James S
Flashlight Enthusiast
I find myself with a few days to sight see in New Orleans this morning /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
About to go out and see about some coffee and a local pastry /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif but then what? any advice on things I just can't miss? Places that if I don't eat at i'll be sorry later? Stores that have the best flashlights? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Now's your chance to write my itinerary for the next couple of days!
Got in during rush hour last night so of course the wait for a taxi or a shuttle was longer than the actual flight! But I guess the airport here is famous for that. Got to ride in a new MD-88 to get here. I've flown in 2 of those lately and I can say with some certainty that the reading lights on them are a luxeon or other white LED with a very good lens system. They have the telltale beam with the little bit of brown around the edge that proves it's an LED /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Very bright, and nice. Aimed a bit funny though, hard to keep my book under them and setup at such an angle that they glare off the page unless you sit funny. But thats the the LED's fault that the placement of the panels is bad...
Oh, and I watched them load some mail into the plane out my window. A great big box labeled "EXTREME CARE" which they were careful with (was about coffin sized...) but all the other little boxes that didn't have such a label were really thrown around, it was almost funny.
Thanks
About to go out and see about some coffee and a local pastry /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif but then what? any advice on things I just can't miss? Places that if I don't eat at i'll be sorry later? Stores that have the best flashlights? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Now's your chance to write my itinerary for the next couple of days!
Got in during rush hour last night so of course the wait for a taxi or a shuttle was longer than the actual flight! But I guess the airport here is famous for that. Got to ride in a new MD-88 to get here. I've flown in 2 of those lately and I can say with some certainty that the reading lights on them are a luxeon or other white LED with a very good lens system. They have the telltale beam with the little bit of brown around the edge that proves it's an LED /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Very bright, and nice. Aimed a bit funny though, hard to keep my book under them and setup at such an angle that they glare off the page unless you sit funny. But thats the the LED's fault that the placement of the panels is bad...
Oh, and I watched them load some mail into the plane out my window. A great big box labeled "EXTREME CARE" which they were careful with (was about coffin sized...) but all the other little boxes that didn't have such a label were really thrown around, it was almost funny.
Thanks