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xerox
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posted October 19, 2012 10:37 PM |
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meh we're in europe, we don't need a car to go to the grocery store that's at most a couple of kilometers away
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blizzardboy
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posted October 19, 2012 11:45 PM |
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Nope, don't care. Will continue to ***** and moan about gas prices. Will continue to not give even a single **** if it's 28 dollars per pint in Poland.
Not that I ***** and moan in the first place, since I am in possession of a rare commodity known as "dignity". I express my grievances maturely and only resort to whining during dire occasions where it truly, truly matters, such as whenever I lose a multiplayer SC2 match. I also underspend in my life so that I never have to worry about money, ever. But I don't overtly condemn other people's whining.
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markkur
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posted October 20, 2012 04:01 PM |
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Edited by markkur at 16:04, 20 Oct 2012.
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Mass Transit in the U.S. was fairly good nationwide...waay back in the early 1900s. I live in the heartland often referred to as Cowtowns etc. but circa 1915 there were Interurbans even here. Some connecting small towns and large towns 50 miles distant. Those have been gone for many decades.
When I was born, Kansas City Missouri had electric streetcars but those too have now been gone for a long time.
What happened? you may ask.
Big Oil profits, pandering politicians and American self-independence all merged to kill nearly all future planning. <imo> Too often in recent decades, wise decisions have finally been made but only in response to serious pollution.
Forgetting cars, think how many oil-products are needed for all of the city-bus systems (that replaced city light-rail) and all of the 16-wheelers that are on the road today versus trains of yesteryear.
Hoses, belts, grease, tires, wiper-blades etc. are not small business. Then toss in the fact that black-top-roads are everywhere now. <imo> The entire nationwide transportation system has been one long term nod to big-oil. A truck or city bus "might" get 3-5 mpg on gas?
Once upon a time, I decided to bike-ride my 7 miles to work. There is seldom infrastructure for such "back-ward thinking" (usually if bike-roads exist; they are part of a park). I survived for a year but finally quit. Too many close calls. Shoot, I rode a motorcycle too for many years and drivers were blind to them as well.
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