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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