How To Keep Yourself Entertained For 8 Hours

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Sir_Tor

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I always sleep on long trips, thats one of the perks for traveling alot 4 hours straight, when I get there I want to stay in the car while they drive a detour. SO now if I'm comfortable I can sleep almost anywhere! FTW! <3 sleeping in cars

If this doesn't apply to you then dvds, books laptop is your primary choices, oooooor you right hand and a locked door!
 

Locko96

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I fly back the 14 hrs to JFK airport every summer. Fun...

OT: Staring out of windows= pain. Just do whatever kills time (sleep, games, movies, etc.)
 

Beartrucci

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Get a portable DVD player and some movies/TV series. Read a book. Listen to music. Sleep. Play with a handheld console. That's all I can think of.
 

MercurySteam

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ThePocketWeasel said:
Edit: While I'm asking about this I remembered something else. This may sound stupid but I don't know so I'm asking. Would I be correct in thinking that if I buy games in the US they won't work on my xbox back in the UK?
I've never heard anyone say they won't but at the same time I've never heard anyone say they will.
Your UK console won't be able to play NTSC games unless maybe if you're using a HDTV (I haven't tried it), but even then the DLC won't work. Both the UK and Australia use PAL in their DVDs/games and I have heard of my friends getting NTSC discs to work on their HDTV's so that's your best bet (I live in Australia btw).

Or as an alternative you could find a way to buy games from back home or go to Play-Asia.com [http://www.play-asia.com/] and look for games compatible with PAL.
 

joschen

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DoW Lowen said:
Err i was on a 16 hour train ride one time.

I got lucky because I sat next to a stranger who was genuinely interesting. So maybe try and make conversation.
Talk to people IRL?!

Heresy...
 

DoW Lowen

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joschen said:
DoW Lowen said:
Err i was on a 16 hour train ride one time.

I got lucky because I sat next to a stranger who was genuinely interesting. So maybe try and make conversation.
Talk to people IRL?!

Heresy...
Of course not, we were just tweeting each other even though he was right next to me.
 

Iampringles

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DoW Lowen said:
Err i was on a 16 hour train ride one time.

I got lucky because I sat next to a stranger who was genuinely interesting. So maybe try and make conversation.
Speaking to interesting strangers can be interesting, but many people seem to have a natural aversion to conversation with those unfamilliar to them.
 

reg42

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Um. Just watch the onboard movies.
If they don't have that then a portable dvd player could work.
 

GrinningManiac

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bring a notebook and doodle

but sleeping seems to be the best way

Screw jetlag, I've been tired before, damnit, being tired in a differnt country makes no difference!

On the way back from Peru to Heathrow, I fell asleep over Brazil City and woke up over the Bay of Biscay

Best. Flight. Ever

and never eat the plane food. EVER

Also, try this experiment out:

If you scream on a bus, people give you weird looks

If you scream on a plane, EVERYONE JOINS IN
 

DoW Lowen

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Iampringles said:
DoW Lowen said:
Err i was on a 16 hour train ride one time.

I got lucky because I sat next to a stranger who was genuinely interesting. So maybe try and make conversation.
Speaking to interesting strangers can be interesting, but many people seem to have a natural aversion to conversation with those unfamilliar to them.
Well the key is to introduce yourself from the beginning. Because if you do it an hour inwards than you come off as a snobby dick who is only introducing themselves because they're bored.
 

Bowie

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-Read a great book. Something that isn't to difficult though.
-If you can, bring a DS or a psp plus a new game. Obviously a great new game.
-Bring a laptop (if you have one) and watch dvd's on it, play games on it.
-Bring a dvd player and watch dvd's on it.
-Bring an ipod, and load it with comedy tapes, good music and podcasts.
 

Tiny116

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ThePocketWeasel said:
At the start of March I'm going to New York, for starters I'm a nervous flier so the 8 hour flight is a little offputting, but it's probably the only time I'll have the chance to go to New York so I put that aside.

The longest flight I've ever been on was 4 hours and I was so incredibly bored, so 8 hours is gonna be fun -.-'

So, my question is: How do you keep yourself entertained on a long haul flight? I sure as hell need some advice and tips for entertaining myself for so long.

Edit: While I'm asking about this I remembered something else. This may sound stupid but I don't know so I'm asking. Would I be correct in thinking that if I buy games in the US they won't work on my xbox back in the UK?
I've never heard anyone say they won't but at the same time I've never heard anyone say they will.
Yeah I heard that about games, something about releases being different in different countries, stops us being naughty on amazon XD.

Well I've done an 18 hour train journey and I slept most of it.
I would suggest.

PDVD player
A good book
Lots of beer
And a DS/Gameboy/PSP
Sorted XD


EDIT:
NooNameLeft said:
1. Silently and calmly open your laptop bag.

2. Pick up your laptop.

3. Start the system.

4. Be sure that the guy next to you is looking at your screen.

5. Close your eyes, rise your head to the sky

6. Then click on this link
http://www.thecleverest.com/countdown.swf
That is fucking hilarious. Very bad form. But hilarious
 

Baldry

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GrinningManiac said:
If you scream on a bus, people give you weird looks

If you scream on a plane, EVERYONE JOINS IN
Stangely, from my experience your wrong, On a flight back from Germany, jjust before the plane was about to land, I decided to scream, no joined in, now it may of been becauuse we were landing or these people were no scared.

OT: laptop, movies, games, pie, more pie, BIG PIE, book, ipod, sleep etc
 

Dott

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I'll write half of these suggestions down and use them for tomorrow's exam.
'specially the sleeping pills one.
''Right! I'm done. Night, bitches. *Downs the entire glass and whacks his face into the table*''
 

Simalacrum

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ThePocketWeasel said:
I'm flying with British Airways, I hear there's screens in the back of the seat infront of you but I'm not sure if it's true. *Gets all excited*
yeah, British airways has those fancy nancy TV seats, at least on their big flights.... if your going from the UK to New York they should have them, yay!
 

ThePocketWeasel

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Simalacrum said:
yeah, British airways has those fancy nancy TV seats, at least on their big flights.... if your going from the UK to New York they should have them, yay!
Ooooh sounds fancy. Now I'm even more excited. DAMMIT! Now I'm gonna have to become addicted to something for a month and a half to forget about it....*Strokes chin and looks upwards*