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17-05-2008, 01:27 AM
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Hapkido = Pain
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Newcastle NSW
Posts: 1,014
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What is the longest you have gone without sleep?
When I was a kid I used to read under the blankets at night with a torch as I didn't ever feel sleepy. As a teenager I used to go out clubbing on a Thursday night and not get to bed (sleep) until Sunday night. Now that I'm in my fourties I hung a Sunday morning through to Thursday night without getting any ZZZ's has anyone gone longer?
Gazz
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17-05-2008, 01:34 AM
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Hapkido = Pain
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Newcastle NSW
Posts: 1,014
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On a different tangent I used to jog at 3 am in the morning until the local police used to harrass me whenever they could. I was always asked" why are you running away from us?" I would say "because I like to run." Then I would be asked for some ID and seeing I was running I didn't have any and more than once was escorted back home to prove who I was. Now I jog during the day and play backgammon at night. : )
Gazz
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17-05-2008, 01:58 AM
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pro lumen
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: ballina
Posts: 3,265
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Sheet gaz .. theres a Phd in you  ..shiftwork and 48hours of no sleep used to wreck me .
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17-05-2008, 01:58 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Gateshead
Posts: 2,205
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I worked from 7:30am until 3pm the following day once to manage a process trial , I was home by 4pm and was too tied to get to sleep so hung out intil about 10pm before hitting the pillows.
I wouldn't recommend it.
I don't know my longest period with no sleep , gotta be 2 or 3 days .
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17-05-2008, 07:23 AM
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aiming for 2nd Halley's
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Australia
Posts: 2,959
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Just goes to show what a variety of capability there is out there... hell I have trouble these days staying awake for 12hours at a stretch
the sleep deprivation torture of three kids cured me of any capacity (or desire) for long periods of sleeplessness
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17-05-2008, 07:45 AM
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Phil H
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Cowra NSW
Posts: 1,497
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I was at work once for 36hours with no sleep not much got done after 25hours of working.
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17-05-2008, 08:05 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 936
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about 64 hours. 
but that was when i was finishing a thesis.
i remember almost throwing up at about 58 hours when the "fireworks" screensaver on the Windows 3.1 PC started- watching those colours arc across the screen...
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17-05-2008, 08:30 AM
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Colour is over-rated
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Newcastle, Australia
Posts: 2,414
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Geez - I've done a fair few 24hr stints with night shifts, can hardly keep my eyes open after that.
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17-05-2008, 09:00 AM
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Plays well with others!
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Ridgefield CT USA
Posts: 3,535
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A smidge over 48 hours is about all this old man can take anymore...after that I am wrecked for the week...
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17-05-2008, 09:04 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 936
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sorry, maths wrong- it was 60 hours (2.5 days- obviously not a maths thesis...).
sure, but i was 22 at the time, had a deadline to meet, experiments to finish, too many illustrations/diagrams, etc. to caption, and chapter/section headings to compile into Contents and index. plus get all of the references in order.
now I have a 19 year old bloke in my team who can go 48 hours no problem when he is out clubbing. i am pretty sure that's drug free  and he does not drink, so...
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17-05-2008, 09:12 AM
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Moderator
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NEWCASTLE NSW Australia
Posts: 33,428
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about 3 days when i was working dogwatch over the weekends when i was slighly younger, now proabably a tad over 24 hours. At astrofest i have to have a kip from 5am until 11 - then i am up the rest of the day
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17-05-2008, 12:42 PM
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4000 post club member
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 4,900
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Longest I have gone is about 48hrs and it was fairly recent too. Wrecked me for a good few days. I find if I don't get a solid 7hrs every night I suffer for it.
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17-05-2008, 12:57 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Gateshead
Posts: 2,205
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Coke Cola and No Doze are wonderful things , I don't know how many graduates owe their degrees to these.
I still have a serious Coke Cola addiction ....
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17-05-2008, 03:02 PM
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Support your local RFS
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wamboin NSW
Posts: 12,405
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If I'm on a STARG team with the RFS we will be on the go for around 72 hours, you do get a couple of 4 hour breaks but there is usually too much noise and you are too hyped up to really have a good kip.
Cheers
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17-05-2008, 03:20 PM
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Where is the dark?
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Dandenong Nth, VIC
Posts: 290
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Longest I can remember without sleep is about 63 hrs
7am Friday to Sunday 10pm
Used to be a wall & floor tiler in my younger days
Worked half a day on the friday
Went and got materials on the Friday afternoon then starting tiling 3 shoe shops in the city from 5pm onwards
Slept all day on the Monday
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17-05-2008, 04:03 PM
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Old Man Yells at Cloud
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Rockingham WA
Posts: 3,435
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A few days was the norm when I was younger, now I can only go 48hours max, knocks me around too much.
Note that sleep deprivation has apparently been confirmed to have similar effects as being mildly drunk, I know I feel kinda tipsy after a long stretch, even micro-sleep where I just kinda stare at nothing for a few mins, so... no driving if you haven't slept for 24 hours or more.
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17-05-2008, 05:45 PM
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Widefield wuss
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Caboolture, Australia
Posts: 6,994
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21 and a half days....
Recovered ice addict....
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17-05-2008, 06:50 PM
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New Guy..
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Central Coast NSW
Posts: 27
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Once on the fairstar funship i did 9 days without sleep, well 2x 4hr naps but the second one I was so wired i couldn't sleep at all. I was 17 at the time and very very drunk the whole time.
these days I'm out by 9 unless i'm on the sauce.
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17-05-2008, 07:27 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Sunshine Coast, Australia
Posts: 30
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When I was a student and programming for PC I pulled a couple of 60+ hours straight.
I think it would kill me to try that now. Unless the skies are particularly clear, I'm in bed by 9:30pm.
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17-05-2008, 11:09 PM
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Verified Astronomy Noob
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Corinda, Australia
Posts: 199
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48 hours is the longest I've been - flying to London screwed up my sleep pattern for ages. I usually only sleep between 3 and 4.5 hours a night anyway. I can go for weeks before I crash for a night and then I'm ready to go again. I don't think I could last 60 hours though DJDD. That's pretty impressive.
My wife has commented quite a number of times that the amount of sleep I get (or don't get) is directly proportionate to how grumpy I am.
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