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Re: Trains Article Mentioned in NSW Parliament

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Trains Article Mentioned in NSW Parliament
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 20:43:37 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
References: <356C0FC3.6BDD30A9@fastlink.com.au> <1998052716392201.MAA24211@ladder03.news.aol.com>
Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

MarkBau1 wrote:

> <<<<BTW   I've had several trips on Amtrac trains in the US and some were worse
> riding than the XPT and some had food of equal standard to what we have.>>>>>>
>
> The great Australian cultural cringe strikes again! How did Amcrash enter this
> thread? I thought we were talking about the XPT?

Quite simple, really.  A guy from America criticises our passenger trains as being
bad.  Now a guy from Australia is criticising American passenger trains for being
just as bad.  Next, a guy from France will criticise SJ for being bad, and we will
enter into a new thread to rival the "Eben Levy the traiterous scab" thread in
length and bitterness.  :-)

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

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