Re: Very OT: things that fly by

Phillip Walters wrote:
> chris <ithinkiam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> Andrew Stephenson wrote:
>>> In article <1ijr1lr.jo6wzac767siN%peter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>>        peter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 "Peter Ceresole" writes:
>>> But they still were firmly of the era when cabin pressurisation
>>> was a developing art.  Cabin staff (sorry, "stewardesses") came
>>> around with free sweets for sucking during takeoff and landing,
>>> to help ease ear pressure.
>> That does still happen on some flights. I can't remember which flight
it
>> was, but the cabin crew came around with sweets before landing. This
was
>> certainly in the last 2-3 years.
> 
> To help take away the taste of the food presumably.

Heh, true...