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OK .. bored and sticky.

What you got on your bedside table, that way we can tell what sort of person you might be. No cheating .. go and look.

I'll start: Lamp, radio clock repeater alarm, reading glasses, glass of water, ashtray, fags and lighter, HRT tablets, regenerating night cream, Saturday's Daily Mail.

Conclusion: Over 50, no fear of fire, HRT/cream .. ever hopeful of keeping up the hormones and wrinkles disappearing, fading eyesight, slow reader, reluctant to get up in the morning .. dehydration from overload of wine .. not a good picture, eh?

You next.

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Packet of Polo mints, phone, mobile phone, alarm clock.

I don't know if you can tell my personality from that, Probably someone who doesn't like to be late for work, likes to keep in touch and suffers from indigestion.

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omg i dare not even look, this place is like a time warp 10 yrs back, it's not really been touched in that time, its got enough stuff in it to fill ten shops. I can't move and don't know what to do with it.
a Table lamp, a clock somewhere, a lighter, 3 money boxes, 5 small teddies, a ty beenie, a telephone, a call display, a few pens, a lighter, two candles, a floppy disk, 4 mobile phones, sweets, mints, and the key ring teddy my huni gave me .

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Alarm clock 2 books 3 pens note pad watch lamp Russian Caramels.

Cant sleep unless benn reading pens aint got a clue they "appear" note pad as its for work lamp to read by and the caramels for mid night munching. :eek: :o :( :D

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I have a RAM. :p And he’s a big sod, actually he’s a door stop I got as a present but I just love him to bits, you might have seen him if you’ve been around Dobbies in the last twelve months. :)

I also have a TV and DVD remotes and a stack of books. Spike Milligan, Tom Sharp and Terry Pratchett. :)

That’s it really……………Now if you'd ask about what’s on the computer desk?

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A computer by any chance???? :eek:

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forgot you had a dobbies. we've got the biggest one here, infact the biggest garden centre in europe and the biggest mazes in the world, so they say. Nothing on my table is from there though. Infact very little of what I've collected is from there.

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just how big is your bedside table.MH?

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hmmm which computer desk theres two.

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Not very big, It's in a one bedroom flat.

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Accy Corporaation Buses!!!!! That must be some size of desk and made of steel. :eek:

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:) Their you go, and a shot of Mr. Grumpy. What you don't see is the half empty bottle of Red Wine and a very ****** Doug…:D :D :D

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A simpsons light thing, 3 empty glasses, a packet of 'dark' fox sweets, a pair of glasses, half a packet of juiCY FRuit chewing gum, a ice lolly stick, Ubuntu Linux CD (:D), a stick of RAM (512mb i think!), a plate, some old medicene, straighteners, unopened redbull, a wireless card, and a bunch of cd's with no labels on them, but I know they all have something on them.

The tables only about 0.5m x 0.5m too. :D

Conclusion? Messy.

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I've only got a tiny table too because I know how messy I am - so the smaller the surfaces the less mess.

Radio alarm clock, notepad and pen - and that's it!

Guess all that tells about me is that I like to get up on time and I need some way of noting down those middle of the night ideas that I have.

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The usual stuff - reading glasses, watch, keys, a book (a western by Louis L'Amour), personal CD player, CDs...but also present are the same two Accrington Corporation buses that Doug has!

You can take the boy out of Accy etc etc...

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well mines got , table lamp, book, antihistamine tablets c/d /clock/radio...o & my cup which i havn't brought down to wash yet .

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Mines got a copy of Katie Price's book Jordon, a glitter lamp a nintendo DS Lite, a pen a mobile phone charger a crystal angel a picture of my daughter and one of those horrible tick toc clocks that you wind up but its not wound.

All bog standard i think.

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i always remember an old boyfriends mum tellin me that as she got older the size of her bedside table got bigger! i thought her head had gone but no.... she spoke the truth!
heres mine.... cup of tea, glass of water, tablets for (in alphabetical order) underactive thyroid, high cholesterol, prozac, headache. night face cream, anti aging cream, moisturiser for body, ashtray, baccy tin n lighter, current book .... :o

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Cd player....a pile of assorted Cd's....but the top one at the moment is 'Under an Iron sea'.......lip salve (got to keep the lips kissable...even though I'm having no offers lately).......pair of heavy duty nail clippers for the hooves......some Aqueous cream......a pen and a pad of sticky notes.
No alarm clock, I have a very effective alarm clock and he is called Monty...wakes me up at 5am in summer.....I get a lie in in winter until 6am.
Monty is my big Main Coon cat...for those not in the know.

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Don't have a bedside table in London, I use the top of a dresser - and there are far too many things to list - a small selection - about 10 books, one fan, one lamp, assorted pots of goo (ever hopeful!), water glass (the 2 litre bottle sits on the floor), make-up bag with various medications, mirror, teddy bear (belonged to my ma-in-law and I wouldn't want him to be lonely), two large plastic boxes containing spare clothes, several other boxes with God knows what ...... obviously some sort of nutter.

In Ossy - lamp, book, Ventolin, glass of water, pot of face cream, tissues.
Conclusion - thirsty insomniac asthmatic, ever hopeful, with a snifffle.

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Alarm clock, Fags, Lighter, Ashtray, Book, Specs, a couple of pens, small change and the contents of my trouser pockets. Now if you were to have asked what I keep under it, that would probably take over a week to catalogue.

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I have two bedside tables, well two bedside cabinets actually that happen to have a tabletop. Both cabinets are empty, I think. I haven’t looked for years. One drawer contains a spare bulb for the bedside lamp. The other is empty now because I have taken the one million quid out of it and taped the money behind my desk.

The left hand cabinet/table has a clock radio and dust. I always sleep on my right side so on the rare occasion that it is used to wake me at some ungodly hour I have to turn over to turn it off. Once I move and my eyes open the brain kicks in and sleep becomes impossible - so I get up. It works for me.

On the right hand table/cabinet is a unique only one of its kind bedside lamp and a torch, ex navy of course. Donkeys years ago when I were foreman at Dynamo Electric in Blackburn our ‘experimental’ department made the lamp that would double as emergency lighting in the event of a power failure. I rescued it from the skip when Dynamo closed down and we all got made redundant.

The base, about 8 inches in diameter and about 5 inches high, holds the re-chargeable batteries and electronics. The stem holds 2 fluorescent tubes surrounded by a diffuser and these light up when the power fails or the plug is pulled. There is a push button switch to select one or both tubes to be lit. There is a second push button switch that controls the normal light. On top of the stem is a normal light fitting but I use a 25w switchboard bulb with a spare in the drawer. It is all topped with a normal lampshade and dust of course.

At my age a bed is for sleeping in so other accoutrements are surplus to requirements. Even if I am feeling not so clever I still manage to get up and flop into my reclining rocking chair.

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god knows why they don't make them jambutty, I think we'd all have one, especially pensioners. Do they think that the price would put people off.
Another idea I had was a pull cord dimmer for the bathroom, the amount of people that asked me to fit dimmers in bathrooms I couldn't understand why no one had. They have only just started making it. Perhaps I should have patented it when I first thought of it.

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no bedside table here ...but i do keep my mobile phone and my glasses under the bed at night ;)

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when I go sleep there'a another three mobiles go on it and a cup o tea

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On my bedside cabinet I have on the top a pen, my ventolin inhailer, radio cassette player, my mp3 player, Jar vic ( empty ) Olbas Oil, A braclet with Nana on my Grandaughter made me, cigs, A game.
In the middle are pictures still waiting to go on the wall, an ashtray, note book, magazine and a lighter.
The bottom containes books.

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Well, this is definitely eye-opening. Personality, lifestyle all in one little space, eh ?

Worried about some of ya' though.. observations so far:-

Ernie: disappointed those polo mints only used for indigestion, thought you might expect company any time and being prepared, or other uses.. tee hee.

Madhatter: ... THREE money boxes, 5 small teddies !! FOUR mobiles, why am I not surprised . where's ya' pony tail clips though, oh, yes, let yer' hair down at night I bet.

Spuggie: Russian Caramels ?? Obviously a man of selective taste, but what's wrong with the Devon variety ?

Doug: Heard about men and Rams. :eek:

Cyfr: Aaaaw Simpson lamp, eh ? Showing yer' age kid. Red Bull, not opened yet. Between boy and man.

Gayle: So perfect.

Wynonie: Frustrated busdriver ... talk to Busman

Mez: Anti-hystamine ? You got bed mites ?

Mummiboo: Crystal Angel .. some one to watch over you.

Jeanette: better get you into therapy quick ..bacca' ? finishing school would help too.

Margaret: Was excited when ya' mentioned Monty, then let me down, just a cat.

Pendy: Organised chaos. Love your affiliation with stuffed toys though ..

A-B: Yes, would LOVE to know what is under yer' bed.

Jambutty: Only you could have such a lamp.

Anne: Now Mick is on the mend, get him to hang up those pictures for you.

Can't you just picture all this about the people who have replied and don't you just love it.

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Sorry nothing abnormal here either. I've got a new book I picked up at the Asda (can't even remember what its called now), my phone, fags, lighter, ashtray, keys, purse, a bottle of water and lately my mp3 player.

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Gee i have 2 bedside cabs, one has lamp, cds & remote controls for tv & sky - the other has a night drink not alcholic, antihitimine for recent barb wire incident, ashpan, fags lighter & i sleep with the mobey:eek: :D

& a concoction of organised chaos underneath:D

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Sorry Katex dont mind Devon sweets but love the red russian caramels covered in dark chocolate they are bliss (dreamy moment) on the taste buds. :D

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:eek: Madam, what exactly are you inferring? :D :D

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I've got 2 small chests of drawers, one at each side of my bed. The top of one contains a phone, my electric toothbrush in its charger, a spare table-lamp (not plugged in as I have wall-lights) and 6 framed family photos. The other has a radio-alarm, my current bed-time book, a large bottle of Vaseline Intensive Care and a glass of fruit juice. I also have a large chest of drawers against the wall to the left of my bed and it has more books (about 12), deodorants, hair-gel spray, sun-cream, hair brush, mirror, box of tissues, jewellery box containing only sea-shells, photo of my late husband, face creams, an assortment of hair-bands belonging to my granddaughter and a very wobbly blue pot made by my son, at school, when he was 12 (29 years ago).

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dvd player remote, tv remote, current book Cell by Stephen King, old cigarette case (gave up 8 months ago). Clock and phone are on the wifes side :)

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Hair bands are in the draw.
I got no one to let my hair down with now kate.

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well all i got is lamp, inhaler, wrist support which i wear at night, pain killers fer my wrist an cathy cookson book which i havent got round to opening :closeey: since i discovered accyweb

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After reading this thread, I ran upstairs to see exactly what I have on my bedside cabinet - - -

One radio alarm, One fancy light, (now it goes downhill!)
A ticket to see "Alice in Wonderland" at the Burnley theatre for July 1st! (I DID go, I think)
A strange key that will unlock nothing that I am aware of!
A card quoting HEB13:1-2 Starting, Let sisterly love continue be ye not forgetful to entertain strangers - - etc etc I will blame one of my daughters for that! :cool:
A huge stapler (gotta be Willows!) - - and a dried up bottle of Gaviston (must get some more:p )
A tube of all purpose glue,
A bluetooth earpiece that has been dead for the past 6 months - -

and a tiny plastic teddy that my youngest gave to me a couple of years back to keep me safe while driving, Its so small, I keep it there so I don't lose it!

Now, after clearing the junk, I will have to go and clean the top as it is FILTHY!!!

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Hello Katex Erm..and My Measure Is....?

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Mine is really boring. A lamp, phone, a travel alarm and an ashtray. Sometimes my mobile ends up there should I need to get up early (the clock is more travel than alarm) and I usually have a book.

My specs would be there but more often than not, I fall asleep reading and they tend to share my bed! Lots of dust too!

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Mine - a letter from the hospital telling me to ring them before 1.30pm - which i have done its just its still there for safe keeping! A packet of tissues because i've just chucked the box away, an ashtray, a litre bottle of water half full, receipts from tesco which ive just rooted out my jeans pocket, a pen, a book, and when i go to bed my fags, a lighter, mobile phone and glasses.

My alarm clock is on my bookshelf on the other side of my bedroom - simple reason i have to get up then to turn it off otherwise i'd never get out of my bed!

A question though for you - have you noticed the smokers all have a packet of fags, ashtray and lighter on their bedside cabinet/table? How many times have we been told not to smoke in bed!

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have you noticed that me and willow both have lighters but don't smoke.

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i havent got one, but cannot believe nobody admitted to FALSE TEETH.:D

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Just lucky I guess. I was in the right place at the right time katex.

Sadly I’ve never had a power failure at night so the lamp’s true purpose has never been used. And now the re-chargeable batteries have reached the end of their life and don’t charge up, so the lamp doesn’t have a ‘real’ purpose any more. It still makes a good bedside lamp though.

I really must galvanise myself and see about repairing it.

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You could have one at the top of the stairs or designed as a wall light and flex like ikea do their wall lights. I think all stairs should have an emergency light especially if people have a stair lift. Imagine a power cut when on their own late at night and they're stuck halfway up the stairs. Actually thinking about it the stair lift should have a light built in.

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Mobile phone,layer of dust,8 old Viz comics,an empty wineglass,a clock that is way too loud and a tubigrip.The "other " side as used by the fella has a lamp,an empty wineglass,an aerosol of Arrid XXX and a pile of nonsense books like Midge Ure's autobiography! Torrid stuff eh readers? I do however have a naughty drawer that is somewhat more exciting!:D

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Well, Lindsay....don't tell us you have a naughty drawer and then not tell us what you have in it!........let me guess, a whip....oh yeah and the nice wooden top that goes with it....some chalk to put pretty patterns on the top.......breath mints in case you should fancy to kiss someone and not have been up to clean your teeth (no-one wants to be kissed with 'zackly' breath)........and my guesses run out there.

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How strange! you take them out at night? :eek: I have had mine of twenty four years and they have never seen my bedside table, bottom of the bowl a few times, maybe :D other than that they stay put until cleaning. :o

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I don't have any false teeth....i don't have many real teeth either, but that's another story!

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You don't need them Margaret, your a Becon of Light and we'll love you no matter what you have in your gob.....:)

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Forget the table-top, what about the bedside drawer? I had a look in mine (the top one that doesn't contain underwear etc.) and making an inventory is a bit embarrassing. :(

My prescription medications
5 tubes and 2 pots of face creams
Nail file
Foot file
Packet of corn plasters
2 tubes of Ibulieve, half full, 1 without a lid
Receipt for vet's bill, dated 2003
Optician's prescription from 1999
A to Z of Merseyside, 25 years old
Spare light-bulb for wall lights
3 large torch batteries
2 pencils
Horrible orange-coloured nail polish (now solid)
2 unidentified yale keys
4 safety pins (1 rusty)
Assortment of little coloured plastic rings for electric toothbrush
Small Stanley knife (?)
3 brass screws
Photograph of long-deceased rabbit in garden (out of focus)

I really must get round to sorting it all out. :D

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True, there are certain people I have huge respect for on here, among them is Margaret.

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Awwwwwwwww, MH, you are making me blush!

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And you too Doug!