# is anyone else up at this ungodly hour (2:36 AM est) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2001, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-up-at-this-ungodly-hour-2-36-am-est/89940 "2001-10-27T06:37:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![\_misfit\_57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/9fc348/32.png) [@\_misfit\_57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_misfit_57)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-up-at-this-ungodly-hour-2-36-am-est/89940/1 "2001-10-27T06:37:36Z")
_just curious_ _wondered if the other geniuses were also nightowls_ _is addicted to using asterisks as indication of internal monologue_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-up-at-this-ungodly-hour-2-36-am-est/89940/2 "2001-10-27T07:20:47Z")
_I am up at 3:22 EST._ _I am not addicted to asterisks, but what the hell._ * * * ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-up-at-this-ungodly-hour-2-36-am-est/89940/3 "2001-10-27T07:25:35Z")
My sleep schedule is severly screwed thanks to this board. EST 3:19. By the way that’s a hell of a name you’ve got there. ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-up-at-this-ungodly-hour-2-36-am-est/89940/4 "2001-10-27T07:26:37Z")
I’ve been playing Flight Sim 2K2. I just finished a flight from Vegas to Vancouver. Time to hit the sack now though. ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-up-at-this-ungodly-hour-2-36-am-est/89940/5 "2001-10-27T07:35:38Z")
Yep, up at 2:32 AM Central. Will go to bed _circa_ 4:30 AM. Have to be at work at 1:00 PM so it’s something like late evening to me. ---
**Author:** ![arachnidlove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@arachnidlove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arachnidlove)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-up-at-this-ungodly-hour-2-36-am-est/89940/6 "2001-10-27T08:00:46Z")
Its 1 o’clock(am) california time. Just got home from a drinking spree with boyfriend and his friends. Am eating hasbrowns right now and gonna crash soon…there’s still 30 beers left to finish in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-up-at-this-ungodly-hour-2-36-am-est/89940/7 "2001-10-27T08:04:17Z")
2:53 EST! Good night! YAWN… ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-up-at-this-ungodly-hour-2-36-am-est/89940/8 "2001-10-27T08:06:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ogre \* > \*\*2:53 EST! Good night! > > YAWN… \*\* Make that 4AM. did I mention that I’m drunk? Yeesh. No, really. See, my computer clock is all wrong and… ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-up-at-this-ungodly-hour-2-36-am-est/89940/9 "2001-10-27T08:51:47Z")
wheee, the boards are back up. i’m staying up REALLY late. it’s already four, so i’ve decided to just stay up, and reset my system, rather than slide off even farther. i’ll be a little incoherent, but, considering my normal posting product, it won’t be that much of a loss. WHHHEEEEEE! i’m triyppooiin… er… I’m trippin on mental feedback… wheeeeeeee… better’n drugs, that psychotic overload is… ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-up-at-this-ungodly-hour-2-36-am-est/89940/10 "2001-10-27T12:13:42Z")
It is now 6:12 a.m. Mountain time and I’ve been up all night. Of course, I’m up all night most nights because I work grave shift. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-up-at-this-ungodly-hour-2-36-am-est/89940/11 "2001-10-27T12:49:52Z")
I’m up too. [sub]But it’s only 10:52pm here.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-up-at-this-ungodly-hour-2-36-am-est/89940/12 "2001-10-27T12:51:09Z")
well, it’s about 9:00 pm here in taiwan… ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-up-at-this-ungodly-hour-2-36-am-est/89940/13 "2001-10-27T18:28:45Z")
I’ve used _asterisks_ for a hang of a long time. But I never trademarked the concept. Woe is me, I shall be poor forever. _Ah, so that means Taiwan is 5 hours or so behind Auckland? This would explain **Cougarfang** perfectly._ ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-up-at-this-ungodly-hour-2-36-am-est/89940/14 "2001-10-29T09:26:05Z")
Hi ! I am Anya and i also work the midnight shift. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-up-at-this-ungodly-hour-2-36-am-est/89940/15 "2001-10-29T09:29:45Z")
Ich bin ein Berliner. ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-up-at-this-ungodly-hour-2-36-am-est/89940/16 "2001-10-29T10:02:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > \*\*I’ve used _asterisks_ for a hang of a long time. But I never trademarked the concept. Woe is me, I shall be poor forever. > > _Ah, so that means Taiwan is 5 hours or so behind Auckland? This would explain **Cougarfang** perfectly._ \*\* don’t know what you’re talking about… :angel smiley: _starts whistling and sidling away_