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Tard Wishes SI Happy Birthday


Happy Birthday. You Got Old.
 

That’s right. SI turned 10 on the 9th of June (which was two days ago). Ten long years. Many blogs have come and gone (and, in fact, only SI and SM remain) but SI shows no sign of slowing down. Education is needed as much today as it was 10 years ago, and SI will continue to deliver.

P.S. That’s high praise from Tard. At least we didn’t get:


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One Hundred and Forty Five Years Ago Today …

Saw the opening of the first rack railway in Europe (and the second in the world), the Rigi-Bahnen, which even today is the highest standard gauge railway in Europe. Located between the two arms of Lake Lucerne on the Rigi Mountains, described by Mark Twain as “the charmingest place we have ever lived in for repose and restfulness”, this could be seen as the beginning of mountain tourism in Switzerland. It’s hard getting people up a mountain, and this is an important landmark in human (and cat) logistics history.