We keep hearing about how these hot and sticky nights mean that we
won't get a good nights sleep, but it never seems to affect me at all.
I'm surprised because I'm a light sleeper and it usually won't take
much to wake me up. How much does it affect others? Leaving the
windows open and sleeping above the duvet is enough for me
As a nightshift worker I have to say it's been hellish trying to sleep
during the day. [...] It's not just the heat though, neighbouring kids
and music all increase in volume on warm days.

You're just getting during the day what a hell of a lot of people in
urban areas in hot countries get all night. I have no problem sleeping
in midsummer in Sydney; in similar temperatures in the US the heat didn't
bother me, but I was kept awake for hours by the godawful 60Hz rumble of
air conditioners in neighbouring houses (supplemented at one point by the
motor noise of two massive industrial fans that my upstairs neighbours
had directly above my head). Rock music and screaming kids can be damped
with earplugs, but at mains-hum frequencies earplugs do nothing.

I lay awake gritting my teeth and fantasizing about blasting a shotgun
round into the intake of the damn thing across the alley.

As Americans like to say but not do, "if you can't stand the heat...".
What the **** is *wrong* with those wimps?

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