On Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 9:15:07 AM UTC-6, Alt Right wrote:
> In article <0fb75f62-e044-4fb6-a7b0-
> 202a2c76b737@googlegroups.com>
> trainguard  wrote:
> >
> > On Saturday, 14 January 2017 16:00:07 UTC, Byker  wrote:
> >
> > That he is another idiot who doesn't know what a HST is........
>
> Homosexual Syphilis Test, something Euro homos specialize in.
>
> > We have them in Europe, but dumb Americans who live in shit holes never
get that far....
>
> Let's refine that, "dumb democrat Americans who live in shit
> holes never get that far...."
>
> Now it's accurate.
>
> > > "Steve"  wrote in message news:rfuj7c5375knpklrhp0h0vmr034
0jr2mr@4ax.com...
> > > >
> > > > Canyon Note:  Thankfully, Florida turned this Federal boondoggle down
and
> > > > gave it to California..
> > > >
> > > > http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-bullet-cos
-overruns-20170106-story.html
> > >
> > > I swear, ever since Japan introduced its "bullet" train fifty years ago,
> > > there's been talk about setting one up in the U.S., usually in
California.
> > > These programs never get off square one, no matter how much money and
> > > enthusiasm is thrown at them, primarily because there can be no grade
> > > crossings.  All traffic would have to go under it or over it, and cities
> > > would have to be gutted to make way for high-speed rails that can only be
> > > used by high-speed trains.  As it stands now, only a third of the route
from
> > > L.A. to Frisco can be used for high speed, because it's primarily
farmland.
> > > I suppose they'll try to use "eminent domain" laws to clear everything
else
> > > out of the way (fat chance).
> > >
> > > A Google search tells it all: http://tinyurl.com/p66jk9h
> >
> > God, that's funny!
> >
> > >
> > > Even if it was built, it would still be faster to fly from LAX to SFO...
> >
> > Bollocks!
>
> Not bollocks, fact you math deficient knuckle-dragger.
>
> On the fastest train (AmTrak) it takes 9 hours and 45 minutes to
> get up there, mostly because of the mountains out of Los
> Angeles, lack of tangent track, and all the stops it has to
> make.  Depending on your route, you might even have to take a
> fucking bus from the station in LA to Bakersfield.  Tehachapi
> will see AmTrak #11 & #14 for two weeks in 2017 amongst all the
> freight.  Other PAX trains go up the coast route.
>
> As for flying, it's not much better.
>
> You spend 2 hours at the airport with the useless TSA union
> asswipes before you get to board the plane, 1.5 hours flight
> time with no delays, another hour to get your bags, rental car
> or transportation to BART.  It will be another 30 minutes, hour,
> or two hours before reaching your destination in the congested
> San Francisco/bay area.  That's 5-6+ hours from start to finish
> and you get there all pissed off, usually late.  Flying is a
> horrible trip in the modern era.
>
> It is 5 h 30 min (379 miles) drive time between LAX and SFO
> assuming you average around 70 MPH.
>
> If you average between 75-80 MPH as many of us do, you can get
> there in a little less than 5 hours.  I know that for a fact
> because I've done it numerous times in rental cars.
>
> On a Kawaski KZ motorcycle my best time is 3 hours and 52
> minutes. On a bike I average about 4 hours 20-30 minutes between
> LA from the 101/405 interchange and fringes of SF.
>
> I can ride a motorcyle to SF, fix hardware, and get back to the
> SoCal region in less than 12 hours.

Just like Lockheed is makey greaty that F-35 flying paper weight

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