I am in Detroit, in my hotel room looking across to Windsor Ontario. Pretty impressive. I checked in after midnight and it seems they had one room left, a strange room. It is a hospitality room way up high. It is large and one wall is a window and there is no actual bed, just a couch that opens into a bed. I didn’t sleep that well last night — you know what couch sleepers are like — and once again in my dreams I failed that algebra test I have been failing in my dreams for the past 50 years.
I have been thinking about airline seats. I like a window, although the downside is I have to bother the other two in the row when I go to the bathroom. Which seat do you prefer and why? Does anyone out there prefer a middle seat?
49er Rob
I prefer the middle seat on the left side because it’s easier for me to stretch out my right leg . I have a bum knee from multiple surgeries. Also, I don’t like to bother others if I have to get up for the restroom, I’d prefer to be the one getting up since I don’t mind.
October 27th, 2012 8:19 am
BennyBlanco
I prefer the row seat in the last row for that exact reason… making the guy working on his presentation on his laptop get up cuz I’ve had too many glasses of wine LOL
October 27th, 2012 9:11 am
Terry
I have had leg problems for years and have to periodically stand up. I won’t fly if I can’t have an aisle seat. On Uniterd I can choose my seats on all legs of the trip. I have found that it is far easier to get a window seat than an aisle. Also, I would be very leary of anyone who prefers a middle seat.
October 27th, 2012 9:25 am
Hoferfan67
LC, I used to like the window. When you travel for business more than 10% of the time you change your seating requirements/preference quickly to aisle. Please let us know what wine you drink with the other sport news guys and other anecdotes. Always a pleasure to hear the dinner related stories.
October 27th, 2012 9:58 am
CohnZohn
Hoferfan67, I arrived at the Detroit hotel — the media hotel — too late for dinner Friday night. And I was hungry. It was last call at the bar. I got a glass of pinot noir, no idea what kind it even was. Drank with Barry Bloom from MLB and Jim Jenks from MLB (he was the sports editor at the PD who hired me in 1995) and Kawakami. Poor Phil Barber had plane connection problems and got into Detroit at 10:00 this morning.
October 27th, 2012 11:04 am
Stan
You know your getting older when you watch a newer Dick Van Dyke movie. A murder mystery.
October 27th, 2012 11:07 am
Dennis
It really depends on the plane configuration and how long the flight will be. Long flights, I like the aisle. Short flights, I like the window – usually on the left side of the plane (especially when coming back to SFO).
October 27th, 2012 12:08 pm
Hoferfan67
LC, good stuff. I’m sure you’ll have much more to share during the next few days! Good times.
October 27th, 2012 12:08 pm
B-Rad
I’m 6’5″
October 27th, 2012 12:32 pm
Tommy CostaRica
I’m 6’3″ and riding buses in Latin America. Bus seat clearance here is designed for people 5’6″ to 5’8″ these people are really small. When you see their kids you think they might be 5 or 6 and they’re really 10 or 11. I’m not old enough to get the handicap seat in front but I always request a seat with more leg room or go all the way to the back to the seat aiming down the isle. I’m with you Terry, “Who would ever want the middle seat?” Unless it was between two Playboy bunnies? And as far as Stan’s movie and your dream Lowell, I’ve started having dreams where I’m saying to myself in weird dreamy situations, “You know Tom you’re gettin’ older!”
October 27th, 2012 1:16 pm
CohnZohn
I generally like the window seat on the left. I curl my jacket into a ball and put it against the window like a pillow and rest my head on it and try to sleep.
October 27th, 2012 1:34 pm