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stewartsage

Trains!  Dude, I have so much to say about all sorts of American railroading trivia but no one ever wants to listen....

NejinOniwa

OUR TRAINS ARE BETTER. -3-
YOU COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS

Dr. Kraus

Best trains in the world are most defiantly not within the United States but within Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France, England, Austria, Japan, South Korea, and even China!

I wish the US would put some planning and work into a high speed rail system, it really would be better than planes...
They are making a tunnel for our Tram system here in Pittsburgh that will go under the Allegheny River and into the North Shore where the new Casino, Football, and Baseball parks are. The only problem is that many people are getting laid off due to the costs and the T fares are much higher ($2.25 for 1 zone and $4.25 for 2 zones) the fares used to be $1.25!

If you are confused about the whole "Zone" thing then just look at this map:
http://www.portauthority.org/paac/apps/maps/TLines.pdf

I take the Dormont station most of the time due to living so close to it (5 min away) but I usually am going to the South Hills Village station thus I have to pay more (I can usually just say I'm getting of at Washington Junction and be all stealth like though). Lucky enough for me that my friends live near the stops and my one friend whom I hang out a lot with lives right next to the St. Anne stop so its really convenient for me. 

Pitkin

Alright, mature people: just for the future record, trolling / flaming others' devotions is not of proper conduct. Unfortunately, it's not even fun to read, so that excuse is invalid as well.

Making generalisations, whether it's about (including but not limited to) a nation, religion, website or sports community, is not funny either. Reconsider making them here.


On the subject of trains, I don't know much about them but on another website I go to there's an American guy who knows absolutely everything about them. He's a true master of railways when it comes to interest and modelling. ^^ In Finland the problem with the fastest trains was that they'd been bought from Italy and therefore weren't at all suitable for Finnish weather conditions, so that every winter the Pendolinos ended up either being delayed or cancelled altogether.

stewartsage

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Quote from: NejOUR TRAINS ARE BETTER. -3-
Quote from: DocBest trains in the world are most defiantly not within the United States but within Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France, England, Austria, Japan, South Korea, and even China!

No.  No.  We are not making trains into yet another debate about who is better.  I forbid it!  Talking about transit issues, fine, yes, a positive dialogue about what change you want to see in rapid transit is fine.  Same goes for national railroads; discuss but no chest thumping.  Argue whose is better or I get out the SADM.


That sort of reminds me of the old Amtrak Turbotrains they brought from France; fast and cool as hell but not really designed so much for the track conditions of American passenger service except along the very Eastern Seaboard.  Performed well for VIA for years though, and even ran through my town a few times for experimental reasons.

Red-Machine

Quote from: NejinOniwa on July 19, 2011, 08:36:55 PMas it stands you are starting to become quite elusive to contact. It annoys me, frankly. -_-

I don't have a problem.  She's regularly online.
Red_Machine: Flouting the Windows Lifecycle Policy since 1989!

Nichi

I haven't seen her on Skype in a few days, either. I figure that's because she's secretly training to become a ninja

Red-Machine

She was online yesterday, but I didn't speak to her cus I was busy.
Red_Machine: Flouting the Windows Lifecycle Policy since 1989!

Krizonar

Macbook Air update, wtfbbq sandybridge.

Red-Machine

*yawn* We've had it for aaaaaaages.  I have no idea why Apple loved the Core2 Duo's so much.

That, and Lion looks like a desktop version of the iPad.
Red_Machine: Flouting the Windows Lifecycle Policy since 1989!

Krizonar

Quote from: Red-Machine on July 20, 2011, 10:16:56 AM
*yawn* We've had it for aaaaaaages.  I have no idea why Apple loved the Core2 Duo's so much.
Apple was second to none to jump on Sandybridge, if you've forgotten.

Cuz Intel 2,000 sucked unbelievably.

Bella

Quote from: stewartsage on July 19, 2011, 09:45:44 PM
Trains!  Dude, I have so much to say about all sorts of American railroading trivia but no one ever wants to listen....

*Raises hand* :<

Quote from: NejinOniwa on July 19, 2011, 10:27:59 PM
OUR TRAINS ARE BETTER. -3-

Lulz, it's funny how "Nation" + "Noun" can be mentioned and a flamewar will break out. I wonder what'll happen if I blurt out a random Nation + Noun.....


Namibian zebras!


Quote from: Red-Machine on July 20, 2011, 03:17:10 AM
Quote from: NejinOniwa on July 19, 2011, 08:36:55 PMas it stands you are starting to become quite elusive to contact. It annoys me, frankly. -_-

I don't have a problem.  She's regularly online.

Usually during the afternoon. But I have been quite busy lately, considering that there are only 3 days left until I leave, and PANICKING profusely somewhat over things that could ruin this trip.

NejinOniwa

Well, either I catch every single moment of your offtime and none of your ontime, or some force is impeding the information highways.
YOU COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS

Nichi

It seems my boss is putting a stranglehold on stuff for me to do at work. It's slowly getting to where there isn't enough stuff to keep me busy for my entire shift, and he doesn't want me to ask people in departments that I "don't work for" if there's anything I can do for them (Which pretty much means any department other than his, even though I take care of every floor in that building).

All I know is that I want out of there as soon as possible; hopefully, I'll get a job somewhere else entirely, because I feel that the medical field is not right for me

NejinOniwa

Tomorrow, I journey to the core of this age of information's civilization, where beats the heart of the internet; where lies the chamber of secrets ancient and foretold.
YOU COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS