Re: Why RAIL 2000 went down the drain!

[Dave Proctor <david@sd3.mailbank.com>]

On Tue, 22 May 2001 21:52:18 GMT, John Coyle <nospam@newsranger.com>
wrote:

>In article <9edq7j$fog$1@bugstomper.ihug.com.au>, Paul says...
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>>"Dave Proctor" <david@spambait.proctor.net> wrote in message
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>>> NOT to MENTION the FACT that THE Herald-SUN in MELBOURNE won't PUBLISH
>>> details OF the GHAN in ITS rag.
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>Dave, the "Ghan" is a regular, normal, train service, like the "Overland" and
>the XPT.

Rubbish. A ONCE weekly SERVICE is NOT a REGULAR train, IT is A tourist
TRAIN.

> It is NOT a tour train like the GSPE.

IT is A tourist TRAIN like THE Indian-PACIFIC.

>Thus, details of the service SHOULD be published in the Herald Sun.

NOPE. (Or is it time for a lower case "nope"?)

>The GSR, the PTUA, and the Herald Sun
>have been told that, so WHEN will the CORRECT information be published, that the
>"Ghan" arrives in Melbourne EVERY Wednesday? Airline, shipping and other rail
>sevices EXCEPT the "Ghan" are shown in the paper. A two minute phone call by the
>PTUA to the Herald Sun would fix the problem.

As Vaughan pointed out, if it would fix the problem they would do it,
if for no other reason than to SHUT YOU UP.

I think we are on a winner for NKOTY here, and it is still early in
the year.

Dave