I hate flying, mostly because I'm so tall and because of the dry air. Air is kept dry on planes in order to prevent corosion of the fuselage metal. The new Boeing Dreamliner plane will have a fuselage made of composite material (carbon-fiber) so they're promising that they'll be able to keep the air at a comfortable level of humidity in the plane. I can't wait.
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Don't you just love Kim Deal?
Yep. I love about everything she's been involved with. Also Tanya Donely, Kristin Hersh, etc... - 4AD records is cool!
they're promising that they'll be able to keep the air at a comfortable level of humidity
Will it also be warm? I can work with the dryness, but I hate having to dress for the plane, when I'm going from somewhere warm to somewhere else warm.
Also Tanya Donely, Kristin Hersh, etc... - 4AD records is cool!
I love Throwing Muses/Kristin Hersh.
Aww. Just came through my email:
OMGWTF polar bear!
The cues are just different.
Gus/Robin/et al, what other kinds of cues do you notice in Europe?
Will it also be warm?
Dunno. It's supposed to be more pressurized, so that might help.
IIRC, airliners use air conditioners to cool the air entering the cabin, despite the fact that it's about 40 below outside. The air picks up heat as it is pressurized to cabin pressure.
Brenda, is that Klondike and Snow (who were old twins) or has another set of twin polar bears been born in captivity?
They've got my number with that one. I'm always waiting for a big gay hookup episode.
Well, there's a sleepover and boycut underwear and a pillow fight.
The woman I need to see at USC isn't coming in today. ARGH. Maybe I'll just mail the stuff I need to mail to her instead of driving it down.
go mail, choose mail - with return receipt.
I was thinking of going to the library for a short lunch walk, but the windchill is -3, so I think not.