In the words of Mark Twain, “And how slow and still the time did drag along.” For anyone who has not yet experienced the joy of flying from Australia to the US, the above words certainly do hold true. It is a long flight, with not a lot to do apart from read, watch movies, eat, sleep in 15 minute intervals. Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat. For 14 hours. To be fair to Qantas, they did feed us with an acceptable lamb shank, chicken and lee...