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hedgehog

(36,286 posts)
Mon Jul 16, 2012, 02:03 PM Jul 2012

Stupendously hilarious "common sense" recommendations from experts who don't get it:

I'll start;

How often have you read an article suggesting that on long airplane flights, you get up and move around the cabin at least once or twice an hour?

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Stupendously hilarious "common sense" recommendations from experts who don't get it: (Original Post) hedgehog Jul 2012 OP
Easy. Saving for retirement n/t Duer 157099 Jul 2012 #1
while once or twice an hour is excessive NewJeffCT Jul 2012 #2
I agree, but to attempt to get out of your seat on a typical airline these days hedgehog Jul 2012 #3
None. On long flights, I pass out. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #4

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
2. while once or twice an hour is excessive
Mon Jul 16, 2012, 02:46 PM
Jul 2012

I thought if you were stuck in your seat on a plane for a long period of time with little movement, you had a risk of blood clots in your legs or something like that?

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)
3. I agree, but to attempt to get out of your seat on a typical airline these days
Mon Jul 16, 2012, 02:49 PM
Jul 2012

is just about impossible! Wandering around the cabin is liable to get you decked with a coffee pot!

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