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   > Bertie the Bunyip  Newsgroups: rec.aviation.military   
   > Subject: Re: Hangovers and Oxygen   
   > Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:44:42 +0000 (UTC)   
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   > "Ken S. Tucker"  wrote in   
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   >> On Dec 25, 1:50 pm, Ed Rasimus  wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:33:00 -0700, "Leadfoot"   
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   >>>  wrote:   
   >>> >IIRC, the pressurization of most aircraft I flew topped out   
   >>> >> at about an 8,000 ft pressure level in the cockpit.   
   >>>   
   >>> >> The only physiological impact is drying of the skin and   
   >>> >> membranes, since it reduces the relative humidity (that's why you   
   >>> >> get the condensation cloud if you have a rapid decompression.)   
   >>>   
   >>> >It's also why the airlines give passengers something to drink while   
   >>> >flying so they don't arrive dehydrated at their destination.   
   >>>   
   >>> It must be a while since you've been flying on the airlines...they   
   >>> seldom "give" anyone anything, let alone a "drink". Those were the   
   >>> good old days.   
   >>>   
   >>> Remember airline meals with cocktails, real silverware, those trays   
   >>> with compartments for four courses? Then they added the charge for   
   >>> drinks (and they never had change for a ten...), then plastic   
   >>> cutlery (oxymoron of the highest order), then dinners were reduced   
   >>> to sandwiches, then snacks, then little bags of peanuts and now you   
   >>> get absolutely nothing unless you buy it. Have your credit card   
   >>> ready, they still don't make change.   
   >>>   
   >>> But at least you get to walk around barefoot in the terminal holding   
   >>> up your pants with one hand and your boarding pass, picture ID, all   
   >>> the stuff in your pockets, your computer, your cell phone and your   
   >>> carry-on bag in the other. Try to retain your dignity while you deal   
   >>> with the 85 IQ rent-a-cop who is protecting the flight from a   
   >>> terrorist blonde with a tube of smuggled lip-gloss.   
   >>>   
   >>> Anything that doesn't have an ocean crossing involved is now a   
   >>> road-trip for me.   
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   >> LOL Ed. I just remind myself we're at war and anything I   
   >> can do to expedite the security process I do,   
   >   
   > So, what, you declare your squirrel rifle when you board an airliner?   
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   >  and think   
   >> of the inconvenience of the fella's overseas.   
   >> Things have changed. Used to be when we crossed the   
   >> US/canada border the customs fella's would greet with an   
   >> attitude like, "hi, how are you folks today", not now, they   
   >> are very strict, and who can blame them.   
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   > Well, they prolly remember what happened last time you went across.   
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   > Once bitten..   
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