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Teh_Skully

Teh_Skully

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aloveablebunny said:
There's just a time and place to get into a heated political discussion, if you want to flame on a politician make a thread for it. Just not here. This is a place for lighthearted chat, not a flame war.
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So no one would mind if I take the recliner and just lounge on it?
 
MetroFox2

MetroFox2

Resident Stone Age Fox
I love those "Staying overnight at X" challenges, it's like a confession tape, except the person who made it is a fucking idiot, and you can't stop laughing at them.
 
P_Dragon

P_Dragon

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Simo said:
Huh, looking at prices, to take the Amtrak Palmetto train down to Savannah, GA, maybe early summer, for a 4 or 5 day stay...have always wanted to see it, and tickets are not bad. Have never seen an historic southern city, and it looks really nice. All those mossy oaks, and how it has a kinda New Orleans look about it. Plus, I can just walk to the train station in 15 mins, hop on, and in a mere 12 hours, bam...there I will be! Will have to check out stuff to see and do, there.

But I wanna see a place and landscape/environment I have never been to, and this place makes me curious.
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That would be a good vacation. My extended family is from there, but I haven't been in a very long time, though I remember it being nice the last time I visited. Taking the train there would be cool too. It'd definitely beat the drive on 16 that we have to take to get there from Atlanta!
 
MetroFox2

MetroFox2

Resident Stone Age Fox
Wait, my train sense is tingling!

Simo said:
Huh, looking at prices, to take the Amtrak Palmetto train down to Savannah, GA, maybe early summer, for a 4 or 5 day stay...have always wanted to see it, and tickets are not bad. Have never seen an historic southern city, and it looks really nice. All those mossy oaks, and how it has a kinda New Orleans look about it. Plus, I can just walk to the train station in 15 mins, hop on, and in a mere 12 hours, bam...there I will be! Will have to check out stuff to see and do, there.

But I wanna see a place and landscape/environment I have never been to, and this place makes me curious.
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No, no, they're talking American trains, not as weird and fun as ours. Though still fun to watch on occasion.
 
P_Dragon

P_Dragon

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Mudman2001 said:
*Starts the coffee pot* Evening folks.
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Mmm.....coffee.

MetroFox2 said:
Wait, my train sense is tingling!
No, no, they're talking American trains, not as weird and fun as ours. Though still fun to watch on occasion.
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IIRC you're across the pond somewhere, so this might be true now that everything is a safety cab and all the old stuff is being retired (though I did see a high nose EMD of some flavor the other day that I REALLY wish I had've stopped to take a picture of), but even Amtrak would be better than Interstate 16, if they manage to keep it on the rails like they're supposed to o_O
 
MetroFox2

MetroFox2

Resident Stone Age Fox
P_Dragon said:
Mmm.....coffee.


IIRC you're across the pond somewhere, so this might be true now that everything is a safety cab and all the old stuff is being retired (though I did see a high nose EMD of some flavor the other day that I REALLY wish I had've stopped to take a picture of), but even Amtrak would be better than Interstate 16, if they manage to keep it on the rails like they're supposed to o_O
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I mean, I didn't say our current trains were better, anything, but especially old diesel traction, from anywhere between 1950 and 1980 takes my interest.

Edit - On British Railways that is, cause you can't beat the wonderful and iconic, yet depressing, horn of a Deltic.
 
MetroFox2

MetroFox2

Resident Stone Age Fox
Heres a good example P_Dragon:
In America there's that town where trains aren't allowed to make too much noise after a certain time.

In the UK, these old motherfuckers like to storm out of the darkness:

Also, Deltics sound like old planes, which in my opinion makes them even cooler.
 
Simo

Simo

Professional Watermelon Farmer
@MetroFox2 : I wonder what sort of trains we have here, on the US East Coast? I take one to work--- generally the MARC train, sometimes the Amtrak...but I tend to call these, 'the slow sort, that breaks down a lot'. And every manner of excuse is tendered: It's too hot, too cold, too rainy, too this, too that.

Good Lord. These things are like The Little Engine that Couldn't, Wouldn't, or Refused : P

Edit: And, for all that, it seems a more genial mode of transport than the auto.
 
P_Dragon

P_Dragon

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Mudman2001 said:
Grab a cup, plenty for all.
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Thanks! :)

MetroFox2 said:
Heres a good example P_Dragon:
In America there's that town where trains aren't allowed to make too much noise after a certain time.

In the UK, these old motherfuckers like to storm out of the darkness:

Also, Deltics sound like old planes, which in my opinion makes them even cooler.
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I gotya. The UK stuff is definitely much more quirky/interesting and the horn and engine notes are a far cry from North American power. That Deltic sounds so different from the from the freaking huge four stroke V12s or V16s that are used over here. And the horn is depressing, I'll agree lol
 
Casey Fluffbat

Casey Fluffbat

E. Fuscus from the discount section
I abstained from coffee for a week and have been blasting music in my ears, so my brain has been having a worn-out fit all weekend.

Why did I even start coffee, augghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh................... And here I was thinking that I've been going insane.
 
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