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richwicks says

WookieMan says

Are you joking? You don't own a microwave? Have an oven with electric? I have to reset those 10 times a year.

I don't have a microwave, or rather I do, but I don't have it hooked up. It ruins food.

I'm a minimalist. The only things I have with a clock on them are a phone and a computer. I don't own a television, any stereo equipment, or anything like that. Every electronic device I had 40 years ago is replaced by a computer and a phone, and I really don't need the phone.

I agree with the microwave. I don't use it myself. Kids and wife do. It kicks my anxiety in when the time isn't on it for some reason. Same with the oven. It's coming up soon but I change the clocks first thing in the morning with daylight savings time. I'm never late and the clocks in the house help keep it that way.

I'll put it this way for me. I have 4 clocks in the kitchen alone. And I'm usually wearing a watch. I can't stand people that are late to shit. It's disrespectful. You lose any trust I would have given you if you're late the first time I meet you. That's how I roll. It has worked out. Being on time is the first parameter for me to even consider trusting anyone at any level when I first meet them. And then when the excuses come you'll never be in my trust circle. Just admit you fucked up and didn't plan to be on time.

That's how my in laws are. Always late. I don't trust them or like them really. I play nice to keep the wife happy and I'm not generally argumentative with people in person. Just online. I can get MC Hammered the night before and I'll be where I need to at 5am or whatever is early for people. Still have flaws. I've missed flights falling asleep in the airport on solo trips. Based on the time stamps here on Patnet, I think most can connect the dots I'm an insomniac. It sucks.

WookieMan says

I'm an insomniac

@WookieMan - try melatonin, don't use any of that other sleep aid shit. Ambien is dangerous and can cause psychotic breaks.

I had insomnia for a while, to the point where I was blurring the line between reality and dreams for years. I had a friend recommend melatonin, but I feared it was addictive so I refused to take it thinking in time it would correct, but it didn't. Finally, I gave in. For the first month I had incredibly intense dreams, but I slept well and after the month, I began to only take it sparingly. I hardly use it now.

Melatonin is what your body produces to allow you to sleep, it doesn't force you to sleep. It won't make you tired, but it allows you to sleep if you are. It's not addictive at all in my experience. NOT taking it won't prevent me from sleeping and "getting off from it", was no problem at all. Once I caught up on sleep, I didn't need it anymore. I still take it once in a great while, but rarely.

You can find it at any supermarket. Your body produces less of the stuff as you age. I don't know what put me in my state, but I was in it for a while. On the weekend, I would literally sleep the entire weekend away. I'm a bit of a workaholic.

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