Re: 2 EL's on Patrick's

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>]

Preaching to the converted jere, Michael. Just about every single person in
this newsgroup will agree with you.

Dave

Michael Kurkowski <mk@netstra.com.au> wrote in message
8E7FE6459telstraNews@vic.news.telstra.net">news:8E7FE6459telstraNews@vic.news.telstra.net...
> And meanwhile, the truckies are laughing their way to the bank. As has
been
> stated many times before, competition among rail operators will cause the
> railways eventual demise.
>
> Do people not realise that interstate trucks are wasteful and dangerous?
>
> Wasteful I say, because for what one train can pull, you need a huge
amount
> of trucks. More prime movers = more polution. More drivers = more money
> spent.
>
> Dangerous I say, because many truck drivers work dangerous hours, and do
it
> illegally, i.e. keeping a second logbook, taking drugs to cope with the
> long hours, getting very little sleep.
>
> I bet the trucking companies are sitting there laughing at the railways
> right now. Pushing to allow bigger trucks into the cities to clog our
> already congested roads.
>
> As far as the governments veiw on this goes, where the f*** is the logic?
> Who else other than the government would sell of your biggest money making
> asset? (i use Telstra as the example in this case, but the railways
> certainly count too).
>
> Regards
> Michael
>
> Maurie Daly said in message <mauried.361.382FC006@commslab.gov.au>, I
> therefore quote:
>
> >
> >Yes , I dont understand the rationale for the rejection,
> >I would have grabbed them simply to keep them out of my competitors
> >hands although it may have looked a bit dodgy if NRC simply stored them.
> >There is quite a bit of disquiet from the private rail operators about
> >the number of Govt owned locos in storage.
> >
>
> --
> Michael Kurkowski
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>
> What is the point of having quotes at the end of your .sig?