Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 5]
Discussion
Cotty said:
Zarco said:
Trustmeimadoctor said:
Are you all super short being able to put luggage under the seat?
I could maybe do it for an hour at a push
Its a little rucksack I'm referring to. It sits under my legs/behind my feet most of the flight.I could maybe do it for an hour at a push
Cotty said:
popeyewhite said:
My 27L non-rigid rucksack fits under the seat in front and leaves enough space for my feet either side. I did have a rigid back 30L but found space for my too tight.
I recently bought an Osprey Farpoint 40 Backpack. I think this will be overhead storage only.
Maybe I'm just an idealist but I firmly believe that everyone should be able to fit one peice of hand luggage in the overhead bins and airlines need to start enforcing limits to make this happen.
StevieBee said:
trackdemon said:
borcy said:
Does any really eat avocado toast? Is it a thing?
Yes, HTH In light of current Middle East tensions, the price of fuel is likely to increase. I have two questions, firstly how much of this increase is potential price gouging by the fuel companies/oil producing nations? Seeing an opportunity and exploiting it, if you like. And secondly, with war becoming increasingly likely in the late 1930s, did similar happen with rapid price increases of food/fuel? Obviously rationing prevented mass panic bulk buying and I suspect the mindset of the general public was very different to today's me me me society, but were there sharp rises in the cost of living?
I remember being told that despite rationing, there was no shortage of petrol, it was always available. But of course, there were far fewer motor vehicles in use. Also, cigarettes were widely available too.
I remember being told that despite rationing, there was no shortage of petrol, it was always available. But of course, there were far fewer motor vehicles in use. Also, cigarettes were widely available too.
Cotty said:
popeyewhite said:
My 27L non-rigid rucksack fits under the seat in front and leaves enough space for my feet either side. I did have a rigid back 30L but found space for my too tight.
I recently bought an Osprey Farpoint 40 Backpack. I think this will be overhead storage only.The straps fold in and zip away which is handy when being moved about the airport and stuff.
Jordie Barretts sock said:
In light of current Middle East tensions, the price of fuel is likely to increase.
That's not a given. Almost all of Iran's oil exports goes to China and Isreal's oil production is very small. If things escalate then wider supply lines may be affected but at the moment, there's no reason to think we'll see big hikes the price.StevieBee said:
Jordie Barretts sock said:
In light of current Middle East tensions, the price of fuel is likely to increase.
That's not a given. Almost all of Iran's oil exports goes to China and Isreal's oil production is very small. If things escalate then wider supply lines may be affected but at the moment, there's no reason to think we'll see big hikes the price.captain_cynic said:
The brilliant thing about backpacks is that they're deformable. So if you don't fill it, you can still smoosh a 40L farpoint under the seat
Maybe I'm just an idealist but I firmly believe that everyone should be able to fit one peice of hand luggage in the overhead bins and airlines need to start enforcing limits to make this happen.
Many years ago a friend of my father-in-law took a petrol lawnmower on the plane as hand luggage! Maybe I'm just an idealist but I firmly believe that everyone should be able to fit one peice of hand luggage in the overhead bins and airlines need to start enforcing limits to make this happen.
When did diggers all get rotating "wrists"?
Any time I see any roadworks now they all have them, but I'm sure it's a relatively new thing. Presumably somebody came up with the idea and every single manufacturer and operate realised how useful it was and it's become ubiquitous in a short space of time?
Any time I see any roadworks now they all have them, but I'm sure it's a relatively new thing. Presumably somebody came up with the idea and every single manufacturer and operate realised how useful it was and it's become ubiquitous in a short space of time?
Halmyre said:
You're allowed to store small bags under the seat in front, are you not? I've never had any bother.
The seat in front? Surely it goes under your own seat. The passenger in the foremost seat hasn’t got a seat in front and would have to use his own seat to stow away luggage, and so on all the way to the back of the plane.Jordie Barretts sock said:
In light of current Middle East tensions, the price of fuel is likely to increase. I have two questions, firstly how much of this increase is potential price gouging by the fuel companies/oil producing nations? Seeing an opportunity and exploiting it, if you like. And secondly, with war becoming increasingly likely in the late 1930s, did similar happen with rapid price increases of food/fuel? Obviously rationing prevented mass panic bulk buying and I suspect the mindset of the general public was very different to today's me me me society, but were there sharp rises in the cost of living?
I remember being told that despite rationing, there was no shortage of petrol, it was always available. But of course, there were far fewer motor vehicles in use. Also, cigarettes were widely available too.
Coal was privately owned in the UK prewar, so subject to usual market forces and in the latter half of the 1930s the rearmament spending plus post-crash recovery would have seen a fair bit of inflation, cushioned to an extent by being exporters; 1938 production was 231m tonnes and consumption 181mt, production declined through the war due to conscription and by 1945 there was only a small surplus which was presumably exported to europe. Road fuel price seems to have remained stable across the 30s with a slight dip for the depression and even into the war, although that will have been totally distorted by rationing and price controls, plus pool petrol was mostly ditchwater. Tax on fuel increased sharply through the decade so supply must have been rising rapidly to avoid big price rises, 1930 was 1/4.5p for a gallon with 24% tax, by 1939 1/8.5p with 44% tax.I remember being told that despite rationing, there was no shortage of petrol, it was always available. But of course, there were far fewer motor vehicles in use. Also, cigarettes were widely available too.
Roofless Toothless said:
The seat in front? Surely it goes under your own seat. The passenger in the foremost seat hasn’t got a seat in front and would have to use his own seat to stow away luggage, and so on all the way to the back of the plane.
On flights where I've sat at the bulkhead I've been instructed to use the overhead lockers. Roofless Toothless said:
Halmyre said:
You're allowed to store small bags under the seat in front, are you not? I've never had any bother.
The seat in front? Surely it goes under your own seat. The passenger in the foremost seat hasn’t got a seat in front and would have to use his own seat to stow away luggage, and so on all the way to the back of the plane.The passengers in the foremost seats have to stow their luggage in the overhead lockers as they’re going to be exit seats.
Jordie Barretts sock said:
In light of current Middle East tensions, the price of fuel is likely to increase. I have two questions, firstly how much of this increase is potential price gouging by the fuel companies/oil producing nations? Seeing an opportunity and exploiting it, if you like. And secondly, with war becoming increasingly likely in the late 1930s, did similar happen with rapid price increases of food/fuel? Obviously rationing prevented mass panic bulk buying and I suspect the mindset of the general public was very different to today's me me me society, but were there sharp rises in the cost of living?
I remember being told that despite rationing, there was no shortage of petrol, it was always available. But of course, there were far fewer motor vehicles in use. Also, cigarettes were widely available too.
There are a couple of inputs to petrol prices - base oil price, refined product price, and shipping. They can act independently - theoretically you could have $1 oil, but all the world's refineries are broken so petrol goes to $10 a litre, or all the crude carriers are nabbed by pirates so shipping is $100 a barrel, and so on (I'm exaggerating but you see the point). I remember being told that despite rationing, there was no shortage of petrol, it was always available. But of course, there were far fewer motor vehicles in use. Also, cigarettes were widely available too.
Spot crude can easily move up (or down) by $10 and, even with all other things equal, that can move the UK pump price by 5p-10p. So sure, as we have all seen, pump prices sprint up and float down, but your biggest risk of price gouging remains filling up with V-Power at a motorway services.
The moving average price of oil has been constant for about 100 years, inflation adjusted, but it is prone to whipping about very sharply around that average.
WW2 petrol shortages depend on who you're asking. Fuel production actually increased through the war but first priority for all supplies was the military. Essential civilian ('key workers') use was heavily rationed and private use was banned after the US joined in at the semi-finals stage.
EBRANDON1 said:
Cotty said:
I recently bought an Osprey Farpoint 40 Backpack. I think this will be overhead storage only.
Recently done three weeks in Indonesia with one of these and was really good. Ended up checking it in for the long haul flights as didn't want to risk getting to the gate and then being held up on the size of it etc but on the shorter flights around Indonesia was pretty relaxed and put it in overhead storage. The straps fold in and zip away which is handy when being moved about the airport and stuff.
Cotty said:
I recently bought an Osprey Farpoint 40 Backpack. I think this will be overhead storage only.
£114!What are you saying that Osprey is £106 better than this?
https://www.sportsdirect.com/gelert-backpack-sn42-...
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