Re: Amtrak & The War On Drugs

[Ray Dillinger]

On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Raymond D. Mereniuk wrote:

>On 24 Apr 2001, at 11:02, Ken Brown wrote:
>
>> You need phone numbers to buy train tickets? Why? Since when? The USA
>> may be a wonderful country but over here where we we employ
>
>I believe in the original story the fellow bought a train from Phoenix 
>Arizona to Boston MA.  This is a little different then buying a ticket 
>for a trip from Waterloo to Sevenoaks or London to Manchester.  
>Distance wise it is comparable to a London to Baghdad trip.

The physical distance is that great, but the cultural distance 
may be somewhat shorter.  

                        Bear