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From: Citizen Winston Smith <sss@example.de>
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Subject: Re: Boiled Green Peanuts
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 14:52:51 -0700
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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.
>>>
>>> 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...
> 
> 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! =)
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
> 
> 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?
>>> ;)
>>
>> Yes, and you can also trust this even more cheerful couple:
>>
>> 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! =)
>>>
>>> The wife was not as impressed with the food though.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Or even their standard Via:
>>
>> 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...