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05 Dec 2005, 1:50 pm

How many of you have tried sleeping with a wet blanket? I think it helps a lot. No, I don't mean bedwetting; I mean an honest-to-goodness moistening of the blanket using unadultered water. I think the moistening plays a role in thermal conductivity, and this may be characteristic of Asperger's syndrome.

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05 Dec 2005, 2:17 pm

A wet blanket?

I wouldn't like it. It would stick to my skin and make for a bad sensory experience.

Plus here in wisconsin where it's more like january today, Thermal conductivity of a wet blanket would lead me to freeze my rear off.

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05 Dec 2005, 2:43 pm

I like heavy blankets and a wet blanket would be a heavy one but my first thought was the same as Scoots--I'd freeze to death.

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05 Dec 2005, 3:13 pm

I prefer getting my room down to around 60 or so degrees and using 5-6 blankets, its funny when in the summer in my room you can see your own breath lol.

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05 Dec 2005, 3:29 pm

I'd love to do that but think of the energy waste!

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05 Dec 2005, 3:42 pm

Although if we could somehow keep this blanket warm....

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05 Dec 2005, 4:13 pm

That would be great where I live....if it were August and my air conditioner went out...and I wasn't sleeping in my bed. I can't stand a wet mattress (and no, I don't wet the bed either :roll: ).

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05 Dec 2005, 5:23 pm

BeeBee wrote:

I'd love to do that but think of the energy waste!

It was just my room and its pretty well insulated and its only during the night in the morning I turn the window AC down to its regular settings (have to otherwise I would freeze to death in July lol.)

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05 Dec 2005, 11:20 pm

I've slept under wet sheets when I lived in the south, in hot, humid areas. It was very refreshing. I just cannot hack hot humid weather without an air conditioner...something we never had.

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06 Dec 2005, 1:33 am

i seriously have never heard of anyone sleeping under a wet blanket before.

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06 Dec 2005, 7:11 am

A wet blanket is suppose dto help AS?

I say only a wet blanket would believe that, but that's just me. No offence or anything.

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06 Dec 2005, 9:28 am

I prefer my blankets as dry as possible.

But I do love to make the room chilly so I can snuggle into my heavier blankets. Though in summer, with a crappy air conditioner, this isn't always possible.

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06 Dec 2005, 10:59 am

Why would anyone have a wet blanket? A water bed leaking?

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06 Dec 2005, 3:35 pm

That west blanket thing sounds like a amassing good idea to me. Even tho I do not know what you are characteristic talking about. The reason I think it is a good idea is I sleep during the day and is already hitting 35°C in my room the out side is only hitting the high 20 but my room gets real hot cos my room is up stars and has no insulation. So if I wet a sheet it will help keep me cool and the sheet will be heavier so my presser issues will be lessened.

What is the AS problems with thermal conductivity

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