What's Your Intellectual Pleasure?

[jtbell]

I like studying road maps, railroad timetables etc., and plotting out itineraries for road and rail trips. With Google Maps, for example, I start with the recommended route, play around with it, and end up with a new route that avoids most of the Interstates (motorways for you non-US people), which is the way my wife and I usually prefer to travel.

Similarly, with rail travel in, say, Germany, I study the network map and online timetables, and often look for slower but more scenic routes in preference to the faster ones.

Sometimes I start poking around on

http://kursbuch.bahn.de/hafas/kbview.exe/dn?rt=1&mainframe=IK_strecken

before going to bed, and before I know it, it's 2:00 AM.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I like studying road maps, railroad timetables etc., and plotting out itineraries for road and rail trips. With Google Maps, for example, I start with the recommended route, play around with it, and end up with a new route that avoids most of the Interstates (motorways for you non-US people), which is the way my wife and I usually prefer to travel.

Similarly, with rail travel in, say, Germany, I study the network map and online timetables, and often look for slower but more scenic routes in preference to the faster ones.

Sometimes I start poking around on

http://kursbuch.bahn.de/hafas/kbview.exe/dn?rt=1&mainframe=IK_strecken

before going to bed, and before I know it, it's 2:00 AM.

Ah yes, the anti-salesman problem.

 

[QuarkCharmer]

Oh geez, it really is vampire day on History channel...

I don't know if it counts as an "intellectual pleasure", but I like to learn languages in my spare time. I am fluent in English, German, and so far intermediate in Spanish. I plan to tackle Mandarin next year or so when I am satisfied with my Spanish.

 

[Willowz]

I don't know if it counts as an "intellectual pleasure", but I like to learn languages in my spare time. I am fluent in English, German, and so far intermediate in Spanish. I plan to tackle Mandarin next year or so when I am satisfied with my Spanish.

That's a great pleasure! Wish learning more languages for more of a pleasure.