Thanks to trade diverting from the USA, the dollar won't regain strength as it won't be the world's reserve currency, which is the only thing that kept up its relative strength.
The one time I took one, I also stood between the seats and holding on to an overhead bar. The crew wasn't happy but I told them I already had spine problems and this way I avoided them getting worse.
I don't really think about it, but I was born 20 years a months after WW2 (or a couple of months depending on which end of that war you count). And 2000 was only yesterday (and I was in Pattaya when it arrived).
Nat (if I remember her name correctly, the young lady that was sent flying by some idiot) used to dress in a way I wouldn't mind introducing her to my mother (so none of the above).