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Is Indy on the list? :?
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Train ride and hotel booked. I have a laptop and hopefully will be fully engaged with The Bards Tale Trilogy for most of the trip.
I'm thinking that some headphones would be helpful, not only because I'll be in a small space, but to help block out noise when I'm not gaming or sleeping. Any recommendations on some cheap, but decent ones?
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$80 Walmart special

Over-ear, and noise cancelling blocks out the a/c drone quite nicely.
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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Oh.....here it come........



And there I go. Tell me you all aint jealous of this itinerary:

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My first thought was "I can usually find flights to get half-way around the world in less time than that!"
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Jeff V wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:20 am My first thought was "I can usually find flights to get half-way around the world in less time than that!"
And I'm sure they'd be cheaper too.
On the bright side, I get free soda!!
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stimpy wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:45 am
Jeff V wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:20 am My first thought was "I can usually find flights to get half-way around the world in less time than that!"
And I'm sure they'd be cheaper too.
On the bright side, I get free soda!!
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Isgrimnur wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:46 am
stimpy wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:45 am
Jeff V wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:20 am My first thought was "I can usually find flights to get half-way around the world in less time than that!"
And I'm sure they'd be cheaper too.
On the bright side, I get free soda!!
Diabetes and Deep Vein Thrombosis! What could be better?
Damn it!!
I will make sure to stretch the sticks out every now and then.
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stimpy wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:45 am
Jeff V wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:20 am My first thought was "I can usually find flights to get half-way around the world in less time than that!"
And I'm sure they'd be cheaper too.
On the bright side, I get free soda!!
International flights generally give you free booze.
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Might want to avoid India...
More than 30 Indian passengers, some bleeding from their noses and ears, have received treatment after pilots "forgot" to turn on a switch regulating cabin pressure, officials said.

Jet Airways flight 9W 697 from Mumbai to Jaipur turned back shortly after take off.

Videos tweeted by passengers aboard the plane showed oxygen masks deployed inside the aircraft.

The Boeing 737, which was carrying 166 passengers, landed safely.

The aviation ministry said the cockpit crew had been taken off duty pending an investigation.

Lalit Gupta, a senior official of India's aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), told the Hindustan Times newspaper that the crew had forgotten to select a switch to maintain cabin pressure.

Jet Airways said in a statement that Thursday morning's flight had turned back "due to loss in cabin pressure" and "regretted" the inconvenience caused to its passengers.
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Huge difference between "loss" and "lack" - not that I'd be excited to find myself in either scenario.
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stessier wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 11:46 am Might want to avoid India...

Lalit Gupta, a senior official of India's aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), told the Hindustan Times newspaper that the crew had forgotten to select a switch to maintain cabin pressure.
Why is this even a switch that requires remembering and not something that is always on?
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Jeff V wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 12:56 pm
stessier wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 11:46 am Might want to avoid India...

Lalit Gupta, a senior official of India's aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), told the Hindustan Times newspaper that the crew had forgotten to select a switch to maintain cabin pressure.
Why is this even a switch that requires remembering and not something that is always on?
No reason to pressurize the cabin when they're transporting cargo. I think they strip out seats to do shipping runs.
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Paingod wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 1:35 pm
Jeff V wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 12:56 pm
stessier wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 11:46 am Might want to avoid India...

Lalit Gupta, a senior official of India's aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), told the Hindustan Times newspaper that the crew had forgotten to select a switch to maintain cabin pressure.
Why is this even a switch that requires remembering and not something that is always on?
No reason to pressurize the cabin when they're transporting cargo. I think they strip out seats to do shipping runs.
That's still misses the point. Why is pressure not automatically regulated?
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Jeff V wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 2:15 pm
Paingod wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 1:35 pm
Jeff V wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 12:56 pm
stessier wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 11:46 am Might want to avoid India...

Lalit Gupta, a senior official of India's aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), told the Hindustan Times newspaper that the crew had forgotten to select a switch to maintain cabin pressure.
Why is this even a switch that requires remembering and not something that is always on?
No reason to pressurize the cabin when they're transporting cargo. I think they strip out seats to do shipping runs.
That's still misses the point. Why is pressure not automatically regulated?
It's an upcharge on Jet Airways.
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LawBeefaroni wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 2:43 pm
It's an upcharge on Jet Airways.
That sounds like something United would have thought of first.
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If you want to upgrade from stale fart-scented air, that's extra.
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