Transatlantic Tunnel Train Trip (Short Story) - 3/16/2018 9:54:13 AM
This is strange. From a rather dry description (I know, I'm an engineer) of the bullet train, you shift gears and seem to be describing a London travelogue of today. I'm not familiar with London, so you may actually be describing some future sights to see, but it doesn't read like it.
The bullet train you describe is certainly exciting, but I doubt, because of pressure and heat at the undersea depth close to the mantle of the earth required whether or not such a tunnel can be made. And, to attain a speed of 2000 mph would probably require a compressed air tube rather than any mechanical or electrical means of propulsion like magneto hydrodynamics.
A nice pitch for London as a rather standard sightseeing and restaurant tour and a fantasy for travel to get there and back.
Ron
The Mourners (Short Story) - 3/27/2015 7:08:29 AM
Nice twist at the end. My funeral will be like that. In fact, I'll probably skip the funeral to avoid all that crying from the only one person who would be there. Unless I get busy and hire some mourners… You never know when it's going to come.
Ron
The Boarder (Short Story) - 2/26/2015 8:01:16 AM
A totally entertaining, but a highly unlikely, story. I particularly like the term, "statistical adjustment." With dialogue, the story could be part of a kind of X-Files or Twilight Zone series. It is rather roughly written, and a good editor could make it much better, along with dialogue.
Ron
The Bullet Train (Article) - 2/18/2018 9:18:43 AM
Thank you for the interesting prediction and the tour of interesting sites to visit in London. The Bullet Train you describe is technically feasible using either MHD suspended rail or compressed air to reach the 2000 mile-per-hour velocity required. I'm not sure that a tunnel that deep and that long can be bored, because it may be getting too close to the mantle and may be affected by the movement of tectonic plates. The English channel tunnel proves that the tunnel can be bored, probably with robotic boring because for humans to be at the tunnel face a thousand miles from shore might be a very difficult undertaking requiring very fast shuttles getting them back and forth.
On my trip around the world, I planned (very loosely) four days in London and then four days in Paris on my way to Frankfurt… etc., on Pakistan International Airlines… A 747. Trouble with the plane delayed our flight from 4 pm to 5 am. The sun came up on the flight (December 21--my birthday) shortly after takeoff and was going down while we circled Heathrow. I was on the phone a London friend connection, when it was announced that our plane was leaving with our luggage in 10 minutes. My friend and I jumped on board because we didn't want our luggage in Paris without us.
Arriving in Paris, we were on our landing and the lights of the runway were flying past my window when the pilot accelerated and announced that we were going to Frankfurt. We arrived in Frankfurt about 10 pm, so I haven't figured exactly our time on the two flights. Someone on the flight with us told us not to pay for an expensive cab and we took the cheaper train to the downtown station and a cheap hotel across the street without heat. After we warmed up under down comforters, about 3 am, I got some sleep.
Ron
Tea and We (Poetry) - 2/10/2010 3:18:29 PM
HAHA, the title made me think of the mad hatters tea party.
If she offers not to moan then, IT'S A TRAP! Run like hell.
Tea and We (Poetry) - 2/10/2010 2:23:57 PM
How sweet and lively....
Be always safe,
Karen
Tea and We (Poetry) - 2/10/2010 2:18:56 PM
Sound like the Mad Hatter's Tea Party, but much better. I'll come to tea sounds good to me.
