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Hoofy said:
jdw100 said:
AVV EM said:
JimmyConwayNW said:
No time for dreaming here I sleep with on eye on the phone with the Landy key around my neck ready to be called upon.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
People were questioning the self-important attitude of 'some' volunteer types. Chemical Chaos (who is a volunteer 4x4 driver whatever that may be) brilliantly dismissed this notion with the following confirmation:
ChemicalChaos said:
Next time I give up my Boxing day to answer a callout to ferry district nurses through floodwater to their housebound patients, I'll remember your kind words.
Next time I spend all day standing in the pouring rain, copping vile abuse from entitled members of the public who think they can ignore an approved road closure put in place for the safety of a St George's Day parade, I'll remember your kind words.
Next time I'm running late for work, but stop to tow a broken down car off a dangerous busy road to a nearby carpark, I'll remember your kind words.
Next time I spend a snowy Christmas sober, sleeping with one eye on my phone, I'll remember your kind words.
The next time a handful of people work tirelessly to extract thousands of cars from a rain-soaked festival, I'm sure they'd be overjoyed to hear your kind words.
But hey, what would I know? I'm only a member of a highly professional organisation, trained by time served off road instructors, that the normal emergency services often turn to for volunteer manpower, or logistical help in extreme circumstances.
Next time I spend all day standing in the pouring rain, copping vile abuse from entitled members of the public who think they can ignore an approved road closure put in place for the safety of a St George's Day parade, I'll remember your kind words.
Next time I'm running late for work, but stop to tow a broken down car off a dangerous busy road to a nearby carpark, I'll remember your kind words.
Next time I spend a snowy Christmas sober, sleeping with one eye on my phone, I'll remember your kind words.
The next time a handful of people work tirelessly to extract thousands of cars from a rain-soaked festival, I'm sure they'd be overjoyed to hear your kind words.
But hey, what would I know? I'm only a member of a highly professional organisation, trained by time served off road instructors, that the normal emergency services often turn to for volunteer manpower, or logistical help in extreme circumstances.
blindswelledrat said:
Hoofy said:
jdw100 said:
AVV EM said:
JimmyConwayNW said:
No time for dreaming here I sleep with on eye on the phone with the Landy key around my neck ready to be called upon.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
People were questioning the self-important attitude of 'some' volunteer types. Chemical Chaos (who is a volunteer 4x4 driver whatever that may be) brilliantly dismissed this notion with the following confirmation:
ChemicalChaos said:
Next time I give up my Boxing day to answer a callout to ferry district nurses through floodwater to their housebound patients, I'll remember your kind words.
Next time I spend all day standing in the pouring rain, copping vile abuse from entitled members of the public who think they can ignore an approved road closure put in place for the safety of a St George's Day parade, I'll remember your kind words.
Next time I'm running late for work, but stop to tow a broken down car off a dangerous busy road to a nearby carpark, I'll remember your kind words.
Next time I spend a snowy Christmas sober, sleeping with one eye on my phone, I'll remember your kind words.
The next time a handful of people work tirelessly to extract thousands of cars from a rain-soaked festival, I'm sure they'd be overjoyed to hear your kind words.
But hey, what would I know? I'm only a member of a highly professional organisation, trained by time served off road instructors, that the normal emergency services often turn to for volunteer manpower, or logistical help in extreme circumstances.
Next time I spend all day standing in the pouring rain, copping vile abuse from entitled members of the public who think they can ignore an approved road closure put in place for the safety of a St George's Day parade, I'll remember your kind words.
Next time I'm running late for work, but stop to tow a broken down car off a dangerous busy road to a nearby carpark, I'll remember your kind words.
Next time I spend a snowy Christmas sober, sleeping with one eye on my phone, I'll remember your kind words.
The next time a handful of people work tirelessly to extract thousands of cars from a rain-soaked festival, I'm sure they'd be overjoyed to hear your kind words.
But hey, what would I know? I'm only a member of a highly professional organisation, trained by time served off road instructors, that the normal emergency services often turn to for volunteer manpower, or logistical help in extreme circumstances.
Good old Matt. Doesn't help himself, does he
I do have some weird dreams, but I don't remember most of them. However a couple of ones recently I've recalled...
I was in a hotel-complex type building built around a swimming pool. There was a set of metal stairs leading up to a second floor room where a girl I know was teaching a salsa class (she looked good...) but at the same time, they were filming a stunt piece for a movie starring Vin Diesel. However, I got told off for trying it on with the girl I know, by Donald Trump, because I had then ruined the movie for them. Vin Diesel and Donald Trump then jumped off the stairs into the swimming pool and there was an explosion nearby, and then I woke up.
Another, I was with my mates from uni, and we had all climbed Ben Nevis where we were then watching a comedy show starring Bill Bailey. However, I had lost my ticket for the show and the ticket had all of the punchlines on it, so I didn't get any of the jokes whilst everyone else was laughing a lot, and so I got on my skis and left.
I was in a hotel-complex type building built around a swimming pool. There was a set of metal stairs leading up to a second floor room where a girl I know was teaching a salsa class (she looked good...) but at the same time, they were filming a stunt piece for a movie starring Vin Diesel. However, I got told off for trying it on with the girl I know, by Donald Trump, because I had then ruined the movie for them. Vin Diesel and Donald Trump then jumped off the stairs into the swimming pool and there was an explosion nearby, and then I woke up.
Another, I was with my mates from uni, and we had all climbed Ben Nevis where we were then watching a comedy show starring Bill Bailey. However, I had lost my ticket for the show and the ticket had all of the punchlines on it, so I didn't get any of the jokes whilst everyone else was laughing a lot, and so I got on my skis and left.
The Moose said:
blindswelledrat said:
Hoofy said:
jdw100 said:
AVV EM said:
JimmyConwayNW said:
No time for dreaming here I sleep with on eye on the phone with the Landy key around my neck ready to be called upon.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
People were questioning the self-important attitude of 'some' volunteer types. Chemical Chaos (who is a volunteer 4x4 driver whatever that may be) brilliantly dismissed this notion with the following confirmation:
ChemicalChaos said:
Next time I give up my Boxing day to answer a callout to ferry district nurses through floodwater to their housebound patients, I'll remember your kind words.
Next time I spend all day standing in the pouring rain, copping vile abuse from entitled members of the public who think they can ignore an approved road closure put in place for the safety of a St George's Day parade, I'll remember your kind words.
Next time I'm running late for work, but stop to tow a broken down car off a dangerous busy road to a nearby carpark, I'll remember your kind words.
Next time I spend a snowy Christmas sober, sleeping with one eye on my phone, I'll remember your kind words.
The next time a handful of people work tirelessly to extract thousands of cars from a rain-soaked festival, I'm sure they'd be overjoyed to hear your kind words.
But hey, what would I know? I'm only a member of a highly professional organisation, trained by time served off road instructors, that the normal emergency services often turn to for volunteer manpower, or logistical help in extreme circumstances.
Next time I spend all day standing in the pouring rain, copping vile abuse from entitled members of the public who think they can ignore an approved road closure put in place for the safety of a St George's Day parade, I'll remember your kind words.
Next time I'm running late for work, but stop to tow a broken down car off a dangerous busy road to a nearby carpark, I'll remember your kind words.
Next time I spend a snowy Christmas sober, sleeping with one eye on my phone, I'll remember your kind words.
The next time a handful of people work tirelessly to extract thousands of cars from a rain-soaked festival, I'm sure they'd be overjoyed to hear your kind words.
But hey, what would I know? I'm only a member of a highly professional organisation, trained by time served off road instructors, that the normal emergency services often turn to for volunteer manpower, or logistical help in extreme circumstances.
Good old Matt. Doesn't help himself, does he
It would be him, wouldn't it.Edit:
wolfracesonic said:
Maybe it's a false eye and CC can't sleep with it in.
Edited by Hoofy on Friday 22 July 12:11
Hudson said:
Has anyone had a dream about going to work? That's a real kick in the 
, especially when you wake up and have to go to work. It's like working two days at once..
, especially when you wake up and have to go to work. It's like working two days at once.. Yep. I still sometimes dream about doing the not-so-enjoyable jobs I've had to do; I suppose I should be grateful I'm out of them but it doesn't make for very restful sleep.I don't dream often
Well I probably do, but I never wake up remembering them.
When I do remember them its always something totally daft made even dafter because you can only part remember it.
Though the other night I was nearly asleep and I thought I heard really loud cheering outside. Like a baseball stadiums worth of people. When I woke up and got my ears tuned in it turned out the noise was just a flybe Dash 8 heading for east midlands!
I also twitch a lot, every night. Not sure what that is. Often get the big twitch that wakes you up, the one where you've tripped up or fell over in your dreams and it feels like you're falling. But everynight as I am getting to sleep my arms and legs twitch very often. Once I twitched quite a lot and it caused my arm to curl up towards me (OH was sleeping on me here) and I slapped my OH in the face. Twice! haha
She doesn't twitch, but she does often talk absolute cod st in the night. often about biscuits.
Well I probably do, but I never wake up remembering them.
When I do remember them its always something totally daft made even dafter because you can only part remember it.
Though the other night I was nearly asleep and I thought I heard really loud cheering outside. Like a baseball stadiums worth of people. When I woke up and got my ears tuned in it turned out the noise was just a flybe Dash 8 heading for east midlands!
I also twitch a lot, every night. Not sure what that is. Often get the big twitch that wakes you up, the one where you've tripped up or fell over in your dreams and it feels like you're falling. But everynight as I am getting to sleep my arms and legs twitch very often. Once I twitched quite a lot and it caused my arm to curl up towards me (OH was sleeping on me here) and I slapped my OH in the face. Twice! haha
She doesn't twitch, but she does often talk absolute cod s
t in the night. often about biscuits.Hudson said:
KIND WORDS.
Has anyone had a dream about going to work? That's a real kick in the, especially when you wake up and have to go to work. It's like working two days at once..
Oh my yes, dreamed a few weeks ago that a customer came into the yard for some duct. So i cut it off and handed it to him. Has anyone had a dream about going to work? That's a real kick in the
, especially when you wake up and have to go to work. It's like working two days at once..I think im broken
Otispunkmeyer said:
I also twitch a lot, every night. Not sure what that is. Often get the big twitch that wakes you up, the one where you've tripped up or fell over in your dreams and it feels like you're falling. But everynight as I am getting to sleep my arms and legs twitch very often. Once I twitched quite a lot and it caused my arm to curl up towards me (OH was sleeping on me here) and I slapped my OH in the face. Twice!
You're not on your own with the twitching I do it a lot as well often not strong enough to wake myself though, but I don't tend to twitch when Ive had a good skinfull Otispunkmeyer said:
I also twitch a lot, every night. Not sure what that is. Often get the big twitch that wakes you up, the one where you've tripped up or fell over in your dreams and it feels like you're falling. But everynight as I am getting to sleep my arms and legs twitch very often. Once I twitched quite a lot and it caused my arm to curl up towards me (OH was sleeping on me here) and I slapped my OH in the face. Twice! haha
I get this, its tension basically. Try stretching every muscle out full stretch one at a time a few times before nodding off. Legs, ankles, toes, arms, fingers.My wife has some properly mental dreams, too bizarre to recall off the top of my head because they're usually so out there I just say 'yes dear'...
I don't dream that much but mine are a bit odd. Most recently I dreamt that our 3 year old had died and we were in the church looking at the corpse in the coffin just before it went into the fire, when there were some signs of life. She didn't believe it and just wanted to seal it up and get it over with, but I wasn't having any of it and scooped her up, then legged it out of the congregation. I took her to her Granddad who of course wasn't at the service, where she made a full recovery.
A little later that night I had another dream where the mrs had gone home from wherever we were and I had to get the foot ferry from wherever we were to Weybridge - not Weymouth, definitely Weybridge. The ferry stage was down an open series of switchbacks at the bottom of a cliff, all tree lined and pretty. There were 2 ferries due within minutes of eachother but no clue about which one was for Weybridge and which one was for the Isle of Wight. Eventually I went down there and asked the captain of one whether it was the Weybridge ferry, it wasn't a big RoRo jobby but more like one of those plastic bath toys, anyway the Captain said it was the Weybridge ferry but I was too late as he was about to leave and closed the doors in my face. Then I had to climb back up the cliff and find a way to get back to Weybridge, no trains, no buses or any other public transport for miles. In the end I hired a car from Enterprise, I rang them using the last 5% battery on my phone and they came to pick me up. I had a wonderful Vauxhall Agila. Then, fortunately, I awoke.
I don't dream that much but mine are a bit odd. Most recently I dreamt that our 3 year old had died and we were in the church looking at the corpse in the coffin just before it went into the fire, when there were some signs of life. She didn't believe it and just wanted to seal it up and get it over with, but I wasn't having any of it and scooped her up, then legged it out of the congregation. I took her to her Granddad who of course wasn't at the service, where she made a full recovery.
A little later that night I had another dream where the mrs had gone home from wherever we were and I had to get the foot ferry from wherever we were to Weybridge - not Weymouth, definitely Weybridge. The ferry stage was down an open series of switchbacks at the bottom of a cliff, all tree lined and pretty. There were 2 ferries due within minutes of eachother but no clue about which one was for Weybridge and which one was for the Isle of Wight. Eventually I went down there and asked the captain of one whether it was the Weybridge ferry, it wasn't a big RoRo jobby but more like one of those plastic bath toys, anyway the Captain said it was the Weybridge ferry but I was too late as he was about to leave and closed the doors in my face. Then I had to climb back up the cliff and find a way to get back to Weybridge, no trains, no buses or any other public transport for miles. In the end I hired a car from Enterprise, I rang them using the last 5% battery on my phone and they came to pick me up. I had a wonderful Vauxhall Agila. Then, fortunately, I awoke.
I'm going to jump on here and say I lucid dream most (if not all) of the time.
For years I thought that when people wake up in a film, covered in sweat, and say 'oh it was just a dream/nightmare' it was kind of artistic licence.
Then, maybe 20 years ago, I saw a Horizon programme on dreaming, including what I now know to be lucid dreaming.
Went to work the next day, asked around a bit "so, er, when you dream you always know it's a dream right? You don't actually think it's actually real?"
Turns out that it's not the case.
I dream a lot - some crazy stuff and I remember a lot of it - but always aware it's a dream, if I don't like the turn of events I can usually move things along, can switch characters pretty much at will, never had a nightmare (as I understand nightmares to be).
I can get very emotionally involved though - was doing some detective work in NY with the Star Trek crew (next gen) one night last week and Nelson Mandella was acting as an advisor. He told me I need to be more inventive; good advice. When I got back to the office later he had died! I was very upset so decided to wake up....had tears running down my face in reality.
The twitch thing people talk about in earlier posts is just your body preparing for sleep, it needs to disconnect a lot of motor control so you don't injure yourself whilst in a dream state. You may also experience noises as lights or patterns in your mind at this time.
Waking from sleep to still be in this mode (i.e. muscle control in the off position) can cause a feeling of paralysis and induce a nearly hypnotic state where 'visions', 'ghosts', ,visitations' and 'aliens' are experienced. It's probably the cause of most experiences in those categories....I'm told it can be utterly terrifying!
For years I thought that when people wake up in a film, covered in sweat, and say 'oh it was just a dream/nightmare' it was kind of artistic licence.
Then, maybe 20 years ago, I saw a Horizon programme on dreaming, including what I now know to be lucid dreaming.
Went to work the next day, asked around a bit "so, er, when you dream you always know it's a dream right? You don't actually think it's actually real?"
Turns out that it's not the case.
I dream a lot - some crazy stuff and I remember a lot of it - but always aware it's a dream, if I don't like the turn of events I can usually move things along, can switch characters pretty much at will, never had a nightmare (as I understand nightmares to be).
I can get very emotionally involved though - was doing some detective work in NY with the Star Trek crew (next gen) one night last week and Nelson Mandella was acting as an advisor. He told me I need to be more inventive; good advice. When I got back to the office later he had died! I was very upset so decided to wake up....had tears running down my face in reality.
The twitch thing people talk about in earlier posts is just your body preparing for sleep, it needs to disconnect a lot of motor control so you don't injure yourself whilst in a dream state. You may also experience noises as lights or patterns in your mind at this time.
Waking from sleep to still be in this mode (i.e. muscle control in the off position) can cause a feeling of paralysis and induce a nearly hypnotic state where 'visions', 'ghosts', ,visitations' and 'aliens' are experienced. It's probably the cause of most experiences in those categories....I'm told it can be utterly terrifying!
Edited by jdw100 on Saturday 23 July 03:03
I'm not aware of dreaming, mostly because I dont sleep readily - a very few good quality hours of (eventual) deep sleep does me, always has done, 4.5-5.5hrs max. V. rarely wake mid-cyle enough to recall ...whatever my brain was inventing at the time.
Anyway, this also means I have been exposed to the ravings of some girlfriends; crikey does 'sleeping' amplify Teh Mental.
The one I can't ever forget, was the Ex who one (night) sat suddenly bolt upright in bed c.4am and loudly proclaimed There's custard everywhere! Mum'll go ape! and went back to comatose.
Huge private amusement, but it defied all post-hoc analysis. Other than 'mental' (since in some unobvious way it was obviously my 'fault' ?!).
Anyway, this also means I have been exposed to the ravings of some girlfriends; crikey does 'sleeping' amplify Teh Mental.
The one I can't ever forget, was the Ex who one (night) sat suddenly bolt upright in bed c.4am and loudly proclaimed There's custard everywhere! Mum'll go ape! and went back to comatose.
Huge private amusement, but it defied all post-hoc analysis. Other than 'mental' (since in some unobvious way it was obviously my 'fault' ?!).
Edited by Huff on Saturday 23 July 03:54
jdw100 said:
Sheetmaself said:
Oh my yes, dreamed a few weeks ago that a customer came into the yard for some duct. So i cut it off and handed it to him.
I think im broken
Leo is on the 'phone for you mate......something about you writing the script for Inception 2..?I think im broken
king life, how sad would you be if you had the opportunity to do anything you wanted and you chose this st!Last night we drove past the yahoo dome saw a huge crowd of people outside screaming carried on driving and went home.
Seriously every night same old dull dreams. My team at work always laugh at me after asking what last nights dream was.
My dreams are always really odd, always occur in the same "place" even though this place doesn't exist but is heavily influenced by locations in my life such my home neighbourhood, my secondary school, places I've been on holiday etc.
Nothing is ever as it is in reality though, apparently my mind likes to spice things up a bit.
Nothing is ever as it is in reality though, apparently my mind likes to spice things up a bit.
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