yeah time zones are a good excuse... Sometimes I also use the excuse that I work nights

One of the best reasons for a train is you can drink, not on your morning commute of course, but going somewhere for a night out, and you don’t have to wait half hour to take off, or painfully slow service, you can bring your own drinks of choice. You can get nice seats with a group of friends with a table and leg room, it’s lovely.

I only drink when I fly. Not on trains, not on car rides, not socially, not alone in my home — only when I fly.

There is nothing to do in an airport or an airplane. It’s like solitary confinement. All you can do is eat, drink, maybe buy a shitty book from the local duty free shop, and wait out your sentence.

A terribly uncomfortable experience.

'There is nothing to do in an airport or an airplane.'

I get this, but I've also met some interesting people and sometimes found myself deep in honest conversation for hours at a time. I'm saying this as someone who is usually reserved to the point of being anti-social.