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Benjamin Franklin’s Daily Schedule

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Re: Benjamin Franklin’s Daily Schedule

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Post by dchest »

sebkomianos wrote: post #3

I wonder what time Barack Obama, Nicola Sarcozy, Vladimir Putin and other presidents/prime ministers go to bed at. And how much sleep they get. Thinking about it, a study on how and why "sleeping" has changed over the years would be really interesting.

Putin: calls himself an early riser, goes to bed at 10-11-12. (source http://www.gazeta.ru/2001/03/06/intervjuprez.shtml)

Medvedev: wakes up at 8, goes to bed at 2 or later. (http://www.kp.ru/daily/24089/320586/)

Obama: shows up at the office shortly before 9. ( http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/us/politics/29whitehouse.h...)

G. W. Bush: early riser, goes to bed at 10 (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=1474572)

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Post by jonknee »

baddox wrote: post #13

No exercise, unless it was somehow included in "Work." Of course, the three hours before work in the morning would leave time for half an hour of exercise.

I don't think exercise was a huge concern in his day. Scheduling times to exercise is a modern invention.

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Post by jonknee »

Malcx wrote: post #12
btucker wrote: post #7

Franklin's autobiography (where this comes from) is a fantastic quick read with lots of thought provoking ideas relavant to the HN crowd. Definitely recommended!

For anyone whose interested, its available as a free kindle download.

And in PDF:

http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/franklin/BenFranklin6x...

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Post by M1573RMU74710N »

baddox wrote: post #13

No exercise, unless it was somehow included in "Work." Of course, the three hours before work in the morning would leave time for half an hour of exercise.

Ben Franklin was actually fairly athletic. One of his many occupations was being a printer, which required carrying around heavy equipment. He was known to carry 2 trays where many Printers only managed 1.

He was also a very avid swimmer (unusual as at the time, many people couldn't swim at all) and promoted physical fitness and moderation.

(I come from Philadelphia: a town where BF is a revered local hero, to the point we have an "official" BF impersonator.)

Re: Benjamin Franklin’s Daily Schedule

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Post by troymc »

Malcx wrote: post #12
btucker wrote: post #7

Franklin's autobiography (where this comes from) is a fantastic quick read with lots of thought provoking ideas relavant to the HN crowd. Definitely recommended!

For anyone whose interested, its available as a free kindle download.

You can get it here: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/148
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