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brewens

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4. We should also be shipping much more by rail. The cost of all those trucks on the road is

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sun Apr 26, 2015, 08:01 PM

Apr 2015

astronomical. Even a staunch conservative friend of mine agrees with me on that. He's what I consider a real conservative though. Really only looks at it from his small businessman perspective. He's 80 now. Never believed in God and thinks abortions should be legal.

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WTF ...201 [View all] MindMover Apr 2015 OP

I recently had the pleasure of taking the fast train in spain - Barcelona to Madrid, then DrDan Apr 2015 #1

exactly why in L.A., you need a car. marym625 Apr 2015 #2

This is definitely a wtf ... pbmus Apr 2015 #3

We should also be shipping much more by rail. The cost of all those trucks on the road is brewens Apr 2015 #4

What the US did with the scrap steel... Thespian2 Apr 2015 #5

There's a great documentary about that ... eppur_se_muova Apr 2015 #6

An LA friend of mine grew up taking trolleys all over the LA area treestar Apr 2015 #7