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LibDemAlways

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18. Hopeless...that says it all.

Reply to ErikJ (Reply #12)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 01:10 AM

Nov 2013

Was on the Paris-London Eurostar last summer. Took less time to travel between the capitals than it took me to travel from my suburban home to LA's west side by car the other night - 25 miles, 3 hours, much of it spent flat out stopped or crawling along at less than 5 mph.

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Judge blocks use of state bond money for California bullet train [View all] alp227 Nov 2013 OP

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I'm 61 and I'll never live to see it. Fortunately, LibDemAlways Nov 2013 #6

omg! envy! yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #9

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Hopeless...that says it all. LibDemAlways Nov 2013 #18

o snap allan01 Nov 2013 #5

Years ago I took the train from LA to Las Vegas -- LibDemAlways Nov 2013 #8

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