tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post7698683953211128237..comments2024-03-20T19:23:09.857+02:00Comments on Notes from underground: Trains and individualismSteve Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-59137774939788925312012-03-22T12:25:27.975+02:002012-03-22T12:25:27.975+02:00hi very interesting!!! any chance you could give m...hi very interesting!!! any chance you could give me directions to these trains I would very much like to photograph them! <br /><br />Regards RobertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-49197995116621970082011-04-08T05:20:32.985+02:002011-04-08T05:20:32.985+02:00(Viewed this on the net - John)
Banned ...(Viewed this on the net - John)<br /><br /> Banned Utah Humor !<br /><br /> (1) Three levels of LDS heaven: celestial, terrestrial, cholesterol !<br /> (2) LDS houses are painted by Ladder-Day Saints.<br /> (3) Brigham Young, when looking down on the Salt Lake Valley, said "This is the place." How come so many folks settled in that valley if he looked down on it?<br /> (4) Did Adam Swapp get his wives at a Swapp meet?<br /> (5) New Mormon cat food: 9 Wives !<br /> (6) What's a plastic covered Indian? A laminated Lamanite. Of course I've known this since I was Nephite to a grasshopper.<br /> (7) Mormon: Someone who is more man than woman. Is "Mormon" short for "More Money"?<br /> (8) Mormonism teaches that we can know truth if there is a "burning in the bosom." Joseph Smith was the first Mormon who had a bosom below his belt !<br /> (9) Brigham lived in the Lion House which helped him to keep on Lion.<br /> (10) Utah is the only state where you can spell "Moron" with two m's. And it's the only state where the sheep take care of the cattle !<br /><br />(Glenn Beck, Jon Huntsman Jr., Warren Jeffs, Thomas Monson, and Mitt Romney did not approve of the above humor.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-60810121775315732932011-04-05T18:03:28.700+02:002011-04-05T18:03:28.700+02:00"just when I was trying to persuade myself th..."just when I was trying to persuade myself that the USA is not entirely on another planet."<br /><br />-Yes, we are. Especially parts of the country. :-)Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-9780996341261268292011-04-04T19:59:41.785+02:002011-04-04T19:59:41.785+02:00This type of stuff is absolutely unbelievable - ju...This type of stuff is absolutely unbelievable - just when I was trying to persuade myself that the USA is not entirely on another planet.<br /><br />But thinking about it, perhaps he has a - rather warped - point. The TGV works but is far more expensive than the budget airlines, making it actually much cheaper to fly within Europe than travel by train even though the train is generally more pleasant and convenient. But the budget airlines are wreaking havoc on the environment. To change peoples travelling patterns and protect the environment the state would have to intervene, and there you have that dreaded bogey of government intervention that these Tea drinking types hate so viciously. Of course they also seem convinced that there is no enviromental danger, just like Thabo Mbeki was convinced that HIV didn't cause AIDS, so they can continue on their merry way. I can't believe that anyone takes them seriously, but apparently people do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-51143979452766146402011-04-04T19:05:43.497+02:002011-04-04T19:05:43.497+02:00This comes from an article by Paul Krugman
Always...This comes from an article by Paul Krugman<br /><br />Always be circumspect with Krugman.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-54031816916207945822011-04-04T07:19:58.348+02:002011-04-04T07:19:58.348+02:00Not even 1st April.
I love trains, in a commuting...Not even 1st April.<br /><br />I love trains, in a commuting sense not an anorak type of way.<br /><br />In the UK we once developed a train called the Advanced Passenger Train. To get round our tight tracks at higher speeds it used to tilt. Or so the idea goes. Scrapped once people realised that the concept was too advanced for current technology.Chris Hhttp://lansburyslido.posterous.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-64047554443718657852011-04-04T05:03:02.584+02:002011-04-04T05:03:02.584+02:00You read such articles and think that it's a c...You read such articles and think that it's a clumsy attempt at humor. And then you realize that the author is completely in earnest.<br /><br />I have encountered this "progressives love trains, so there must be something suspicious behind it" argument before. It's hard not to pity people who come up with such arguments.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.com