Favorite things to do on long plane flights?
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All my long plane flights have been overnights, so...<BR><BR>1. Try, unsuccessfully, to sleep.<BR>2. Watch the movie.<BR>3. Stare at the ceiling.<BR>4. Read the in-flight magazine (usually a couple of times).<BR>5. Look at other passengers<BR>6. (I know it is only supposed to be five) Look at my watch every couple of minutes.
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If you're doing an overseas flight on a plane that has those little individual screens on the back of each seat~ you're in luck! All kinds of continuously repeating movies, television programs, map showing progress of the flight, etc.<BR><BR>Drinks are free in European carriers. Also Valium is very helpful.<BR><BR>For the kids, the handheld computer games or reading Harry Potter are the two most successful things I've observed recently.
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Numbers 1 through 4 would have to be sleep: what works for me is 1) eating before getting on the plane, not eating on it 2) no caffeine! 3) earplugs and an eye mask {makes an amazing difference} and 4) a pashmina in addition to the airplane blanket.<BR><BR>I just got back from the longest flights of my life--total of 26 hours flying time--and these really worked. #5 is books, particularly something fun and fluffy, like a mystery or romance; airplanes, to me, are not the place for Serious Reading.<BR><BR>Have a great flight!
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Since many airlines put in the tv's on the backs of every seat the rides are a lot shorter. But...<BR>Take off shoes<BR>Take a walk once in a while and strtch by the bathrooms<BR>Play numerous electronic games that I have...Yatzee, Whack a Mole, etc<BR>thats about it.
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I can never sleep on flights, so my five would be, in no particular order:<BR><BR>1) Remember an amusing incident from the past; replay it in your mind.<BR>2) Stare at the back of the seat in front of you (assuming no small tv screen is there)<BR>3) Think of five places you'd rather be.<BR>4) Worry about your connection and the how to get to the other terminal<BR>5) Stare at someone diagonally opposite. Study their mannerisms.
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In addition to what (some) other posters mentioned, we take the notebook computer and spend time refining our driving routes and viewing saved webpages/pics of the areas we intend to visit. The kids (late teens and if they're coming along) use it for games. <BR><BR>Although a bit geekie, it does make the time "fly" by and keeps your mind on the trip instead of the flight.