A question to my fellow late night board members...

[DKB]

Most recently was a Vegas trip.

 

Woke up at 4am on Friday, after 4 hours sleep, to go pick up the bachelor.

 

Landed in Vegas around 1130am local via Phoenix. Did tons of Vegas stuff which ended at 5am local. so 4am EST to 8am EST, 28 hours straight.

 

Slept 4 hours that night, woke up did stuff all day, ending at Crazy Horse Too at 5am.

 

Slept 4 hours, woke up did stuff all day, caught the 1145pm red eye back to DC, landed at 630am, in bed at 730, slept 2 hours, went to work. I cannot sleep on planes no matter how tired I am.

 

9am on a Thursday to 730am Monday. 4 days, 12 hours sleep. Certainly the longest I've gone with so little sleep. But, its vegas, I hardly noticed. Its not like I was yawning at all the knockers in my face.

[Ringfinger]

At Basic Training, went 5 days with maybe 1 hr or 2 a night of sleep. Fun stuff!!

[skybolt]

I'd say 36 hours on a couple of occassions during college to finish up reports or computer programs. Plus, I've had a couple of all-nighters and the next day at work finalizing plans.

[Tomega]

I have insomnia sometimes and this year was up for nearly 59 hours. I did not hallucinate or anything but I did get physically sick - very nauseous. I slept for 17 hours after that, got up for 6 hours and went back to bed for another 9 hours. I do not know how anybody could go the 70+ hours that was mentioned here, I know I would be very sick from that. It is amazing how peoples body react differently.

[Silver Surfer]

I'm sure I have gone 48 hours a few times. I did drive from Los Angeles to Vancouver straight in about 21 hours one time, alternating at the wheel with a friend of mine and that was hell. I thought my eyes were going to explode from the tension headaches I had concentrating on the road for that long.

[whetteon]

I'd say 50 or so hours....anyone who works in IT knows what I mean.

 

 

Either it's crunch time or you have a major bug somewhere in the software costing the company $$ per hour.

[Norrin_Radd]

I'm sure I have gone 48 hours a few times. I did drive from Los Angeles to Vancouver straight in about 21 hours one time, alternating at the wheel with a friend of mine and that was hell. I thought my eyes were going to explode from the tension headaches I had concentrating on the road for that long.

 

Ever fall asleep behind the wheel? That's fun isn't it. Waking up to find yourself driving 75 MPH down the highway.

[Silver Surfer]

I'm sure I have gone 48 hours a few times. I did drive from Los Angeles to Vancouver straight in about 21 hours one time, alternating at the wheel with a friend of mine and that was hell. I thought my eyes were going to explode from the tension headaches I had concentrating on the road for that long.

 

Ever fall asleep behind the wheel? That's fun isn't it. Waking up to find yourself driving 75 MPH down the highway.

 

Flew into Seattle from San Francisco late one evening and had to drive back to Vancouver. Was so tired that I had to keep the windows wide open, radio blarring and I still almost ditched it on the I5. Scared the cr@p out of me.

[Norrin_Radd]

I'm sure I have gone 48 hours a few times. I did drive from Los Angeles to Vancouver straight in about 21 hours one time, alternating at the wheel with a friend of mine and that was hell. I thought my eyes were going to explode from the tension headaches I had concentrating on the road for that long.

 

Ever fall asleep behind the wheel? That's fun isn't it. Waking up to find yourself driving 75 MPH down the highway.

 

Flew into Seattle from San Francisco late one evening and had to drive back to Vancouver. Was so tired that I had to keep the windows wide open, radio blarring and I still almost ditched it on the I5. Scared the cr@p out of me.

 

I had a scary incident once. Me and my two buddies were all totally exhausted from rafting and we piled into my friends stationwagon. After about one minute, we ALL fell asleep including the driver. And we all woke up when the car started drifting onto the shoulder heading right at a telephone poll. The car veered back onto the road just in time.

 

We were all awake the whole way home after that.

[action1kid]

SEE THE MOVIE NATIONAL LAMPOONS VACATION[THAT VERY SEEN YOU DISCRIBE IS IN IT!

[FlyingDonut]

75-76 hours, something like that, in February 2003. Major orals presentation due with giant presentation deck, lots of prep, lots of creation, etc. etc. Once I get into a work buzz, time starts to have no meeting - I just fly.

[the blob]

about 36 hours. wired on coffee and soda. i forget what it was for, i think we had several briefs due at once or something. i might have fallen asleep while standing up in the shower and i'm sure i nodded off once or twice at my desk.

 

i'm glad this isn't an issue at my current job.

[Hobgoblin]

The date was October 26, 2000. Not only was it my 22nd birthday, but I had a big Physical Chemistry exam the following day (Friday). I took a nap in the evening, and woke up around 8:00 pm to begin studying. 7 cups of coffee and 14 hours later, I took the exam. To this day I do not remember how well I did, but I got a B in the class in the end, so it was all good. But the sleeplessness was not yet over. After an extremely busy day of class and working in the laboratory, I headed to the bars at about 6:30 to meet up with friends. The following day, Octber 28, was to be what was then termed as the "Game of the Century" as BCS No. 2 ranked Oklahoma hosted BCS No. 1 ranked Nebraska; although the century had really just began. We all decided that night that we were not going to sleep, but rather stay up all night, drink, and watch videos of past OU/Nebraska matchups. At 6:00 am that Saturday, we arrived at the stadium with boxes of donuts and coffee in hands. After an exciting 31-14 victory (after being down 14-0 in the 1st quarter), we rushed the fields, and eventually said our goodbyes for the weekend. I made it home at probably around 4:00 pm, and finally went to bed; bringing the total to 44 hours without sleep.

[Hobgoblin]

75-76 hours, something like that, in February 2003. Major orals presentation due with giant presentation deck, lots of prep, lots of creation, etc. etc. Once I get into a work buzz, time starts to have no meeting - I just fly.

 

75 hours? Had you done any prepartion at all before hand or started from scratch at the start of that time period?

 

I threw my Masters Thesis Defense presentation together, and memorized all 40 minutes of it, it about 9 hours time.

[shadroch]

Mr Woogieman has the funniest 'falling asleep at the wheel' story I've ever heard!