Just watched a Veritasium episode on cell phones and planes and they talked about this! The thought was if it could impact an am radio it may fata up the planes radios. The reason for the airplane mode is the FCC, not the FAA, thought the cell phones in a plane would overwhelm the tower infrastructures so banned them on planes. Spoiler, they do not overwhelm the towers but they kept the ban in place.
Some of their science and math ones always end up sucking me in. I don't typically watch that type of media, but those guys do a good job of making it interesting.
Any remember old cell phones, around maybe 2002/2003.
I recall when you could predict a call coming into your phone when the radio in your car would make a series of audible beeps before your phone would actually ring. Like maybe a few seconds or so?
I’m assuming this was before cells went digital.
Anybody recall this?
GSM (Rogers/Fido/AT&T) based phones did this, CDMA ones did not. GSM splits up multiple users signals on a single channel into short bursts and speakers would pick up these bursts before your phone. All 2G technologies.
This interference is probably THE specific reason you used to not be able to use your phone during takeoff and landings as it could interfere with plane communications.
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We’ll be traveling with older friends on a trip that will require a lot of walking. He’s going to have a pacemaker installed about five weeks before the trip. His cardiologist says travel should be fine.
Anyone have experience with this? He’s in his 70s.
His pacemaker will keep his heart pumping after the rest of him has stopped moving. He will have 5 weeks to train and build up his walkability. Be prepared to adjust your speed according to his new abilities.
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They’re exceptionally active but I’ll pass along your suggestion to continue their long walks. My wife will appreciate walking slower than I normally walk.
We’ll be traveling with older friends on a trip that will require a lot of walking. He’s going to have a pacemaker installed about five weeks before the trip. His cardiologist says travel should be fine.
Anyone have experience with this? He’s in his 70s.
How do you feel about giving piggy-back rides?
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Any remember old cell phones, around maybe 2002/2003.
I recall when you could predict a call coming into your phone when the radio in your car would make a series of audible beeps before your phone would actually ring. Like maybe a few seconds or so?
I’m assuming this was before cells went digital.
Anybody recall this?
Oh yeah, even later on up to maybe 2010 I would hear the signal through my guitar amp when I was playing
We’ll be traveling with older friends on a trip that will require a lot of walking. He’s going to have a pacemaker installed about five weeks before the trip. His cardiologist says travel should be fine.
Anyone have experience with this? He’s in his 70s.
Regardless of age of other travel companions, always arrange for a contingency plan (or primary plan) where you do separate things on the trip.
Someone who always sleeps in and is late, have some early activities with others.
Someone who needs more rest. Have shorter segments together and then segments where you're going all out and they go back to rest at hotel.
Someone who likes A, but the other guy likes B. Separate and go see the thing you actually want to see.
People who travel together and think you have to be joined at the hip like a tour group... that is stressful and a bad idea. If you like the other companions so much you want to spend basically every waking moment with them, bonus. But I typically assume that it's not going to happen and actually it's a bad idea.
This frequently happens even in places like Kelowna. A large group and no one can agree which wineries to go with, so the recommendation is, "Get in a vehicle that seems close enough to what you want to experience. Meet up again in 4 hours."
Or did you mean something like, make sure he has a folding chair cane so he can rest frequently and not tire out as quickly?
^ that describes how we travel. My wife and I split sometimes for different interests. In Germany she went to a museum and I took a WWII history tour. (Got into the court room where the war trials were held; humble brag.)
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^ that describes how we travel. My wife and I split sometimes for different interests. In Germany she went to a museum and I took a WWII history tour. (Got into the court room where the war trials were held; humble brag.)
It doesnt count if the Soldiers Escort you there...
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We’ll be traveling with older friends on a trip that will require a lot of walking. He’s going to have a pacemaker installed about five weeks before the trip. His cardiologist says travel should be fine.
Anyone have experience with this? He’s in his 70s.
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The disadvantage of driving a vehicle manufactured in Mexico! When it gets down to 4-degrees the thing goes nuts and after -23 its a solid lump of useless unless I've got the ol' NOCO with me.
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I know you can get the sleeves on a leather jacket shortened, but I guess the question is should I do it. My dad gave me a nice leather jacket that doesn't fit him anymore, but the arms are really long but otherwise fits me well.
My worry is they'd do it where the jacket looks dumb after, can it be done well?
I guess there'd probably be places that do alterations that have experience with leather?
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I know you can get the sleeves on a leather jacket shortened, but I guess the question is should I do it. My dad gave me a nice leather jacket that doesn't fit him anymore, but the arms are really long but otherwise fits me well.
My worry is they'd do it where the jacket looks dumb after, can it be done well?
I guess there'd probably be places that do alterations that have experience with leather?
Just have them cut the arms at the elbow point and replace with tweed!
It'll look awesome!
Other than that I have no useful advice.
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