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 Good Afternoon,St. Peter is dumping  tons of that white stuff onto us! It is an outright "Schneesturm" or blizzard! The good thing about it is, that I still have that DIY cheque... [:D]Janie, I´ll have my LKAB mug full of cafe au lait and a slice of that delicious looking pecan pie, thank you. Lee, since in the US, the train stations are not really downtown, IIRC, and local public transport is not really available, it sure does not make sense to take a train under these circumstances. As soon as you have to start the motor of your car to go anywhere, other forms of transport will lose out. If I were to go to Hamburg from my place, I´d have a 5 minute walk to the train station and a thirty minute train ride into Hamburg. I can cover all of Hamburg with that $ 15 ticket, including the return trip. Now if I´d taken my car, it would have cost me $ 19,50 for gas and another $ 20 for 3 hours parking. If I were to add depreciation, insurance, tax and the likes, my trip to Hamburg would be well over $ 50 as compared to the $ 15 for the train. Now, that´s for short distance. If I had to go from my place to, say Frankfurt, the gas bill for the return trip would amount to over $ 200 and I would have to spend 8 hours on the road. By train it´d cost me about $ 100 and the train ride back and forth would be 6 hours...Nope, you can in no way make a comparison between the US and Germany - just imagine the US having 2,2 billion citizens...
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