Re: (Sydney) Monorail on track for court

[Len and Elizabeth Newstrum <lnewstrum@qwest.net>]

Daniel Bowen wrote:
> 
> "David McLoughlin" <davemcl@NO***damned***SPAMiprolink.co.nz> wrote in
> message 3a24963e@news.iprolink.co.nz">news:3a24963e@news.iprolink.co.nz...
> > Daniel Bowen wrote:
> > >
> > > "David McLoughlin" <davemcl@NO***damned***SPAMiprolink.co.nz> wrote in
> > > message 3a243838@news.iprolink.co.nz">news:3a243838@news.iprolink.co.nz...
> > > > Yes. They go over to Sydney from here and come back saying Auckland
> > > > needs a monorail.
> > >
> > > Seen the Simpsons monorail episode?
> >
> >
> > No, but I can imagine it.
> 
> Marge vs. the Monorail (9F10):
> After getting $3 million from a fine due to Mr. Burn's illegal disposal of
> nuclear waste, the town decides to spend money on a needless
> monorail....built from shoddy materials. Leonard Nimoy guest voices as
> himself. [Aired January 14, 1993]
> 
> More details: http://www.snpp.com/episodes/9F10.html
> 
> Daniel
> 
> --
> Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
> dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
> http://www.custard.net.au/bowen/daniel/

I hope you aren't implying that we should base our judgement on the
engineering question of whether or not monorail is a viable
transportation concept on a lowest-common-denominator television show. 
Well, OK, we might as well.  It is the way we make most of our
decisions, isn't it?

Sigh,
Len Newstrum