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12-20-2024, 04:53 PM
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Guru
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Canada
Distribution: Slackware(desktops), Debian(Lenovo Legion), Ubuntu(Thinkpad)
Posts: 7,442
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Favourite mode of travel
I lke driving my car over long distances; it's enjoyable to travel to my daughter's city(730 km away).
My favourite mode of travel is by train. There's something peaceful and meditative about listening to the train sounds as you meander through a forest wilderness.
What's your favourite mode of travel?
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12-20-2024, 06:06 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2008
Location: Montana USA
Distribution: KUbuntu, Fedora (KDE), PI OS
Posts: 593
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Car -- local radius 600 miles. Hop a plane when heading to east coast. To much time to be on the road when still working. Even when/if retired, I'd take a plane for that many miles. More time with the kids/grand kids!
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12-20-2024, 10:18 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu MATE, Mageia, and whatever VMs I happen to be playing with
Posts: 19,723
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Train.
I worked for Amtrak for over two decades and got to travel all over the country by rail. There is no better way to travel and see the sights. Try crossing the Donner Pass by rail sometime. Or the Hell Gate Bridge over the East River from Brooklyn to the Bronx.
Last edited by frankbell; 12-20-2024 at 10:23 PM.
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12-21-2024, 01:44 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2016
Location: Harrow, UK
Distribution: LFS, AntiX, Slackware
Posts: 8,103
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I never had a car and I don't bother with holidays any more. It isn't worth all the hassle. I think you only really need them when you're working.
I used to go on coaching holidays because they are cheap (and convenient if you have local pick-up) and you get to see a lot, but they're not exactly luxurious. A sleeper train is definitely classier. Flying is horrible. You have to fly if you're going outside Europe but it's no pleasure.
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12-21-2024, 05:22 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Sep 2011
Location: Upper Hale, Surrey/Hants Border, UK
Distribution: One main distro, & some smaller ones casually.
Posts: 5,744
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I had been a life long cyclist, (until I lost all my fitness looking after my mother with dementia), but now I either just walk or use my latest form of excercise/transport, kick biking....  |
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12-21-2024, 10:25 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Mar 2008
Posts: 22,237
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I just engage FSD and let the car drive most of the time. At my age it might be way better and faster than I am. Or it might kill me.
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12-21-2024, 10:32 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Mar 2011
Location: USA
Distribution: MINT Debian, Angstrom, SUSE, Ubuntu, Debian
Posts: 9,938
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Sailboat or ship
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12-21-2024, 11:56 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Somewhere inside 9.9 million sq. km. Canada
Distribution: Slackware 15.0, current, slackware-arm-currnet
Posts: 6,336
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Cruise ship is # 1.
Train is # 2.
Car is # 3.
Plane is my last and lease desirable choice. Usually used to get to choice 1 and 2.
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12-21-2024, 12:25 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Feb 2013
Location: Tucson, AZ, USA
Distribution: Rocky 9.5
Posts: 5,844
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I always enjoyed riding on a train…haven’t done that in many years, unfortunately.
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12-21-2024, 01:09 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2024
Posts: 11
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Schwinn
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12-21-2024, 01:17 PM
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Guru
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Canada
Distribution: Slackware(desktops), Debian(Lenovo Legion), Ubuntu(Thinkpad)
Posts: 7,442
Original Poster
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Quote:
Originally Posted by camorri
Cruise ship is # 1.
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We went on a Caribbean cruise in 2016. It was amazing! |
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12-21-2024, 10:08 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu MATE, Mageia, and whatever VMs I happen to be playing with
Posts: 19,723
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I had been a life long cyclist,
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I do quite enjoy my Fuji Sports 10, but I'm using if outside of my neighborhood--that is, using it as transportation rather than recreation--my neighborhood where the streets are wide and (most of) the drivers sane. |
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12-22-2024, 09:13 AM
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Registered: Apr 2016
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Walking, because it's the best way to enjoy this https://www.publicdomainpictures.net...ng-along-beach and this https://dissolve.com/stock-photo/Wom...01-D430-44-558
Cycling for similar reasons.
Train - you can relax and watch the scenery go past.
Not so keen on using the bus because the vibration and bumps turn your brain to mush, and there's not enough space or any privacy.
Driving - drift off for a relaxing snooze for a few seconds and you wake up to a major accident and twenty years in prison. |
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12-23-2024, 07:40 PM
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Member
Registered: Mar 2010
Location: oregon
Distribution: slackware64-15.0 / slarm64-current
Posts: 816
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01-06-2025, 02:13 PM
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Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Land of Linux :: Finland
Distribution: Pop!_OS && Windows 10 && Arch Linux
Posts: 831
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Quote:
Originally Posted by slac-in-the-box
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