On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 11:54:58 +0900, "JC Helary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Totally OT... > > On 2005/10/04, at 9:12, John Kane wrote: > > > John Kane > > Kingston ON Canada > > First time I went to the US (+15 years ago) there were no available > flights to NYC that day so I took one to Montreal, thinking I'd take > the bus from there. In Montreal, I went to the bus station and I > bought a ticket to "Kingston", not knowing that there were Kingstons > all over the place. When I tried to take the bus going to Kingston > NY, my final destination, the driver made me understand with a series > of hardly understandable grunts that I was not taking the right bus. > Eventually the person selling the tickets told me I was heading to > Kingston ON and that the fare for NY was much higher. I ended up > landing in Albany and hitching my way to Kingston, not without being > thoroughly checked at the border, luggages and all... > > JC
Lucky you :) There was a story in the news here, 2-3 years ago, about a young couple from the UK who had just gotten married and were going on their honeymoon to Sydney. Unfortunately there is a Sydney NSW Australia (BIG city) and a Sydney NS Canada (small usually depresssed steel town on the tip of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. Guess where they arrived? ----- John Kane Kingston ON Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613)888-2399 -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but differentÂ…
