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Subject: Re: Boiled Green Peanuts
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On 11/4/2024 2:11 PM, D wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, 4 Nov 2024, Citizen Winston Smith wrote:
> 
>>>>
>>>> Bus service at times in substitution.
>>>
>>> Oh, what a shame. =( Maybe renting a car would be the safer way after 
>>> all.
>>
>> It would, but then you lose the reading time.
> 
> This is the truth, because I would be the one who would do all the 
> driving. ;)

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

>>>> And the interior of even a top Amtrak roomette is old and spartan 
>>>> and full of squeaks and rattles.
>>>
>>> And here I thought beautiful, aged, wood interior, roomy and 
>>> comfortable, and very well insulated to block any outside noise. =(
>>
>> We have express, but no Orient.
>>
>> https://youtu.be/w9V5GDseUjs
> 
> There's not even a Trainforce One? =(

Lol.

>>>> On the positive side the train personnel (mostly all black) are top 
>>>> notch, friendly, helpful and take their careers seriously.
>>>
>>> Very good! I find that black people are much better at customer 
>>> service than white people! =)
>>
>> It harkens back to a time when the customer was king, and in a decent 
>> way.
> 
> 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! =)

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

>>>> Just bring a flexible schedule and lots of atience and on any gven 
>>>> day you should be fine.
>>>
>>> Well, sounds liket the swedish train system!
>>
>> Oh no, really?
>>
>> https://youtu.be/EqCqBSeicUY
>>
>> I guess I'm cherry picking.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.

We have far more in common that I would have guessed, train wise.

But I am sure your commuter services are better than ours.


>>>
>>>> Here's a trustworthy primer on Amtrak:
>>>>
>>>> https://youtu.be/PfgRp3Nz0WU
>>>
>>> Excellent! This could be tonights TV!
>>
>> You can bird dog a lot of America with confidence in this couple.
> 
> They seemed suspiciously positive! Can such positive people be trusted?
> ;)

Yes, and you can also trust this even more cheerful couple:

https://youtu.be/Ax2NxgUXFW4

> 
>>>> And please don't be put off by our shabbiness, it's really a freight 
>>>> rail nation this way.
>>>
>>> No worries... I live in eastern europe now, and have seen my fair 
>>> share of shabbiness. ;)
>>>
>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>
>> Indeed you have sir!
> 
> 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! =)
> 
> The wife was not as impressed with the food though.

It will suffice is all I can add.

But for real luxury there is Canada's Rocky Mountaineer - now that is 
world class, for whatever that means.

Or even their standard Via:

https://youtu.be/G9Xh95FO0i4?t=734