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A big thank you in the name of the "Old Farts Club" 
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Geez. Would you please stop shouting. Some of us over fifties are trying to sleep!
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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Only a few months to go! Yes, precious sleep...
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Close to 50 here...
We have a nice roof terrace where I normally go outside after lunch for 10-15 minutes, get a cola or a bull and just let the sun shine on my face.
Many ppl do that here, it's common.
Feels a bit like a power nap... even if you drink a bull 
When you get back in, your energy is back too.
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I had the same issue until I found out I was diabetic, and the carb accumulation for the day was knocking me out in the afternoons/early evenings.
but, I suspect your issue is just casual sleepiness? Been to a doctor lately?
Edit: not taking into consideration, general diet and exercise, etc.
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can't say anything 
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I was thinking the same thing.
Back when I did low-fat/high carb for a snack and then lunch,
I would get tired after lunch...
Cutting out the simple carbs, and focusing on protein... Really helped.
If getting sleepy is consistently after your lunch, then think about this...
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Who was it, Newton, Edision, Pascal? One of those type guys would hold a spoon between their index finger and thumb over a plate laid on the floor and drowse until they dropped the spoon and the clatter woke them up. About 5 minutes.
Get a conference room plate and spoon, just not the paper and plastic kind.
OR work from home and no one will know as long as your system sounds for email and messages are loud enough.
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MarkTJohnson wrote: Who was it, Newton, Edision, Pascal? One of those type guys would hold a spoon between their index finger and thumb over a plate laid on the floor and drowse until they dropped the spoon and the clatter woke them up. About 5 minutes.
Sleep deprivation is not something to promote
I'd also hate to be the one crossing the road if Newton, Edision or Pascal would show up in their car.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Bah! You can sleep when you are dead.
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No! You can not! You are dead!!!
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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I never understood the logic of that saying "sleep when you are dead". What a load of crap. you are dead. Right.
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Imagine hearing those words from your doctor, just as someone asks you to countdown from 10 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Neither, it was Salvador Dali.
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Have some coffee, and take a quick 5 minute walk?
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When I could, I would go find some physical work to do such as organizing a network closet or a storeroom. About 15-30 minutes of activity would do the trick and wake me up plus I was still getting some work done. To bad I can't do that with the current job so I have to fall back on lots of coffee.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
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It's usually the other way around.
I might fall asleep in front of my monitors, becoming aware of it when I awaken.
As an extremely morning person, this is always an afternoon event.
I get few visitors and so I suppose no one every notices.
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If convenient, I go home and take a nap.
Otherwise, a cup of tea or a Coke.
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Just as an aside -
The surest way to stay awake via nice steaming hot cup of tea or coffee is to spill it on your lap.
(120% effective)
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Also a good excuse to go home... and take a nap.
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I guess you don't have crazy management walking all over the place..if so then find a corner zzz.....
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Years ago, when I was only 50, I bought a high back chair to the office so I can lay back and have a snooze after lunch. I like my power nap although the young whipper snappers are starting to call it my nanna nap.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I take a nap at the desk absolutely ignoring what other might think or say. Days when I come by car, I go to car and sleep. Generally it takes 10-15 minutes of nap to get active again.
There is anyways no point in me being sleepy and trying to be awake as I will anyways not be able to accomplish anything. I find it wrong to make body work when it is already signalling it needs rest to recover.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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