On 5/16/07, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > Several years ago some brilliant entrepeneur decided that a high-speed > hydrofoil ferry service between Toronto and Rochester would be a good > idea. After fleecing various levels of government for money, the > thing was a bust. IIRC, It made all of about two or three round trips > before it went belly-up, leaving behind a trail of creditors. <snip>
I checked, and in fact, the ferry made 80 trips, retiring with $1.7 million in debt... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
