Asking children aged 9 what they think they'll be like when they're 40.

my heart is broken that the leafs just traded away the sweetest man in the whole of hockey

"Fresh Butternut Pumpkin Whole".

even in regular non-world cup times, there are stacks of australians in vancouver. when i visited there two years ago everywhere i went i was hearing other australian accents

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oh 😢

great journeys nz (that runs the auckland-wellington ‘northern explorer’ sightseeing train) posted this in their socials. imagine a proper train for travelling from auckland to wellington and places between. okay maybe continue the tourist day train but then have a serious proper night train

easy german (my favourite german language learning channel on youtube) goes to the post office (i also like to visit the post office)

interesting to see that the euronight train between berlin/hamburg and stockholm will continue! (SJ is ending its 6 nights/week operation because the swedish state ended its subsidy, but its german partner for the train RDC will take it over fully with a 3 night/week service)

all this palaver and we could gone in with canada

i have been inspired (sound on)

apparently we have a 'new' australian flagged merchant ship (one out of only nine) (the first of the new strategic commercial fleet) i didnt realise ANL still existed

the tram in this edmonton streetcar news item seems familiar

double deck rolling stock hauled by steam locomotives is wild

i was annoyed at first that i couldnt get some kind of reloadable transit card from vienna to add to my collection but i found the daily paper tickets charming and perfectly serviceable. now they’re getting tap-on fares!

i am always surprised how shiny my shoes get when i polish them

my favourite german language learning channel on youtube came to australia (first out of two episodes - in this one they came to sydney)

jeez sydney in the 1950s is another world

i have been inspired (sound on)

catching up on todays habs game (im so excited)

this will make me sound so old but when i was at uni i used to buy a schooner of tooheys new at manning bar for $3.20. i just paid $10 for one

i am fascinated with this german language learning channel in youtube! but this episode (charmingly) has the feel of an elderly man out with his carer

i hadn't thought about this before but... i like this idea

i just got this ad on youtube

i love how this german language learning channel is, for one episode, a night train travel vlogger

sung danish is so much easier to understand than spoken danish? maybe all danes should just sing instead

im about to watch the habs game! i do not know the result!

something i liked about scandinavian railway stations is that there was always a chain convenience store at each station – clean, well stocked and well staffed, and it seemed like it was a concession agreement or defacto monopoly (narvesen in norway, pressbyrån in sweden, 7-eleven in denmark)

im catching up on the two recent montreal-buffalo games! good for buffalo, i hope they’re enjoying the playoffs

i am cautiously excited by this announcement - this route is our best opportunity for intercity rail travel approaching what they have in europe. i make make this a thread about what might even be silly or fantastical desires for what could be done, sydney-canberra, as i brain fart them out

i would rather do this as a night train sleeper than a day train

this was fascinating

canadian model trains!

i want to evangelise about mailing postcards to friends

im starting the first episode of death in paradise season 14, its so good already

i cannot wait until this opens, i am keen to go and visit nz for it

imagine inaugurating a new intercity (international!) train, with a bistro/dining car, that serves draught beer!

im catching up on the habs playoff game (i have been on a camping trip for the last 5 days) and i am so excited (i know the outcome)

its my work’s 70th anniversary next year and ive just had the urge to collect wild yeast and bake a commemorative loaf for it

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oh! i’ve travelled on the longest single train journey in the eu! (sj euronight, berlin-stockholm)

te huia?

i forgot to say that while i was away, the via rail F40PH that i had preordered from rapido trains long ago (‘love the way’ scheme) finally arrived! i got 6420 because its the locomotive i rode behind on VIA62 toronto-montreal that time

you can get almdudler here in sydney!

i love this gif

ELITE SNIPER COLE CAUFIELD

okay im watching the habs playoff game live

i posed my n scale souvenirs from europe on my layout, just to get a good look at them - an öbb siemens taurus locomotive, and an öbb nightjet coach set

i watched this before my trip and its been suggested to me again by the algorithm. it hits different? makes me wonder about a sydney central station redevelopment/renovation

my postcards to new zealand are being delivered much sooner than my postcards to australian recipients