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"Tube" means "subway," right? I was thrown for a second because in America, "on the tube" means "on television." So my first thought was, "if you left it on top of the TV, why not just pick it up?"
Indeed. It is the colloquial name for the London Underground, though technically it should only apply to some of the lines - Bakerloo, Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria and Waterloo & City. The other lines are the 'Sub-Surface' lines.
"Tube" means "subway," right? I was thrown for a second because in America, "on the tube" means "on television." So my first thought was, "if you left it on top of the TV, why not just pick it up?"
Indeed. It is the colloquial name for the London Underground, though technically it should only apply to some of the lines - Bakerloo, Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria and Waterloo & City. The other lines are the 'Sub-Surface' lines.
^Yes but the designation is derived from the depths and style of the tunnels. The sub-surface stock are built to the standard loading gauge of trains and have larger tunnels while the 'tube' lines are smaller trains and have much smaller diameter tunnels. Indeed the only lines that do not go above ground are the Victoria and Waterloo & City, though the former does have its depot in the open.
To complete the history lesson, the Metropolitan line was built as a standard railway line and operated as such until about sixty years ago.
I could talk for hours and hours about trains but that would be going completely off-topic.
You aren't kidding about the slow start. I'm only at page 100 (still) and it is a slog. Hopefully it picks up soon. I've been busy with work so I haven't had a lot ST lit time in the last week, but Rising Son has not "pulled me in" the way Lesser Evil did.
You aren't kidding about the slow start. I'm only at page 100 (still) and it is a slog. Hopefully it picks up soon. I've been busy with work so I haven't had a lot ST lit time in the last week, but Rising Son has not "pulled me in" the way Lesser Evil did.
You aren't kidding about the slow start. I'm only at page 100 (still) and it is a slog. Hopefully it picks up soon. I've been busy with work so I haven't had a lot ST lit time in the last week, but Rising Son has not "pulled me in" the way Lesser Evil did.
Ah, maybe that's why I found the read until Chapter 12 (on page 206 of a 308 page book) a bit of a slog. It was nice having a Cardassion and 2 Ferengi on Even Odds, but while the characters were compelling, their salvage missions didn't.
When I read a DS9 book I want more than one DS9 character. Granted, this book is called Rising Son, but I don't think Jake can carry a book IMHO.
So, I'm FINALLY where the rubber hits the road with Rising Son and I have less than 90 pages left (I'm on page 221 at the beginning of Chapter 13).
Thrawn, I hope that ending you spoke of is as great as you say.
I should finish Rising Son and start Unity in the next day.
Thanks, Techno. I should fly through the last 87 pages of Rising Son. And, I agree about Marco. His vision for DS9 is one I have enjoyed since Millennium/Avatar.
