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I've taken the train just a few times, always from Michigan to Chicago, but each time I was facing the wrong direction, and it made me nauseated. Can't the seats be turned around to be facing forward, instead of sitting against the direction you're going?
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mucocele posted:Yep, the ol' Wolverine? loving horrible. Took six hours to get from Chicago to Ann Arbor. Yep. And they ran out of beer. What a hosed way to start my bachelor party. We thought it'd be more fun taking the train and getting sloshed on the way there. Should have just drove and spent the time saved drinking instead.
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I was checking my email like the classy sophisticate I am on Amtrak and it turns out I got this email an hour before i departed this morning. Can't screenshot with the crappy internet but here you go.quote:Our records indicate that you are scheduled to depart on Amtrak train number XXX from California at 10:25AM on Thursday December 18 and arriving in California. lol. Yo, imma blob posted:my favorite part of riding the train is the harried conductors telling us to pack in 'cuz it's gonna be a full ride, and the hispanic families going with their entire family from bakersfield to LA and letting their kids run up and down the aisles screaming. I go through Bakersfield a lot but it's mostly been the middle class vacationing families. Much like the two girls running up and down the aisle in front of me because the grandpa fell asleep. 
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alternatively, delta has already guaranteed my first class upgrade on the first flight and I am 2nd on the next flight with 6 first class seats open lol at trains
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Dec 19, 2014 06:02
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you bourgeois gently caress
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Dec 19, 2014 06:03
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why are we stopping in the middle of nowhere whats going on 
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We don't even get the option for trains anymore. Portland to Salt Lake City got shut down forever ago and guess which party dominates the area in between
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Idiot Kicker posted:We don't even get the option for trains anymore. Portland to Salt Lake City got shut down forever ago and guess which party dominates the area in between the utes?
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Avocados posted:why are we stopping in the middle of nowhere whats going on stand up and yell that really loudly and let me know everyone's reaction
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jackyl posted:alternatively, delta has already guaranteed my first class upgrade on the first flight and I am 2nd on the next flight with 6 first class seats open If you fly enough you will be exposed to significantly higher than normal background radiation - pilots have a higher risk of cancer. But you can get the TSA to examine you for free!
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Lucky OP only having to take a train a short distance. In the next few hours I'm about to embark on a terrible flight from SHanghai to UK, stopping at HK. I really can't be bothered with 17 hours travelling. Also the company I work for make me travel coach. Posting from office where I've been since 7am. This will be a long day.
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paranoid randroid posted:the first time i found the arcade car i thought i had turned a corner too quickly, come unstuck in time, and wound up somewhere in the 1980s soviet bloc I thought you were kidding, but holy poo poo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9opGcgafLo 
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Dec 19, 2014 06:12
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Avocados posted:why are we stopping in the middle of nowhere whats going on waiting for oter trains to pass is the worst. im not even sure how it works tbh
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Dec 19, 2014 06:13
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is amtrack where you pay $8 for a poo poo beer that was let down city
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Yo, imma blob posted:waiting for oter trains to pass is the worst. im not even sure how it works tbh otter trains, the're so playful
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I dunno why we stopped but we're almost to my destination. 20 minutes left provided nothing goes wrong. Also this guy two seats ahead of me is having a very loud business call but now he's talking about this waitress he talked to and wasn't sure if she was a pornstar or stripper. This guy talks like a tool too, sorta like those stereotypical hollywood agents making weird pompous phonecalls. Except this guy's voice doesn't match him. Theres also a really adorable couple across from me, in their leather jackets and boots. 
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Avocados posted:I dunno why we stopped but we're almost to my destination. 20 minutes left provided nothing goes wrong. where u ridin too
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McDowell posted:If you fly enough you will be exposed to significantly higher than normal background radiation - pilots have a higher risk of cancer. nah, I have global entry and pre check so I dont have to go through the bullshit I'm in awe that a lot of people actually use amtrak to get around, though. Why would you do that?
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or is that creepy, sorry also i didnt read the thread
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jackyl posted:nah, I have global entry and pre check so I dont have to go through the bullshit dont troll
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jackyl posted:Why would you do that? Why would you take a plane between Boston-NYC-DC? I can't vouch for Amtrak outside that, though.
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jackyl posted:I'm in awe that a lot of people actually use amtrak to get around, though. Why would you do that? Flying would be around $700 (NorCal airports are expensive) when the ticket for amtrak cost $130 round trip. I could drive and shave off 3 hours and make it only an 8 hour trip but I don't hate myself that much. e:finally home 
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I feel this thread is doomed to de-rail.
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McDowell posted:Why would you take a plane between Boston-NYC-DC? I can't vouch for Amtrak outside that, though. I guess that's fair, but when I do RIC to LGA, it's a 40 minute flight, and I'm gonna assume it's even shorter from DCA and IAD.
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jackyl posted:I guess that's fair, but when I do RIC to LGA, it's a 40 minute flight, and I'm gonna assume it's even shorter from DCA and IAD. What's the rush, man? Take it easy 
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i would never ride amtrak. it's too similar to aatrek.
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Dec 19, 2014 06:48
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you have to bring alcohol and get drunk enough to not give a poo poo
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numberoneposter posted:you have to bring alcohol and get drunk enough to not give a poo poo this can be applied to most of life
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traveling? by a motorized train? thats so quaint.
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What's everyone complaining about? Last times I took the train it was always on time, very smooth, and very very fast. Buying decent beer without much of a markup from a cute girl was also nice. No crazy or loud people either to bother you. Oh wait I just remembered I am in Japan.
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Sashimi posted:What's everyone complaining about? Last times I took the train it was always on time, very smooth, and very very fast. Buying decent beer without much of a markup from a cute girl was also nice. No crazy or loud people either to bother you. gently caress you  Travelling around Europe for a month was the poo poo, their train system was pretty awesome and you could go anywhere
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Sashimi posted:What's everyone complaining about? Last times I took the train it was always on time, very smooth, and very very fast. Buying decent beer without much of a markup from a cute girl was also nice. No crazy or loud people either to bother you. I read the first sentence and said "hes in Japan".
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Sashimi posted:What's everyone complaining about? Last times I took the train it was always on time, very smooth, and very very fast. Buying decent beer without much of a markup from a cute girl was also nice. No crazy or loud people either to bother you. i rode the shinkansen when i was in junior high on a school trip and we could balance coins on their edge while it was going, pretty rad
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Last night on the New Jersey Transit train an old lady played the same three opera songs on her ipad for the whole ride and there were no seats next to the outlets open.
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prince of dicks, come back
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