Re: Straight from the Horse's Mouth

["Dave Proctor" <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au>]

Barry Campbell wrote in message ...
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>Dave Proctor wrote in message <87rk26$or7$1@news1.mpx.com.au>...
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>>On The Overland, I agree. Having travelled from PER to SYD in coach class,
>I
>>would beg to differ. The journey times on the I-P and The Ghan are just
too
>>long to expect passengers to remain in their seats for the entire journey
>>(apart from station stops).
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>Geez Dave. They obviously don't pay tennis umpires very well. The longest
>I've done was Syd - BH on the mail and the Comet in 1967 and I was a
>teenager then.
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>Only loonies and paupers would travel the whole way sitting up!

I had to pay to get myself there - my workload for the year was down, and I
would have lost my badge if I did not go - so I went. I went across in
Holiday Class (much better value for money than First Class) and came back
in Coach (never again!)

Dave