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Lucky Luciano

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12. You're one of the lucky ones.

Reply to WarGamer (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 20, 2024, 03:43 AM

Jul 20

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I fly business class to Japan with a layover in Tokyo to get to Osaka and even then I can’t sleep at all when I lie flat. After that long ass flight I usually arrive in the early evening. Then we have dinner with my wife’s family and I survive until 10:00 or so thinking I made it!

Then after being awake 24+ hours I crash hard…and I wake up at 2:00 wide awake. Then I lay in bed until 4:00 hoping to sleep…then I give up and grab my iPad and just read and browse the net until 6:00 when I fully give up and start the next day. Then I fight very hard to make it to 10:00 the next day with variations of this schedule slightly improving each day over the course of a week until I recover.

Something like the above happens every time. My age never played a role. Also probably around 20 trips to Asia.

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Biden was ridiculed for suggesting jet lag affected the debate, but it probably did - and Clooney's fundraiser even more [View all] highplainsdem Jul 20 OP

KNR niyad Jul 20 #1

When I was flying between Asia and west coast my jet lag hit me about 3 days in Bev54 Jul 20 #2

Takes me about a week and a half to two to even start to get over it. betsuni Jul 20 #7

Same here. GoCubsGo Jul 20 #19

"Excuse me for being a little tired... Qutzupalotl Jul 20 #3

Having traveled to and from China literally 20 times... WarGamer Jul 20 #4

I checked several sites, including WebMD. All gave roughly the same info. A day or more to recover highplainsdem Jul 20 #5

Well my last flight from China I was still under 50... WarGamer Jul 20 #6

Ya think? How about if you also happen vanlassie Jul 20 #8

Almost all the websites I looked at mentioned age making jet lag worse. And more than one site highplainsdem Jul 20 #9

I read he said his staff tole him not Cha Jul 20 #13

You're one of the lucky ones. Lucky Luciano Jul 20 #12

'Kay. dchill Jul 20 #14

Hell when I lose 1 hour of sleep because of daylight savings KS Toronado Jul 20 #10

IMO his schedulers didn't do him any favors with the two overseas trips followed quickly by the west coast one. brush Jul 20 #11

His schedulers and his debate prep team clearly let him down. Patton French Jul 20 #15

The thing is Dorian Gray Jul 20 #16

Jet lag affects just about everybody. DFW Jul 20 #17

Factor in his worries about Hunter, too. The verdict in early June. He was dealing with incredible highplainsdem Jul 20 #21

True, but his schedulers need to do a better job, make adjustments. brush Jul 20 #22

The overseas trip Dorian Gray Jul 20 #23

Get with the program. Until Biden says different he's the nominee. brush Jul 20 #24

Guess he said different. Dorian Gray Jul 21 #25

Now that he's out, that's the program and we're on to the new. brush Jul 21 #27

I've always recovered really fast from jet lag ITAL Jul 20 #18

I've done the trip from the Midwest to Hawaii several times since 1981 Bengus81 Jul 20 #20

Having a cold was perhaps even worse n/t Stargleamer Jul 21 #26