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Seeing this Stu Thomson interview on Pinkbike:
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/exclusive-interview-stu-thompson-an-industry-legend-in-the-making.html
reminded me of the time that due to some fairly challenging circumstances, I was losing sleep and turned up at an MTB conference in Scotland feeling a bit out of sorts.
Come lunch time, there was no seating plan and we were encouraged to sit wherever we chose for the purposes of networking.
Being as I was working on the trails at Glencoe at the time, an empty chair on the table next to the guys from Cairngorm, Frazer Coupland of No Fuss Events, an MP and the guy running the event seemed like a pretty good fit, so I went and plonked my bum down and made some introductions.
I sensed a bit of an atmosphere and only then realized I'd put my sandwiches on top of an Ipad...
It then dawned on me that the seat was already taken, but by then it was too late to do anything about it and Stu Thomson had to pull up another seat and sit alongside the table.
Truth be told, I'm not sure if he's ever forgiven me...
Which is a shame, because I've always been a big fan of MTB Cut and some of the videos he's made with Danny Macaskill are utter magic.
Anyhoo, what
'Oh benevolent gods of the underworld, swallow me now, lest my cheeks run redder than an over exerted Santa Claus'
moments have you had thanks to sleep deprivation?
Ive turned up at work (30 miles away from home) on my day off.
i was heartbroken.
Seems more likely he's not got a clue who you are than "has never forgiven you" for taking his unoccupied seat at an event. I hadn't a clue who he is anyway.
My brother fell asleep during a job interview.
Mostly dropping off to sleep at my desk... Did I just snore?!
If you were snoring, you'd probably remember some kind of weird dreams...
Know I've had some wild ones over the years:
Great interview though, cheers JHJ!
Oh yeah, I do have dreams at my desk! They last seconds but loads happens. Dreams are so freaky.
In a morning daze, I showed up to work one morning wearing my bedroom slippers.
Because they were royal blue in colour, I went about my business in just my socks on the basis that fewer people would notice.
Everyone noticed.
Got married.
In summer 1985, I went sleep walking, after several nights of very little sleep. The following day, my ex, informed me that a pensioner had recognised and coaxed me back home....................Two days later, the lady in question said hello, are you all right and, "it's nice to see you with some clothes on"!!!!!!!!
My ex, had refrained from telling me, that I'd been for a wander totally naked.
Walked right into the side of a moving bus, once. The driver was more confused than me, and I had a lovely set of road rash that went all the way round because I hit the ground spinning like a top.
My worst was completely forgetting about a gig I was supposed to be playing.
It was for a big band.
I was the drummer.
In my defence, my lad was still quite little and not sleeping which meant I was having a couple of hours' sleep a night. We actually had the most chilled out, relaxed evening for a while - phone left upstairs in the bedroom, a glass of wine and a crap film, bliss.
It was only when I woke early the next morning thinking "Fudge! Gig!" and saw the hundreds of missed calls that I realised...
Funk Jr was pretty ill in the early days and basically constantly screamed. Not really embarrassing, but after a long time with little sleep, I called work to tell them I wouldn’t be in that day. When my boss asked why, I told him it was because of the Jack Russell I could see on the stairs.
When he asked why that was an issue I told him we don’t have a Jack Russell. I didn’t want to drive when I was seeing dogs we don’t have. Sleep deprivation is evil.
I've turned up for work on a bank holiday through having three kids under age 4 at the time... Just remember, sleep deprivation is a torture technique.
3 months after our first was born..
I Got taken to A&E with chest like pains /heart palpitations, cold sweats, slightly delirious...
Sleep deprivation sucks.
I once forgot my work trousers when cycling in, i had to wear my shorts all day, top half shirt and tie, bottom half cycling shorts. Funnily enough i did not leave my desk all day. I actually got away with it.
When he asked why that was an issue I told him we don’t have a Jack Russell. I didn’t want to drive when I was seeing dogs we don’t have.
That's fantastic.
Doubly so if you were a bit tired and the neighbour's dog had happened to wander in. (-: