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Zippy replied

8 October 2009, 20:57
Sorry CM.

As for the original post - I tried to tough out my jet lag by staying up and having a few drinks. It worked fine until the following evening, when I fell asleep during the main course in a restaurant (and again later - I'll spare you the details).
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cailin maith replied

8 October 2009, 20:50
Originally posted by Zippy View Post

Who said that?

Thanks Zip!!
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Zippy replied

8 October 2009, 20:49
Who said that?
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cailin maith replied

8 October 2009, 20:47
Originally posted by Zippy View Post

Four days! That's a pretty crappy jet you were on ...

Kind of explains his apalling hearing though.... sometimes, I'm sure I might as well be talking to myself....
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Zippy replied

8 October 2009, 20:01
Four days! That's a pretty crappy jet you were on ...
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KentPhilip replied

8 October 2009, 17:32
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

Flying back from Saudi after the GW wasn't a problem, flew back in a Hercules via Cyprus and Gibraltar - 4 days! Jet Lag? What f**king Jet Lag

Of course there's no jet lag with a Hercules. It is not a jet - it's got propellers!
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rootsnall replied

8 October 2009, 16:58
Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post

Stay up till about 9 then start drinking hard
The drink induced sleep and hang over tomorrow will have you feeling back to normal by lunch time tomorrow

WHS. Tried and trusted method.
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Menelaus replied

8 October 2009, 16:34
Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post

I used to have painful hearing sometimes after flying from east to west. However, in my case it was ex-Mrs HAB giving me an ear-bashing for getting rat-arsed drunk on Krug all the way from the first class lounge at Heathrow fourteen hours earlier.

Not flown in a Herc, have you? They're a tiny bit noisy
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HairyArsedBloke replied

8 October 2009, 16:30
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

Flying back from Saudi after the GW wasn't a problem, flew back in a Hercules via Cyprus and Gibraltar - 4 days! Jet Lag? What f**king Jet Lag - mind you my hearing was f**ked!

I used to have painful hearing sometimes after flying from east to west. However, in my case it was ex-Mrs HAB giving me an ear-bashing for getting rat-arsed drunk on Krug all the way from the first class lounge at Heathrow fourteen hours earlier.
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Menelaus replied

8 October 2009, 16:24
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

West to East I'm fine.

East to West I wake up at some ungodly hour in the morning.

Flying back from Saudi after the GW wasn't a problem, flew back in a Hercules via Cyprus and Gibraltar - 4 days! Jet Lag? What f**king Jet Lag - mind you my hearing was f**ked!

You got the Herc back as well? I had that too - stuck at Akrotiri doing f*** all waiting for the next flight out back to Lyneham or Brize. Ended up working in the med centre at Akrotiri I was *that* bored.
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Churchill replied

8 October 2009, 16:21
Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post

Sorry - spotted that and corrected it.

West to East I'm fine.

East to West I wake up at some ungodly hour in the morning.

Flying back from Saudi after the GW wasn't a problem, flew back in a Hercules via Cyprus and Gibraltar - 4 days! Jet Lag? What f**king Jet Lag - mind you my hearing was f**ked!
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HairyArsedBloke replied

8 October 2009, 16:17
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

Eh?

Sorry - spotted that and corrected it.
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Churchill replied

8 October 2009, 16:16
Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post

Going west, I used to stay up as late as I could manage it. Literally until I would drop. Then have a good sleep. Within a day or two I'd sync with local time (-5 or -6 hrs difference).

However, I never did find a good way going from east to west.

Eh?
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HairyArsedBloke replied

8 October 2009, 16:14
Going west, I used to stay up as late as I could manage it. Literally until I would drop. Then have a good sleep. Within a day or two I'd sync with local time (-5 or -6 hrs difference).

However, I never did find a good way going from west to east.
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Churchill replied

8 October 2009, 16:11
Originally posted by Menelaus View Post

Got back from Malaysia this afternoon: left Sunday afternoon (insert obvious "wtf!?" here).

Am feeling jet lagged like there's no tomorrow - anyone got any tips? I want to have a reasonable nights sleep tonight so not planning to go to bed until "normal" time if I can avoid it!

Go to the pub, leave at last orders, get larrupped and then sleep for as long as you need to.
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