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dessgeega · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:07 pm Post subject: i'm leaving on a jet plane.

i've never been on a plane before. is there anything i should know?
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simplicio · . Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091

hell, at this age, you're old enough to be past the point of irrational fear and all. flying is a pretty unique experience and you should enjoy it!

same rules for motion sickness apply as in the car, if you happen to get nauseous easily. look out the window or close your eyes.

Mister Toups · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:14 am Post subject:

don't be a terrorist and you'll be okay!
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Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

Try to sleep if you can, although your flight is late. Listening to music (while portable electronic devices are allowed) helps me if I'm not feeling well. Don't be afraid to use the toilets on board, even if you have a window seat. If you can't fall asleep, take whatever drink/food/snack they offer you every single time, it helps take your mind off things. Don't drink coffee they serve on planes. Every time the flight attendant picks up the phone at the front of the plane to talk to the pilot, the pilot is flirting with the flight attendant (even if they're both guys [which is hot]). Relax, you have a much greater chance of getting in a car accident every time you get in a car than there being a problem with your plane.
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Mister Toups · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:24 am Post subject:

oh, watch out for snakes.
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dessgeega · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:15 am Post subject:

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:17 am Post subject:

Tablesaw · . Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 303 Location: LACAUSA

Many planes have "cigarette lighter" DC outlets that you can use to charge up iPods or DSes if you have the right adapters. I use these guys very successfully to try to keep both of those devices charged.

A sleep mask is also good, if you think you'll want to nap, and I usually bring a set of ear plugs along to help drown out the sound of the engines. You can usually find both at a pharmacy.
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dhex · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:09 am Post subject:

yeah, those travel earplugs are great if, like me, you have horrendous pain upon taking off and landing due to pressure changes.

then again, you won't know until you get there i guess. gum helps, sort of.
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

I like to chew gum at take-off and landing because it helps the compression/decompression pressure which messes with me a little. You might want to try this just to be on the safe side.

Your iPod sounds like it has an awesome track list.
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SuperWes · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:07 am Post subject:

Bring a DS and/or PSP and play it the whole time with headphones. I kind of like flying because I feel like I have an excuse to play portable games all day without feeling guilty.

Reading is another option.

-Wes
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the drunken samurai · . Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Posts: 30

dont hold the flush button too long in the bathroom.

sawtooth · . Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 419

I just had my first flight ever last month! Be sure to get a window seat, because the experience of lifting through the clouds for the first time and seeing the world below is magical. Not so much on the return trip, unfortunately. It's still pretty neat! I wish I had taken more photographs out of the window.
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dessgeega · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:08 am Post subject:

i booked a window seat for both the going and returning flights!

i am going to try not to have to use the on-board bathroom!
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ryan · . Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 999

I went to the bathroom on a flight after hearing the ding that's normally used to signal that you can move around. While I'm in the bathroom I hear "*BBSSHHTT* You may not move around the cabin. You will be told when you are allowed to. Please return to your seat. " on an overhead speaker.

That is not conducive to a quick trip to the bathroom.
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Scratchmonkey · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439

Using the onboard bathroom really isn't too bad. Or at least I haven't minded it.

Also, Sawtooth is totally correct. It's a pity that the magic of take-off gets exponentially more mundane each time you fly, although playing "urban planner" by checking out how cities are actually laid out is pretty fun no matter what.

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:09 pm Post subject:

all my bags are packed, i'm ready to go!

next post from california.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Bon voyage!
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:41 am Post subject:

posting from california!

so, ze plane! it was kind of amazing. i almost cried taking off, watching the entirety of my world tiny and vanishing below. from the night sky, cities look like goldleaf.

the rest of the flight was boring. my flight had been delayed an hour and a half, and then we boarded late, and then we were late taking off. it was night, so there was nothing to look at out the window for most of the trip but clouds and black. i listened to my ipod, played crawl and picross, and took a little nap. i found that the most comfortable way to sleep was leaning forward with my head propped against the back of the seat in front of me with a pillow.

anyway, i am in nana komatsu's apartment now typing on one of her computers. adventure!
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dessgeega · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:41 pm Post subject:

back in new york.
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thatbox · . Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 99 Location: nashville / nola

You made it out alive, this time.
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Fred · . Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 99 Location: Iowa

Greetings from the secure area of the LaGuardia'D' terminal. In the outer lobby here is a pair of those nice 10th Anniversary Galaga combo cabs. The high score on one is 999,610; the other has five nines. And I thought of y'all.

OK. I saw a kid playing Animal Crossing and I'm going to go find him now.

Fred · . Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 99 Location: Iowa

Greetings from the secure area of the LaGuardia'D' terminal. In the outer lobby here is a pair of those nice 10th Anniversary Galaga combo cabs. The high score on one is 999,610; the other has five nines. And I thought of y'all.

OK. I saw a kid playing Animal Crossing and I'm going to go find him now.

Redeye · . Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 986 Location: filth

Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:46 am Post subject:

Plane? I'd rather take the bus.
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Fred · . Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 99 Location: Iowa

That was the destination! I spent spring break in Brooklyn and The City, and had a return flight on Sunday out of LGA. A whole week searching for a decent Galaga cab besides the one at the PABT, and two show themselves when the time comes to leave, with their score tables already killed, natch. Secretly I blame dessgeega.

FACT: that same trip by bus would have taken thirty-two hours and cost about the same amount of money. Instead I flew (eight hours either way) and used the two days of my life that I saved to work and make the money to go. So that's what I think of your national mass transit.

//edit: I guess I shouldn't be glib, it is my mass transit too. THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR VOTING REPUBLICAN THAT ONE TIME.

purplechair · . Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 378 Location: in my pants

Goddam, I love flying! I have, like, like opposite of fear of flying - I had to do so many little trips back and forth when I was living in Sweden that I got totally desensitised to landing in storms and stuff, and just started seeing it all as, like, THE ULTIMATE ROLLERCOASTER. Listening to people whimper in turbulance just makes the trip more exciting for me.