Random Thoughts 7

[Ivan Seeking]

Perhaps the coolest place I have ever been
https://www.gornergrat.ch/en/

So we got to the top of the mountain, deep in the Alps of Switzerland, where there was a very simple cafe for snacks and drinks. There was a waitress who came to take our order. She clearly spoke English very well so we asked where she was from. She had recently married a Swiss man and moved to Switzerland. Before that she lived a few miles from us.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Note that is a gear-driven train. The rack is between the rails.

 

[BillTre]

I was in a blizzard in Indiana once.
The moisture in exhaled air from on my bread and mustache.
I bet that was cooler.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I was in a blizzard in Indiana once.
The moisture in exhaled air from on my bread and mustache.
I bet that was cooler.

I think the coldest place I've been was somewhere in the rolling hills of Iowa. I don't remember how cold it got but I think the windchill was -50F or something insane like that. And the wind blew through those hills with a vengeance.

But I've never been more miserable than my three weeks spent in the frozen hell known as Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, Alaska. I was there for three weeks in late December and early January. We had 100 mph ice storms and had no heat in the factory; because it was still being built. I lost an inch off my waist every week. It was the worst work experience I've had in 30 years of doing this.

At least I was working on the side of the island with a runway. On the other side you had to land on the beach,

I was also held hostage at gunpoint for 24 hours in Peru, so that was a fun trip too.

 

[BillTre]

Thought I might trigger an interesting response from you. Thanks. Quite enjoyable.

I hope you got double secret overtime on the Alaska job.

 

[Borg]

Note that is a gear-driven train. The rack is between the rails.

I've been on that train. We stayed in an inn at the base of the mountain but it was covered in clouds the entire time. We took the train to Gornergrat and when we got to the top, the clouds all cleared. It was an amazing place.