scattering more thoughts

[beige_alert]

Light turbulence is the sky’s way of rocking you to sleep. Really! I like smooth air better overall, of course, but the gentle wiggling was actually comforting when trying to nap. We had some more vigorous wiggling, though still just light turbulence by the definitions, early on the flight back home. I was way in the back of the 767 both times, and at least back there you feel an interesting yawing motion. Good view of the wing flexing from back there, too.

I did start to think that urine causes turbulence. No, I didn’t have any, um, serious discomfort or anything, but every time I went to the toilet, just as I’d, er, start, the wiggle-wiggle would begin. The sky teasing me, I guess.

It’s always fun seeing other jet’s contrails in the sky nearby. Sometimes you can even spot other planes. There were times when I could look back and see the start of our own contrail forming, too.

I just love looking at the ground from above. Lots of night on the trip to Europe, lots of clouds on the trip back, but still lots to see. The lovely effects of sunlight in the clouds. The many many lights even in the not-so-big-cities of Newfoundland. More wind turbines than I’d ever seen before over Europe. The perfectly square farm fields of the American Midwest, and the not at all square fields in Europe.

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[the-magician.livejournal.com]

I did start to think that urine causes turbulence
Ah, I see, you are mixing up cause and effect (in my experience) ... you see COFFEE (or TEA) causes both turbulence *and* urine :-)

... at least every time I fly, as soon as they start to serve near boiling liquids in flimsy plastic cups with handles far too small for my fingers, that is the moment the pilot thinks it funny to bounce the plane up and down ... :-)

So much so that on my flight back from Japan I got a lovely moment of amusement from the passengers next to me when I got my tea and pointed out that it must be early as there wasn't any turbulence yet!

Lovely meeting you, and hope to see you in the UK sometime (or me in the US/Canada/somewhere where we'll both be!)

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

Ah, that must be it!

Was great to meet you. Not sure what my plans for travel to Europe are (though I do *so* want to go back), but I will probably be at FKO next year. (Foreign travel of the considerably less exotic kind.)

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

> Ah, I see, you are mixing up cause and effect (in my
> experience) ... you see COFFEE (or TEA) causes both
> turbulence *and* urine :-)

But not sleep or nose-painting?