The Bed Wherein I Sleep

Discussion in 'Retirement & Leisure' started by Hal Pollner, Mar 15, 2019.

  1. Lon Tanner

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    The bed is long enough that the sheet and covers keep them covered.
     
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    "Cold"? In Fresno? Relatively not, I suppose, compared to the experience of us Midwesterners. Ken has likely known "toe-nail" curl up in the sub-zero temperatures occasionally experienced in Michigan!
    Frank
     
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    This was my bed in New Zealand during the months I spent there.

    MY NZ BED.JPG
     
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    Well, you boys have nice quarters, enjoy.
     
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    I thought you lived in NZ for over 20 years Lon,?.. and what's with having a framed picture on every bed...is this some kind of fetish?>..;):D
     
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  7. Lon Tanner

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    I spent December, January, February, March, April of each year in New Zealand for 26 years.
     
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    so that's approx 12 years then ?... in a single bed?
     
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  9. Lon Tanner

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    Not quite. My wife had a separate bed room in the cottage with a Queen Size bed and we usually slept together.
     
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  10. Lon Tanner

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    Occasionally yes.
     
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    In the late 80s I went from a lifetime of traditional beds to a "full slop" water bed. For the uninitiated, you can get waterbeds that have a baffles in them to repress the wave motion:

    >more baffles=less/no motion
    >no baffles = full slop

    I loved it. It was so embryonic. Then maybe 10 years later I ruptured a disc in my neck. I recall the "Pop!" (and the pain) as I crawled out of that bed one morning. I don't know if the bed was a contributing factor, but after surgery and recovery, I switched back to a regular mattress queen bed.
     
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    I have only slept in a water bed one night. While spending the night at my brother's, he had a water bed. I found it interesting but difficult.
     
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  13. John Brunner

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    Water beds take some getting used to. There is no real support. When you try to push yourself up, the mattress pushes away from you.
     
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    When I met my husband, he had a water bed. Sadly for him, I get motion sickness so he had to choose between me and the bed. I'm still here so we see how that turned out. :D
     
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    When it comes to "couples," water beds are not the cliches they are claimed to be...quite the opposite. Nor are they good for pet owners.

    When I had my water bed, my cat was still around. One night about 3AM I woke up with my underwear soaked.
    "No way! No way! I did not just do that!! For goodness sake, I'm in my thirties!!!! There's no way!!!"

    I got out of bed and looked, and there was a little hole right at my waist where the cat punctured the bed with a claw.
    I could tell by the look it was intentional.
     
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