Author Topic: Rising on trains (Read 20372 times)

Trim · « **Reply #125 on:** September 17, 2015, 04:16:19 PM »

Quote from: Gooch on September 17, 2015, 04:07:01 PM

Wait what time will that be on Central time? @NickRussell

I originally had something in my post about that but I'm not even sure. Like yeah, we're 2 timezones away, but I think tv is separately like 3 hours behind so that shows are on around the same time of day they're supposed to be. So maybe 4:30 central/mexico?

Trim · « **Reply #126 on:** September 17, 2015, 04:16:47 PM »

That's in 13 minutes!

Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #127 on:** September 17, 2015, 04:22:53 PM »

It's on at 5:30pm Central.

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Trim · « **Reply #128 on:** September 17, 2015, 04:39:37 PM »

Quote from: Mrs. Gooch on September 17, 2015, 04:22:53 PM

It's on at 5:30pm Central.

Nick's mind is blown.

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Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #129 on:** September 17, 2015, 04:44:10 PM »

Crap, stupid AT&T. Why did it show me the wrong time zone?

K-S-U-Wildcats! · « **Reply #130 on:** September 17, 2015, 06:46:05 PM »

Quote from: roidhead on September 17, 2015, 01:47:12 PM

Quote from: Mrs. Gooch on September 17, 2015, 01:45:54 PM
OK, whatever, space car, air car...I just said the term that was already in use ITT.

Quote from: roidhead on September 17, 2015, 01:39:57 PM
thought we might have been talking about armaggedon. nope. i have a new movie to watch. liveblog tonite?

Wait, are you saying you have never heard of the Fifth Element?

now i have.

I am so excited for you!

Tobias · « **Reply #131 on:** September 17, 2015, 06:51:59 PM »

we snuffed out a movie ksuw likes!

Phil Titola · « **Reply #132 on:** September 17, 2015, 07:15:56 PM »

Quote from: wetwillie on September 15, 2015, 12:29:32 AM

The problem with trains is they kill you much more frequently than passenger air travel.

I'd avoid car travel

"Drivers or passengers in cars or light trucks faced a fatality risk of 7.3 per billion passenger-miles"
"The overall fatality rate for long-haul train service...excluding pedestrians and others not on trains...fatality rate is approximately 0.15 per billion passenger miles."
"commercial aviation was the safest mode of travel in the United States, with 0.07 fatalities per billion passenger miles"

http://journalistsresource.org/studies/environment/transportation/comparing-fatality-risks-united-states-transportation-across-modes-time

wetwillie · « **Reply #133 on:** September 17, 2015, 07:19:10 PM »

Thanks phil, that's pretty crazy. Stepping on a train is like playing roulette.

K-S-U-Wildcats! · « **Reply #134 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:01:00 PM »

Quote from: Tobias on September 17, 2015, 06:51:59 PM

we snuffed out a movie ksuw likes!

You should check out the movie thread. I like lots of movies!

Tobias · « **Reply #135 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:08:59 PM »

you should post about those ones!

GoodForAnother · « **Reply #136 on:** September 18, 2015, 09:19:09 AM »

unless we transition to a socialist utopia at some point, it will take like 50 years for all cars to be self-driving and it will be a complete disaster with liability, fault, etc, when they get into accidents with human drivers. crap like this takes forever. consider that it's been like 45 years since they invented airbags and they only became legally compulsory 17 years ago and there are still plenty of people driving around older cars without them.

Trim · « **Reply #137 on:** September 18, 2015, 09:20:57 AM »

Is K-S-U-W on the self-driving car train (lol) b/c he's still mad about that ticket I remember him posting a bunch about?

michigancat · « **Reply #138 on:** September 18, 2015, 09:30:52 AM »

self driving cars already interact with people driven cars. It will not be a complete disaster because the accident rate for self-driven cars will be so low.

GoodForAnother · « **Reply #139 on:** September 18, 2015, 09:41:21 AM »

oh ok, it'll be fine then

Trim · « **Reply #140 on:** September 18, 2015, 09:47:37 AM »

Gooch's car is self-stopping.

Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #141 on:** September 18, 2015, 10:02:57 AM »

Quote from: Trim on September 18, 2015, 09:47:37 AM

Gooch's car is self-stopping.

Yeah it's really annoying when we are backing out and it thinks our steep driveway is an object behind us.

KCFDcat · « **Reply #142 on:** September 18, 2015, 03:00:30 PM »

So, back to trains... I'll tell you what, this ride has been pretty enjoyable... I tweeted lots of stuff. If you can't find my twitter acct then you don't follow gE very well.

Will definitely "ride the rails" again. Also, we're only around 30 min behind schedule.

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8manpick · « **Reply #143 on:** September 18, 2015, 05:35:03 PM »

Quote from: KCFDcat on September 18, 2015, 03:00:30 PM

So, back to trains... I'll tell you what, this ride has been pretty enjoyable... I tweeted lots of stuff. If you can't find my twitter acct then you don't follow gE very well.

Will definitely "ride the rails" again. Also, we're only around 30 min behind schedule.

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Good twittering, enjoy Chicago

DQ12 · « **Reply #144 on:** September 18, 2015, 06:09:12 PM »

Quote from: KCFDcat on September 18, 2015, 03:00:30 PM

So, back to trains... I'll tell you what, this ride has been pretty enjoyable... I tweeted lots of stuff. If you can't find my twitter acct then you don't follow gE very well.

Will definitely "ride the rails" again. Also, we're only around 30 min behind schedule.

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please pm me your twitter. i'm interested in reading.

puniraptor · « **Reply #145 on:** September 23, 2015, 09:03:19 PM »

@metalhead so did you watch the 5th element yet or what?

Tobias · « **Reply #146 on:** September 23, 2015, 09:04:26 PM »

i didn't get a pm on friday night

Gooch · « **Reply #147 on:** September 24, 2015, 11:11:00 AM »

Quote from: Tobias on September 23, 2015, 09:04:26 PM

i didn't get a pm on friday night

Lets do it this Friday!

Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #148 on:** September 25, 2015, 08:32:21 AM »

It seems like it is so hard to figure out a route on the Amtrak website. Like, even though I can see that these two stops are on the same route, they say there are not available trains to get from one to the other.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #149 on:** September 25, 2015, 08:34:05 AM »

What stops