Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 13:21:49 -0000 From: Skodapilot <carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com> Subject: Re: public transport
In article <3E281C25.1090202nopsamnline.net>, trn244nopsamnline.net spouted forth into alt.autos.saab... > On 1/16/2003 4:22 PM:Malcolm W. Mason wrote > > > On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:08:36 -0500, tom reingold > > <trn244nopsamnline.net> wrote: > > > > > >> > >>Wrong Halifax, Malcolm! Your rant may be true but irrelevant to the > >>comparison between the US and the UK. > > > > Sorry Tom, > > > > I do not know whether the UK is in Europe or not. Neither of my > > Scottish-born parents would admit to The Isles being connected to the > > continent . I do know that Britain has always enjoyed great public > > transport. Is it deterioratin? Is not the Flying Scot only a memory? > > > > Perhaps qwe should continue this by email. My apologies th the group. > > > > My email is MWM1nopsamedu > > > > Howevr , like the continent you do enjoy good public transport > > probably subsidised out of fuel taxes, which does not exist in most of > > North America. The tirade was triggered by being drained for most of > > my life as an Upper Canadian by The Maritimes who just do not get off > > their... > > > > > > Funny thing, many Brits also don't consider themselves to be in Europe. > Witness how they decided not to adopt the Euro. I don't know what > continent they want to belong to, and I suppose it's up to them. > There are many of us who would like to be fully into the europe ideal. one currency would make travel so much easier, and if say we were only comparing the $USD, to the Yen, and the Euro when we shopped online (Not forgetting the $CND, and $AUS) but generally most countries that are bought from tend to be European, US or Japanese because they have much better polices for international shipping, although I have bought direct from HK, Taiwan, and Korea before. The main reason why the british people didn't adopt the euro was because we weren't asked. Many want it, many oppose it, but Our government didn't ask us, it just said, "No, not yet, we will tell you when". At least Denmark and other countries consulted their people, or had such a bad economy that they physically couldn't. > To you, Malcolm, from Canada, and to the chap who complained about the > British problems (was it skodapilot?), I say I'm sorry. It sounds like > things are a lot worse than they could be. On the other hand, they're > still better in some respects than they are in my country. They are a lot worse than they could be. It was bad when everything was run by the government, but since privatisation, not only has it been run down, they have looked to cut corners too. I suppose I should be glad that we still have it though. Although the Moscow Metro seems so much nicer than KingsCross Tube, in London. -- Carl Robson http://www.bouncing-czechs.com
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