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Do you travel good?
Is that poor grammar?
OK, let's make it the first question for your table:
What's the difference between "traveling well" and "traveling good"?
If you travel well, you bring an empty water bottle and fill it up after security.
If you travel good, you offer your extra Southwest drink coupons to the people in your row.
So imagine you're on a long flight headed East. You've got to get some rest because you're losing time and in just a few hours it's going to be morning. Oy, just thinking about the jet lag is already making you tired.
If you travel well, you have figured out how to sleep on the plane.
If you travel good, you have figured out how to sleep on the plane without disturbing anyone else.
Big fan of sleeping on the plane here. Nothing like a window seat with a pillow and eyeshades.
But what about the 99% who don't get a window seat?
My father (z'l) used to say that half of jet lag comes from not getting enough sleep while traveling (and the night before).
(Others say that's a myth, but Dad knew all about circadian rhythm, and research suggests he may have been on to something.)
If so, then inventing the perfect vertical sleeping device would help millions of people (not counting college students) and save the economy hundreds of millions of dollars.
(You thought I was joking about college students? Weren't you ever sitting in a long boring lecture and just wishing you could close your eyes inconspicously? I used to fantasize about an L-shaped device that you could sit on and lean back against, giving you a tiny Y-shaped bar to rest your head on. Still looking for that one!)
Here are some contenders for the best vertical sleep tool:
1. The $20 ZZZ-Band (not to be confused with the ZZ-Top band) straps your head to the seat. Sounds funny, but over 2/3 of reviewers think it's great.
2. The $20 Double-Decker inflatable - I'm rather intrigued by this one.
3. I have personally tried this $18 Caldera Releaf neck wrap and like it.
4. Have not tried the somewhat similar $30 Trtl Pillow.
5. Am also intrigued by this interesting $24 Elenker pillow.
6. Moving up to $37, if you don't mind people's stares, try the Cloud Nine.
7. The most highly-engineered is the $56 Kaz Headrest - you have to check this one out.
Well, in the end I decided to try out the popular Travelrest this summer. Will let you know how it goes.
What's your best advice for beating jet-lag?
Finally, for your table:
If you travel well, you ___________________________________.
If you travel good, you __________________________________.
Shabbat Shalom
(PS - yes, the picture above is for real and is clickable if you really must ask)
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Do you travel good?Is that poor grammar?
OK, let's make it the first question for your table:
What's the difference between "traveling well" and "traveling good"?
If you travel well, you bring an empty water bottle and fill it up after security.
If you travel good, you offer your extra Southwest drink coupons to the people in your row.
So imagine you're on a long flight headed East. You've got to get some rest because you're losing time and in just a few hours it's going to be morning. Oy, just thinking about the jet lag is already making you tired.
If you travel well, you have figured out how to sleep on the plane.
If you travel good, you have figured out how to sleep on the plane without disturbing anyone else.
Big fan of sleeping on the plane here. Nothing like a window seat with a pillow and eyeshades.
But what about the 99% who don't get a window seat?
My father (z'l) used to say that half of jet lag comes from not getting enough sleep while traveling (and the night before).
(Others say that's a myth, but Dad knew all about circadian rhythm, and research suggests he may have been on to something.)
If so, then inventing the perfect vertical sleeping device would help millions of people (not counting college students) and save the economy hundreds of millions of dollars.
(You thought I was joking about college students? Weren't you ever sitting in a long boring lecture and just wishing you could close your eyes inconspicously? I used to fantasize about an L-shaped device that you could sit on and lean back against, giving you a tiny Y-shaped bar to rest your head on. Still looking for that one!)
Here are some contenders for the best vertical sleep tool:
1. The $20 ZZZ-Band (not to be confused with the ZZ-Top band) straps your head to the seat. Sounds funny, but over 2/3 of reviewers think it's great.
2. The $20 Double-Decker inflatable - I'm rather intrigued by this one.
3. I have personally tried this $18 Caldera Releaf neck wrap and like it.
4. Have not tried the somewhat similar $30 Trtl Pillow.
5. Am also intrigued by this interesting $24 Elenker pillow.
6. Moving up to $37, if you don't mind people's stares, try the Cloud Nine.
7. The most highly-engineered is the $56 Kaz Headrest - you have to check this one out.
Well, in the end I decided to try out the popular Travelrest this summer. Will let you know how it goes.
What's your best advice for beating jet-lag?
Finally, for your table:
If you travel well, you ___________________________________.
If you travel good, you __________________________________.
Shabbat Shalom
(PS - yes, the picture above is for real and is clickable if you really must ask)
Enjoyed this Table Talk? Vote with your fingers! Like it, tweet it, forward ....
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