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Night Shift

MazaritaSenior Contributor23 Sept 2015, 4:13 am AEST

Night Shift

Since I am awake at 4am I thought I'd start this thread for those of us who have trouble sleeping and might find it helpful to have a place to go to chat. Whatever gets you through the night is alright.

To get the ball rolling, I'll just say that I enjoyed being part of the Topic Tuesday discussion tonight. I wish it was possible for these events to be weekly rather than monthly. Either way, thanks SANE and all the people I've met on here over recent months.

Edited June 2016 and February 2017: Night Shift is now open 24 hours a day. To join in, just click through to the last page of the thread at the top right of this post to get to the latest message.

Edited April 2017 and June 2017: For the sake of better communications between members here, I am adding that this thread is meant to be a caring, kind and gentle place of sharing. Humour is welcome, as long as its not unkindly directed towards other members. Hope your time in this chat thread is rewarding.

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TABSenior Contributor19 Oct 2025, 9:20 pm AEDT

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Will settle for herb garden and few natives and a few fruit trees this summer. Just bombed roses 🌹 w 2 like 14kg bags sheep sh!t. The one going operate on got a blast of seasol first. Watered fertiliser in. Water again Wednesday then hack the one turned into creeper lol. Lost grass raking and cutting to do. Need to find someone with better gear to do back yard seems dead mostly. Needs to be shorter tho @plasmo

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plasmoSenior Contributor20 Oct 2025, 2:57 am AEDT

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i might get some cow manure and put it in after broad beans finish. i've got a bed of them that were just from seeds i left lying around. i had tomatoes there but they didn't take root properly, might try again.

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TABSenior Contributor20 Oct 2025, 3:15 am AEDT

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yeah,, gonna stick to stuff too dear at shop, frozen broadbeans are good plus cheap, so yeah nah, not wasting time and water on that. Herbs makes sense, same as lemon tree might even attempt garlic, local shop charging over $50/kg now ba ha ha . Broadbeans do self seed though, will keep coming back.sh!t didnt realise the time, lost an hour. been up since like 7pm last time lol @plasmo

ah only the one ep. of DangerMan tonight , looks.were doing 0325 and again at 6am

prob back up in couple hours really slept way too much during day yest. got to be on the blower 0830 to try and jag a dr's appt.

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plasmoSenior Contributor20 Oct 2025, 3:45 am AEDT

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yeah i went for a walk at a crazy time and haven't unwound.. also slept in all weekend. gotta go back to doc this week so woukd like to say im asleep at midnight..

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TABSenior Contributor20 Oct 2025, 4:03 am AEDT

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spent last hour looking for stuff so hot and bothered, blood pumping,need time to wind down,will do tv 30-60 mins now @plasmo had to be done, needed to sort scripts b4drs appt if get one, also another leaking tap, couldnt find my plumbing bag. nearly tripped over it 20times . told self look for green bag. Was hessian ffs.. aa argh

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plasmoSenior Contributor20 Oct 2025, 4:20 am AEDT

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yeah keep finding things to do.. i'm on the Jack Absalom videos.. trying to drop

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TABSenior Contributor20 Oct 2025, 4:29 am AEDT

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Watching Bourdain then bed @plasmo

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plasmoSenior Contributor20 Oct 2025, 10:18 am AEDT

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nodded off at some point, surprisingly awake for the moment

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TABSenior Contributor20 Oct 2025, 10:45 am AEDT

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I've not slept yet @plasmo stayed up too long. drove to pirie, pulled some out there moves, made 2nd coffee to go but left it behind lol

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plasmoSenior Contributor20 Oct 2025, 11:31 am AEDT

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might end up nodding off, had 6hrs.. neighbour just cranked lawnmower tho.

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