Saturday September 24, 2005
08:18 PM
Things you learn while waiting for popcorn
On the plasmascreens carrying advertising while I'm standing in line for popcorn at the local movie theatre, they ran a bit from
http://howstuffworks.com/ on
"What if you fell out of an airplane without a parachute?". Important reading, if you think that'll ever happen to you, such as:
For example, landing on the roof of an RV, a mobile home or a truck's trailer is a possibility. These structures are not extremely strong. When you hit them, they will break and absorb some of the energy of the fall.
The things you learn waiting for popcorn!
or you could check the source they cribbed from.. (Score:2)
It's a great page and site, I've always planned to print it and carry it about any plan, but never got around to it, but I've got 6 flights booked in october so I'll make sure I carry a copy.
@JAPH = qw(Hacker Perl Another Just);
print reverse @JAPH;