One Long Flick Through a Magazine

"In the old days, when he flew a lot, he'd never been able to get absorbed in a book until the plane had taken off, so he'd spent the pre-boarding time flicking through magazines and browsing in gift shops, and that's what the last couple of decades had felt like: One Long Flick Through a Magazine" - Juliet, Naked (p.97)

Tick, tock.