What Are You Doing Right Now
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Oh yeah, you can't wait for email alerts. I use the iPhone app and scroll my list every day.
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Just booked my train from Utica to Rochester for SpiceCorps Rochester tomorrow night.
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Heavily rain has just hit here in Utica.
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Watching Milo chase her tail. Kittens are fun to watch....
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I really want one of those, but I can't just a grand for one. Sadly Alphas were always so in demand I think the prices are still absurdly high more than a decade after they were discontinued.
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Done with work for the day. Just had my daughter's fourth birthday party (not her real birthday, just waited until now to have the party.) Now playing some Tropico.
Tomorrow I have to catch the train to go to Rochester.
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Happy weekend to all!
Good morning
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Happy Weekend. I will be visiting @Minion-Queen and @SonshineAcres tomorrow.
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News about Australians:
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Train is already 35 minutes late expected for the Utica station
It's sad that American trains are so unpredictable compared to Moroccan trains.
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37 minutes now. Better than usual, at least.
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Down to 32 minutes. They are making up time.
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42 minutes late. They are losing ground.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Train is already 35 minutes late expected for the Utica station
It's sad that American trains are so unpredictable compared to Moroccan trains.
This is why I will be taking MegaBus for my commuting from Chicago to St. Louis. I would much prefer a train, but the only choice here would be Amtrak and I cannot put up with their delays.
Also, for comparison, I compare all train service to Japan's. Which is about the best on the planet for on-time statistics.
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In America, public transportation is not necessary, or the "cool" way to travel. For the most part (other than inside very large cities) just a "oh, we should probably have some of that here" sort of thing. America is large and spread out, and we like cars and personal liberty. All of that together pretty much says that the US will never have a great public transportation option.
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Trying to make myself generate a list of things that I either needs to get, get rid of, do or ignore. Starting to make some BBQ for dinner, finishing up the Laundry and anything else I deem fit for the afternoon.
Also trying to figure out my Ubiqiti Issue and network lag issue. Though the kids seem to not have issue with all the YouTube videos they watch, I can't seem to play World of Tanks due to 300-700 ms ping rates.
@art_of_shred said:
In America, public transportation is not necessary, or the "cool" way to travel. For the most part (other than inside very large cities) just a "oh, we should probably have some of that here" sort of thing. America is large and spread out, and we like cars and personal liberty. All of that together pretty much says that the US will never have a great public transportation option.
No, can't have any nice Public Transportation here in the US. Would take to much money to create, and would not make some lazy executive rich from it. Not to mention....well I just won't go there.
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@art_of_shred said:
In America, public transportation is not necessary, or the "cool" way to travel. For the most part (other than inside very large cities) just a "oh, we should probably have some of that here" sort of thing. America is large and spread out, and we like cars and personal liberty. All of that together pretty much says that the US will never have a great public transportation option.
I get that outside of large metropolitan areas the economics do not work. I have no problem with the limited availability of public transit in the United States.
I detest the fact that the service cannot even remotely run on a decent schedule.
I will be commuting from Chicago to St. Louis twice a month. My first choice was to take Amtrak. But investigation revealed that trains between St. Louis. And Chicago are often hours behind schedule. The is completely not feasible.
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@JaredBusch said:
@art_of_shred said:
In America, public transportation is not necessary, or the "cool" way to travel. For the most part (other than inside very large cities) just a "oh, we should probably have some of that here" sort of thing. America is large and spread out, and we like cars and personal liberty. All of that together pretty much says that the US will never have a great public transportation option.
I get that outside of large metropolitan areas the economics do not work. I have no problem with the limited availability of public transit in the United States.
I detest the fact that the service cannot even remotely run on a decent schedule.
I will be commuting from Chicago to St. Louis twice a month. My first choice was to take Amtrak. But investigation revealed that trains between St. Louis. And Chicago are often hours behind schedule. The is completely not feasible.
Exactly my point. The only places that have even made a feeble attempt are large metro areas, and those aren't even really treated very seriously. I think there probably just isn't the consistent user base to create the funds to keep things running smoothly, and the lack of revenue requires subsidies, and nobody is handing out free money to keep these unprofitable lines up to snuff. Ergo, stuff is always broken or at least generally sub-standard.
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Happy Monday (determined it will be). Trying to catch up after being gone Friday and this weekend.
