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  1. May 10th, 2002, 09:19 AM #1
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    Are the VBF Members who may have traveled that line present and accounted for?
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  2. May 10th, 2002, 10:03 AM #2
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    Well, Chit-Chat does seem a little empty lately...
    Everything I say is either loose interpretation of dubious facts or idle speculation rooted in irrational sentiment.
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  3. May 10th, 2002, 10:07 AM #3
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    This is not good
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  4. May 10th, 2002, 10:29 AM #4
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  6. May 10th, 2002, 10:42 AM #5
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    Originally posted by barrk
    Are the VBF Members who may have traveled that line present and accounted for?
    I don't think any of us travel that route regularly - especially at that time of day.

    Not good news, though.
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  7. May 10th, 2002, 10:45 AM #6
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    At least it's optimistic that none of our loved ones were hurt......still sad though!
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  8. May 10th, 2002, 10:47 AM #7
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    why are you all so pessimistic about this?
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  9. May 10th, 2002, 10:54 AM #8
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    Originally posted by mendhak
    why are you all so pessimistic about this?
    Because it's what we're good at
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  11. May 10th, 2002, 10:55 AM #9
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    Originally posted by mendhak
    why are you all so pessimistic about this?
    how can you be optomistic about a train crash?
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  12. May 10th, 2002, 11:06 AM #10
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    How bout you stop contemplating that there's a possibility that some of the vbforum members might have been there. I meant that.
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  13. May 10th, 2002, 12:47 PM #11
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    Being concerned for people must be something that frogs can't understand.
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  14. May 10th, 2002, 05:43 PM #12
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    Aust. trains go so slow it is hard to tell the difference between moving and standing still... but I do remember having to stop midway on a TGV trip from Paris to Bordeaux becos someone had put an object across the track... I wonder how they find out about these things in time to do anything about it.
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  15. May 10th, 2002, 05:45 PM #13
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    oh did I mention that I was in first class

    but had to go to the rear bistro to get lunch cos I wouldve needed to take out a loan to buy lunch
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  16. May 10th, 2002, 05:50 PM #14
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    Originally posted by bb
    Aust. trains go so slow it is hard to tell the difference between moving and standing still... but I do remember having to stop midway on a TGV trip from Paris to Bordeaux becos someone had put an object across the track... I wonder how they find out about these things in time to do anything about it.
    They probably have sensors, cameras, etc. on it somewhere.
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  17. May 10th, 2002, 06:40 PM #15
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    Originally posted by bb
    Aust. trains go so slow it is hard to tell the difference between moving and standing still...
    So what do they do? Build bigger, better trains. Now we will have the luxury of double-thick padding and a/c while we are stuck at Cowan or some such no-man's-land...

    Also, not meaning to belittle the accident, but that's pretty ****ing lucky - only 7 deaths...

    I think the worst we've had in Oz was at Granville back in the 80's (?) lost about 100 ppl or so... maybe more, I forget, but it was lots.
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  18. May 11th, 2002, 03:31 AM #16
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    I think the worst we've had in Oz was at Granville back in the 80's (?) lost about 100 ppl or so... maybe more, I forget, but it was lots.
    Yeah it was but I though was happened in 79.
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