Leaving Reno a few years ago on a day with very strong winds blowing out of the Sierra. Because of its location, the Reno airport has only one long north-south runway and a very short east-west runway. All commercial flights use the north-south runway under any wind conditions. On this day the winds were very strong setting up a crosswind takeoff. As we are sitting at the end of the runway waiting clearance and being buffeted by the wind the pilot comes on to reassure us that all is OK. He says that they practice these all the time so "we should sit back, relax and pretend we are at Disneyland where we pay for rides like these."