....who takes them??

I nap about once every few months......usually less than an hour. It usually happens accidentally........like maybe I'll lay down on the floor to rough-house with the kids or the dog........then I'll just doze off.

I always wake up hungry and grumpy........then I can't fall asleep that night.

^ Know the feeling.......I'm not a good napper.

My son-in-law - he naps EVERY day for about 2-3 hours. Yes, I said EVERY day!

Maybe once a week or so, and almost always with the kids.

Naps are the ****. They friggin' rock, is all I can say. I love naps.

However... kids call them naps. Guys call them 'nooners' you ****. They are a staple in the life of a sailor... what with all the odd hours you work onboard ship.

Lunch? Nah, gonna take a nooner.

Every chance I get, I set my alarm at work, kick back in the car for my hr lunch, and if I doze off, bonus. At home, when the 3 y/o takes his afternoon snooze, I relish in the quiet and curl up on the couch for 1-3 hrs.

luv luv luv the napping/nooner

Hate em. Always wake up feeling worse than if I didn't.

Great way to recharge, should be encouraged but many workplaces will not allow any sleeping. Then they complain about accidents.

Andy, this nap question isn't related to using lacquer thinner to strip that armoire/wardrobe?

Gene - THAT is some funny chit.

On a more scientific point - the key is to not enter the REM phase of sleep. Those who wake feeling worse than they did when they laid down - entered the REM phase which needs to continue for at least a couple of hours. Usually REM begins after one hour. Hence, a nooner of less than an hour is typically beneficial.

And I do not take them . . .I enter REM very quickly and therefore wake feeling terrible.

Week days,half hour to 45 min. Retirement has it's benefits.

re4: haha a nooner is when i sneak home at lunch and surprise the wife....

napks kick azz, had a great one yesterday after dealing w/ car issues all day then woke up and wathced Dallas dominate the Eagles. good day overall.

if I take a nap, it's because I feel like hell to begin with

In parts of Europe, they close the office/shop, take a nooner (thanks MACS), reopen feeling refreshed & work into the evening. Then, the partying begins.

Here, we work 8 hours (or more) straight with a short lunch interlude, come home, watch tv, pass out, and start again. Small wonder we are always itching to bomb somebody.

...and no I haven't taken them since childhood.

Every day.....1-2 hours

Ron

Mr. TV -

Please wake up from your nap. What do you think about Bill Cowher's comment that the "Raven's cannot match up to this New England team?"

I thought a "nooner" was the same as a "quickie".

I have a new chair in the basement, I've nodded off a couple of times for 10-15 minutes at a time. I feel much more refreshed after one of those, without the groggy feeling I get when I sleep for an hour or two.

#16........if Bill Cowher said that, then he was wrong.

Really though..........who gives a **** what Cowher says?

I know I don't....and in general I'd say that most of Pittsburgh doesn't either.

If you don't give a sh*t, or two for that matter, go take a nap.

just had a great nap, its nice when on the weekend and the boss is gone I get to make the decision for the office to take 1 or 2 hour lunches, had time to eat, and catch an hour and 20 minutes nap.