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chrisbegley

@chrisbegley@mstdn.social

Fan of cities and wild places. I like bikes, beer, rugby.

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jon, to random
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Welcome to Autumn 2023 Day 02, 1 Sep, Bruxelles - Paris - Morlaix - Roscoff, onto ferry

Today I’m crossing these borders
Lille 🇫🇷 - Bruxelles 🇧🇪 HSL

Map of today’s route
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-political-tour-autumn-2023_933893#7/49.185/-1.413

Today’s Live Blog
https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/live-blog-autumn-2023-day-02/

chrisbegley,
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@jon couldn't this more easily be done by increasing airport fees? (And you are right about the frequent flyers, but that seems even less likely)

grivettcarnac, to Ottawa
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    chrisbegley,
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    @casseagull @grivettcarnac this story is quite interesting:
    https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/ont-mayor-can-t-afford-to-buy-house-in-township-she-leads-1.6515923

    chrisbegley,
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    @casseagull @grivettcarnac do you think so? In Europe, it is just the Germanic countries that don't like home ownership: https://www.statista.com/statistics/246355/home-ownership-rate-in-europe/

    ottaross, to random
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    plans? Just figuring it out here. I think we'll do chicken, corn-on-the-cob and baked potato.

    I put some chicken in tandoori spices and yoghurt an hour ago so that should add some value.

    What are you having? (or had – in timezones where supper is over)

    chrisbegley,
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    @ottaross grilled sausages with sauteed red cabbage. I need a bit of beer for the cabbage, so can't let the rest go to waste

    ladybugspicnic, to Ottawa
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    A Nanos survey about the Queen Elizabeth Driveway.....

    https://surveys.nanosresearch.com/634846?lang=en

    chrisbegley,
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    @lanastewart @casseagull @ladybugspicnic is "people in general" code for "drivers and definitely not you, Lana Stewart, a known avid cyclist"

    chrisbegley,
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    @lanastewart Audi drivers are the biggest A-Holes on German roads

    Auxonic, to random
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    The national post continuing to churn out utter nonsense and now denying the very existence of a right wing neo-fascist political movement aiming to install a religious and white supremacy based government

    chrisbegley,
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    @Auxonic who were those people occupying Ottawa and two border crossings then?

    Alon, to random
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    After an obligatory five minute delay, we got to Hamburg.

    chrisbegley,
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    @Alon @jon I have been literally there. Three people in my compartment with Canadian passports - two white, one black. Guess which one got checked.

    ottaross, to random
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    A few thoughts on an urge I've long had to pursue my favourite movie/TV cliché IRL. It's the scene we all know – coffee and pie at the counter of a diner restaurant.

    The venues for living that experience are getting scarce in modern times, but I can think of four or five places that still remain in my city.

    I'm imagining a project to hunt them down. If I manage to pull it off I'll hashtag them with .

    chrisbegley,
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    @ottaross pie is so much better than cake. This is not opinion, it is fact

    geekingirl, to random
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    I’m just a girl, looking to the Prime Minister, wondering how many communities need to burn to the ground before we get serious about climate change policy.

    chrisbegley,
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    @lanastewart @geekingirl in all seriousness, I do not think this government can go any further. In terms of federal action, what more can they do without guaranteeing getting voted out.
    The alternative is to do even more now and have it all scrapped in 2 years. Or do 70% and have a realistic chance of keeping that going. My vote is with the 70%

    lanastewart, to random
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    Actually you can take transit from Cavendish to Charlottetown, Millhouse (and many other rural routes … FOR $2)

    chrisbegley,
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    @lanastewart OMG he brought up tidal power! I have worked with two different companies. The reason there is no tidal power is because it is freaking difficult. He just wants to pretend he has a solution

    jon, to random
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    Renfe says it is investing €15 million in rolling stock to allow its trains to run into Portugal

    • End of 2024: beyond Badajoz to Évora 🇵🇹, connecting to CP trains there

    • 2027: finally running Porto-Vigo-La Coruña with electric rather than diesel trains (even though the line is already electrified)

    • extending Madrid-Badajoz to Lisboa (date unknown)

    • Madrid-Porto, via Salamanca, Vilar Formoso

    I’ll believe it when I see it, honestly.

    https://www.lainformacion.com/empresas/renfe-portugal-rutas-lisboa-oporto-madrid-coruna/2890588/

    chrisbegley,
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    @jon some friends are going from Canada to Porto. Wanted to train over to Malaga, but too difficult, so just decided to fly.

    TiffyBelle, to coys

    Bit of a shaky start for new goalkeeper Vicario. He's getting the job done, but unconvincingly at times. Hope he settles in quickly.

    @epl @spurs

    chrisbegley,
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    @TiffyBelle @epl @spurs poorly timed here

    chrisbegley,
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    @TiffyBelle @epl @spurs oh didn't see the deflection

    ottaross, to diy
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    Some fun and discussions & anecdotes on here today.

    Regardless of your locale, I think we can all agree that flathead screws are abominations that belong in the junk bin of history.

    handy people around the world look at a scar on their hands and nod

    chrisbegley,
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    @ottaross how about Torx? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx
    I also had to buy a special bit to take my European kettle apart (it let 0ut the loudest beep in the world just what you want when you are sleeping and your spouse makes a cup of tea at 6AM - I broke off the speaker)
    https://www.amazon.com/U-shaped-Screwdriver-Security-Magnetic-Extension/dp/B08D37FVP3

    ottaross, to diy
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    Hey European & American friends who use tools and do building, repairs, DIY – are Robertson screws common in your area?

    Are Robertson screwdrivers common in European toolboxes?

    In Canada I suspect that 99% of people who have tools would have Robertson screwdrivers in their toolbox. At least the red & green (#2, #1) sizes. The more intrepid will have the yellow and black (#0, #3) sizes too.

    Poll to follow…

    chrisbegley,
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    @ottaross they will. I have a full set of Robertsons which have moved from Berlin to Munich to Boston and not been used. I asked a few people in Germany and none had heard of them.
    Use Phillips or include a driver

    chrisbegley, to random
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    My take: The Toronto Sun in general and Joe Warmington in particular are malignant.

    jcrabapple, to beer

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    chrisbegley,
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    @jcrabapple Two Roads in Connecticut and Dovetail in Chicago make the best two I have had in the States @akrennmair

    chrisbegley, to random
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    Beach day and the living is easy

    Alon, to random
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    This article touches on a real issue, but renaming HR to "people and culture" isn't going to do anything. It comes from the same place of bullshit as renaming "slave" to "enslaved person." No mention of raising salaries or hiring on a faster turnaround like the private sector. I beg the NGO space to stop being completely useless. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/07/26/to-make-transit-work-we-need-to-make-transit-agencies-better-workplaces

    chrisbegley,
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    @Alon well, wasn't HR formerly Personnel? I think HR is an awful, clinical term. We have our physical resources and our human resources.

    lanastewart, to random
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    Look. McBeige rhe First promised ‘on time and on budget’.. not ‘on the rails and in service’. Service to users was never the priority.

    chrisbegley,
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    @lanastewart I feel Watson was so beige, he cannot be dethroned. Can we call them McBeiger and McBeige?

    jon, to random German
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    Ravières canal golden hour kitsch

    chrisbegley,
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    @jon I love Berlin but....

    Alon, to random
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    Things I shouldn't be doing: doodling crayon of the world divided into superstates in the 22nd century.

    (The EU, to the Donbas and Gomel, with the UK back in. The US. A pan-Hispanic-American union. ASEAN. China, with Taiwan regrettably annexed. The Arab League, with Israel having collapsed. India. The East African Federation. A Francophone Sahelian union. A Francophone Central African union. Brazil, Japan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, and Bangladesh stay separate; united Korea is a buffer state.)

    chrisbegley,
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    @Alon I am pleased to hear East Africa is still inhabitable!

    chrisbegley, to random
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    Beer and bunnies, together

    akrennmair, to random
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    VLB Sommerfest was yesterday, and I took part in a small tour of their research brewery. Very interesting to see, they work at a fairly small scale, with 3 brew systems with capacities of 5hl, 2hl and 5 liters (sic!) each. The 5hl system consists of two mash tuns (one heated, can be used for adjunct cooking), one lauter tun, one kettle and one whirlpool, and is designed to emulate as many different brew systems of commercial breweries at a smaller scale.

    chrisbegley,
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    @akrennmair Gingko Bioworks here in Boston is a research manufacturing org for biologics. They have fleets of 1L fermenters so they can run projects with hundreds of variables. I commented that they looked like the world's largest test brewery :)

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