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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:03 pm    Post subject: United Airlines Reply with quote

Fuck United Airlines. What a nightmare.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Never fly.
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xavid is surprised at continuity.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rail is clearly the future.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

xavid wrote:
Rail is clearly the future.


It actually is.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mchicken wrote:
xavid wrote:
Rail is clearly the future.


It actually is.


That ad during the presidential debates was pure class.
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epb
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

this thing?



I know I'm excited.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

epb wrote:
this thing?



I know I'm excited.


Yeah, wow. Note how there's no way into Michigan from the east coast without going through Chicago. Fuck the auto industry.

This was actually relevant last summer when I tried to get there by train... You can take a bus from Toledo to Detroit... but fuck that.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah the country is just dying for a Toledo to Detroit line......................................................

No.

Also some of those lines are not going to happen for a long, long time. Apparently the track is just not ready for high-speed, especially in the East.

The first one is that California guy.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mchicken wrote:
Yeah the country is just dying for a Toledo to Detroit line......................................................

No.


Look, those 'one every twelve minutes' families need some way to escape the crumbling ruin that is Michigan.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Most families have a car. You can't effectively escape in a train, if you have, you know, possessions. Also they can go to Chicago..
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Have you seen how much luggage they let you take on Amtrak? A family of four could easily take several cars' worth.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

xavid wrote:
Have you seen how much luggage they let you take on Amtrak? A family of four could easily take several cars' worth.


Yes, my boss, who is the editor of a Railroad history magazine, is in love with railroads. He got to use a bed in a sleeping car for his double bass.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mchicken wrote:
xavid wrote:
Have you seen how much luggage they let you take on Amtrak? A family of four could easily take several cars' worth.


Yes, my boss, who is the editor of a Railroad history magazine, is in love with railroads. He got to use a bed in a sleeping car for his double bass.


Editor of a Railroad history magazine? This is... Harvard, yes?
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Editor of a Railroad history magazine? This is... Harvard, yes?


Just saying, don't get the guy started. He talked about the Obama train car for like an hour once.

He also explained why that high-speed line just isn't happening here in the East for a long, long time. Basically it's like building a whole new railroad, you can't just use the stuff that's already there. You need equal-tension line and bigger tunnels.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mchicken wrote:
kallie wrote:
Editor of a Railroad history magazine? This is... Harvard, yes?


Just saying, don't get the guy started. He talked about the Obama train car for like an hour once.

He also explained why that high-speed line just isn't happening here in the East for a long, long time. Basically it's like building a whole new railroad, you can't just use the stuff that's already there. You need equal-tension line and bigger tunnels.


And giant space age retro-future magnetic tubes?

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