AliceTheOwl Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Re: The Last Word Why do you think I don't like the idea of a loaded gun in my room? It was only a lightswitch, and, had I needed my vision, I would've been sorely disappointed for the next few hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Re: The Last Word My wanting to "finish" or continue a dream is usually a sign, perhaps even a cause, of my waking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Re: The Last Word It's a sign, for me, that I'm oversleeping already, and will be out of it for the rest of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Re: The Last Word Hm. It happens so rarely for me that I have no way of knowing of that's true for me, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Re: The Last Word It happens every few months to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Re: The Last Word I rarely oversleep; I tend to have the opposite problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Re: The Last Word What, insomnia? Or just getting to bed too late? I have the worst of ALL worlds. I have a hard time getting to sleep, I often wake up in the middle of the night, but then I oversleep. I think the main problem is that I sleep too lightly, so I'm not getting enough of that dead-to-the-world, deep sleep, and so my body attempts to compensate by making me sleep LONGER. Whatever it is, it leaves me pretty zonked. = v = Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Re: The Last Word I have two of the three. I do tend to wake up at first light. This time of year, that's about 0530. Come November, though, that's more like 7:30.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Re: The Last Word It gets lighter earlier here (and not just relative to the earth's spin). And yet, having light pouring in through my bedroom window never convinces me it's wakey time. Nor do loud noises. Earthquake might, because that would be new and unexpected. You might laugh at the idea of an earthquake in Western North Carolina, but we had one last year. It was a tiny one, and all I remember was hearing a loud scrapey noise and thinking there was something under the floor, but it WAS an earthquake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Re: The Last Word Earthquakes happen Just About Everywhere, though with varying frequency, obviously. I don't know much about the geology east of the Rockies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Re: The Last Word Around here, we don't even notice earthquakes below a 3.5 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Re: The Last Word Even the slightest rumble makes all the news around here. The Appalachians are along a fault line, though. A town near me is named Hot Springs, for good reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Re: The Last Word We got earthquakes in Japan when we lived there. We quickly learned to ignore the little ones. One night there was a good, hard knock while I was lying in bed. Fortunately there were never any real emergencies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Re: The Last Word I'd imagine Japan gets earthquakes so often, they don't even notice unless it's above a 7! Weren't the islands of Japan formed by volcanic activity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Re: The Last Word Even the slightest rumble makes all the news around here. The Appalachians are along a fault line, though. A town near me is named Hot Springs, for good reason. Oh, smaller ones make the news around here, but no one notices them until they here it on the news. I live on the New Madrid faultline BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Re: The Last Word We got earthquakes in Japan when we lived there. We quickly learned to ignore the little ones. One night there was a good' date=' hard knock while I was lying in bed. Fortunately there were never any real emergencies.[/quote'] My wife spent three years in Japan. First as an echange student and while waiting around for orientation, a small earthquake hit. You could tell the Californians from most of the rest since they were the ones discussing if it was a high 4 or low 5... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Re: The Last Word Oh, smaller ones make the news around here, but no one notices them until they here it on the news. I live on the New Madrid faultline BTW. I am, luckily, far away from fault lines, and also not within range to be directly affected by flooding or landslides, which also occur with some frequency in these parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Re: The Last Word Hello? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Re: The Last Word What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Re: The Last Word Everyone is Seattle is waiting for the Big One, which happens every 500 years or so. The last one was about 400 years ago, and the geological features associated with them means we can expect it to be stronger than anything in recorded history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Re: The Last Word What do people DO when they're waiting for an earthquake? Stock up on spring water and ammo? That doesn't fit my preconceived notions about Seattle at ALL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Re: The Last Word What? Oh, nevermind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Re: The Last Word Well ... "waiting for the Big One" (Earthquake) is a lot like waiting for Godot. Humans don't deal well with catastrophic eventualities that may or may not happen in their lifetime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Re: The Last Word Humans just don't deal well with uncertainty, unless their name is "Schroedinger." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Re: The Last Word Even he didn't deal with well. He framed the equation for dealing with it. Solving it is nontrivial in most cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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