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- From: pierson@ggone.enet.dec.com (Dave Pierson)
- Subject: Re: Stupid (DEAD) people
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.130512.24025@engage.pko.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <168A18425.R1004@vmcms.csuohio.edu> <722047395snx@uumark.UUCP>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 13:02:00 GMT
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- In article <722047395snx@uumark.UUCP>, mstoffan@uumark.UUCP (Mark Stoffan)
- writes...
-
- >In article <168A18425.R1004@vmcms.csuohio.edu> R1004@vmcms.csuohio.edu writes:
-
- > > It's a good thing trains run on rails - keeps people from
- > > claiming the locomotive swerved to hit them! (but I'm sure some
- > > have anyway!)
-
- >A number of years ago when trains still ran in the middle of Portland's
- >Commercial Street, a little old lady in a big bronze Cadillac refused to
- >yield and drove right into the nose of an Alco switcher which was moving
- >at about 5 mph. Said lady proceeded to exit her banged-up vehicle and
- >yell at the engineer, demanding to know why he didn't swerve.
-
- Same thing is reported from Boston, where the Green Line (especially)
- still engages in street running. Some out-of-towners occaisionally
- expect the trol.. errr LRV's, to swerve.
-
- thanks
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