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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:39 pm
by 9000white
NorthernPete wrote:Yawn (not being bored, my solution suggestion!)... I work in an underground gold mine and travel down 720m by elevator in about 1 minute, just keep moving your jaw, seems to work for me in that pressure change.

if not, watch some american idol or survivor, you should be yawning in no time.
how do you stay awake long enough to yawn while watching this trash??

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:49 pm
by bok
from airborne.org
He was given some nose drops to help dilate the Eustachian tubes. Following this, a burst of high-pressure air was introduced into his nose, forcing pressurised air through the obstructed tubes and into the middle ears, relieving the negative pressure.
that doesn't sound fun at all but might be the source of your "drops to help earblock" info