[78-L] ARSC^

[Philip Carli]

Eh???  Of what??? Wow.  Certainly didn't notice it on the Lake Shore in Feb. or my regular trips in daycoaches to NYC.

What about the racket -- the endless, all encompassing, inescapable racket of interior pressurized air and exterior slipway over a jet-powered aerosol can, or "airliner"?  Not to mention our national jackbooted thugs (Heimat Securitaet) cheerily feeling you up for the privilege of being crammed into a seat designed for a masochistic midget.  And the joys of intrusive, clumsy, bullying flight attendants, who act more like wardens than service personnel. I'd listen to rebuttal, but after flying it takes a while for my hearing to fully recover, my back and gluteal muscles to assume human form again, and I'm afraid I might hit someone.

I'd even rather drive the seven hours ton NYC, Boston, or DC from my home in Rochester than fly -- between getting to the airport two hours early, the flight, and the interminable trip from the airports into town it takes the same amount of time either way, and I can avoid so much rubbish.  I may take the interurban from my mother's in Carlsbad to LA for a day at ARSC -- return fare is cheaper than petrol & parking now.  Depends on my home duties.

Flying - is - a - misery - for - me.  I wish the whole industry would fail.  PC
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From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of buster [busterdog at mac.com]
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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
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>
> 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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