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Re: Europe contra USA
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Fri, 7 Apr 2000 18:03:52 GMT
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Paul Rutenberg wrote:
> Hello
> Was reading your argument over Trains in USA against those in the America, of
> course size of the countries and room have a lot to do with it, don't forget
> that most countries here are smaller then 90% of the States with a population,
> that makes housing more important then bigger trains, they don't have the wide
> open spaces here you will find in the America's, so no need for gigantic
> useless Locomotives, trains are also much more a use of daily Transportation
> here, with trains moving on a track every few minutes instead of every few
> days. To the dinky trucks here, i was in the Army here, had to drive a big US
> flatbed a while, ever try getting around a 1500 year old city with a
> Peterbuilt? oh right not hard going around a few indian Tepees, well anybody
> want to try it here has to have a lot of time for to move it around a corner,
> europeen trucks are made to fit, thing is 99,9% of Europeen truck drivers would
> love to have the chance to drive a big U.S. rig.
> About our British friends, i have been to Britain many times, and the great
> thing is, the british are mostly some of the friendliest peaple i have ever
> met, who usually don't go off about British better then......., we shouldn't
> either.
> Oh and another thing, you can have a beer with your Big Mac here at McD's and i
> can still smoke my cigarette in public withiout getting stoned to death for it.
> they do say usa, land of the FREE, sometimes i do wonder, and i am an american
> myself who has enjoyed the hospitality and openess of the Eropeens for 20
> years now, we have no reason to argue
Lighten up, Frances [1]-- we are just kidding around.
-John
[1] Quoted from....anyone? anyone? {2] ...... from "Stripes"
[2] Bueller? Bueller? ;-)
> , wwe must join forces first to getz Lego
> to make better sets first, because only together we are strong, as wer saw last
> weekend, world wide AFOLS had the same wish that it wasn't an April Fools joke.
> Paul
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