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post #31 of 39
4/5/07 at 12:22am
Melatonin often gives strange dreams, which I find a beneficial side effect.
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On the other hand, I believe Spain has the highest unemployment rate in Europe. The rest of the Spanish speaking world is way worse off too. Something about those Spanish speakers, maybe a little too complacent.
I once read an article in a conservative publication that this was due to the so-called Mañana Syndrome. The article had a clear crypto-racist tone.
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post #32 of 39
4/5/07 at 12:33am
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Melatonin often gives strange dreams, which I find a beneficial side effect.

Never noticed so much. Melatonin is what makes you sleepy naturally already. Maybe it just gives you a deeper sleep, so you remember your dreams more vividly. You can take certain supplements to make you dream in color or black or white, I forget which they are.

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I once read an article in a conservative publication that this was due to the so-called Mañana Syndrome. The article had a clear crypto-racist tone.

While I see the Mañana Syndrome as useful for reducing stress, I think it is pretty spot on. If you meet friends in Spain, they'll show up 4 hours late. My Spanish teacher used to talk about how wonderful this all is, that it doesn't matter if anything gets done, just enjoy life. I guess I don't see any problem with this, so long as you can get the economy to cooperate, which it doesn't seem to have as of yet.
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post #33 of 39
4/7/07 at 4:00pm
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I swear by it. You need some good stuff and you need to be a little bit tired for it to work. That stuff I linked is controlled release, it will release slowly into the body. Many brands you get give you a shot of melatonin, knock you out and then you wake up shortly after. Take an hour before bed and you'll be good to go.

How long does it usually take for you--or others--to fall asleep once in the bed?

Yesterday it took me one and an half hours, with sleeping pills.
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post #34 of 39
4/7/07 at 8:03pm
Sometimes I take naps during university lectures...

they're usually invigorating and I always wake up to a full and rich burp.
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post #35 of 39
4/7/07 at 8:12pm
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While I see the Mañana Syndrome as useful for reducing stress, I think it is pretty spot on. If you meet friends in Spain, they'll show up 4 hours late. My Spanish teacher used to talk about how wonderful this all is, that it doesn't matter if anything gets done, just enjoy life. I guess I don't see any problem with this, so long as you can get the economy to cooperate, which it doesn't seem to have as of yet.
why do you need the economy to cooperate? according to the bbc, these are the happiest people in the world: 1.Nigeria 2.Mexico 3.Venezuela 4.El Salvador 5.Puerto Rico what people want more than anything is happiness, and there doesn't seem to be any correlation between happiness and an efficient economy. the countries at the bottom of the list were all eastern european, including russia.
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post #36 of 39
4/7/07 at 9:37pm
I was used to my time freedom in Geneva when doing tele working and could go everyday dancing and sleep late.

Now I work in Zurich in an office and with standard hours. So to be able to keep the same nightlife, I have to take a nap between 8-9pm
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post #37 of 39
4/7/07 at 9:39pm
I have class from 8:30am to 11am every day. I usually take a nap after lunch at around noon.
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post #38 of 39
4/15/07 at 1:43am
I often have siestas a few days a week, depending on classes... nothing puts me to sleep like managerial economics in a warm lecture hall after a carb-loaded lunch of caesar salad, pasta and garlic bread.
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post #39 of 39
4/15/07 at 8:59am
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Like the Spaniards of times past, I like taking a nap in the late afternoons. Does anyone else take a nap?
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Label King, when I was younger, I could not take a nap. First my Siamese cat wouldn't allow it . . . this I endured, for 23 years. Next, even if I wanted badly to nap in the afternoon, I couldn't. The few times I tried, I awoke nauseated, groggy, ill tempered, and intolerable. Just like the Ivan you've always known. Now, however . . . not only do I crave an afternoon nap, I take one whether I want to or not. No choice involved. Anytime between the hours of three to six. Even if it's for twenty minutes. I can't do without my nap.
Long and heavy sleep dulls the senses' edge; better to doze like the cat.
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This piece annoys me though I love the Times, readers of it bother me.
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