'Harm's Way'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
It's public goddamn transport. You travel with other people, you end up touching them.
This is my feeling every time I see someone get pissy about a child crying or kicking or whatever on a plane. You are squeezed into a tiny space with total strangers. It's not a spa, you know? (ftr, I try hard to keep my kids entertained and not kicking on the plane, but when confined to such a tiny space, it's not all within my control.)
Another reason why Canada is awesome:
Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday.
I would love to have foot rests on planes. My legs are too short for my feet to reach the floor when I'm sitting in a plane seat, and sitting with my legs dangling like that is really painful for my hips and back. When I'm in a normal chair and have that problem, I just sit with my legs crossed. But airplane seats are way too narrow for that. Sometimes I can put my carryon right in front of me and rest my feet on that, but that's nearly impossible to do without the bag getting at least a little bit into the foot space of the person next to me.
Not up to a lengthy discussion of the rest, but I just wanted to say that I am Hil. I also hate that I have to ask for help if I want to bring a carry-on that won't fit under my seat. It's not a matter of weight--I just literally cannot get the leverage to get a suitcase up or down. I've had people grumble and give me dirty looks so often that I've just resigned myself to almost always having to check a bag. Not a huge deal, but annoying.
I always ask someone for help with getting my bag into the overhead compartment. I've found that the best strategy is to watch the other people and when I notice somebody swing his own bag up easily, immediately ask him for help before he sits down. I've also found that women are much more likely to grumble or give me a dirty look than men, and older men are much more likely to be helpful than younger ones.
I tend to put a bag under the seat and use it as a footrest.
DH is miserable in planes. Most he can't even stand up all the way. Our chiropractor friend insists that his group designed airplane seats to increase business. They seem to be comfortable for absolutely no body.
Whedonverse alum alert: JAR is on Grey's tonight! He's playing a young Chief.
Nora:
My world is colliding again. The long-lost friend I had dinner with tonight...well, you might have heard of her. We hadn't seen each other for 15 years, and she found me on Facebook, and we had a very nice dinner tonight. She's Carol Blymire, heard of her? It seems in the few years we were out of touch she kind of became a foodie. ;) Now I have so many foodies in my life, it's bound to rub off. I might graduate from boxes of Annie's Mac and Cheese.
Yeah, I need the footrests too. I loved loved them on the train. Even in coach I was so much more comfy with it. They sell a foldable one at Magellans but I haven`t tried it.
At desks and restaurants I solve the problem by sitting crosslegged but obviously I can`t do that on public transport unless the neighboring seats are empty.
Footrests are good. And like someone mentioned upthread, I always take the window seat so that I can prop up my foot on the wall.