the Hindu Trimurti
the Christian Trinity
the Three of Ys
the Triple Goddess
We should also mention:
the Taoist Trinity
the Buddhist Triple Body
the Buddhist Three Jewels
the Hindu Sat Cit Ananda (corresponds to one interpretation of the Christian Trinity)
The Three Jewels are neither three beings nor one triple being but Buddha, Dharma and Sangha but it has been pointed out to me that, in their broadest senses, the Buddha is all reality, the Dharma is all experience and the Sangha is all beings. I am getting with that right now.
This has taken us away from Poul Anderson's text, of course, but Anderson's texts do that, bring up every other subject.
Tomorrow will be a day trip from Lancaster to London, time-consuming and tiring. Expect no posts.
9 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Do you take trains going to London or a bus? I used trains going to Birmingham and York.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
I prefer train. I have never in my life driven to or through London and nowadays no longer have a car. However, tomorrow I will be with a bunch of people in a hired coach.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
For fairly long journeys trains make sense. And if you are not familiar with the layout of London I can see it being a nightmare driving thru it. And I used the Underground, most times, to get around London.
I think what you called "coaches" is what we call "buses" in the US.
No flying cars yet, of the kind we see in Chapter 1 of ENSIGN FLANDRY. Pity!
Ad astra! Sean
Ad astra! Sean
Britain is compact enough to get around by ground transportation. There's a standing joke here about how visitors from the UK underestimate distances and travel times.
"America: where 100 years is a long time. Britain: where 100 miles is a long way."
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Ha, amusingly put! Trains are now mostly used in the US for transporting goods in bulk.
And so called "light rail" has never caught on in the US, no matter how many billions of dollars leftists waste on them.
Ad astra! Sean
incidentally in Canada they make the same jokes about visitors from Britain -- ones who think the can visit relatives in Calgary and then drive to Vancouver the next day in time for lunch. In fact, you'd need ideal traffic conditions to make it in 10 hours; 15 is more likely.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
An exhausting drive! Easier to go by plane.
Ad astra! Sean
A tale I heard:
Early in WWII a British couple decided to send their children to live with relatives in Victoria B.C. for their safety. At one point they send a telegram to the Canadian relatives "The children will arrive in Halifax on the 5th. Please meet them at the docks". The reply telegram was "You meet them at the docks. You will be closer."
Note about light rail: I find the light rail lines in Calgary to be useful.
Kaor, Jim!
Ha! That too was amusing. People really should look more often at maps or globes.
Light rail can sometimes work, if there is a demand for it.
Ad astra! Sean
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