[TAG] Re: [Lgang] England was nice

[mso@oz.net]

Heather Stern wrote:
> Interesting.  I described our doubledeck Caltrain to Thomas, and he said
> (a vague hand waved toward a foot-way overhead *clearly* meant for single
> deck trains to pass under) that wasn't likely to be offered in England.

Funny, that's the same reason I hear we don't have double-decker buses. 
But are there any double-decker trains besides the Caltrain?


> Even if there weren't so many derails.  Then he got all shy and said he
> really shouldn't describe such things when I was about to hop on a train.
> Heh.   I told him about some terrible results I'd heard of here in
> California too.  I hope he didn't worry too much about me that day.

Don't tell him about the accident rate on the Los Angeles light rail.

> Depends if to you taters is taters or you care about the diff between
> potatoes from the tuber and reconsituted tater powder.  I know for me, if
> it's mashed potatoes I rarely care, but I like eating the jacket along
> with
> my potato, so I've always favored baked or chips, as just plain ol chopped
> up potatoes, to the sliver things that are shoestrings, and among The
> Shoestring, liked the ones that used to be the outer potato the best.

Tater??  Tuber??  Tater powder??  The only taters I know of are Tater Tots.
http://www.bluegoomba.com/society/purdue_tater_tots.jpg
They're nuggets of shredded potatoes, or the potato equivalent of ground
beef.  Dunno about potatoes in tubes; it sounds tubular, man.  Tater
powder, you mean the boxes of potato flakes?  I never saw the point in
those.  A potato is the ultimate in easy cooking.  Slice off the ends, put
it in the oven while something else is cooking, and take it out in an
hour.

I usually eat baked potatoes, although I'll choose mashed if I'm out.  I
also make "fries" by slicing the potatoes and baking them (leaving the
jackets on).  They cook a lot faster that way.


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