Re: hmmm interesting topic...

Jay Furr wrote:

The danger cell phones cause planes was always extremely exagerrated.

I sat next to an engineer for Blue Tooth on a flight a few years ago
and he told me that the reason cell phones are verboten on flights was
not the danger posed to aviation electronics, but the fact that when
travelling that fast, you're connection is hopping from tower to tower
too quickly for an accurate minute count to start for billing purposes
(or something like this). The bottom line was that the cell phone
companies lose money when you use the cell phone while on a plane, it
has (had) nothing to do with danger to the plane.

I truly hope they don't lift the ban. If so, get ready:

"hey, what's going on?"
"i'm on a plane"
"just left the terminal"
" just took off"
"hey, the seatbelt sign went off"
"check it out, the stew is hawt / gay"
"hey, peanuts"
"dood, beer costs 5 dollars"
"man, that bathroom stinks"
"hey, that cloud looks cool"
"man, that baby just won't stop screaming"
"hey, we're almost there"
"dood, the old guy across the aisle just took a swing at me"

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