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Title: Moving forward feels better.....why ?
Post by: neilep on 18/04/2004 04:50:18

I was sitting on the train today, and I thought to myself that I much prefer to sit going forward....with plenty of spaces left on the train , there were still people who sat going backwards...why ?...is it not inherent in us to prefer facing the direction we are travelling ? Do we not have a prediliction for moving forward ?...and  if we do , then why ?...why does it feel better as a passenger to face forwards when travelling ? especially when we are not doing the driving or using our legs.

And why do I ask these silly mundane morose questions ?

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Title: Re: Moving forward feels better.....why ?
Post by: Quantumcat on 18/04/2004 06:02:44

It's probably just you (I don't mind at all travelling backwards) but if you suffer from travel sickness, I guess it's probably easier to cope with signals that say you're going forward than backwards so you get sick less.

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Title: Re: Moving forward feels better.....why ?
Post by: MayoFlyFarmer on 18/04/2004 08:05:03

I think it depends if you can see out the window or not.

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Title: Re: Moving forward feels better.....why ?
Post by: neilep on 18/04/2004 12:10:25

Thanks Quanty Kitty !!...yep !!..ok, t'is just me...but I never suffer from travel sickness, never have ....So...it's a little 'forward' trait that I will treasure and call my own.

Thanks Just......I do like looking out the window and certainly prefer to see what is coming rather than where I have been......but I just still think there's something more to it than a personal preference.....

I am sitting here beside myself with eager curiosity of other peoples views. Glad to be back[:D]

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Title: Re: Moving forward feels better.....why ?
Post by: MayoFlyFarmer on 18/04/2004 22:26:25

wow! you are back in force too!!

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Title: Re: Moving forward feels better.....why ?
Post by: neilep on 18/04/2004 23:10:04

I might be back in force today...but no one even comes close to your posting capacity....you truly are Lord Of The Flies .....(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.world-of-smilies.de%2Fhtml%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fparty%2Fschwirr.gif&hash=9fa828a05e026f1edaf00b1a5b30d596)

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Title: Re: Moving forward feels better.....why ?
Post by: Quantumcat on 18/04/2004 06:02:44

It's probably just you (I don't mind at all travelling backwards) but if you suffer from travel sickness, I guess it's probably easier to cope with signals that say you're going forward than backwards so you get sick less.

Am I dead? Am I alive? I'm both!
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Title: Re: Moving forward feels better.....why ?
Post by: MayoFlyFarmer on 18/04/2004 08:05:03

I think it depends if you can see out the window or not.

Good to see you back [:)]

Lift your skinny fists, like antennas to hevan!

Title: Re: Moving forward feels better.....why ?
Post by: neilep on 18/04/2004 12:10:25

Thanks Quanty Kitty !!...yep !!..ok, t'is just me...but I never suffer from travel sickness, never have ....So...it's a little 'forward' trait that I will treasure and call my own.

Thanks Just......I do like looking out the window and certainly prefer to see what is coming rather than where I have been......but I just still think there's something more to it than a personal preference.....

I am sitting here beside myself with eager curiosity of other peoples views. Glad to be back[:D]

'Men are the same as women...just inside out !'

Title: Re: Moving forward feels better.....why ?
Post by: MayoFlyFarmer on 18/04/2004 22:26:25

wow! you are back in force too!!

Lift your skinny fists, like antennas to hevan!

Title: Re: Moving forward feels better.....why ?
Post by: neilep on 18/04/2004 23:10:04

I might be back in force today...but no one even comes close to your posting capacity....you truly are Lord Of The Flies .....(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.world-of-smilies.de%2Fhtml%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fparty%2Fschwirr.gif&hash=9fa828a05e026f1edaf00b1a5b30d596)

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Title: Re: Moving forward feels better.....why ?
Post by: MissMontana on 20/04/2004 20:13:54

Welcome back Neil, nice to see you posting again.

Isn't it safer travelling backwards or is that just something I've picked up along the way, or maybe that's just aeroplanes.

Title: Re: Moving forward feels better.....why ?
Post by: neilep on 20/04/2004 20:20:30

Thanks T G, it's good to be back....Hmmm..that's an interesting point about it being safer (perhaps) to travel backwards......But I just 'feel' right to be facing the direction I'm going....is it really just me then ?....now that I think about it though, I may have heard something about the safety benefits of facing aginst the flow....maybe it was in planes......I still want to face forwards though (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finstagiber.net%2Fsmiliesdotcom%2Fcontrib%2Fedoom%2Fsmiley_on_tredmil.gif&hash=7e715f807c9f9b61b148e4ae21adc7aa)

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