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Sleep disorders Wow, Pratik!! I'm impressed!! Are you sure you're human, or are you a robot and don't know it? Amazed G.Cindy --- Pratik Patel <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I usually don't like to respond to OT messages. > But, since the conversation > did include me in a non-OT thread, I thought I might > as well take this > opportunity to respond. > > I, of course, am a self-proclaimed, unabashed > genius! I seem not to require > too much sleep. I do have light perception in one > eye but many blind people > do seem to have insomnia. I tend to get about two > to three hours of sleep > and find myself productive almost any time of the > day. > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Grandma Cindy > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:21 AM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: Sleep disorders > > I've wondered if blindness affects sleep. Certainly > it > seems that age, does. I have no trouble, > fortunately; > if I wake up, which I do several times a nigt, I can > roll over and go back to sleep easily, but my > husband > and quite a few elderly people I've known in the > past, > as well as friends of mine, have insomnia; they > either > read or watch t.v. until they get sleepy again. > That's > another nice thing about being retired--one can > sleep > when one wants. > > Geek or Genius? Or are they the same? We just > watched > part 2 of the Search for Cold on our PBS > station--quantum physcists--both. grin > > G.Cindy > > --- Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > G. Cindy, <smiling>, the fact that Pratik is up at > > 04:00 indicates that > > either he suffers from insomnia or that he is a > geek > > of the first > > water. It is a well known fact that many people > who > > are blind suffer > > from insomnia. Also, geeks are notorious for > > keeping odd hours. I > > know geeks who commonly operate at 02:00 or 03:00 > in > > the morning on a > > regular basis. > > > > <smiling> I suspect that Pratiks reasons for > being > > up at 04:00 are a > > combination of the two reasons. > > > > Just as an asside, they've done studies that show > > that folks who are > > totally blind, and who have no light perception, > > commonly have sleep > > disorders. It's something about not being able to > > see the light. I, > > fortunately, still have light perception, so am > not > > bothered by > > insomnia, or at least not often. I'm not a geek, > so > > I don't have that > > excuse either. So, I keep regular hours, although > I > > tend to get up at > > 05:00 or 06:00 and go to bed about 22:00. > > > > Ann P. > > > > Original message: > > > Pratik, dear. > > > > > I think you need to go to bed. smile (I see it's > 4 > > > a.m. where you are). If the original submitter > is > > the > > > one who chooses the quality rating, then he or > she > > > won't need to upgrade it--unless you mean after > it > > was > > > rejected, and he/she might resubmit. But the > books > > go > > > directly on the download page, don't they, with > no > > one > > > checking them first? > > > > Ann P. > > > > -- > > Ann K. 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