Just to let you know (swank, swank, preen) my substack is being compared with those from David Friedman, Bryan Caplan and Arnold Kling. I am honoured, thank you, thank you and this is a lovely little statue.
One correction, Somerset (although born in Devon).
Splendid, Tim.
I do suspect every village in Somerset is like the one in Hot Fuzz tho.
Found Caplans blog few months ago from Tyler, a link abut betting markets, some really food stuff on there. I just clicked through, he is in Lisbon on Thursday.
• Meet-Up in Lisbon, Portugal.
Time: July 25 at 7:30 PM.
Location: A Ladeira Restaurante. I fly home the next morning, so this is our last chance to hang out in Iberia for a while.
Sounds fun, but I’m 180km away, Too far…..
“180km away, Too far….”
Not if you think of it in old money; it’s not much more than a hundred miles.
True, but despite having lived in the US a couple of times 100 miles is, to me, a proper and grand trip. I think it’s about right – well, close to at least – that I’ve spent the majority of my adult life without a car at all.
As one wag said: In the UK (or anywhere in Europa), 100 miles is a long distance. In the US, 100 years is a long time…
“180km away, Too far….”
Not if you think of it in old money; it’s not much more than a hundred miles.
One of the reasons I like working in kilometers when we’re on long trips on the continent is that they reduce much faster. I know its psychological, but I’d rather drive 160km than 100 miles.
Tim: congratulations. Your Substack is very readable.
BiND
I know its psychological, but I’d rather drive 160km than 100 miles.
I am the same!
Echoing congratulations for the recognition to Our Genial Host, no matter which ordering he uses for jam and cream.
Distance in miles? Git on out. Round here, it’s in hours. Favourite road sign : “You are *still* in Texas”
And what’s wrong with Anton Howes?
I quite like his output, although not exactly prolific. And Rian Whitton.
Yeah, Anton Howes is great. I bought his book for my. Dad.
He’s got a book? Mind you seems like all of them have.
Did (almost) recently get hold of Dan Davies’ but haven’t read it yet.
I note you don’t say whether it’s being compared positively or negatively. :-p
Man up Tim! Mrs Jim and I drove nearly500 k to Wagga for a dinner last Friday. We did stay the night, as we are getting old
The reason why 100 miles is a long distance in the UK (and a lot of Europe) is the density of traffic. We went to a family wedding in N Yorkshire last week, over 250 miles away. The trip up the A1 is often pretty shitty but it was especially bad on the way back, with Friday end-of-term getaways, Crowdstrike killing flights, and bad crashes. Contrast that with the US where out of the cities the freeway traffic is well spaced and you can go on cruise control for hours, as we have done there. Same thing in Oz and NZ, even though the roads out of town aren’t as good as in the US.
Funny way of describing the world’s foremost Scandium oligopolist (Retired).
“Same thing in Oz and NZ”: have you driven on the west coast of South Island? The was railway tracks and road can share the same space, especially on bridges, is hair-raising for foreigners.