Through some miracle of Internet-ma, my very late-booked reservations from Atlanta-Oakland through Phoenix wound up being first class for the first leg. My husband kept expecting the gendarmes to come march past the curtain and drag us back to the peasants, but instead we had adequate legroom and real frozen waffles.
Stop that right now! I can hear the smacking!
Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Betsy HP - Nov 27, 2005 4:00:06 pm PST #6514 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
aurelia - Nov 27, 2005 7:56:57 pm PST #6515 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I just experienced a long cushy luxurious train trip. I got on the train at 8:30 this morning, arrived at Union Station at 9:11 this evening and got off the bus and into my apartment around 11pm.
Lee - Nov 27, 2005 7:58:48 pm PST #6516 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
That is a very long trip, Aurelia. I hope your seat was comfy, at least.
tommyrot - Nov 27, 2005 8:00:58 pm PST #6517 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think trains are now my prefered method of long distance travel.
So, my preferences for distance travel are, in order:
- train
- car
- plane
- suicide (thus obviating the need for travel)
- bus
§ ita § - Nov 27, 2005 8:08:17 pm PST #6518 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I rarely have enough time for trains to be viable. Especially when they cost as much or as more as the plane -- there needs to be a tradeoff.
aurelia - Nov 27, 2005 8:09:29 pm PST #6519 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
The seats are okay... business class seats looked comfier (sp?). I did have a power outlet so I could recharge my iPod. That was cool.
I forgot to mention that I was almost hit by a car after I got off the bus.
tommyrot - Nov 27, 2005 8:11:27 pm PST #6520 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm all about taking time to travel, thus my support of trains and autos as means of travel. But yeah, most of the time I don't have the time.
The extra fun (as well as the chance to relax) of train travel makes it worth the extra money for me. Now if they'd only get WiFi....
WindSparrow - Nov 27, 2005 8:40:11 pm PST #6521 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
So I have a plan for crafting christmas gifts. Any ideas on what can be done quickly on the cheap?
Kat, try spice-filled hot pads: [link] . Basically crushed cinnamon sticks, cloves, etc. fleshed out with uncooked rice, sewn into a cloth bag. If you have a sewing machine, takes about 5 minutes to whip one together. The year I did several by hand, I got one per day done sitting in front of the tv while at work.
I used old jeans and cloth I got from remnant bins for mine.
Lee - Nov 28, 2005 2:12:27 am PST #6522 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I forgot to mention that I was almost hit by a car after I got off the bus.
You should try to avoud this, if you can.
Betsy HP - Nov 28, 2005 7:01:34 am PST #6523 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Especially when they cost as much or as more as the plane -- there needs to be a tradeoff.
I don't want to ride American trains. I want to ride European trains. In America. It's a Thing. I want the Platonic not-quite-Ideal of trains, in which there is reasonable cleanliness, reasonable frequency, and reasonable price.
Amtrak, in my experience, has sucked in customer service, cleanliness, and reliability.