True that. When I were a professional musician (in my 20's) I had a
bedtime around 3am and slept into the late morning. But maybe that was
youth? Now I have a boring bedtime before midnight and a reliable
internal alarm clock ringing me up by 6:30.

Drinking Scotch or any alcohol beverage late at night would, alas, have
me up at 5am with a pounding headache.

I feel ripped off.

On the other hand, I'm not needing any blackout curtains!
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

Jake de Villiers typed:
> You need to stay up later (say 3 AM) playing music and maybe even
> drinking Scotch.
>
> Helps me sleep in no problem.   :-)
>
> On 7/31/07, * Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott* <camping.elliott@gmail.com
> <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     All you guys that need blackout curtains either live at high latitudes
>     where there's not much nighttime this time of year, or are a lot younger
>     than me and are capable of sleeping in in the morning. Mrs Squirrel can
>     sleep in regardless of conditions, pretty much. Me, I am up at 5:30 -
>     6:30 with great regularity.*
>
>     -----
>     * In both senses of the word.
>
>     --
>
>     Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>     71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>     84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>     74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>     KG6RCR
>
>     On 7/31/2007 3:44 PM Jeffrey Vickers wrote:
>
>      > If you want a cheap sun block and insulator you can make an entire
>      > set for about $25 if you make window "covers" with silver "bubble-
>      > wrap" from Home Desperate. Just cut the stuff out to the shape of
>      > each window and find some suction cups that have a "push pin" style
>      > back to them. Attach a suction cup at each corner and yer done. The
>      > bubble stuff is 100% opaque, reflects light and radiant heat, is
>      > cheap and replaceable and stores flat in the upper bunk. I use mine
>      > with my curtains drawn so I don't have to look at the shiny stuff all
>      > the time and it works well as an insulator and light block.
>      >
>      > Jeff / 87 Subie Syncro Westy
>      >
>      >
>      > On Jul 31, 2007, at 3:11 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>      >
>      >> As for curtains, someone posted pictures of their van where they had
>      >> replaced the curtains and added a fabric that's often used for oven
>      >> mitts
>      >> and ironing boards that reflects radiant heat and insulates. I
>      >> think it's
>      >> called Insul-Bright and is available at some quilting stores and
>      >> online. I'm
>      >> planning on using it to do just this as it's time to replace those
>      >> old worn
>      >> curtains in my van too. My only worry is this stuff will be too
>      >> thick with
>      >> an added piece of fabric (for appearance) to store open properly.
>      >
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>