On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 20:15:43 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:

In article ,
"patLB" wrote:

On the other hand, you could always visit Spain, and relax on their
nice, safe, high-speed trains. Or the ones in France.

Still waiting for the high speed trains of USA...

The distances are too long. Air travel is cheaper for that sort of
range, and as we've found out, trains are far too prone to sabotage.
Any moron with a chunk of steel can knock a train off the tracks.

That's a shame, too, I like trains.

And the vast majority of Americans have decent cars, so "long" trips by
European standards are common weekend trips by US standards.

Very true - I'm always horrified by my colleagues who think nothing of
driving for 15 hours to get away for the weekend. That's 15 hours
without any breaks except for refuelling! Madre de Dios!
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Peter Kemp

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