[78-L] ARSC^

[buster]

Except for the smell. The penetrating, enveloping, nauseating smell. 

On May 5, 2011, at 8:20 AM, Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:

> Around 10 years ago I took the Lake Shore Limited from Boston to Chicago for
> a meeting.  I booked a private sleeper and it was such a nice trip.  I
> boarded in Boston at around 4:00 and, even though according to AMTRAK, the
> sleeper would not be available until later in the trip, I was guided to my
> private roomette.   I had a pleasant trip, rehearsed my presentation, read,
> listened to the walkman, ate and slept well, and the next morning at 10 or
> so, arrived in the center of Chicago, a 10 min. cab ride from my hotel.
> That's the way to travel.
> 
> Ron L
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Michael Biel
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 12:44 AM
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] ARSC^
> 
> On 5/5/2011 12:22 AM, Steven C. Barr wrote:
>> From: "Ron L'Herault"<lherault at bu.edu>
>>> No one goes by train any more.
>>> 
>> Not quite true...although I am not sure if I can still travel to
>> Chicago by train!
> 
> We've lost so much of our train travel possibilities here in the U.S.  
> In other places EVERYBODY travels by train.  I've spent several Summers 
> in Europe going all over the continent by train.  You would think that 
> it would be a Conservative value to support good old fashioned train 
> travel, but it is the progressive areas like Europe, Japan, and even 
> China that support and continually improve their train travel.  It often 
> is much more convenient and even faster by train than by plane, 
> especially when the train takes you right into the center of town rather 
> than you having to drive two hours to the airport and fly East to get 
> your connecting flight to go West, and then have another long drive back 
> into town.  (And in Europe you can usually take a train to and from the 
> airport!)
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  .
> 
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