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    TiggsTours
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    Re: Sad?

    Quote Originally Posted by ducasi
    Call it SAD, call it winter blues, I know I suffer.
    I have one of these.

    It makes getting up in the morning possible.

    They are called "Dawn Simulators". Mine's fairly old and primitive, but you can get some quite snazzy ones now from here, though I've got to say some of these prices are a bit .

    There's lots of other good advice for winter sufferers in their main web site too.
    I hate waking up when its still dark, so I thought this sounded like a fantastic ideal!

    I found this link too, ALOT cheaper!

    http://www.sales-services.co.uk/html...arm_clock.html

    Ordered one for myself, thanks Ducasi and Wittybird

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    Re: Sad?

    Quote Originally Posted by TiggsTours
    I found this link too, ALOT cheaper!

    http://www.sales-services.co.uk/html...arm_clock.html

    Ordered one for myself, thanks Ducasi and Wittybird
    My pleasure!

    Looks like a much more sensible price, though I like the half-hour dawn that mine does, rather than just 5 minutes.

    Shame that sometimes when I'm not fully asleep, the *click* of the mechanism activating can wake me up before dawn gets a chance to be simulated.
    Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story

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    Re: Sad?

    Quote Originally Posted by ducasi
    My pleasure!

    Looks like a much more sensible price, though I like the half-hour dawn that mine does, rather than just 5 minutes.

    Shame that sometimes when I'm not fully asleep, the *click* of the mechanism activating can wake me up before dawn gets a chance to be simulated.
    I'll let you know how it works for me.

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    Re: Sad?

    Quote Originally Posted by TiggsTours
    I'll let you know how it works for me.
    Would also be interested in hearing. If I get a different one I'll put my review on too.

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    Re: S. A. D. ?

    Re: lights and alarm clocks -- I just stuck a standard lamp into a normal (cheap) plug-timer -- it's a bit abrupt, but pretty effective.

    SpinDr.

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    Re: S. A. D. ?

    I said I'd let you all know about my new alarm clock, so here it is.

    The light isn't very bright, but that's really nice, and its certainly nicer to wake up to a bit of soft lighting (the abrupt idea that Spindr mentioned really doesn't appeal to me at all, prefer the idea of waking up in the dark!).

    The problem is that, when you switch the alarm off, the light goes off, it would be much nicer if it would stay on until you want to switch it off. There is a setting to have a permanent night light, but you need to get a power adapter, and I wouldn't sleep to well if it wasn't dark in my room. I have found though that getting up to switch the bathroom light on, so that a little light filters into my room, then going back to bed for 10 mins is having the desired effect. Can't say I'm feeling much happier, but that's down to my job, no amount of light is going to change that, but it certainly is making getting up in the morning alot easier! Haven't been late for work once since I got it, and certainly I'm in a better mood on my journey into work, even if things do go rapidly downhill once I've got here!

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