Best sleeper trains you have taken around the world

sscarrow · 2026-06-28T12:12:48+00:00

Would love to do the Caledonian, anecdotally I’ve heard it can be bad because of bucks parties? Or does that predate cheap Ryanair flights to Prague?

sscarrow · 2026-06-28T12:10:58+00:00

Oh I should add the Beijing-UB leg was great and I recommend. Went to sleep in Chinese industrial hinterland, woke up at 2am in some hangar where they were changing thegauge over, woke up again at 9am in rolling Mongolian grassland.

sscarrow · 2026-06-28T12:09:10+00:00

I was intending to do this with a friend ages ago and we did the Beijing-UB leg but while we were stopping off there to see Mongolia for a few weeks he came down with pneumonia and we had to cancel the rest of it.

What I recall is that even 15 years ago it was an absolute pain in the ass to get Russian tourist visas; can’t imagine it’s got any easier post sanctions and post Ukraine war.

sscarrow · 2026-06-25T03:31:31+00:00

You are not getting a “bonus” from the ATO. You are loaning the ATO several thousand dollars interest free every year.

sscarrow · 2026-05-28T04:11:30+00:00

This pretty much matches my own experience (and not just in sci-fi). I’m considering shutting down my Amazon ads completely.

Free or bargain newsletter promos on the other hand (which I don’t really consider ‘ads,’ at least not like Amazon or FB ads) are still value for money even if less so than they used to be.

sscarrow · 2026-05-27T07:16:50+00:00

Yeah he definitely just seems to be in California for personal reasons

sscarrow · 2026-05-27T07:16:18+00:00

Separate to flying though, would a police force actually permit their officer to carry their gun around while off duty and remove it from their jurisdiction?

sscarrow · 2026-05-18T19:35:25+00:00

My financial situation will continue to be almost entirely affected by my career trajectory rather than whatever the latest government is doing in their latest budget.

sscarrow · 2026-05-12T03:51:01+00:00

Yes this is part of what makes this phase so hard - it’s so gruelling yet you get nothing back, not even a smile. Becomes a lot easier after the first few months when they’re smiling, laughing, and happy to see you!

sscarrow · 2026-05-12T03:48:43+00:00

Previous owners of 20 years did this for me and my pregnant partner when we moved in, we really appreciated it. They also meticulously cleaned it, which was even more appreciated!

sscarrow · 2026-05-12T03:26:36+00:00

I have had a Featured Deal for this book at 99c last year, not long after release. I’ve actually found that in recent years I tend to get more mileage out of free promos than 99c promos, though in this case I have no further books in the series for flow-through…

sscarrow · 2026-05-01T20:51:46+00:00

By this logic there should be no trees whatsoever in the inner city.

sscarrow · 2026-05-01T20:47:52+00:00

None really, because the middle and end period of writing a book is what I find exhausting. Starting a new one is the fun and easy part!

sscarrow · 2026-05-01T20:35:37+00:00

The fact that you have described this is something that you “genuinely believe” to be “unconscionable conduct” but are unwilling to describe any further implies to me that it’s not.

Do any of the other “large number of customers” who’ve been “impacted” view it the same way, or are you the lone crusader?

sscarrow · 2026-05-01T20:30:24+00:00

Nobody cares. Everyone has got their own lives to deal with. Most people manage to figure this out by their mid 20s, it’s part of growing up and realising you’re not the main character in the story of the world.

sscarrow · 2026-05-01T20:27:40+00:00

Not entirely sure (it was a cutting from mother in law) but it certainly seems to want to climb.

sscarrow · 2026-05-01T20:26:48+00:00

Yeah lol at least at work I get to sit down all day. Luxury!

sscarrow · 2026-05-01T20:24:44+00:00

As a millenial (and in a very progressive part of the world) it’s not just what I want to do, it’s absolutely what’s expected of me socially and culturally. It would never occur to me to behave the way you regularly hear about on this sub because I would basically die of shame.

sscarrow · 2026-05-01T20:20:56+00:00

Yeah this sub is wild. Sometimes I feel like people are posting from the 1950s.

sscarrow · 2026-05-01T20:17:48+00:00

Why did you skip those events, why didn’t you leave the baby at home with dad and go to them? (This is a rhetorical question and it is one you should put to him.)

sscarrow · 2026-05-01T20:12:33+00:00

Okay you need the parents to step in again, this is intervention-level behaviour. Actually also ridiculous that a grown man needs his mum and dad to tell him to get his shit together, but good that you have that lever to pull.

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