QUOTE: Originally posted by mloik QUOTE: Originally posted by Clevelandrocks Just stating the facts, Cant deny the facts here in Cleveland There are facts, and there are appropriate ways to communicate facts. Yours was inappropriate.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Clevelandrocks Just stating the facts, Cant deny the facts here in Cleveland
QUOTE: Ahhh Coopers.......that's Australian for hangover
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C Junctionfan, Somehow your image of Conrad Black on a Subway train struck me as pretty scary. I've never seen Rupert Murdoch on a train either! The scariest things on Australian trains are drunken teenage schoolboys - if you can keep out of their way, you can think how lucky it is that they can't afford a car! Peter I knew those Mad Max movies were documentaries..[;)] Dan, I assume you are talking about Mad Max III "Beyond Thunderdome" - the rail scenes were taken on the the Australian National line from Broken Hill to Port Pirie (South Australia, where Coopers beer comes from). There were more than the usual group of very strange people using fairly odd rail transport. Conrad Black tried his hand in Australian media, but was driven off by our even more frightening media owners. Peter Ahhh Coopers.......that's Australian for hangover After seeing pictures of the vehicles over there..what are they called..Road Trains, the big rigs with multiple trailers? I thought that was everyday life....[;)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C Junctionfan, Somehow your image of Conrad Black on a Subway train struck me as pretty scary. I've never seen Rupert Murdoch on a train either! The scariest things on Australian trains are drunken teenage schoolboys - if you can keep out of their way, you can think how lucky it is that they can't afford a car! Peter I knew those Mad Max movies were documentaries..[;)] Dan, I assume you are talking about Mad Max III "Beyond Thunderdome" - the rail scenes were taken on the the Australian National line from Broken Hill to Port Pirie (South Australia, where Coopers beer comes from). There were more than the usual group of very strange people using fairly odd rail transport. Conrad Black tried his hand in Australian media, but was driven off by our even more frightening media owners. Peter
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C Junctionfan, Somehow your image of Conrad Black on a Subway train struck me as pretty scary. I've never seen Rupert Murdoch on a train either! The scariest things on Australian trains are drunken teenage schoolboys - if you can keep out of their way, you can think how lucky it is that they can't afford a car! Peter I knew those Mad Max movies were documentaries..[;)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C Junctionfan, Somehow your image of Conrad Black on a Subway train struck me as pretty scary. I've never seen Rupert Murdoch on a train either! The scariest things on Australian trains are drunken teenage schoolboys - if you can keep out of their way, you can think how lucky it is that they can't afford a car! Peter
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon So am I the only one that finds irony in an individual that is on his fourth or fifth screen name, and who has previously posted on the rights of vagrants and migratory workers to ride the rails among other things, is wondering why Hollywood stereotypes groups? Maybe I'm reading into this too much.......
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
QUOTE: Originally posted by railman QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon I think at this point we need the hand on forehead, looking down, shaking head smilie. [sigh] [#ditto]
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon I think at this point we need the hand on forehead, looking down, shaking head smilie. [sigh]
"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics
QUOTE: Originally posted by DSchmitt [i] The only problem was it was raining, every seam in the bus roof leaked, and every seam was over the middle of a seat. Thats why there were no crazies on the bus at 3am in the rain....[;)] Have fun with your trains Reply M636C Member sinceJanuary 2002 4,612 posts Posted by M636C on Monday, November 22, 2004 4:30 PM Junctionfan, Somehow your image of Conrad Black on a Subway train struck me as pretty scary. I've never seen Rupert Murdoch on a train either! The scariest things on Australian trains are drunken teenage schoolboys - if you can keep out of their way, you can think how lucky it is that they can't afford a car! Peter Reply DSchmitt Member sinceSeptember 2003 From: California - moved to North Carolina 2018 4,422 posts Posted by DSchmitt on Monday, November 22, 2004 4:25 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith Come to L.A. and ride the Metro bus system if you want to see some serious insane types. So far the light rail and subway have been mostly free of it, but the transit police do a good job of keeping the real bad cases from camping out on the trains. I once road a bus at 3 AM on Sunset Blvd. There wern't any obvious bums on board, which I thought unusual because of the number I normally saw in the daytime. The only problem was it was raining, every seam in the bus roof leaked, and every seam was over the middle of a seat. Don't know if its true, but I've read that the crime on the Ney York subways dropped dramatically when they started arresting people for not paying the fare. I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it. I don't have a leg to stand on. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 22, 2004 4:13 PM Seattle doesn't have a subway, but it does have a downtown bus tunnel which is wider, safer and better lit than any subway tunnel I've ever been in. Someday, if Seattle voters ever get their acts together, it will also accomodate light rail. Right now there is zero "streetlife" hanging out down there and I'm not the least bit uncomfortable. Guess I'll have to wait for the coming of rail to attract the creepies and the movie makers?? I'm being *extremely* facetious, I hope you realize... '-) Best wishes! Roy Seattle Reply Edit vsmith Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Smoggy L.A. 10,743 posts Posted by vsmith on Monday, November 22, 2004 3:53 PM You should have heard the stink when MTA wanted to expand the subway into the San Fernando Valley! A small group of very vocal Nimby's croaked loud enough to stop the subway at North Hollywood. The MTA now is building an express busway westward towards Warner Center but even this is getting crybabies opposing it. I honestly dont know what the hell these idiot Nimby's want? They gripe about how horrible the traffic is, but then they kill any attempt to improve traffic or transit. I dont get it? Have fun with your trains Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 22, 2004 3:48 PM The Think is that when Subways and Heavy rail want to expand out in the Burbs into areas that never had Subways the Suberban Public gets uo in arms because this is all they know Reply Edit vsmith Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Smoggy L.A. 10,743 posts Posted by vsmith on Monday, November 22, 2004 3:43 PM Come to L.A. and ride the Metro bus system if you want to see some serious insane types. So far the light rail and subway have been mostly free of it, but the transit police do a good job of keeping the real bad cases from camping out on the trains. Have fun with your trains Reply espeefoamer Member sinceNovember 2003 From: West Coast 4,122 posts Posted by espeefoamer on Monday, November 22, 2004 3:39 PM They're describing a late night ride on Sacramento's light rail system.A friend who used to live in Sacramento,tells me that the locals call the system "Fright Rail"[:0]. Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool. Reply 12 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
[i] The only problem was it was raining, every seam in the bus roof leaked, and every seam was over the middle of a seat.
Have fun with your trains
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith Come to L.A. and ride the Metro bus system if you want to see some serious insane types. So far the light rail and subway have been mostly free of it, but the transit police do a good job of keeping the real bad cases from camping out on the trains.
I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it.
I don't have a leg to stand on.
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