ST Alpha - "This airport security theatre is all the more reason why we need to invest more heavily in high-speed rail. -- nm" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Login
Create Account

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 173

This airport security theatre is all the more reason why we need to invest more heavily in high-speed rail. -- nm

Posted by znufrii Nov 16 '10, 09:45

(No message)

Responses:

Naked air travel -- nm - con_carne Nov 16, 09:52
All I need to know is...Do the Israelis molest their citizenry at the airports? - Mel Profit Nov 16, 09:50 3
- An article that was posted here yesterday about the Israelis. -- (link) - Reagen Nov 16, 09:52 2
  - Kinda makes the North American system look shameful. -- nm - Mop (218 lbs) Nov 16, 10:03
  - I saw this. It's what got me thinking about all of this. - Mel Profit Nov 16, 09:58
and teleportation devices -- nm - Roger More Nov 16, 09:47
I've always wanted to take the train to London -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 09:46 13
- The train to Hawaii has a much better view. -- nm - Jim Nov 16, 09:50
- It's a good thing no one ever bombs train stations in London. -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 09:49 10
  - I had a lot of near misses in the early 90's all over the country. -- nm - LMS Nov 16, 09:57
  - It's a good think I refused to live in constant fear of a terrorist attack, since I'm probably as likely to hit by lightning. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 09:50 8
    - I would guess that people who have been struck by lightning hate that this always gets used -- nm - dogbert Nov 16, 09:55 1
      - Heh. Meanwhile, those of us who live in LA are like, "Weather? What's that?" -- nm - con_carne Nov 16, 09:58
    - hell, you're what, 10 times more likely to die in a car accident? -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 09:54 3
      - in 2009, an average of 93 people a day died in auto accidents in the us....nm - x Nov 16, 09:58
      - [deleted] 1
        
        I'm thinking per trip. The figure I saw had it about 12 times. - Reagen Nov 16, 10:01
    - but your way more likely to get attacked and or robbed walking down the street in a foreign country. nm - Jim Nov 16, 09:53
    - EXACTLY. -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 09:51
- okay -- (link) - znufrii Nov 16, 09:48
As much as I love train travel, high speed rail only works in densely populated areas like the NE corridor. -- nm - Mop (218 lbs) Nov 16, 09:45 1
- [deleted]

Post a message top

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.