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Dahak · 06-14-2009, 10:15 AM

My version of the 'airline turbulence' story is that one time, after boarding a plane and stowing my gear in the overhead, I was removing my dinosaur Rocket eBook (with its nearly dead battery - nine-plus years have taken its toll) from my bag before sitting down when it slipped...

Now, 22oz (plus leather cover) doesn't sound like a lot, but give it three feet to accelerate and some poor seated passenger's head as the target, well... even with the leather cover, it must have hurt quite a bit.

I'm pretty sure that during the rest of the flight he was entertaining dark fantasies about the window pane beside me failing at 39,000 feet.

So there! The real reason I need a newer, lighter reader: to preserve the life and limb of my fellow travelers (as well as myself)!

It's a public safety issue, really.

-JPB

06-14-2009, 10:15 AM	#181
Dahak Zealot Posts: 125 Karma: 1031580 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony PRS-505(LC) & Rocket eBook	I'd like to enter as well... My version of the 'airline turbulence' story is that one time, after boarding a plane and stowing my gear in the overhead, I was removing my dinosaur Rocket eBook (with its nearly dead battery - nine-plus years have taken its toll) from my bag before sitting down when it slipped... Now, 22oz (plus leather cover) doesn't sound like a lot, but give it three feet to accelerate and some poor seated passenger's head as the target, well... even with the leather cover, it must have hurt quite a bit. I'm pretty sure that during the rest of the flight he was entertaining dark fantasies about the window pane beside me failing at 39,000 feet. So there! The real reason I need a newer, lighter reader: to preserve the life and limb of my fellow travelers (as well as myself)! It's a public safety issue, really. -JPB Last edited by Dahak; 06-14-2009 at 10:43 AM.