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| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3437 Registered: 8-2001 |
As a former fat person, I am well aware of the obvious advantages of my former state: you get to eat whatever you want & your weight screens out potential friends & lovers who care so much about appearance that they wouldn't be worth having anyway. But there's also a much less obvious advantage I experienced several times a year. What is it???? | ||
| Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo)
New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 96 Registered: 4-2008 |
Were you married when you were fat? relevant? Did you have children? Relevant? Any other relevant family stuff? Medical stuff? | ||
| Mimino (Mimino)
New member Username: Mimino Post Number: 36 Registered: 6-2005 |
Did you experience this advantage in particular months of the year? on particular days? holidays? work days? Relevant how often per year? more than 5 times? more than 10 times? Advantage compared with the situation if you had have less weight? or advantage over other people involved in the same occasion? Traveling relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3439 Registered: 8-2001 |
Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo) New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 96 Registered: 4-2008 Posted on Monday, June 09, 2008 - 10:56 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Were you married when you were fat? irrel relevant? no Did you have children? irrel Relevant? noAny other relevant family stuff? no Medical stuff? no Mimino (Mimino) New member Username: Mimino Post Number: 36 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Monday, June 09, 2008 - 11:11 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did you experience this advantage in particular months of the year?yes on particular days? yopeholidays? no work days? yes Relevant how often per year? yesmore than 5 times? more than 10 times? either would be possible Advantage compared with the situation if you had have less weight? yes or advantage over other people involved in the same occasion? well, it's not a compertitive advantage if that's what you meanTraveling relevant? yes | ||
| Travis (Travis)
New member Username: Travis Post Number: 74 Registered: 12-2007 |
Did you travel to/for work? Type of transportation relevant? If so, car? Bus? Train? Plane? Other? Did your size make people less likely to sit next to you, therefore giving you more room in your seat? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3441 Registered: 8-2001 |
Travis (Travis) New member Username: Travis Post Number: 74 Registered: 12-2007 Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - 1:18 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did you travel to/for work? To? irrel For? yes Type of transportation relevant? yes If so, car? no Bus? no Train? yes Plane? yes Other? Did your size make people less likely to sit next to you, therefore giving you more room in your seat?irrel | ||
| Unleashedllama (Unleashedllama)
New member Username: Unleashedllama Post Number: 71 Registered: 5-2008 |
Would it still be an advatage for me (being a male)? Did people on a full train allow you to have their seats believing you to be pregnant? I can't help but fear this comes across as rude, so I'm sorry if it does. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3443 Registered: 8-2001 |
Unleashedllama (Unleashedllama) New member Username: Unleashedllama Post Number: 71 Registered: 5-2008 Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 3:52 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Would it still be an advatage for me (being a male)?your sex is irrel Did people on a full train allow you to have their seats believing you to be pregnant?no I can't help but fear this comes across as rude, so I'm sorry if it does.It doesn't come across as rude. It comes across as a good puzzle question. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1204 Registered: 4-2007 |
Were the "several times a year" every time you went on a plane or train? Every time you went on one of those specifically for work? Is it connected to seating? To getting a seat? To the way people treat you? To the way they think about you? Are plane or train staff relevant at all? Is your baggage relevant? Was it your physical size that gave you the advantage? Or was it more to do with they way fat people are considered in our society? Are there any other conditions that could result in the same advantage for the same or similar reason? | ||
| Unleashedllama (Unleashedllama)
New member Username: Unleashedllama Post Number: 73 Registered: 5-2008 |
I you went on a train in your own free time would it still be an advantage? Does it have anything to do with: the seat itself? the location of the seat? the proximity of others? food/catering? getting on the train? getting off the train? And thank you for saying my previous question was good. It means a lot as a keen beginner | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3444 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1204 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 4:42 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Were the "several times a year" every time you went on a plane or train?see next answer Every time you went on one of those specifically for work? yes Is it connected to seating? yope To getting a seat? yope To the way people treat you?yes To the way they think about you? yes Are plane or train staff relevant at all? no Is your baggage relevant? no Was it your physical size that gave you the advantage? yes Or was it more to do with they way fat people are considered in our society? noish Are there any other conditions that could result in the same advantage for the same or similar reason? yes Unleashedllama (Unleashedllama) New member Username: Unleashedllama Post Number: 73 Registered: 5-2008 Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 4:47 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) I you went on a train in your own free time would it still be an advantage? no Does it have anything to do with: the seat itself? yes the location of the seat? no the proximity of others? yope or noish food/catering? no getting on the train? no getting off the train? no And thank you for saying my previous question was good. It means a lot as a keen beginner We all began as keen beginners | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1205 Registered: 4-2007 |
Were you allocated seats by your work? Did you get better seats because you were fat? Aisle seats? Window seats? Seats with nobody next to you? Seats in a particular part of the plane/train? Was the reason why the advantage didn't arise when you travelled on your own time because then you organised i yourself, so could choose it the way you wanted it anyway? Did people think less of you because you were fat? Did they make an assumption about you because of it? The people who treated you/thought of you in a relevant way: are they people who work with you? Fellow passengers? Would a person who was dangerously underweight have the same advantage? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3445 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1205 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 8:50 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Were you allocated seats by your work? no Did you get better seats because you were fat?yope Aisle seats?irrel Window seats? irrel Seats with nobody next to you? no Seats in a particular part of the plane/train? no Was the reason why the advantage didn't arise when you travelled on your own time because then you organised i yourself, so could choose it the way you wanted it anyway? yes Did people think less of you because you were fat? probably but irrel Did they make an assumption about you because of it? ditto The people who treated you/thought of you in a relevant way: are they people who work with you? yes Fellow passengers? no Would a person who was dangerously underweight have the same advantage? no | ||
| Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo)
New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 101 Registered: 4-2008 |
Is what your job is relevant? Is which train/plane you take to get there relevant? If you were to take your work on the train with you but not actually work (i.e. so it seemed like it was for work) would you have the same advantage? Would any person of your weight have the advantage? what about a co-worker with the same weight as you? Would Arnold Schwarzenhagger (or some other big celebrity) have the advantage? | ||
| Unleashedllama (Unleashedllama)
New member Username: Unleashedllama Post Number: 77 Registered: 5-2008 |
Are there different sized seats? Are single arm rests between pairs of seats relevant? As you said that when you travelled in your own time you organised it yourself, so you could choose it the way you wanted it anyway, would this still be the case if you stepped onto the train: without pre-booking the tickets? if the train was particulary full? if you missed your intended train and had to catch the next one? | ||
| Liquizt (Liquizt)
New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 106 Registered: 5-2008 |
Would the advantage be present if: You were the only person (apart from the driver/pilot etc.) on the train/plane? You and your co-workers? You and a few strangers (i.e. not with co-workers)? You and a large number of strangers (still no co-workers)? The aisles were wider? The seats larger? You had luggage? no luggage? Short distance trip? long distance trip? Would the advantage be appreciated in the same way by a thinner person? Would the advantage increase if you were larger? decrease as you got thinner? Is the advantage obtained during the booking of seats? allocating of seats to employees? boarding the train/plane? Moving through the aisles? Taking you seat? Whilst seated? Getting out of your seat? Exiting the train/plane? | ||
| Buzzard (Buzzard)
New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 1008 Registered: 6-2003 |
Did you raise the armrest between two seats and sit in both of them? Did your employer pay for your plane/train tickets? Did they pay for you to have two seats, instead of just one? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3448 Registered: 8-2001 |
Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo) New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 101 Registered: 4-2008 Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 11:05 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is what your job is relevant? yes Is which train/plane you take to get there relevant? no If you were to take your work on the train with you but not actually work (i.e. so it seemed like it was for work) would you have the same advantage?whether I actually work while en route is irrel Would any person of your weight have the advantage? no what about a co-worker with the same weight as you? possibly Would Arnold Schwarzenhagger no (or some other big celebrity) have the advantage? unlikely Unleashedllama (Unleashedllama) New member Username: Unleashedllama Post Number: 77 Registered: 5-2008 Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 11:44 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Are there different sized seats? yes Are single arm rests between pairs of seats relevant? no As you said that when you travelled in your own time you organised it yourself, so you could choose it the way you wanted it anyway, would this still be the case if you stepped onto the train: without pre-booking the tickets?yes if the train was particulary full? yes if you missed your intended train and had to catch the next one? yes Liquizt (Liquizt) New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 106 Registered: 5-2008 Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 3:46 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Would the advantage be present if: You were the only person (apart from the driver/pilot etc.) on the train/plane?yope You and your co-workers? yope You and a few strangers (i.e. not with co-workers)?yope You and a large number of strangers (still no co-workers)? yope The aisles were wider? irrel The seats larger? no You had luggage? irrel no luggage? irrel Short distance trip? long distance trip? the longer the trip, the biogger the advantage Would the advantage be appreciated in the same way by a thinner person? N/A Would the advantage increase if you were larger? no decrease as you got thinner? yes Is the advantage obtained during the booking of seats? no allocating of seats to employees? no boarding the train/plane? no Moving through the aisles? a bit Taking you seat? see next answerWhilst seated? yetGetting out of your seat? no Exiting the train/plane? no Buzzard (Buzzard) New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 1008 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 6:58 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did you raise the armrest between two seats and sit in both of them? no Did your employer pay for your plane/train tickets? yes Did they pay for you to have two seats, instead of just one? no | ||
| Liquizt (Liquizt)
New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 125 Registered: 5-2008 |
emailed | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3449 Registered: 8-2001 |
Liquizt (Liquizt) New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 125 Registered: 5-2008 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2008 - 8:21 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) emailed I e-mailed a reply--you didn't solve the puzzle, I'm happy to say!!!!!!! | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3667 Registered: 12-2000 |
Were you given seats with more leg room? Anything to do with meals being served or in which order they were served? Anything to do with viewing a film? Being near the toilet? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1208 Registered: 4-2007 |
Your job: professor? writer? Something else? Does the advantage increase the more people are present on the train/plane? Did you receive a larger seat? Is where the seat is situated within the train/plane relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3451 Registered: 8-2001 |
Lynne (Lynne) New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3667 Registered: 12-2000 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2008 - 9:47 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Were you given seats with more leg room?yope Anything to do with meals being served or in which order they were served? no Anything to do with viewing a film? no Being near the toilet? no Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1208 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2008 - 10:01 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Your job: professor? yes writer? no Something else? no Does the advantage increase the more people are present on the train/plane? no Did you receive a larger seat? yesish Is where the seat is situated within the train/plane relevant? no | ||
| Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo)
New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 104 Registered: 4-2008 |
Clarification to my previous question: if you were to bring whatever working materials you have during your own free time, so people on the train would think it is for work even though it isn't, (not just that you weren't working, but that you were trying to deceive those on the train into thinking you were) would you still have the same advantage? Or is this scenario even possible (i.e. could you bring working materials on the train during your own free time)? | ||
| Buzzard (Buzzard)
New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 1010 Registered: 6-2003 |
Did you get to sit in first class/business class/some other upgraded class? Did you get a more expensive seat than you would have if you'd been thinner? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3462 Registered: 8-2001 |
Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo) New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 104 Registered: 4-2008 Posted on Monday, June 16, 2008 - 1:12 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Clarification to my previous question: if you were to bring whatever working materials you have during your own free time, so people on the train would think it is for work even though it isn't, (not just that you weren't working, but that you were trying to deceive those on the train into thinking you were) would you still have the same advantage? no Or is this scenario even possible (i.e. could you bring working materials on the train during your own free time)? I could, but that's irrel Buzzard (Buzzard) New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 1010 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Monday, June 16, 2008 - 8:04 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did you get to sit in first class/business class/some other upgraded class? no Did you get a more expensive seat than you would have if you'd been thinner? no | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1228 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is the plane or Train's air conditioning relevant. Were you always given a nice cool seat under the air vent because people associate been overweight with excessive perspiration. Any medical reasons? Is DVT relevant? Is there a belief out there that larger people are more susceptible? Or are they actually more likely to suffer it? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3463 Registered: 8-2001 |
Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1228 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Monday, June 16, 2008 - 10:07 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the plane or Train's air conditioning relevant.no Were you always given a nice cool seat under the air vent because people associate been overweight with excessive perspiration. no Any medical reasons? noishIs DVT relevant? no Is there a belief out there that larger people are more susceptible? Don't you mean fatter people rather than larger people? After all, a 6'2'' man weighing 180 pounds is large but not fat, & since i'm 5'1", I was large only horizontally. I hated euphemisms for 'fat' even when I was fat. Or are they actually more likely to suffer it? I don't know, but it's irrel | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1230 Registered: 1-2007 |
I hated euphemisms for 'fat' even when I was fat. point taken no more PCisms from me. BTW you have cheered me up considerably as I am 6'1 and weigh about 182 so I guess I'm ok. Was anything added to your seat to make you more comfortable e.g. a cushion. Anything to do with being able to recline your seat? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3468 Registered: 8-2001 |
Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1230 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 10:33 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) I hated euphemisms for 'fat' even when I was fat. point taken no more PCisms from me. GREAT!! BTW you have cheered me up considerably as I am 6'1 and weigh about 182 so I guess I'm ok. I wouldn't expect that to be fat at all. I weighed 257!! Was anything added to your seat to make you more comfortable e.g. a cushion. no Anything to do with being able to recline your seat? no | ||
| Liquizt (Liquizt)
New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 153 Registered: 5-2008 |
Were you given seats with more leg room?yope Did your seat have more leg room? but this is not the advantage we're trying to find? Politeness relevant? A physical advantage? conceptual? Is your profession obvious when travelling for business? relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3482 Registered: 8-2001 |
Liquizt (Liquizt) New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 153 Registered: 5-2008 Posted on Friday, June 20, 2008 - 1:56 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Were you given seats with more leg room?yope Did your seat have more leg room? yes but this is not the advantage we're trying to find? yope! Politeness relevant? no A physical advantage? yes conceptual? no Is your profession obvious when travelling for business? no relevant? no | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 730 Registered: 7-2001 |
Were you given a seat that is actually designed for very tall people but also included added width - so you filled the width but had lots of extra leg room which you didn't fill up with leg? (BTW , as a formerly largish person myself it always amazed me that larger clothes sizes also had longer sleeves. If you are just overweight it's unlikely you will have extra long arms...) | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3486 Registered: 8-2001 |
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 730 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Saturday, June 21, 2008 - 4:32 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Were you given a seat that is actually designed for very tall people but also included added width - so you filled the width but had lots of extra leg room which you didn't fill up with leg? no (BTW , as a formerly largish person myself it always amazed me that larger clothes sizes also had longer sleeves. If you are just overweight it's unlikely you will have extra long arms...) I wasn't "large," I was FAT!!!! | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3495 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: Many of you seem to be making a false assumption. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1258 Registered: 1-2007 |
Were you actually given choice of seats ahead of other people? Were you first or last to be seated in your group? is this relevant? Were any of your colleagues Fat as well? Is speed of disembarkation from the train relevant? Baggage reclaim? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3499 Registered: 8-2001 |
Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1258 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 12:28 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Were you actually given choice of seats ahead of other people?no Were you first or last to be seated in your group? no is this relevant? noWere any of your colleagues Fat as well? irrel Is speed of disembarkation from the train relevant? noBaggage reclaim? no | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 1303 Registered: 9-2003 |
did you choose your seat yourself? did the ticket office give you this advantage? or offer you it? could you have turned this advantage down? could you have sat in the same seat and not had the advantage? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3501 Registered: 8-2001 |
~damia~ (~damia~) New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 1303 Registered: 9-2003 Posted on Saturday, June 28, 2008 - 4:24 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) did you choose your seat yourself? irreldid the ticket office give you this advantage? ditto or offer you it? ditto could you have turned this advantage down?N/A could you have sat in the same seat and not had the advantage? no | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 1310 Registered: 9-2003 |
is the seat with more leg room in a relevant place? like by the emergency exit? relevant? or at the front of the plane/train? or back? relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3504 Registered: 8-2001 |
~damia~ (~damia~) New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 1310 Registered: 9-2003 Posted on Saturday, June 28, 2008 - 10:05 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) is the seat with more leg room in a relevant place? yes like by the emergency exit? no. You have to be able & willing to perform various aeduous duties to get one of those seats relevant? yes, it's relevant where the seat is or at the front of the plane/train? irrel or back? irrelrelevant? it's relevant where the seat is, but you're ORT (on the wrong track) about it | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3505 Registered: 8-2001 |
BLOOOOPERRRRALERTT!relevant? it's relevant where the seat is, but you're ORT (on the wrong track) about it Of course, I should have said 'OWT' for on the wrong track | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 1315 Registered: 9-2003 |
do you get a row to yourself? aisle seat? window seat? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1222 Registered: 4-2007 |
Classes of seats relevant? Do you get an upgrade because the bigger seats are in first class? Or because there's less people there so you get more room? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3511 Registered: 8-2001 |
~damia~ (~damia~) New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 1315 Registered: 9-2003 Posted on Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 10:12 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) do you get a row to yourself? no aisle seat? irrel window seat? irrel Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1222 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 10:28 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Classes of seats relevant? no Do you get an upgrade because the bigger seats are in first class? no Or because there's less people there so you get more room? no You're still OWT (on the wrong track!!!!) | ||
| Mimino (Mimino)
New member Username: Mimino Post Number: 38 Registered: 6-2005 |
Did your employee seat you on the train? while most of your colleagues were going by plane? And you would have preferred traveling by train anyway? Because on the train you could make phone calls, send e-mails, surf the web, ..? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3519 Registered: 8-2001 |
Mimino (Mimino) New member Username: Mimino Post Number: 38 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 - 3:10 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did your employee seat you on the train? no while most of your colleagues were going by plane? yes And you would have preferred traveling by train anyway? yes Because on the train you could make phone calls, send e-mails, surf the web, ..? Also, I find train travel, with its nice scenery, just generally much pleasanter than plane travel. Anyway, I LOATHE plane travel | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1225 Registered: 4-2007 |
So was the advantage you gained related to your dislike of plane travel? Did you get to take the train more often becuase you were fat? Did they simply send you on less trips, so you had to take planes less often? Or only send you on trips that could be reached by train? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3521 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1225 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 8:58 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) So was the advantage you gained related to your dislike of plane travel? yes Did you get to take the train more often becuase you were fat? YES!! Now all that's left is to figure out why, which should be a SNAPDid they simply send you on less trips, so you had to take planes less often? no Or only send you on trips that could be reached by train?Well, they didn't SEND me--these are trips to conferences & coilloquia where I give talks | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1226 Registered: 4-2007 |
Was it your employers who decided whether you took the train or plane? Or you yourself? Did they know you would be uncomfortable in the small seats? Did trains have more room? They would have had to pay more travel expenses to get you a bigger seat on a plane? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3522 Registered: 8-2001 |
njay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1226 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 9:43 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was it your employers who decided whether you took the train or plane?no Or you yourself? yes Did they know you would be uncomfortable in the small seats?possiblyish Did trains have more room? yesThey would have had to pay more travel expenses to get you a bigger seat on a plane? no. You're ORT (on the right track) but remember I was VERY fat--about 2 1/2 times normal weight for my height | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 767 Registered: 5-2007 |
Would you have taken up two seats if you were traveling by plane? Would they have had to purchase two tickets? Would they also have to purchase two tickets if you were traveling by train? Or would a train allow you to only take up one seat? Would you be able to get a bigger seat on a train? Or are train tickets cheaper than plane tickets, so if they had to buy two tickets they would prefer them to be train tickets? | ||
| Rubberduck (Rubberduck)
New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 82 Registered: 3-2006 |
Were the bathrooms on the planes too small for you? And therefore the larger bathrooms on trains made your trip more comfortable? | ||
| Rubberduck (Rubberduck)
New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 83 Registered: 3-2006 |
Was the plane a smaller type plane such s a corporate jet or Cessena? B/C you were so fat would they have had to get a larger plane that was capable of carrying more weight? | ||
| Liquizt (Liquizt)
New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 190 Registered: 5-2008 |
Just to clear this up a bit more; Was your advantage due to your weight? size? both? a concept of you being fat (i.e. how other people saw you)? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3523 Registered: 8-2001 |
Rubberduck (Rubberduck) New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 82 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 8:59 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Were the bathrooms on the planes too small for you? yes, but they're not now so that's hardly an advantage of being fat over being normal size And therefore the larger bathrooms on trains made your trip more comfortable? see previous answer Rubberduck (Rubberduck) New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 83 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 9:13 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the plane a smaller type plane such s a corporate jet or Cessena? noB/C you were so fat would they have had to get a larger plane that was capable of carrying more weight? no Liquizt (Liquizt) New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 190 Registered: 5-2008 Posted on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 1:07 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Just to clear this up a bit more; Was your advantage due to your weight?See next answer size? yes both? no a concept of you being fat (i.e. how other people saw you)? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3524 Registered: 8-2001 |
Alex319 (Alex319) New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 767 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 3:25 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Would you have taken up two seats if you were traveling by plane? Would they have had to purchase two tickets? Would they also have to purchase two tickets if you were traveling by train?no Or would a train allow you to only take up one seat? see next answer Would you be able to get a bigger seat on a train? yes--train seats are much bigger Or are train tickets cheaper than plane tickets, so if they had to buy two tickets they would prefer them to be train tickets? no | ||
| Rubberduck (Rubberduck)
New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 84 Registered: 3-2006 |
Because you went by train did it take you longer to travel than by plane? Was this an advantage to you as you had more time off from work, so to speak? | ||
| Rubberduck (Rubberduck)
New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 85 Registered: 3-2006 |
Did you get paid more money for expenses or salary b/c of the longer travel time by train? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3525 Registered: 8-2001 |
Rubberduck (Rubberduck) New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 84 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 6:15 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Because you went by train did it take you longer to travel than by plane? yes Was this an advantage to you as you had more time off from work, so to speak? no Rubberduck (Rubberduck) New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 85 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 6:31 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did you get paid more money for expenses or salary b/c of the longer travel time by train? no | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1227 Registered: 4-2007 |
Hmm, let me try and clear up some of my confusion... Because you were fat, you got to travel on trains rather than planes more often when you went on trips connected to your work, correct? And you prefer train journeys. So is this te advantage, or is there more? However, it was you and not your employer who chose whether you went by train or plane, correct? Would this choice still have been available to you if you were thin? Would you have gone to different places had you been thin? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3527 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1227 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 5:06 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Hmm, let me try and clear up some of my confusion... Because you were fat, you got to travel on trains rather than planes more often when you went on trips connected to your work, correct?yes And you prefer train journeys. So is this te advantage, or is there more? This is the advantage, but you still need to figure out why losdiung weight made mde lose this advantage However, it was you and not your employer who chose whether you went by train or plane, correct? yesish Would this choice still have been available to you if you were thin? noish Would you have gone to different places had you been thin? no | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 769 Registered: 5-2007 |
(You didn't answer some of my questions) Would you have taken up two seats if you were traveling by plane? Would they have had to purchase two tickets? After you lost weight, would your employer still have been willing to pay for train tickets? Would your employer have preferred to have you travel by plane for some reason? Are train tickets more expensive than plane tickets, so that your employer would prefer to send you on a plane, but because you were fat you would have taken up two seats on a plane, so it would have been more expensive? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3529 Registered: 8-2001 |
Alex319 (Alex319) New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 769 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 10:49 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) (You didn't answer some of my questions) Would you have taken up two seats if you were traveling by plane?yes Would they have had to purchase two tickets? I don't know wehat airlines' policy is about this. They probably didn't have a big enough seatbelt, either.They should have, of course. After you lost weight, would your employer still have been willing to pay for train tickets? yesish Would your employer have preferred to have you travel by plane for some reason? yes--& the reason shpould be evident from something already mentioned Are train tickets more expensive than plane tickets no, so that your employer would prefer to send you on a plane, but because you were fat you would have taken up two seats on a plane, so it would have been more expensive? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3530 Registered: 8-2001 |
Alex319 (Alex319) New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 769 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 10:49 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) (You didn't answer some of my questions) Would you have taken up two seats if you were traveling by plane?yes Would they have had to purchase two tickets? I don't know wehat airlines' policy is about this. They probably didn't have a big enough seatbelt, either.They should have, of course. After you lost weight, would your employer still have been willing to pay for train tickets? yesish Would your employer have preferred to have you travel by plane for some reason? yes--& the reason shpould be evident from something already mentioned Are train tickets more expensive than plane tickets no, so that your employer would prefer to send you on a plane, but because you were fat you would have taken up two seats on a plane, so it would have been more expensive? no | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1228 Registered: 4-2007 |
When you lost weight, could you have still gone by train if you had really wanted to? Would you have had to pay the fare yourself, rather than your employer paying for it? Is the reason for your getting to travel more by train simply because you wouldn't fit in an aeroplane seat? Or is there more? Is your employer's standard practice for employees to go by plane? Do they have a relevant reason for wanting employees to go by plane when possible, and so when you became able to go by plane they wanted you to do this? Planes are more convenient? Faster? Go to more places? Can take more luggage? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3531 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1228 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Saturday, July 12, 2008 - 12:55 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) When you lost weight, could you have still gone by train if you had really wanted to? Yesish, but there would have been problemsWould you have had to pay the fare yourself, rather than your employer paying for it? no Is the reason for your getting to travel more by train simply because you wouldn't fit in an aeroplane seat? yes Or is there more? no Is your employer's standard practice for employees to go by plane? yesish Do they have a relevant reason for wanting employees to go by plane when possible, and so when you became able to go by plane they wanted you to do this? yesish Planes are more convenient?no Faster? yes Go to more places? irrelCan take more luggage? no I think this is close enough for me to declare a ********* SPOILER************** I love train travel & loathe plane travel. Like most professors. I often have to give out-of-town talks, which cause me to miss some classes. Naturally, I'm supposed to miss as few classses as possible. When I was too fat to fit into an airline seat or use an airline seatbelt, I had a readymade justification for traveling by train. Once I lost weight, I could no longer justify taking several days rather than several hours to go from the east coast to California or Texas. Thanks for sticking with it, everyone, & for solving it, Enjay, & please direct your laser minds to my new puzzle at the bottom of the page as well as to my ongoing puzzles, which are being neglected (WHY??) | ||
| Rubberduck (Rubberduck)
New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 90 Registered: 3-2006 |
Good puzzle. But I think your answer to my question about the train taking longer and therefore giving you time off from work did not deserve NO for an answer. I think I pretty much solved the puzzle. The NO threw me off the track (no pun). At least a YES or YESSISH would have helped. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3537 Registered: 8-2001 |
Rubberduck (Rubberduck) New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 90 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Monday, July 14, 2008 - 7:33 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Good puzzle. But I think your answer to my question about the train taking longer and therefore giving you time off from work did not deserve NO for an answer. I think I pretty much solved the puzzle. The NO threw me off the track (no pun). At least a YES or YESSISH would have helped.SORRY- I SAID KNOW BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALLY REGARD THE TIME OFF FROM TEACHING AS AN ADVANTAGE. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3538 Registered: 8-2001 |
Rubberduck (Rubberduck) New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 90 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Monday, July 14, 2008 - 7:33 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Good puzzle. But I think your answer to my question about the train taking longer and therefore giving you time off from work did not deserve NO for an answer. I think I pretty much solved the puzzle. The NO threw me off the track (no pun). At least a YES or YESSISH would have helped.SORRY- I SAID KNOW BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALLY REGARD THE TIME OFF FROM TEACHING AS AN ADVANTAGE. |
