Recently, took a,  ‘Aeor-Plane’ ride.
I was in a Aisle seat, across the aisle was, (looked like), a Mom,  25 +/- old. with a 3 & 5 year old.
She had the aisle seat, kids inside.

When we were on the ground, moving into position, I noticed her drinking water from one of those bottles, that have a ‘straw’, in it, with a ,’flip top’, lid.

About 1.5 hours into a 3.5 flight, I heard, several people, right next to me, utter, VERY  excited cries.
And the Flight Attendants, rushed to those seats, and used pillows, towels and napkins, to take up the water dripping on the three next to me, and the three, just forward of that.  

I looked up from my book, and noticed she was holding that water bottle,
She was Laughing, her kids were crying, and the three, in front,
(Being Good  MinESotaEns)  Were not complaining.

Apparently, she filled up this big water bottle, after going through TSA,
Drank some, (when were on the ground),
and then the next time she opened it, we were at 30,000 + feet.

After the commotion died down, She was still laughing and apologizing, to anyone who looked her way.
saying:  “I Just don’t know what happened”.
I leaned over, and said, “Pressure’,
She looked at me and said:
 “What does Pressure have to do with this water spraying all over”.

I just went back to reading.

A 50 +year old person was sitting next to me.
He said 3 words, in 3.5 hours, they were:
    “Yep,  New Math”

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/13/16 at 16:57:23:

" ...  You missed a teaching moment and left an innocent in ignorance.

LOLOL,  Your right.
But I don't think, ANYTHING I could have said,
would have made her more intelligent.

In fact, I, 'Think' She may vote for Hitlery !!!

And Yea, I was snickering, BUT, when I heard, "New Math".
I had to turn back in the book, to re-read, to, get back on track.

That incident, was retold several times last weekend,
And every time, it produced a  Hudge ,  'Guffaw'  

(Oh, some may not know, the ground take off point
was  at about, 950' feet Above Sea Level,
and the second opening was, 30,000 +  ASL)

         

LOL would certainly be appropriate response, but 'new math' may not be age appropriate explanation.

Probably a flat lander, never been over a mole hill in her life.
I go up 500' and my ears tell me so.

And FYI, cabin pressure is maintained below 8,000 feet... about 8 psi vs. 15 psi at sea level.
And soda pop for air flights have to be a low carbonated variety.

verslagen1 wrote on 09/14/16 at 10:52:22:

" ... FYI, cabin pressure is maintained below 8,000 feet... about 8 psi vs. 15 psi at sea level.

Well 7,000 feet of pressure was, in that case, enough to, 'wet' several people.  

The built in straw, Mark.

Did ya' get the bends?...

verslagen1 wrote on 09/15/16 at 07:47:22:


I wouldn't think so because you can buy cans or bottles of soda at the airport on the other side of security and take on the planes, which I've done, and I don't recall seeing anything. I'll look and report back.

By the way, one of my largest customers is liquid bottlers. It's an amazing process to see plastic bottles blown into shape and filled. The speed and quantity in which they are produced makes it even more amazing.  

Fly about once to twice a year. Never experienced this before.

And from the responses, from people that fly frequently, I Looked, Closer at, ‘Water bottles’.

The ’New’ ones, with the, ’straw’, and the flip top, have a little small hole in the top. Like a blatter, it is closed so water won’t drip out.
But when under pressure, (or lack of) They will allow air, or something, to go through.

At the County Fair, a, ‘church’ was giving away water bottles. I was pushing around my Mother,  (She takes Any Thing, FREE)
And she left it in my car.  When I flipped open, the top, and blew into it, Air came out the little hole.

Then I went to my lawn mowers, where some have one in,  (Which is Not aways, water).  And Because they were  .50 Cent Purchases at a  Garage Sale, guessing they were older models.  And with them, I could,  blow, into the flip top as hard as I could. Didn’t bulge the plastic, but No air escaped, and when I took my lips away, the air came rushing out.

So with this, ‘empirical’, evidence, I surmise, (Did not examine it),   she had a, ‘older’, style.

Do remember, about two years ago,
The F.A.  with the, ‘Free Drink’,  
(About 1.5 oz of pop, with a glass FULL of Ice)
Just gave me a full Can of pop,
(Must have winked at her just right when I asked for a  ‘Ginger Ale’)
She said:  “Open the can  Slowly”