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fieohlines,ad-Writes While Asleep.LONDON ELECTRICIAN. MENTAL CARRY-OVER.LONDON. Nov. 26 (by Air Mall).-Mr. D. A. Lamb, who for the past three f the years has been In charge of the electric lighting effects for all the big exhibitions at Olympia, London, is a man illve, who works while he Is asleep. Everynight while fast asleep he writes notes to himself and la able to go to his office in the morning with his day's and | work already planned.It has been my habit he said this week, to leave a scribbling pad and pencil by the side of my bed so that in the morning I could make notes- • •vkUL U ^ J •. U.M**M w Ml UWSiV,Then suddenly I found notes on the ctlm,' pad In the morning, although I was It Is quite sure I had not awakened during the night. The notes were quite legible with the important points underlined. I have sometimes found as many aa seven notes—not meaningless, but actually concerning things which I had to do that day.I became worried and went to a psycho-analyst. He told me that I i or have a 'mental carry-over'’—that my ihere brain has too much with which to deal and goes on working while 1 nm asleep.Now I've given up putting a scribbling pad by my bedskle. It waa and ' the only way.'*
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Mackay Daily Mercury

Mackay, Queensland, AU

Fri, Dec 09, 1938

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