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Old October 25th, 2004, 07:42 PM
Miguel Cruz
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Peter Clinch wrote:
bowerm wrote:
any other suggestions?


Ear plugs.


I couldn't imagine sleeping in a dorm without earplugs.

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Old October 25th, 2004, 08:06 PM
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Taking a moment's reflection, nobody760 mused:
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| That brings back memories. Twenty years ago I toured Southern Ireland. I
| stayed in a hostel where an enormous German - and I mean bloody enormous,
| kept the whole of the men's dorm awake. I picked up my mattress and slept
| in the common room. It makes me chuckle now but sure as hell didn't then.

Reminds me of staying in a hostel in Dublin during, what I dubbed, the
24 Hours of Noise Festival ... I was down in the Temple Bar area staying at
Barnacles. It was bad enough that this was the night that they rolled the
empty Guinness kegs down the brick road, but we had a snorer as well.

Likely as big as your German was, this Argentinean was small. But,
lord, could he belt out a snore. At that point it had become so obnoxious,
I began chuckling to myself. A moment later, I could hear the lass (co-ed)
in the bunk below chuckling as well. So, we decided to go tap into my
whisky flask instead of lying there in futility.


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Old October 25th, 2004, 08:06 PM
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Taking a moment's reflection, nobody760 mused:
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| That brings back memories. Twenty years ago I toured Southern Ireland. I
| stayed in a hostel where an enormous German - and I mean bloody enormous,
| kept the whole of the men's dorm awake. I picked up my mattress and slept
| in the common room. It makes me chuckle now but sure as hell didn't then.

Reminds me of staying in a hostel in Dublin during, what I dubbed, the
24 Hours of Noise Festival ... I was down in the Temple Bar area staying at
Barnacles. It was bad enough that this was the night that they rolled the
empty Guinness kegs down the brick road, but we had a snorer as well.

Likely as big as your German was, this Argentinean was small. But,
lord, could he belt out a snore. At that point it had become so obnoxious,
I began chuckling to myself. A moment later, I could hear the lass (co-ed)
in the bunk below chuckling as well. So, we decided to go tap into my
whisky flask instead of lying there in futility.


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Old October 25th, 2004, 08:28 PM
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mhicaoidh wrote:

A moment later, I could hear
the lass (co-ed) in the bunk below chuckling as well. So, we decided
to go tap into my whisky flask


So there you go; ain't all bad!


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Old October 25th, 2004, 08:28 PM
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mhicaoidh wrote:

A moment later, I could hear
the lass (co-ed) in the bunk below chuckling as well. So, we decided
to go tap into my whisky flask


So there you go; ain't all bad!


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Old October 25th, 2004, 10:45 PM
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bowerm wrote:

i'm just back home in san francisco bay area...


...any other suggestions?


Wake him up and kiss him goodnight.
He should lie awake worrying, allowing you a good night's sleep.

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Old October 25th, 2004, 11:06 PM
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Mark Thompson wrote:
Comb your hair, shave and wash. Try to get invited to a bunk in the girls
dorm.

That won't work - women snore too, I do occasionally.
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Old October 25th, 2004, 11:06 PM
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Mark Thompson wrote:
Comb your hair, shave and wash. Try to get invited to a bunk in the girls
dorm.

That won't work - women snore too, I do occasionally.
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Old October 25th, 2004, 11:15 PM
Paul W. Koole
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ear plugs and wake the person up and ask him to sleep on his side, less
snoring, but a pillow our daypack at his side so turning is not posible
"bowerm" schreef in bericht
om...
i'm just back home in san francisco bay area after a marvelous trip to
scotland and england where i stayed in four youth hostels over the
course of two weeks. i just love youth hosteling international...but i
have one question. is there nothing that can be done about hostelers
who have major...and i mean major...snoring problems. i went to bed
early one night at the st. pancras hostel in london and was woken up
by the bunk literally shaking due to the snoring of the man in the
bunk below. i tried to sleep through it but it was impossible! after
an hour or so of this i went to the reception desk and asked to be
moved but the attendant said there were no open beds and nothing that
could be done about the snorer! another roommate told me the next
morning (after i slept on the couch in the lounge!) that the snorer
told him of his problem when they first met. so? at that point you've
already paid for your bed. seems to me hostel reception could post a
polite sign at the desk asking snorers to identify themselves as such
so they could be bunked in the same room. i had this same problem at
the youth hostel in santa cruz, california, earlier this year. the
snoring was so loud from another roommate that i actually left the
hostel at 12:30am and went and got a very expensive motel room. any
other suggestions?

sleepy in california



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Old October 26th, 2004, 12:25 AM
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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:55:38 +0100, "bob watkinson"
wrote:


I remember once I was occupying a bottom bunk. I must have had a funny dream
or something because I was convinced I was trapped inside some kind of box.
When I woke up I was actually pushing the bed above me off it's frame by at
least a couple of inches. The German guy in the top bunk never said a word
about it but he must have thought I was some kind of maniac or something. I
think you got off lucky.


That is brilliant!


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