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Planes, trains and automobiles
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:01 am
by azsnowman
If you had a choice of traveling cross country, how would you go, plane, train or automobile?
Driving to Flagstaff yesterday for what seems to be endless doctor appointments
I saw my first AMTRAK train in EONS near I-40....the main east to west BNSF line runs along the interstate and I thought "Man, I haven't been on a train since I was 5 yrs. old....I would LOVE to take a cross country trip like that.
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:11 am
by Miss Mary
Well, you could ask Steve Martin!
This topic title reminded me of the movie he made with John Candy (may he RIP). Hilarious movie, one I could watch over and over again.
I'm not relaxed enough to fly but I have flown. Trains would be different but I've only been on day trips. Never overnight. Our family have vacationed mostly by car.
My choice - car. I think it would an adventure to have an open ended schedule, time to get off the interstates and take roads thru sleepy little US towns. Now that sounds so nice!
Mary
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:09 am
by chadtm80
Still one of my favorite movies to this day.. Favorite scene is when Steve Martin walks all the way back to the terminal and discusses the car not being in the slip with the women behind the counter.. Has me rolling now just thinking about it.. lol
My Choice - Plane, Plane, Plane.. I am not a patient guy.. When I want to be somewhere I want to be there yesturday. I get to stir crazy in a long car drive.. And as far as a train, the only Train I have ever been on is Thomas The Tank Engine with my son.. lol
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:09 pm
by Miss Mary
Chad - my 2 fave scenes are when they're going the wrong way on the interstate and later when the cop (from Laverne & Shirley) asks them - "what the he** are you driving here?" - Now I'm ROFLMAO!!! Here's a link for quotes, I'm sure they'll bring a smile.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ ... 40302/1025
No takers on the train ride Dennis!
Mary
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:13 pm
by chadtm80
She may not look like much, but she will get you where you need to go.. lol
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:13 pm
by chadtm80
That link is about Lost Miss Mary?.?.?.?.
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:23 pm
by Miss Mary
Well, I do have Lost on the brain today....he he
I'll see if I can find the right one. I swear I had it pulled up!!!! I'm gonna turn you into a Lost fan yet!
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:24 pm
by Miss Mary
Chad - here are two for you:
IMDB's thread for the movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093748/
And then the one I wanted to post, quotes from the movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093748/quotes
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:26 pm
by chadtm80
I thought it was another attempt to trick me into Lost again.. lol
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:28 pm
by chadtm80
Del: We'd have more luck playing pick-up sticks with our butt-cheeks than we will getting a flight out of here before daybreak.
Another classic one.. lol.. What are you doing to me Marry.. I wont get another lick of work done today now.
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:37 pm
by Brent
Plane defintely.
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:38 pm
by Brent
Miss Mary wrote:Chad - my 2 fave scenes are when they're going the wrong way on the interstate and later when the cop (from Laverne & Shirley) asks them - "what the he** are you driving here?" - Now I'm ROFLMAO!!! Here's a link for quotes, I'm sure they'll bring a smile.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ ... 40302/1025No takers on the train ride Dennis!
Mary
That movie is great.
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:58 pm
by Yarrah
Train, it's the best way to travel through the country here; comfortable, fast and you get a nice view of the country. There are a few problems though; in the western part trains can become a bit crowdy and because the tracks are the busiest in Europe, trains aren't always very punctual.
Why not take a car? Well, gasoline is very expensive (eco-tax and other taxes), parking is also very expensive and the chances that you'll end up in a traffic jam are almost 100%, especially in the western part.
Why not take a plane? Well, it takes more time to check in then to fly from one side of the country to another.
Re: Planes, trains and automobiles
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:57 pm
by gtalum
azsnowman wrote:If you had a choice of traveling cross country, how would you go, plane, train or automobile?
Unless the goal were specifically to see the countryside in between, I'd travel by plane. It's teh cheapest and fastest way to travel cross-country.
If I wanted to see stuff in between, then car. You couldn't pay me enough to ride AMTRAK anywhere outside of the Northeast Corridor.
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:06 pm
by nystate
Plane, of course!
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:19 pm
by angelwing
Train! I drive 108 miles daily and I would just like to be driven for a change on a nice train ride thru some beautiful countryside
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:34 pm
by streetsoldier
I'd need either an ambulance or a plane that is specifically designed for medical transport.
Trains? There's not an AMTRAK anywhere near me.
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:43 am
by coriolis
Bicycle
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:52 am
by Miss Mary
Always the wiseguy Ed....LOL
You could say - by foot! Or horse and buggy!
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:59 am
by chadtm80
Yes, but the question is Mary if he went by hourse would he have to stop everytime the horse had to do a number 2? Or would it be done on the fly???