Had to look at wiki about the modernization of 810.

And I wasn’t entirely correct the true modernization was performed 2005-2012 basically rebuild to be the yellow RegiNova train.

Last “modernization” 2020-2024 was pretty much stopgap before they can get some new trains. Fitted new motor so AC can be fitted and new interior.

I don’t know the name of the trains that are meant to replace those 70’s trains. But there are options, truth is that it is just aging and is increasingly hard to maintain them in decent condition (most recent modernization was ~2015). At least here it will be replaced eventually for more modern ones, I know it is blast from past but it just doesn’t matter for regular commuter.

Yes too small, too slow and on electrified tracks irrelevant. They are meant for small regional lines, not for suburban transport. It is like running trams as EC trains.

I like them but fortunately didn’t see them in a while. I say fortunately because they get slowly replaced not like the insane plan in Hungary to “modernize” them.

Also they aren’t suited for the place where I live so few lines are still served with the old DB carriages other have the new RegioPanther trains.

Similar vibes to VLDL videos like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R20DuABMPI

I like it.

Kofola!

If you look at it from the political side that this is the basic idea of liberal democracy.

Everyone votes in their best interest and especially in proportional representation you get some compromise of the interests.

Right now at least in politics people act less in their own interest but more of what they emotionally feel like their interest.

Sorry dangling from the outside of my bike panniers…

Bit more chill than in France, different style of signage (node network) and today ride in Brussels was lot easier than in Paris.

What is worse is that there is forbidden wild camping and they don’t have many campsites, first day I stayed on someone’s garden and then I had bit of long and short days of riding to get somewhere to camp.

I am bikepacking through Europe, I was in Spain, Portugal and now I am heading towards Belgium.

I didn’t used any bike share and no trains here either but it is used here all the time.

To be honest the cycling here is a bit of organised mess. You have to get the vibe of it as it was explained to me. Real problem starts when you want to get outside of Paris because it is so f*ing big, it is half day of riding through suburbs before you get out.

You know in regards to foreign policy of US it is happening for long time, at least since 90’s. What Trump does right now just makes this stuff really obvious for ordinary people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bFs6ZiynSU

From my point of view as a foreigner the US political system is broken and nobody tried to correct it so this was only matter of time. And yes when something like this happens most people just want to get by.

There is a cheese in my country- olomoucké tvarůžky, which is in itself acquired taste.

But I made “Loštický zázrak” which is this cheese pickled in beer, as a homebrewer I used half fermented beer. So smelly cheese fermented with beer.

You can smell this concoction in whole house when the jar was opened, but the taste was amazing.

It came from long list of mispronounced words from a Ukrainian girl that came to our country when the war started.

The list is gold mine for usernames, I have to contact my friend who dates her to get it.

I think it is this video, yes it is about the core one. But he looks at it from the perspective of print farm where he needs to keep them printing as long as position.

I saw a video where guy compared prusa and bambu. All of his Prusas were functional but slower because they are older models. From 3 Bambu printers only one printed because he can’t get replacement parts.

And this was released last year…

Drained pond. I am 99% sure about it.

There are cases where they legitimately offer something better so they are viewed favorable. Especially China for some regional investments.

These are in my opinion good reasons and you have to ask yourself what the West can do better to change it.

There are night busses in my city, and there are loads of wild stories but maybe my favorite is this wholesome one:

So friends were returning from pub with guitars (some jam night) and didn’t want to stop. Get to the bus and started playing again, few stops another guy with guitar gets on, joins them… So the trip went like all the people singing, players hops on and of on their stops and everyone have a good time returning from pubs.

When we did something like that on few hour long train ride some German girls really liked it, they didn’t understand a word but they clapped after each song.

Cyclists, some people just see red when they came across cyclist at the road.