marimoose
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Jul 22, 2014 2:10:14 GMT
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Post by marimoose on Aug 7, 2014 0:08:04 GMT
I may fall asleep in a room with a fan or tv on but I don't sleep fitfully and wake to turn off the nuisances. I need dark and silent, apparently the only one in my home. My dh cannot sleep if you turn off the tv.
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Mystie
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Jun 25, 2014 19:53:37 GMT
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Post by Mystie on Aug 7, 2014 0:08:54 GMT
I'm another fan user. I need that ambient noise, esp. in the early mornings when the birds start singing and my neighbors fire up their noisy cars/motorcycles.
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YooHoot
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Post by YooHoot on Aug 7, 2014 0:08:57 GMT
Fan. I even have an app for my ipad that plays the noise if we are a hotel that doesn't have a fan. Put to good use during a power outage too.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Aug 7, 2014 0:10:19 GMT
Absolute silence. I don't sleep well at all if there is any noise.
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ladypop
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Aug 5, 2014 3:36:55 GMT
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Post by ladypop on Aug 7, 2014 0:11:43 GMT
I need the tv on. I have several recorded shows that I use as my "wind down" at night. One is a discovery channel doco about General Custer. Another is about Lance Armstrong and the whole Tour de France scandal. it has nothing to do with the content. it's the narrator's voice. I don't know who he is, but his voice should be bottled. Vocal serapax.
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akathy
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Post by akathy on Aug 7, 2014 0:31:47 GMT
Silence please.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2014 0:33:32 GMT
Silence, one of the reasons why I sleep on the couch.
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Gravity
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Jun 27, 2014 0:29:55 GMT
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Post by Gravity on Aug 7, 2014 0:36:03 GMT
I have to have a fan on while sleeping. I don't want it to blow on me. I just like the noise. I think it's because I worked night shift for many years and slept with a fan on to help drown out daytime noises
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Post by Barbie on Aug 7, 2014 0:36:28 GMT
I prefer the fan running. Even if it's not blowing directly on me.
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Post by chrispeas on Aug 7, 2014 0:37:03 GMT
I need silence and no light. I sleep with an ear plug in my left ear I sleep on my right side and I still want to be able to hear a kid call out.
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Post by Barbie on Aug 7, 2014 0:37:08 GMT
And step-daughter can't sleep if you turn off the TV.
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caro
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Post by caro on Aug 7, 2014 0:38:34 GMT
Not only do I want silence I wear ear plugs. Total darkness, total silence = blissful sleep.
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Post by Native New Yorker on Aug 7, 2014 0:41:25 GMT
I need some type of background noise. Sometimes the TV...
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Post by boxermom73 on Aug 7, 2014 0:45:20 GMT
I go nowhere without my fan!! My good friends keep one for when I visit☺️Lol
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tracylynn
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Jun 26, 2014 22:49:09 GMT
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Post by tracylynn on Aug 7, 2014 0:46:16 GMT
I typically fall asleep with the TV on, and always with a fan on. I don't need either one to fall asleep though - the fan is to keep me cool.
I usually fall asleep almost immediately anyway.
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Post by ljs1691 on Aug 7, 2014 0:46:45 GMT
I love total silence but my dh sweats without the fan so he wins out. When he travels, I always sleep better.
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Post by keknj on Aug 7, 2014 0:57:28 GMT
My DH snores (he has a guitar hanging on the wall on his side of the bed-it vibrates he snores so loudly) so I listen to an audiobook, a podcast or music with these Sleepphones. They are not only headphones, but they slide down over my eyes so have become a sleep mask too. I never thought I wanted a mask, but wow, do they ever help. They are very comfortable and I have stopped breaking every pair of earbuds I get from sleeping in them.
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Post by myboysnme on Aug 7, 2014 0:59:49 GMT
I like darkness and silence, but I like to feel the fan. I want a fan blowing on me but I don't want to hear it.
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MrsDepp
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Jun 30, 2014 18:36:02 GMT
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Post by MrsDepp on Aug 7, 2014 1:19:13 GMT
Total silence
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Madi & Me
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Post by Madi & Me on Aug 7, 2014 1:20:46 GMT
I don't really have a preference other than making sure Curious George doesn't play on the TV all night long. DD falls asleep in my room and she gets two episodes on low volume each night. I set the sleep timer and typically, we are both out like a light before the first episode ends.
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Post by Debbie on Aug 7, 2014 1:25:53 GMT
I go to sleep with the TV on, usually Jimmy Fallon, and the sleep timer set for 2 hours.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Aug 7, 2014 1:28:20 GMT
Can't have total silence. Because it's not silence. You know how some people hate cotton balls because they make that sound? That's what I hear instead of "total silence." So I sleep with a white noise machine.
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ladygodiva
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Jun 29, 2014 16:47:42 GMT
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Post by ladygodiva on Aug 7, 2014 1:31:51 GMT
I need complete, absolute silence and darkness. I am such a light sleeper and if I get woken up I have the hardest time going back to sleep.
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bomo
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Jun 26, 2014 15:54:49 GMT
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Post by bomo on Aug 7, 2014 1:32:43 GMT
I fall asleep with the tv on and dh turns it off when he comes to bed. If I don't have any noise to distract me, my mind is busy solving problems or making mountains out of mole hills.
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Post by craftsbycarolyn on Aug 7, 2014 1:44:41 GMT
Fan or in the winter a humidifier...
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Post by Jubel on Aug 7, 2014 1:48:36 GMT
Silence and it has to be dark.
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Post by whipea on Aug 7, 2014 1:49:33 GMT
As silent as possible as I also have a sighing, snuffling and groaning dog with me. I am a dangerously sound sleeper and I can sleep through the alarm clock, the home security alarm, a phone ringing and the dog falling off the bed. It is a good thing S/O is around because we could have a break-in, fire or some other disaster and I would sleep right through.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2014 1:51:20 GMT
Ambient noise!
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brandy327
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Post by brandy327 on Aug 7, 2014 1:54:18 GMT
I HAVE to have white noise...so I run the fan year round as well. I started with a small, what I call, hurricane fan. It was small enough to sit on my night stand but it made a lot of noise. Dammit, didn't they make it "quieter"!?! I go through one about every 9-12 mons...and I typically keep an extra on hand. I had one die on me in the middle of winter and it was damn near impossible to find one to replace it!!!
I'm a SUPER light sleeper so it helps cut down on some of the noises. I can still hear the dog's tags jingling over it, so we take his collar off at night.
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Post by sillyrabbit on Aug 7, 2014 1:56:52 GMT
I always have a fan running. I absolutely can't sleep without the sound. I even have a travel fan for trips.
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