Problem Solved :-)

[CitroJim]

Not cars but me

It looks like the cause of my recent problems has been found. Bad quality sleep

More later. I'm off out for the day in persuit of birthday celebrations.

Still, to know the root of the problem is a great birthday present. Fixing it might now be so easy..

Any tips for a good night?

[XantiaMan]

Happy Birthday!

Tips for a good nights sleep? Dunno if i could post one of them here

Having too much on your mind doesnt help.... so some quality relaxation a few hours before going to bed, for me that means a really cold diet coke and sorting things out on the computer, usually browsing Flickr or Youtube.

[citronut]

HAPPY BITHDAY

Jim you are ment to go to bed to sleep, try and find other times and place's for the other TEA HE,

SUDGESTION in the back of the V6!!!!!!!!!,

just whatch your stilleto's on the head lineing

regards malcolm

[MikeT]

I think I know the cause and cure for your bad sleep problem Jim and you're not going to like it!

It's the internet. You need a cut-off time to stick to.

[Clogzz]

Happy birthday Jim !

Sleeping tips :
Nothing to occupy your mind.
No excesses of late feeding or drinking.
Warm, comfy bed.
Two-hour quiet playtime with the computer before sleep.

[myglaren]

I have heard that a brisk walk before retiring is condusive to good sleep.
For my part that remains hypothetical though. Bugger walking

Horlicks?

My son in law swears by Nitol (or is it Nytol, or even Night All!) Again, not in a position to verify this.

I always read for a while. Try a dictionary, that should send you off pretty quickly

[citronut]

Steve wrote
"Try a dictionary, that should send you off pretty quickly"

or even a V6 AUTO box manual

regards malcolm

[red_dwarfers]

Steve wrote
"Try a dictionary, that should send you off pretty quickly"

or even a V6 AUTO box manual

regards malcolm

[addo]

I have trouble sleeping when the majority balance of work type changes from physical to passive or v.v.

Maybe the recent efforts on that V6 and auto rig, set the body up for more hard yakka than it was getting?

[vince]

Sorry cant help with this one Jim....My wife gets freaked out sometimes at the speed i fall asleep....honestly i have to be careful about even lying on the couch when im tired...

Statistically it takes a human 7 minutes approx to fall asleep....i can do it in about 30 seconds Im dangerous

Ive found the thing that affects me from time to time is an overactive mind...ie when you see floods of images in your head.

The way I get round this is i look straight forward at the back of my eyelids and mentally clear away the images leaving a black screen. (a bit like when old B&W TV's used to switch off to a little dot in the middle of the screen) but i work from inside outwards. You need to keep repeating it over and over as your brain will refuse to stop the image flood but after about 5 to 10 times times your brain slows down and then your ready....sleep time Never fails with me

[CitroJim]

I used to be like you Vince. I used to joke that I could fall asleep laying on a railway line

Age and so on but now things are a lot better. I'm sticking to a regular bedtime and not taking any caffiene or food for about two hours previously and taking a very heavy book to bed with me. That seems to be doing the trick, along with winding down stadily.

Adam, yes, I think all the V6 stuff and my professional work had an impact. That's all over now and I now no longer go to bed with my head buzzing about how autoboxes work...

[citronut]

Jim wrote
"a very heavy book to bed with me. "

that must hurt or do you get used to it,

even still you must end up with a big bump on your head TEA HE

regards malcolm