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Traveling for 8 hours in a car

Old 05-18-2013, 12:42 PM
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What do you do to keep busy and awake when you are a passenger?
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Old 05-18-2013, 12:44 PM
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if you really want to keep awake, put on loud music you hate like rap or something hard rock. hand sewing down a bumpy road will make you prick your finger, that will work also.
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Old 05-18-2013, 12:51 PM
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If I do anything other than look out the window, I get car sick. Most of the time I listen to audiobooks and try to sleep.
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Old 05-18-2013, 01:02 PM
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Ohhh, can't sleep in a moving car. scary to me. I must keep my eyes on the road but at times I can read. perhaps I'd take some hexagons with me and finish them individually(framed). Other than that, I'm not much for hand quilting. knitting or crochet would work be nice too.
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Old 05-18-2013, 01:04 PM
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I knit when traveling, if I tried to read I would get car sick, an like Lynne said if I tried to sew I would probably prick my finger. lOL
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Old 05-18-2013, 01:10 PM
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Talk to the driver
Crochet
Read
Give in and sleep with face smashed on window
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Old 05-18-2013, 01:29 PM
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Books on tape work great! I can't do any handwork as a passenger or I get car sick.
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Old 05-18-2013, 01:41 PM
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Lately I have been doing penny rugs in the car. Also crochet, knit, embroider (did most of my crazy quilt in the car).
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Old 05-18-2013, 02:39 PM
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Why do you need to stay awake if you are a passenger? Mr stitchnripper and I listen to recorded books from the library on long trips.
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Old 05-18-2013, 02:50 PM
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I can't sleep and wouldn't anyway. Don't think it's fair to the driver. We usually listen to an audio book and I knit or crochet.
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