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Passenger trains in the United States vs Europe (i.redd.it)

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

When I got off the ship I worked on in NYC, I could have taken a plane, train or bus back to California and I opted for the bus because I don't like flying (unless I get to be the pilot) and it was cheaper.

I should have taken the train. Fuuuuuuuck the bus.

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

How long did that take you?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A whole week.

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Damn. Do you get breaks? I need to stretch my legs every few hours.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yeah, it stopped for gas, food, etc. We made even more since some tweaker just absolutely destroyed the on-board toilet within the first hour of the trip. And I mean destroyed. Not just a huge gross mess; they FUCKED that toilet up, like with a sledgehammer. IDK how they did it, but it was FUBAR.

We had a stop in, I think, Oaklahoma and it was so fucking flat it was like being between europe and the us in the ocean again. All us smokers had to form a wall to block the wind just to light up as even a windproof lighter was no match for this wind 🤣

Also made me sad hearing someone describe the smallest apple I had ever seen as the largest they had ever seen when we stopped at a McDonald's just outside of New York.