On 3/29/07, Chet Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not when you don't have to factor in the cost of a bloated military to > insure that we continue get "OUR" cheap oil... ;-)
Oh, for cripes sake. Tell me you don't think this is Off-Topic. Take it there, please. All you have to do is alter the subject line, as I did above. > Europe was "stupid" enough to invest in a great inter-city rail system > including in many cases high-speed rail. The great cities of Europe are > also laid out in such a way that most of the time one doesn't need a car > around town either...silly Europeans. Agreed. And the US and Allies did a fine job of rebuilding them as part of the Marshall Plan after we and the opposition blew them to pieces. I wish we'd do as good a job on the Amtrak Acela. Great idea, poorly funded and supported. > I'd rather travel by rail and Metro in Europe than by air OR motor > vehicle anywhere else. Yep, I have fond memories of taking a series of trains out into the hinterlands of the Netherlands late last century. A great system. But NotFox. NotTechnology. OffTopic. Please. Darcy won't be the only one unsubscribing if we keep trashing the mailing list like this. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
