And in Crazy Train news.

[St1ck]

6 minutes ago, Tank said:

They’ve been wanting get rid of prop 13 for years, so this would line up.

Yes but remember there was a time when Louisiana Tech and Hawaii were in the same conference.

[Tank]

5 hours ago, St1ck said:

Yes but remember there was a time when Louisiana Tech and Hawaii were in the same conference.

Okay

[St1ck]

7 minutes ago, Tank said:

Okay

Lol. Wrong thread. 

[Tank]

5 minutes ago, St1ck said:

Lol. Wrong thread. 

Good, so now I guess I can cancel that wellness check by the police that I requested for you.

[gotbeer]

Troubled bullet train project given a reprieve

 

[gotbeer]

Just came back from my camping trip up north.  Took the 99 back down through Fresno and Bakersfield.  What a waste of money these monuments to crazy are.  

[gotbeer]

CA High-Speed Rail Authority Releases Draft Plan for Palmdale to Burbank Section

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The ~38-mile-long section is currently estimated to cost roughly $24 billion. 

So probably closer to $240 billion.  BTW.  When the stupid voted yes on it, it was supposed to cost $33 billion for the entire thing.  Wonder where they are getting all this money?

[Lhalo]

Spain says "Hold my sangria".

Spain spends €258m to build trains too big for its tunnels

Two travel bosses fired over engineering blunder as project to replace commuter trains goes back to the drawing board

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/02/07/spain-spends-258m-build-trains-big-tunnels/

[cals]

13 hours ago, Lhalo said:

Spain says "Hold my sangria".

Spain spends €258m to build trains too big for its tunnels

Two travel bosses fired over engineering blunder as project to replace commuter trains goes back to the drawing board

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/02/07/spain-spends-258m-build-trains-big-tunnels/

That’s the culture you lean on when you don’t want anyone to know the truth.  Those are the smart ones on that side of the family, no?  Maybe don’t throw piedras in that glass casa?

[Lhalo]

32 minutes ago, cals said:

That’s the culture you lean on when you don’t want anyone to know the truth.  Those are the smart ones on that side of the family, no?  Maybe don’t throw piedras in that glass casa?

Is touché in Spanish still touché? Because that comment was well placed haha. 

[cals]

15 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

Is touché in Spanish still touché? Because that comment was well placed haha. 

[cals]

I thought touché was French 

[Taylor]

[Crampknees]

10 hours ago, cals said:

Things are out of control here

[Don]

Dumbass mistake no doubt, but 258M Euros seems like a drop in the bucket compared to CA's money pit. And at least they have a functional high speed rail system in place at the end of the day. As far as I know we're still about 7 billion dollars in field mouse habitat impact studies away from a train that'll cut your shitbag cousin's meth run from Bakersfield to Palmdale down to 25 minutes each way.  

[gotbeer]

California high-speed rail project denied round of mega grant funding

So again, where are they getting the money from?  

[AngelsLakersFan]

I heard the other day that China has built more high speed rail since they held the olympic games than all of the US, Europe and Japan combined.

Very sad.

[Taylor]

16 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I heard the other day that China has built more high speed rail since they held the olympic games than all of the US, Europe and Japan combined.

Very sad.

Clearly capitalism hinders progress.

[Blarg]

They have the advantage of Chinese slave labor. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

6 hours ago, Taylor said:

Clearly capitalism hinders progress.

It has more to do with property rights and political will.

[Jay]

19 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I heard the other day that China has built more high speed rail since they held the olympic games than all of the US, Europe and Japan combined.

Very sad.

Did they say how many miles of high-speed rail that is?

[St1ck]

15 minutes ago, Jay said:

Did they say how many miles of high-speed rail that is?

No. Because they are on the metric system.

[Crampknees]

16 hours ago, Blarg said:

They have the advantage of Chinese slave labor. 

So does Warner Bros when producing a Bachelor show. 

[Blarg]

21 minutes ago, Crampknees said:

So does Warner Bros when producing a Bachelor show. 

You shouldn't post after a Superbowl drinking contest, that you won. 

[Crampknees]

3 minutes ago, Blarg said:

You shouldn't post after a Superbowl drinking contest, that you won. 

That doesn't work anymore.  You need to get more original.