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After 10 years Army and 20 years shift work, I can sleep anywhere, anyhow. In planes, trains and trucks. Or through a firefight. Can rarely even manage more than 8 hours in a comfy bed, my normal is between 6 and 7. Still prefer the premium cabins though, comfort always wins. Engine noise...

cough. How is she going to die from a hypo? On a plane? Come on. Do her dogs administer glucose? What happens if she has a hypo at home alone? Maybe her dogs are so special they can also dial 000. Oh yeah, how she fit in an airline seat exactly?

A 30m rating is not really great for 30m. My dive watch is rated to 200m, but it would cough out way before that. If it had brand new seals maybe once, for a short time it might make 200. I have a DSLR alloy housing rated to 90m. It went to 50 and leaked. Not much, but enough to set the alarm off...

Electric by what means? A bar heater (or panel/fan heater) basically burns all the electricity into heat. A reverse cycle aircon (also known as a heat pump), transfers heat energy from outside the home (yes even at cold temps heat energy is still there) and moves it indoors. So you get more...

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Same theory as a resus bag set. You have a big rubbery bag that you squeeze, which works opposite to the lungs. You squeeze the bag, O2 goes in to the patient. Connected to this is a soft bag (reservoir bag)which is inflated by the flow from the O2 cylinder. The flow going into the reservoir bag...

Basically, the consequences are getting put into a windowless room at the airport, getting questioned, then getting put on the first plane straight back to wherever. At your cost. Probable forfeiture of your original return ticket (depending on fare type), accommodation costs, transfers, etc...

Reminds me of this one: If it cant be fixed with duct tape.... you're not using enough duct tape!

That's what they said about the Freelander 2 as well. We had the FL2 and had few issues. Replaced it with the Disco 4 and have had same lack of problems. I don't use a set of tyres every 25K though. And I drive it like I stole it. Towing, dirt roads, you name it. Sometimes the grippier, more...

Re: A400M crash in Spain At least the engines are the same then. Otherwise there would have to be two different engine spares. And you know what happens then...

Re: A400M crash in Spain It's a bit like the Caribou vs Herc argument. The Caribou will land in some crazy places, seemingly sometimes doing an STOL in an area that a C17 would have trouble parking. Much lower payload, and much slower than the Hercs. But the pilots swear by them, saying they...

My worst. YNAB. It didn't even have a terminal. And the landings were really rough. And you had to carry most of your own luggage off the aircraft. One bag on the pallet. Did I mention the earmuffs requirement? :)

This was our load out of LAX. 3 of us. When we depart there's usually 2 less bags. (Bags in bags, we bought my daughter's pink ones for that specific purpose). I can move 4 of the 4 wheelers easy, with my Lowepro on my back. The girls can handle the rest. Moving them around isn't so much the...

OK, I'll bite. 1 You get what you pay for 2 Who cares 3 OK, I'll give you that one 4 Who cares 5 Who cares 6 Who cares 7 Who cares 8 Who cares 9 Who cares 10 Really? If that's the best you got, you've obviously run out of lame reasons. :)

Don't become an Airline Pilot then. The '380 calls out retard just before landing (to the pilots, in the flight deck, not like over the PA). I'm pretty sure he's not taking a shot at you, nor am I. But no matter what term he uses someone is likely to take offence. Idiot? Moron? Then someone (or...

I note that some of those Simple Solutions have the red stripe :)

Sounds like same product AA has domestically. For a SFO to SAN it was only about $20, and well worth it. I would certainly get it for that length of trip.

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On the front end. An airline with pilots that are solid trained professionals. And when I say professional my definition has nothing to do about remuneration, but more the total elimination of mistakes. Cabin crew that are polite. Food? Don't care. Hot dogs, schnitzel sandwiches, can of Coke...

So the knives in the dishwasher are all blunt? ps. Mrs VC is hopeless at loading the dishwasher so I always do it. If she does it I end up redoing it. I have a system! It's not OCD! No, really.