Re: Public transportation

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Malachi Kenney <kfringe@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Jul 24, 2012, at 12:41 AM, Ellen Rawson wrote:
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>> Luckily, there's a train within walking distance from our house,
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> Luxury! I miss that convenience.
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>> However, there are trains to London, which seems to be the centre of the universe right now,
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> Hasn't it always? I mean... it's LONDON. It's where all the hopes and dreams of the British people go to sputter before they die. Whether finance, entertainment, politics or any other field, London is where you go to fail miserably at being at the top of the game. You'd need to combine New York, DC and Los Angeles into one raggedy capital of a failed empire to harvest such an array of failed dreams here in the states.
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> No, even New Yorkers respect London. Londoners share the madness that comes from being just fucking tired.
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> I remember the first time I was there, the news was covering a story about the young man who mugged a pensioner. The pensioner apparently removed his prosthetic leg and gave the mugger a savage, savage beating. I saw that and I thought, "this is a hell of a town." If you expect madness, London never lets you down.
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I used to have an aunt in London (my grandmother's cousin) I remember
on one of my stays she called information for some exhibit. She was
transferred several times and put on hold a time or two. It took less
than five minutes, but she was furious at inefficiency. I told her,
that comparing to same service in Israel, it was top of efficiency.
Aunt Polly looked at me down (not easy when you are 1.50 to my 1.75)
and said:" My dear, how can you compare! You are such a young country.
We? Are Empire!"

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ilana