… jiggety-jig.
Wow. I post like crazy while I’m on the road, then I get back and nothing. Not even a short post to say I made it safely. I’m blaming it on settling back in and just an overall rundown feeling.
I flew to Tennessee on Continental, and back on Delta.
Both planes were small jets, and to my untrained eye similar in size. I know I was in the Air Force for four years, but the only times I was actually near an airplane was when I flew to England and back, or walking around them when they were parked at air shows. My knowledge about planes is similar to my knowledge about ships: I can tell one when I see one.
To me they seemed like the same size. Here’s my comparison of the flights:
Continental:
- Three rows of seating; two on the right side, one on the left
- Rock hard seats
- Snacks consisted of mini-muffin, pretzels or peanuts
- Good view
- One hour layover in Houston
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Delta:
- Four rows of seating; so the seats seemed a bit narrower
- The seats were more comfortable, but not great
- Snacks consisted of cookies, pretzels or peanuts
- Tiny windows
- One hour layover in Minneapolis
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Both planes sounded like riding in a vacuum cleaner. The trip from Minneapolis to Colorado Springs was bouncy from start to finish. I was glad to be off it.
Which would I rather fly in the future? I guess Delta since the seat was softer.
Looking this post over, I realize it’s boring as shit. Sorry. That might be another reason I didn’t post anything before now. Nothing interesting happened on the flight, nor in the past few days.
Well, almost nothing. I did splurge like a lunatic and bought a 32GB iPad on Friday. So far I really like it, but I haven’t really had a lot of time to mess with it. I’ve put around nine art apps on it, and downloaded a crap-ton of public domain books through the iBookstore. I also installed a PDF displaying program so I can have my reference books at hand. The one thing I really hope someone will come up with is a decent/accurate stylus. I do okay using my finger to draw, but it’s fat and hard to see through, so it’s still tricky. It would be great if Wacom came up with one.
If I can get some time to get used to it, I’ll post the results here.