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AlbertCat

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5. And the U.S. Will lag forty years behind.

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 28, 2015, 12:46 PM

Jan 2015

All you have to do to know this is true is get caught at a RR crossing....

....as the creaking, lumbering graffiti covered 50 year old box cars slowly roll by.... you'd think it was 1950. I'll bet they are the SAME box cars I saw as a kid.

Creeeeeeeek..clunk clunk.....

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And the U.S. Will lag forty years behind. NV Whino Jan 2015 #1

Naw, we are cutting edge central scrutinizer Jan 2015 #2

But at least we drive (in our behemoths) on the right side of the road NV Whino Jan 2015 #3

And the U.S. Will lag forty years behind. AlbertCat Jan 2015 #5

Try closer to +100. nt cstanleytech Jan 2015 #12

That may work in cities but we are a long way from having a system like that in the rural areas. jwirr Jan 2015 #4

Yeah, the idea in the OP won't work everywhere. HappyMe Jan 2015 #6

I agree. I often get a ride to the store and then have some of my family pick me up to take me jwirr Jan 2015 #7

We try to not let the cupboard get too bare, HappyMe Jan 2015 #8

I always bring a book or a crossword puzzle to do. This kind of waiting only works with those of us jwirr Jan 2015 #10

What'll happen when the Google car gets thrown into the mix? KamaAina Jan 2015 #9

convenience will become very inconvenient olddots Jan 2015 #11

Where will we get race car drivers if Fin's stop driving? One_Life_To_Give Jan 2015 #13

I'm looking forward to the end of the automobile age. hunter Jan 2015 #14