Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

DW, who is perfect in every way, occasionally snores gently. I find it lovely to listen to. It feels companionable without requiring any conversation effort on my part. Mind you, she doesn't snore loudly enough to raise the rafters.

If a partner snores loudly, it may be a sign of sleep disordered breathing, which is a serious medical condition, that needs to be treated. Particularly, if they stop snoring for a minute then start gasping for breath.

I don't believe you can train someone not to snore, but you can train them to sleep on their side, which reduces snoring.

HTH.

My mil had that ( name escapes me ATM) oh, sleep apnea, and no, you can't out train anatomy or a medical condition) you can do something about sheer abandonment though. or sleeping position.

bugslet

GDB2222 wrote: »

The more serious medical condition occurs when the throat relaxes during sleep. The airway closes up, and the sleeper cannot breathe for a minute or two. Oxygen saturation drops in the blood, sleeper awakens, breathes, goes back to sleep. That cycle can be repeated 30 times an hour during the night. It puts a strain on the heart and leads to daytime sleepiness. It may occur only during some parts of the sleep routine, eg during REM sleep.

One of my drivers had sleep apnea ( sp), you have to declare it to the DVLA if you hold a HGV license. Our insurers wouldn't let him drive.

You're pleased to hear that aren't you GDB?;)

PasturesNew

bugslet wrote: »

One of my drivers had sleep apnea ( sp), you have to declare it to the DVLA if you hold a HGV license. Our insurers wouldn't let him drive.

Less single people have it .... as there's nobody there to say "hey .... you do this funny thing you know...."

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Less single people have it .... as there's nobody there to say "hey .... you do this funny thing you know...."

The idea is if you feel tired all the time you go to a dr and eventually the dr refers you to sleep clinic.

GDB2222

bugslet wrote: »

One of my drivers had sleep apnea ( sp), you have to declare it to the DVLA if you hold a HGV license. Our insurers wouldn't let him drive.

You're pleased to hear that aren't you GDB?;)

It's kind of par for the course for HGV drivers, as they spend a long time behind the wheel without any exercise. But they need to be alert, so they understandably eat high carb food to keep their blood sugar up. Fortunately, the condition can be treated successfully with a nighttime ventilator. On the other hand, a lot of people find that very hard to cope with, and compliance with he treatment tends to be low. It involves trying to sleep with a mask strapped to your face, pumping out air under pressure.

Did your driver get treatment, or you just had to let him go because of the insurance issue? If he did not seek treatment or was unable to use the equipment provided, I don't think it was safe for him to continue driving long distances. He might have been fine doing local jobs, where each driving stretch was only a few minutes. Preferably not in an HGV. You can do quite a bit of mayhem if you fall asleep at the wheel of one of those.

GDB2222

silvercar wrote: »

If anyone sees any good laptop deals (not macs) please post. Cheap as I can get away with.

Very expensive having a child at home. This week's purchases include a beard trimmer, replacement phone screen and protein shake. Plus a request for a new laptop and a double bed!

If you want really cheap - not sure about the computing power - the Dell Inspiron 15 is only £180. Join the VIP club and they'll give you a code for 10% off, so £160.

There's a thread about it on HUKD.

lostinrates

Reading one of my farming online emails, and worried then relieved to read this headline!

'NFU shoots and misses over Kiwi lamb'

I don't think he noticed, I'm not going to tell him, I've sent him out to find a rat.

zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

Zag said "I've earthed...." but didn't say how he did that .... it's probably best not to do it until you know how he did that. This is the important bit as it means "I did something so that if any nasty static/similar were flying around, they'd not fry my machine, but would magically disappear elsewhere......"

I know when I've fiddled in the back of my PC I've constantly gripped the metal inside/cage to do this .... making it tricky to then do anything else as I've only had one hand free PC engineers have a clip on wristband, they wear a wristband with a wire and crocodile clip, which they clip to the metal case.

That's what I did, minus the wristband. Made sure I wasn't wearing rubber soles and had a grip on both computer case and vacuum.It was a handheld car vacuum, so slow. Not sure I did any of this properly and not sure I'd safely recommend it. Wouldn't be surprised if youtube had something far safer.

With hindsight, it was plugged in but powered off which may well complicate it.

I was probably overconfident due to ignorance.

bugslet

GDB2222 wrote: »

It's kind of par for the course for HGV drivers, as they spend a long time behind the wheel without any exercise. But they need to be alert, so they understandably eat high carb food to keep their blood sugar up. Fortunately, the condition can be treated successfully with a nighttime ventilator. On the other hand, a lot of people find that very hard to cope with, and compliance with he treatment tends to be low. It involves trying to sleep with a mask strapped to your face, pumping out air under pressure.

Did your driver get treatment, or you just had to let him go because of the insurance issue? If he did not seek treatment or was unable to use the equipment provided, I don't think it was safe for him to continue driving long distances. He might have been fine doing local jobs, where each driving stretch was only a few minutes. Preferably not in an HGV. You can do quite a bit of mayhem if you fall asleep at the wheel of one of those.

My BiL had one of those night-time air machines and it sorted him out.

The driver in question we let go....whilst he was on gardening leave from us, he decided to do a bit of driving for a local company and was spotted. He wasn't one I was disappointed to lose.

lostinrates wrote: »

Reading one of my farming online emails, and worried then relieved to read this headline!

'NFU shoots and misses over Kiwi lamb'

I don't think he noticed, I'm not going to tell him, I've sent him out to find a rat.

But so rare! Poor Bugs, after whom I am named, was forever confronted by products that declared they were Bug killers:eek:, not to mention the bug swatting thing that was mentioned on here a few pages back. He led a confused life, compounded by my embarrassment when I called him in at night. Bed Bugs.....I'm surprised I still have neighbours:D

vivatifosi

tomterm8 wrote: »

You'll be surprised.

I don't doubt that you'll be able to do 95% of what everyone does with a laptop... maybe not high end gaming, but writing documents, internet browsing, looking at !!!!!!, listening to dodgy music like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo2A_YXarUM .

Pretty much everything you'd ever want to do.

That's what surprised me about my tablet. I can do pretty much everything on it that I could do on my laptop. I'm not a gamer, but I can still watch TV pretty effectively (no !!!!!! mind) and listen to music. The only thing I don't like is auto-correct.

I have no doubt that a £160 laptop will do even more, especially if it is from Dell Factory Outlet. They do some great bargains on there.