Seriously, how do you not wind up with massive neck and back cramps if you don't recline the seat?
I lean against the window and put my feet up on the side. Reclining the seat never really buys me anything. But I'm relatively short.
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lisah - Apr 23, 2010 7:43:03 am PDT #24621 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Beverly - Apr 23, 2010 7:44:11 am PDT #24622 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I don't recline the seat because I dislike staring up into the nostrils of the person in the seat behind me.
I am also a freak--my family says so, for having the car seat upright, so I can see out the windshield over the hood of the car. Staring at the headliner or down alongside my nose out the windshield doesn't afford the best view of the road. All the guys drive like they're astronauts, reclined nearly horizontal. Heads up display overhead? Must be.
But then H keeps urging me to try his cushy recliner. Um. No. If I want to recline, I'll go to bed. I'll just sit (upright) over here on the couch and put my feet up.
...I may have reclining issues.
§ ita § - Apr 23, 2010 7:44:15 am PDT #24623 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wind up with reclining people in my face
So you recline to escape...it's a chain that ends up with the punishment of the people in the back row, which is where I got to sit in my last flight.
Dana - Apr 23, 2010 7:46:05 am PDT #24624 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Reclining to escape doesn't help me much.
Really, airplanes just suck, and I would like to be ferried around on a magic carpet. Possibly escorted by Superman.
Zenkitty - Apr 23, 2010 7:46:44 am PDT #24625 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I can sleep sitting up. *shrug* It actually hurts my back less to sit up than to recline in a straight-backed seat where I can't curl up. I have to either sit up straight or slounge, there's no middle ground.
sarameg - Apr 23, 2010 7:47:55 am PDT #24626 of 30001
Very often, the curve of the seat backs actually makes reclining less comfortable for me. Even on the hellasslong flight back from Doha, the only time I reclined the seat was when I wanted to curl up on my side. And those seats were actually comfortable.
§ ita § - Apr 23, 2010 7:57:38 am PDT #24627 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I sleep more poorly if I can't recline and lean against a window.
Scrappy - Apr 23, 2010 7:59:07 am PDT #24628 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Count me in with the non-recliners.
Jesse - Apr 23, 2010 8:00:38 am PDT #24629 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I'm always trying to make the pedicure chair recline less, too. THIS JUST IN: Different bodies are different!
Consuela - Apr 23, 2010 8:01:52 am PDT #24630 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I have to recline because my back and neck really start bothering me on long flights, and because I need to sleep. I can't sleep upright: my neck gets all fubar and I can't move right for days.
I apologize in advance for reclining in front of any Buffistas in the future.