After a long day of doing what retired farm people do, Ginny's parents continue with a raucous evening of what retired farm people do. Most evenings, after a few adult beverages (which us non-farm people also partake of) The parents settle in front of the TV and partake of experiments in subliminal education. In order to make the room perfect for this experiment, all the lights are turned on, the TV volume is adjusted to an excruciatingly high level (at least for me) then the subjects "allow" themselves to enter a deep slumber. It is difficult to take data in this experiment. I have given up. I just decided that a discrete withdrawal to some other part of the premesis is the appropriate thing to do.
Dave-you are right. Unfortunately, I have found sleep to be a great waste of time. Rob - please be careful because the apple didn't fall too far from the tree as far as your mother is concerned