NAC E (Dallas) Times Posted

[dberke]

Looks like the times have been posted:

http://usfencing.org/pages/4267

Dan

[Inquartata]

Oh holy crap, V50MS at @#$%! 8 in the @#$%! morning...

[6-flick]

As are Div II AND Div III MF...

[teacup]

Oh holy crap, V50MS at @#$%! 8 in the @#$%! morning...

Welcome to the world of epee fencers.

(You can only complain if you're from the Pacific time zone.)

[hello?]

Oh holy crap, V50MS at @#$%! 8 in the @#$%! morning...

I have to say, I am VERY glad it's not me at 8 a.m.

Although I also hate fencing near-to-last on the last day, on the two or three lonely strips that have yet to be taken down, under the glare of the people with brooms and mops and screwdrivers who are praying the bouts go a little quicker so they can just get this thing over with and go home...

[hello?]

Actually, Women's 50 Epee IS last. And, clearly, they did not mean for any of us to fence the Div 2 team (which I could have fenced) since it is at the exact same time. I guess I am glad I did not convince anybody to register a team "just in case" the times ended up working out..

[Inquartata]

Welcome to the world of epee fencers.

He//, you mean?

(You can only complain if you're from the Pacific time zone.)

I reject the condition. I am equally vexed when I must arise that early in any time zone, including my own! Unlike Electra, morning does not become me...

[piste off]

Oh holy crap, V50MS at @#$%! 8 in the @#$%! morning...

I guess they thought letting you get your beauty sleep at previous NACs wasn't working.

R-

[teacup]

I reject the condition. I am equally vexed when I must arise that early in any time zone, including my own! Unlike Electra, morning does not become me...

Yes, but those from the Pacific time zone fencing in the Eastern time zone have to rise at 3:00 in the morning. At least those already in the East only have to rise at 6:00 am.

3:00 am is getting up in the middle of the night rather than early in the morning.

[Inquartata]

Not to me it isnt! On the road that's about when I get to bed! ( Because I stay up all hours arguing with you people. )

[Allen Evans]

Hmmm...while morning may not become you, it would appear -- like the rest of the Classical Pantheon -- that your troubles seem to be of your own making.

[jjefferies]

Oh holy crap, V50MS at @#$%! 8 in the @#$%! morning...

For once I can agree with Inq. Have they no shame making 60+ vet epeeists get up that early in the morning?

[teacup]

For once I can agree with Inq. Have they no shame making 60+ vet epeeists get up that early in the morning?

Actually, I think it's easier for old geezers to get up that early compared to teenagers.

[hello?]

Actually, I think it's easier for old geezers to get up that early compared to teenagers.

Not true. Depends on the old geezer, just like it depends on the teenager.

[Inquartata]

Hmmm...while morning may not become you, it would appear -- like the rest of the Classical Pantheon -- that your troubles seem to be of your own making.

You mean, by being 52? By fencing sabre? By being foolish enough to enter an NAC?

[Greybeard]

chair fencers alway check in early

[Inquartata]

Why? It's not as if the chairs fight back or anything.

[Greybeard]

For once I can agree with Inq. Have they no shame making 60+ vet epeeists get up that early in the morning?

If they are truly old men like me, they should be falling asleep at 8 and waking at 4. Turn in your keys to the condo in Boca.

[teacup]

Not true. Depends on the old geezer, just like it depends on the teenager.

If they are truly old men like me, they should be falling asleep at 8 and waking at 4. Turn in your keys to the condo in Boca.

Advanced Sleep Phase syndrome of Aging
http://www.neugenes.org/circadian.htm
Advanced Sleep Phase of Aging is a profound problem for the elderly population. In fact, one third of the population over 65 years of age experience a change in their sleep cycle when they fall asleep at earlier and earlier times and then wake up early in the morning. The cause of this condition is not known but it appears in association with the normal aging process.We hypothesize that age-related changes in gene expression (rather than gene mutations) are one possible cause of the shortened sleep time for the elderly.

http://www.neugenes.org/circadian.htm
Sometime in late puberty, the body secretes the sleep-related hormone melatonin at a different time than it normally does. This changes the circadian rhythms that guide a person's sleep-wake cycle. For instance, if you told your teen to go to bed at 10 p.m., she may end up staring at the ceiling until 1 or 2 a.m. waiting to fall asleep. At about 7:30 p.m. a teen feels wide awake and fully alert, unlike an adult who is starting to "wind down" and feel sleepier as the evening progresses so that at 10 p.m. the adult is ready to go to bed. The teen-agers "wind down" time takes place much later.

[Greybeard]

Or just cause we are old and grumpy. I look forward to the day when I can just sit on my lawn holding a garden hose and spraying people shouting ,"Get off my yard!"

I'm only 54 by the way.