A new chapter...

[Martin Naef]

Hi Peter

Peter Korsten wrote:
>> and will be moving back to Switzerland in May, where I will take on a 
>> position as scientist at ABB Corporate Research. I've had a very good 
> 
> No train stopping in front of the door. A bus, yes, but the train is 
> easily 15 minutes on foot. ;)

The busses that I will most probably be using don't stop right in fron 
the centre either, but a bit of walking suits me well. Depending on 
where we score a good flat, I might even take the bicycle to work.

> Golly gee willikers, when you moved to Mackintosh Town I thought: "Damn, 
> I'd wanted to visit Martin and Ilona in Switzerland and now it's too 
> late. Oh well, better make plans to travel to Scotland." So that problem 
> has solved itself nicely: in one fell swoop, you have almost halved the 
> distance between our residences (which goes to show how bloody well 

I bet it's not making any difference at all in terms of travel cost, 
though... With a bit of luck, we might have a very decent sized guest 
room, though.

> Having said that, you know as well as the next parent how feasible a 
> trip abroad is that does not involve visiting the grandparents, so you 
> can keep a few removal boxes in the guest room for now. I'll help you 
> throw them away if they're still there after a few years. ;)

Sounds familiar - not the part with the removal boxes (we emptied them 
all last time).

> By the way, our Hungarian colleague has buggered off to Edinburgh, and 
> the... um... perhaps not so punctual Maltese public transport may have 
> been a contributing factor to his departure. Then, a few weeks ago, we 
> had a Hungarian Oracle instructor who was positively obsessed with 
> punctuality.

Interesting. The Hungarians I know are well organised but not nearly as 
obsessed with time as the Swiss. And boy, he's in for a disappointment 
if he expects good public transport in the UK... ;-)

Martin