C6 - Wednesday, April 28, 1982 - North Shore News

THINGS TO DO IN THE AIR

Nothing short of a prison
term prepares a traveller for
a long flight. I don’t mean a
litde hop to Los Angeles or
Toronto — by the time
you've made a glutton of
yourself at dinner and
watched the movie the pilot
is into his final approach to
the airport.

But, imagine for a
moment that the landing is
just one stop on the way and
you've still got nine or ten
hours to fly. At 35,000 feet,
the view out of the windows
gets a bit monotonous and
you can hardly step outside
for a bit of fresh air.

Although I despise carry-
ing hand baggage, this is the
exception. Ail you've got
between yourself and cabin
fever is the junk you haul
along.

Women are luckier than

trayel-
wise

by Barbara
McCreadie

men. Before the flight is off
the ground, we can trot into
the washroom and change
from our travelling suit into
a comfortable loose caftan. 1
guess a man could do the
same but he might get some
peculiar proposals.

The best style of caftan is
one with a high neck and
those funny wrist-length
sleeves that bat-wing their
way to the hem of the
garment. When you stand up
you could hide three hun-
dred-pound bags of flour
underneath. If you fall
asleep on the aircraft, it is
pretty-well sure to hide all of
YOU underneath. Planes
can be draughty so it’s
pleasant to have your arms
and neck covered.

A cosmetic bag with all
the gear you need to
“freshen-up"” is essenual.

Last long flight I took, I
waited until everyone else
was asleep and adjourned to
the washroom. Guess I must
have been gone from my seat
for quite some time because

a flight attendant hurried.

over when I returned. “Are
you ill?” she enquired with
great concern.

“

“Nope. Just took a bath.”

Next, stow some toys in
your flight bag. Like werd
puzzles? Needlepoint? Soli-
taire? Cubes? An assortment
of mind-bogglers will keep
you from terminal boredom.

Don't rely on the airline to
provide your reading
material. Last time I did,
they provided me with the
Reader's Digest in French
and three copies of Sports
Illustrated. A long flight is

THE DOGWOOD CHAPTER of the Sweet Adelines pulled off a fifth place finish at the third annual ‘show off
singing at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre recently. (Terry Peters photo)

Violent video games

PEKING (UPD The first
video game produced in
China follows the correct
trevoluQgonary line, belting
out “The Song of — the
Gsuernila” at the end of the

simulated wartare
“Bazooka.” as the game 1s
dubbed. was created by the

Semi Conductor Research
Institute oof the Chinese
Academy of Science and an
chee tron firm in Crualin, the

Guangming Daily said

Tanks, armored vehicles
Cars. ambulances and
stretcher bearers appear al
tandom on the video screca
and the player fires his
“bazooka” at them

The machine emits sounds
of screaming shells and
caplosions giving or taking
away points from the player
depending on what he hits,
the newspaper said

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Trying to avoid cabin fever

good time for reading some-
thing light but long. Forget
“War and Peace” and try
“Love's Tender Dream” or a
witty biography.

In-flight planning is a wise
idea. For example, ration
your toys and books. By
saying to yourself, “I will not
touch the needlepoint until
nine o'clock" or “Only two
puzzles and then I put the
book away,” you leave your
self something to look for-
ward to.

Stereo headphones can be
a pleasure if you add them to
your time planning and don't
glue them on for the entire
flight. Check the programs
in the airline magazine and
remember that they are
repeated over and over so
you aren't missing anything
if you shut them off.

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When we're bored we eat
— and eat and eat. Airlines
do their best to provide
every passenger on a long
flight with the opportunity to
gain five pounds. If you
consume everything they
offer, you'll disembark look-
ing and feeling like Donald
Duck. Eat slowly and try to
leave about half of the stuff
on the tray.

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