On 8/16/2025 5:23 PM, Gary McGath wrote:
It's now official, though not surprising: The 2027 Worldcon will be in
Montreal on September 2-6. I like this since I can drive there in a day,
assuming crossing the border is still feasible in 2027.
https://file770.com/montreal-in-2027-worldcon-bid-wins-site-selection-vote/
I may well do so too.
It's now official, though not surprising: The 2027 Worldcon
will be in Montreal on September 2-6. I like this since I can
drive there in a day, assuming crossing the border is still
feasible in 2027.
garym@mcgath.com (Gary McGath) wrote:
It's now official, though not surprising: The 2027 Worldcon will
be in Montreal on September 2-6. I like this since I can drive
there in a day, assuming crossing the border is still feasible in
2027.
I decided a couple of years ago, no more flying. Train travel much
mote relaxing and nice scenery, too. (And I don't drive.)
It's now official, though not surprising: The 2027 Worldcon will be
in Montreal on September 2-6. I like this since I can drive there in
a day, assuming crossing the border is still feasible in 2027.
On 8/17/25 11:22 AM, Paul Dormer wrote:
In article <107qsrs$1ucf8$1@dont-email.me>, garym@mcgath.com (Gary McGath) >> wrote:
It's now official, though not surprising: The 2027 Worldcon will be
in Montreal on September 2-6. I like this since I can drive there in
a day, assuming crossing the border is still feasible in 2027.
I decided a couple of years ago, no more flying. Train travel much mote
relaxing and nice scenery, too. (And I don't drive.)
Neither does my friend in Massachusetts, but if we decide to go, I'll
drive four hours to her place; hang out overnight, then drive four hours
with her to Montreal.
On 8/17/2025 2:58 PM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:
On 8/17/25 11:53 AM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
garym@mcgath.com (Gary McGath) wrote:
It's now official, though not surprising: The 2027 Worldcon will
be in Montreal on September 2-6. I like this since I can drive
there in a day, assuming crossing the border is still feasible in
2027.
I decided a couple of years ago, no more flying. Train travel much
mote relaxing and nice scenery, too. (And I don't drive.)
I know it's possible to take a train from the UK through the Chunnel
to Europe, and presumably also to Asia. But unfortunately, there's no
railroad tunnel or bridge between Siberia and Alaska, so I doubt you
can get the whole way to Montreal by rail.
Maybe plans for such a connection were discussed at the recent Alaska
summit meeting. That way something productive would have come from it.
Apparently you can travel from the UK to America by train.
America, Netherlands, that is.
I'm trying to work on a joke itinerary involving the land border
between Denmark and Canada, but haven't come up with something.
Cryptoengineer wrote:
I'm trying to work on a joke itinerary involving the land border
between Denmark and Canada, but haven't come up with something.
There's a Denmark in New York, but it's not on the border, and the
border between it is a river.
I know it's possible to take a train from the UK through the Chunnel
to Europe, and presumably also to Asia. But unfortunately, there's no railroad tunnel or bridge between Siberia and Alaska, so I doubt you
can get the whole way to Montreal by rail.
Maybe plans for such a connection were discussed at the recent Alaska
summit meeting. That way something productive would have come from it.
I don't think you can get to the Russian side of the Bering Strait
by rail. About the closest you can get is Yakutsk.
There's a Denmark in New York, but it's not on the border, and the
border between it is a river.
Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:
There's a Denmark in New York, but it's not on the border, and the
border between it is a river.
Is there something rotten there?
UK through the Chunnel
kfl@KeithLynch.net (Keith F. Lynch) wrote:
UK through the Chunnel
That name never caught on, it's always the Channel tunnel.
In article <107tlb6$3bb$1@reader1.panix.com>, kfl@KeithLynch.net (Keith F. Lynch) wrote:
I live in Vienna. I've never been to Austria.
I spent my 70th birthday in the original Vienna having Wiener schnitzel.
On 8/18/25 12:22 PM, Paul Dormer wrote:
In article <107tlb6$3bb$1@reader1.panix.com>, kfl@KeithLynch.net (Keith F. >> Lynch) wrote:
I live in Vienna. I've never been to Austria.
I spent my 70th birthday in the original Vienna having Wiener schnitzel.
I once had a hamburger in Hamburg.
Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
I once had a hamburger in Hamburg.
Is the next one on the bucket list to have a frankfurter in Frankfort?
Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
I once had a hamburger in Hamburg.
I'm reminded of _Violent Is the Word for Curly_, a 1938 Three Stooges
short in which a professor says he plans to return to Hamburg on the
Clipper. Curly, mishearing it, says he never heard of a hamburger
with a zipper. It's noteworthy as containing the first-ever music
video. It can be viewed for free on YouTube.
Is the next one on the bucket list to have a frankfurter in Frankfort?
Wouldn't it make more sense to have a frankfurter in Frankfurt?
(Frankfurt is a city in Germany. Frankfort is the capital of
Kentucky.)
Keith F. Lynch <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
I once had a hamburger in Hamburg.
Is the next one on the bucket list to have a frankfurter in Frankfort?
Wouldn't it make more sense to have a frankfurter in Frankfurt?
(Frankfurt is a city in Germany. Frankfort is the capital of
Kentucky.)
That's much farther away. You might as well have chili in Chile if
you're going to do that.
Apparently there are groups promoting the idea
of a Bering Strait Tunnel
(<https://www.intercontinentalrailway.com> and <https://www.interbering.com>), among others.
Having a Berliner in Berlin is more difficult. That name for a
pastry similar to the American jelly doughnut is a regional one, and
I'm told it isn't much used in Berlin. For that and other reasons,
JFK's audience wasn't confused.
Having a Berliner in Berlin is more difficult. That name for a pastry
similar to the American jelly doughnut is a regional one, and I'm told
it isn't much used in Berlin. For that and other reasons, JFK's audience >wasn't confused.
Keith F. Lynch wrote:
Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:
Apparently there are groups promoting the idea
of a Bering Strait Tunnel
(<https://www.intercontinentalrailway.com> and
<https://www.interbering.com>), among others.
YASID: I seem to recall an old SF story about such a construction project. >> It discovered ancient remains of a similar project, which proved to be the >> results of time travel. Does anyone recall this? Thanks.
As they say, "DuckDuckGo is your friend." "Subterrestrial" by
Michael McBride.
Wouldn't it make more sense to have a frankfurter in Frankfurt?
(Frankfurt is a city in Germany. Frankfort is the capital of
Kentucky.)
That's much farther away. You might as well have chili in Chile if
you're going to do that.
In article <1080fgi$se6$1@panix3.panix.com>, kludge@panix.com (Scott
Dorsey) wrote:
Wouldn't it make more sense to have a frankfurter in Frankfurt?
(Frankfurt is a city in Germany. Frankfort is the capital of
Kentucky.)
That's much farther away. You might as well have chili in Chile if
you're going to do that.
Not for me it isn't.
As it happened, I spent a few days in Frankfurt on my way back from
Vienna. Didn't have any frankfurters, though.
Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
Having a Berliner in Berlin is more difficult. That name for a pastry
similar to the American jelly doughnut is a regional one, and I'm told
it isn't much used in Berlin. For that and other reasons, JFK's audience
wasn't confused.
Perhaps, but I did have a Berlinerweisse in Berlin.
On 8/18/25 11:51 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
Having a Berliner in Berlin is more difficult. That name for a pastry
similar to the American jelly doughnut is a regional one, and I'm told
it isn't much used in Berlin. For that and other reasons, JFK's audience >> wasn't confused.
Perhaps, but I did have a Berlinerweisse in Berlin.
You could also have a sandwich in Hawaii. (Points to anyone who knows why.)
On 8/18/25 11:51 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
Having a Berliner in Berlin is more difficult. That name for a pastry
similar to the American jelly doughnut is a regional one, and I'm told
it isn't much used in Berlin. For that and other reasons, JFK's audience >>> wasn't confused.
Perhaps, but I did have a Berlinerweisse in Berlin.
You could also have a sandwich in Hawaii. (Points to anyone who knows why.)
Don't expect to get anything other than a blank stare if you ask for
an
English Muffin in England.
(Muffin the Mule was a different thing, but not an illegal offence).
On 8/20/25 2:41 AM, Gary McGath wrote:
On 8/18/25 11:51 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:It's earl-y, but I still know this one.
Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
Perhaps, but I did have a Berlinerweisse in Berlin.
You could also have a sandwich in Hawaii. (Points to anyone who knows
why.)
In NJ we have Egg Harbor and, if you stretch it, Cranbury.
On 8/18/25 11:51 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
Having a Berliner in Berlin is more difficult. That name for a pastry
similar to the American jelly doughnut is a regional one, and I'm told
it isn't much used in Berlin. For that and other reasons, JFK's audience >>> wasn't confused.
Perhaps, but I did have a Berlinerweisse in Berlin.
You could also have a sandwich in Hawaii. (Points to anyone who knows why.)
For me, the shortest trip of this kind would be to have a sandwich in Sandwich, NH, possibly on rye bread from Rye, NH.
I don't know how far Sandwich is to you, but Sandwich in Kent is
about 140km due east of here. (I presume it is the one associated
with the Earl of Sandwich, after whom the snack is named.
Is the next one on the bucket list to have a frankfurter in Frankfort?
A brief perusal of Google Maps strongly suggests that if
want to have a bowl of chili in Chili, I will have to be
invited into someone's home. There doesn't seem to be so
much as a public gazebo or even a parking place where one
could open a thermos.
On 8/20/2025 8:11 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
A brief perusal of Google Maps strongly suggests that if
want to have a bowl of chili in Chili, I will have to be
invited into someone's home. There doesn't seem to be so
much as a public gazebo or even a parking place where one
could open a thermos.
Well, considering that chili is a Tex/Mex concoction…
I've heard it was invented by Hungarian immigrants trying to make
goulash with local ingredients.
Jay Morris <morrisj@epsilon3.me> wrote:
Here's a more detailed breakdown:
1. Canary Islander Influence: ...
Had never heard about this before. Fascinating!
John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> wrote:
Jay Morris <morrisj@epsilon3.me> wrote:
Here's a more detailed breakdown:
1. Canary Islander Influence: ...
Had never heard about this before. Fascinating!
One of my favorite trick questions involves that island chain.
What kind of animal were they named for?
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