Re: Boiled Green Peanuts

On 11/5/2024 2:24 PM, D wrote:

  On Tue, 5 Nov 2024, Citizen Winston Smith wrote:
 

It would, but then you lose the reading time.

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This is the truth, because I would be the one who would do all the driving. ;)

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Must bring wife to helm so you can daydream...

 This is the truth... hmm, what if I just happen to forget my drivers license? That could, on the other hand, result in my death. ;)

No sir, not in Texas anyways...

Those were the days. The concept of customer is king is completely
absent in sweden. I try to live it in my own company, in combination
with choosing my customers very carefully. I find it a very good way to
run a business! =)

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You are delightfully out of step with your surroundings, in a very confident manner.

 Oh definitely! Since my company is small, I cannot run where the big
guys are running. So by looking where no one else is looking I secure
nice margins and happy customers. =)

You are a true fisher of men.

Hmm, I see no difference, or very little difference between this one and
the 2000 trains. They are ok for day trips, but completely unreliable,
and never, ever, take the train in sweden during the winter. Everything
breaks down.
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During spring/summer it tends to be ok though. Anothe pro-tip! Don't buy
the train internet, just use your cellphone. It will be faster and more
reliable.

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We have far more in common that I would have guessed, train wise.
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But I am sure your commuter services are better than ours.

 Possibly, but it would depend on with what area of the US you compare.
I've been to areas in the US where I had to run over highways and it was
impossible to walk anywhere or to impossible to find a bus.
 I've lived in Chicago which was pretty good and very similar to european
standards.
 And cities somewhere in between.

True enough, but we need to have some hope of improvement and your nation could have been it as a model.
Oh well, back to the ruthlessly efficient Swiss...

They seemed suspiciously positive! Can such positive people be trusted?
;)

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Yes, and you can also trust this even more cheerful couple:
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https://youtu.be/Ax2NxgUXFW4

 This will be tomorrow evenings show. Now the wife is hooked on train
videos and can talk of nothing else. Her challenge now is to find which
line or lines to choose.

Aw, that's very sweet. I am glad any of these are useful to you.
A bit off topic, but have you ever watched this adventurous off-roading gal?
https://www.youtube.com/@evazubeck
My thinking being that perhaps you two might want to rent an RV or camper.
Plenty of opportunities for that, albeit you lose some backroad mobility.

Based on careful analysis my wife and I agree. The roomette does seem
like the best option. For being food on a train, I think the steak
looked alright, especially compared with the garbage that is served on
planes! =)
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The wife was not as impressed with the food though.

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It will suffice is all I can add.

 Again the comparison. Compared with airline and airport food it looks
absolutely awesome!
 The only time I had better food on airlines is when I fly business, but
I only do that when I need to fly longer than 4-5 hours which is, very
thankfully, only when the wife drags me on some vacation trip to remote
and distant lands.

As a plus you will also not gain weight on anything they serve...

But for real luxury there is Canada's Rocky Mountaineer - now that is world class, for whatever that means.
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Or even their standard Via:
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https://youtu.be/G9Xh95FO0i4?t=734

 Impressive! I'm almost tempted to believe that if there is one thing
socialism actually does manage, its decent trains. ;)

I am with you on that only because reality has made it so.
Choices...lose a large military expenditure and it can trickle down elsewhere...