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Date: 1/30/2021 2:06:00 AM
From Authorid: 5940
A very interesting read. Oddly enough, my only experience riding a train was as a child growing up in Southern California. I grew up near Knott’s Berry Farm and that was back before it had turned into an amusement park, and you were free to enter and walk around . They had some rides but nothing like it is today. One was a small roller coaster type where it was like riding through a mine in the side of a mountain, another was a horse drawn stage coach and last but not least, an old fashioned steam locomotive with a couple passenger cars hooked up to it. That you could ride around the park and to add to the excitement they staged a cowboy robbery hold up complete with the sheriff making an arrest , kind of like Roy Rogers.  |
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Date: 1/30/2021 5:42:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 5301
...I was really surprised when Nani came to Ontario the first time. She had never been on a train or the subway before. To me, these were things I took for granted, especially having to take them every day to a job that would have cost half the paycheck in gas had I driven to it. It also added four to five hours of travel time to my daily schedule. I don't miss that too much. That's the basis for my email addy.  |
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Date: 1/30/2021 5:48:00 AM
From Authorid: 5940
Oh, I forgot to mention the monorail at Disney Land, but that was electric. I imagine it was an awesome time for the both of you. I had to commute to job many years ago by car and didn’t like it. And as time changed and I long since moved to Arizona, they finally got around to restoring the fabled Red Line Metro system that was in place when my Dad was a young adult. |
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Date: 1/30/2021 5:54:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 5301
...carrying Nani's luggage wasn't so awesome. She had packed her anvil collection. |
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Date: 1/30/2021 5:56:00 AM
From Authorid: 5940
Lol! Yep, and it usually takes the ladies longer to get ready to go out on the town whereas I can be ready in 20 minutes. |
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Date: 1/30/2021 5:57:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 5301
...did your Red Line Metro have any suspension in it's buses? Just a question from a TTC rider that felt like he was dropping into a canyon every time the bus hit a small pothole in the road. |
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Date: 1/30/2021 6:00:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 5301
...Nani was pretty good when it came to getting prepared to going out. She had her "stuff" together. |
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Date: 1/30/2021 6:00:00 AM
From Authorid: 5940
Not sure, but imagine the fun when an earthquake hit. https://la.curbed.com/2015/7/30/9935072/red-car-air-line-expo-line-history |
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Date: 1/30/2021 8:46:00 AM
From Authorid: 5940
Though I never met Nani in person, we had been in contact through email or chat room as well as here on USM. I always appreciate her sense of humor and once in a great while talked on the phone with the birth of unlimited minutes. And it goes without saying that she was very fond of you, which speaks volumes. Perhaps if you were to call me once in awhile I might vote for you in the next election. |
Date: 3/25/2023 6:48:00 PM
From Authorid: 21435
Hekler  Good information. I've actually never rode any distance on a train, except for the subway, in the bigger cities. I like the tune, also. Ride on.....  |
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