Then please get me better lighting AlohaJust-Thinking-51 said:This is not a rehearseal. This is Life.
Then please get me better lighting AlohaJust-Thinking-51 said:This is not a rehearseal. This is Life.
I am ready for my close up Mr. BushGG-1 said:Then please get me better lighting AlohaJust-Thinking-51 said:This is not a rehearseal. This is Life.
Yep, we're getting warmer!!! This is one action I personally believe the Adminstration wants us all to do!!! We can't let them........ OBS...Just-Thinking-51 said:Adapt and Overcome.
There is no other option.
This is not a rehearse. This is Life.
Hey - I'd drive up from Kentucky and drive you down here. We need the tourist dollars in the land of beautiful horses and fast women, no wait, beautiful women and fast horses.frj1983 said:No way would I drive more than 300 miles to a destination, and no way would I put myself and my wife through the hell of flying on a regular basis.So it means that areas which would and have gotten my tourist dollars would no longer get my tourist dollars. In other words, I would stay home and spend my money here.
Alan, this is not an attack. If you can provide some insight as to how erroneous info based on unverifiable sources is constructive to this community, please do so. I think taking a look at the thread posted by BNSF is evidence enough of this.AlanB said:I have to agree with OBS here, he didn't ask for an attack. Yes he did allude to things that may or may not go on behind the scenes that we don't know about.Amtrak OBS Employee said:Forgot to log in.......... anyway, if this is a personal attack, I didn't ask for it. I am asking the importance of the subject of Amtrak's future!!! OBS...Guest_Amtrak OBS Employee said:I didn't ask for a peronal attack!!!!! OBS.... h34r:AmtrakLoverAndHater said:I think you need to stop posting about you (and those like you such as BNSF) "insider" knowledge if you cannot immediately substantiate the kind of claims being made in that thread. �This board does not need such unnecessary fanfare, especially given that as of yet no "doomsday" predictions have come to fruition. �
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However, the point of this thread and his post was not "the sky is falling" or anything like that. He simply asked a reasonable and interesting question, "How would you personally feel or be affected if Amtrak went away?"
There is no proclamation in that statement. There is no threat in that statement. There is no promise in that statement.
As such, I will remind everyone to keep personal attacks off this board, as they don't belong here. If anyone would like to answer his question that is fine, and perhaps even helpful. If you don't, that is also fine. This country, as well as this board, offers all of us those rights.
But any further personal attacks, especially in this thread with this innocuous question, will be deleted. Anthony and I allowed a bit more leeway in the 180 day thread, since that was indeed a proclamation. This is not!
This is pretty much the way I feel also. In the end it wouldn't really have that much of an affect on me personally. Would I be majorly bummed if the service were to go away?? You bet! But in the end it would just ultimately mean that my motorhome would get more miles put on it come vacation time.Sam Damon said:I myself would miss intercity passenger rail service. I don't have the opportunity to take it quite as often as I might like. I do like the notion that I can at least try to use a LD train when I want to, though. I think many Americans share that view -- even if they can't use it for whatever reason, they like the notion that it's there to begin with.
I know this question was directed to Alan, but I will take the honors for obvious reasons!!AmtrakLoverAndHater said:I think you need to
You're pretty much right on the money here minus a few details!!! I personally believe the Admistration is counting on this scenario with the average "contemporary" American! That is part of the "big picture" I see as a real and present threat to passenger rail in the form as we know it!!! OBS...yarrow said:those of us on this forum love rail travel. most people don't. my brother in law had what to me sounded like a great family trip spk-emy. they didn't like it and wouldn't take the train again. not a lot of specific stuff just not their cup of tea. i think most contemporary americans don't like rail travel(too slow, undependable, too expensive, whatever). the number of people who would be affected by loss of amtrak is very small and they tend to be in powerless groups. let's do our best, be involved in the political process, talk to our friends, ride the train and stop the hand wringing.
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