On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 11:23:00 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

In the old days, staying awake was more a matter of life and death, as
you had to manually fly the plane at all times. Today, with
autopilot, you could drift off and survive, if you were lucky. So how
does one avoid it? Or is it just not a good idea to fly long
distances on one's own in an aircraft?

You could break the flight up into shorter hops, landing to walk
around or take a short nap.
Is it legal to listen to music? (I'm not a pilot, so I don't know.)
--
Bill Funk
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"Popeye" wrote:

Occasionally there are cross posts that are very educational. For
example, with this thread I didn't realize there was a newsgroup devoted to
truckers. When I picture a trucker I picture someone not familiar with
the Internet or specifically, Usenet. Now I know better.

FYI, I'm an over the road driver, somewhere in -any- of the Lower 48, 28
days a month or more.

I have about 20,000 posts /10 yrs on Usenet (primarily in Rec.scuba), and
I have broadband PCS in the truck.

As a wildly unsupportable guess, I'd say about 40% of OTR drivers have a
notebook in the truck.

Can they actually use them? Or is it, like, (waving a notebook out the
window): "hey gal, want a ride?"...

"Huss Mohrens" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Popeye" wrote:

Occasionally there are cross posts that are very educational. For
example, with this thread I didn't realize there was a newsgroup
devoted to
truckers. When I picture a trucker I picture someone not familiar with
the Internet or specifically, Usenet. Now I know better.

FYI, I'm an over the road driver, somewhere in -any- of the Lower 48,
28
days a month or more.

I have about 20,000 posts /10 yrs on Usenet (primarily in Rec.scuba),
and
I have broadband PCS in the truck.

As a wildly unsupportable guess, I'd say about 40% of OTR drivers have
a
notebook in the truck.

Can they actually use them? Or is it, like, (waving a notebook out the
window): "hey gal, want a ride?"...

Uh...,I dunno.

Is -this- the best you can do with yours?


--

Popeye
You can get much further with a kind word and a gun
than you can with a kind word alone. -Capone
www.finalprotectivefire.com

In article ,
"Popeye" wrote:

"Huss Mohrens" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Popeye" wrote:

Occasionally there are cross posts that are very educational. For
example, with this thread I didn't realize there was a newsgroup
devoted to
truckers. When I picture a trucker I picture someone not familiar with
the Internet or specifically, Usenet. Now I know better.

FYI, I'm an over the road driver, somewhere in -any- of the Lower 48,
28
days a month or more.

I have about 20,000 posts /10 yrs on Usenet (primarily in Rec.scuba),
and
I have broadband PCS in the truck.

As a wildly unsupportable guess, I'd say about 40% of OTR drivers have
a
notebook in the truck.

Can they actually use them? Or is it, like, (waving a notebook out the
window): "hey gal, want a ride?"...

Uh...,I dunno.

Is -this- the best you can do with yours?

I don't, but I guess to a trucker it would make some practical sense? At
least it could keep you guys awake.

Bill Funk writes:

You could break the flight up into shorter hops, landing to walk
around or take a short nap.

The overhead, time, and expense of landing and taking off again would
tend to discourage dividing the trip into hops, I should think.

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Original Gashauler wrote:
"Popeye" wrote in message
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For recreation I dock my iPod, and download books on tape, and play then
via the truck's sound system.


What I liked when I was out was the old radio shows.

I've been listening to those lately on XM. Especially the old comedy
shows like Jack Benny, Burns and Allen and even Red Skelton. Skelton's
hilarious. If he forgets lines he just ad libs. I think he was the
Robin Williams of my parents generation.

I also like the old westerns line the Lone Ranger and even Hopalong
Cassidy. It's interesting listening to the Gunsmoke radio shows. I
grew up watching James Arness play Matt Dillon on the TV series but on
the radio shows it was Robert Conrad playing that role.

On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:12:03 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

Bill Funk writes:

You could break the flight up into shorter hops, landing to walk
around or take a short nap.

The overhead, time, and expense of landing and taking off again would
tend to discourage dividing the trip into hops, I should think.

It would beat falling asleep, wouldn't it?
--
Bill Funk
replace "g" with "a"

Bill Funk writes:

It would beat falling asleep, wouldn't it?

True.

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