Re: 4 out of 4 cows agree ...

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Andy B" <andrewrb@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Reminded me that roast chicken <thingy> I had on XPT the other day. I
> > though that was bad until I tried beef......
> >
> > Bring your own food if you are travlling on XPT....
>
> I learnt that rather quickly.
>
> When I was 16, I travelled alone to Sydney and back via XPT.

The XPT has not been operating that long. I think you are thinking of the
Melbourne Express (changing at Albury).

> Because of an ongoing stomach infection thingy, I had special dietary
> requirements, and it also meant I had to have constant food intake,
because
> I was digesting food too quickly.

Alcoholism can do that.

> Anyway.....  I spent heaps of money at the kiosk on board, for relatively
> little food.

They serve food there? Edible food?

> Funnily enough, the food made me sick,

It does with most people.....

> so I spent a day in hospital in
> Sydney. Not fun when you're 16, alone, and have no relatives or friends in
> Sydney.

You don't have any friends period.

Dave