Recent content by Marianna

Welcome to the family! It's a wonderful way to keep in touch with like-minded folks.

Here in the States, passenger service is rare, unless you want to travel via Amtrak, with its limited destinations. Back in 1948, though, my mother and I traveled from Corning, NY to Herkimer, NY via the Erie railroad. I wish I remembered more about it, but I was only four years old. My main...

Not the last time I was in Nuneaton, but that was about 10-15 years ago.

Good to know!

I just paid £14 for postage on a £9 calendar. Before you think I was throwing money away, it's the 2026 Holme River Connections, so it's worth the money to support that organization, and as usual, the photography is gorgeous.

Or a rail station, as long as they're the kind that allow access to the restrooms without showing a ticket.

I remember when Christmas started with the arrival of the Sears & Roebuck Christmas catalog. Seems as though it was shortly before Thanksgiving (last Thursday in November, for friends across the pond.)

Good thing you don't live in Kirklees (where Holmfirth is)! Quite a while ago they closed all of their public conveniences, leaving only the ones in Holmfirth, which are owned by the town.

Yes, it's very scenic, especially when the leaves have started to change color.

This is the 44th annual Wineglass Marathon weekend. It starts near Hammondsport, on the edge of Finger Lakes wine country, and ends in downtown Corning, which used to be a major glass manufacturing city. The runners pass behind my house about four miles short of the finish line, so many of them...

If I ever can travel again, I'll have to look up contactless and educate myself before arriving in the UK!

Living on a farm and doing a fair share of the work using the usual machinery did a fairly good job of that.

Just read today's news about Storm Amy. I hope everyone on the forum is OK. Please stay in, keep your heads down, and try to ride it out.

One of us used to climb up on the roof of our two-story house and turn the antenna while another of us watched the effect on the screen and shouted updates to the one on the roof. Our parents probably were horrified at the danger, but as pre-teens and teenagers we didn't know any better. Now I...

Did you have some soft food on hand for your next meal after the extraction? My usual meal in that situation is two-thirds of my favorite Greek dessert: a dish of full-fat Greek yogurt topped with honey. The missing third ingredient is the dusting of finely chopped walnuts. Can you tell that...