Re: I'm really starting to like this stuff

On 2025-04-26 11:44 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

On 2025-04-26, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
 

You know what the Nazis also invented? Trains that are running on
time. What a great invention! Now all countries are trying to have
trains running on time. Thanks, Nazis!

 
 
But they don't! Thanks, Commies!

 
You have been brainwashed. You must never have travelled by rain in
Germany. I have and I have tell you that they are remarkably
reliable. There is an extensive passenger trail system across Europe.
One year we spent a couple weeks roaming around Europe on a rail pass
and the German trains were the best.  We could stop by the ticket
booth and tell them we were thinking of going somewhere and they
would figure out the best route for us and print up multiple
itineraries.  We would arrive at the train station and have a look at
the board to see which track we had to go to.  The train would arrive
and stay a couple minutes while some passengers got off and the rest
of us got on and then it would head off.   We would arrive at the
first transfer, get off, check the board for the tack number, hurry
over and the train would show up, allow people on and off and then
leave on time.  It was a bit like travelling in a big city subway
system where you get arrive, get to the next train, wait a few
minutes and you are off again. Travelling by train in Germany was a
breeze. France, Danish and Swiss chains were also very reliable.
Italian trains were another story.