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From: Robert Latest on 8 Aug 2007 11:47 John Larkin wrote: > Some of Muni is great. BART is great. The bus system is a collection of slowly deteriorating historical artifacts. Buses stop at each and every intersection; a time table doesn't exist because it couldn't be adhered to anyway, and on some particularly sharp corners the contacts jump off the cables each time and the driver has to get out and re-engage them. And there's no replacement for retired buses. I once talked to a driver about it; even if there were money for new electric buses no-one makes any that could negotiate the SF hills. robert
From: Eeyore on 8 Aug 2007 11:52 James Arthur wrote: > b) Remember that measurement system you left here a few centuries > ago? "a few centuries ago" It seems that Americans are incapable of moving on. Graham
From: Eeyore on 8 Aug 2007 11:53 Jim Thompson wrote: > It is so sad. I just realized that Eeyore must be posting from a > mental institution ;-) > > ...Jim Thompson So how many ounces do you have in a ton ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 8 Aug 2007 11:55 John Larkin wrote: > Hi, James, > > Have you noticed the remarkable, virtually worldwide, correlation of > anti-Americanism with engineering incompetance? It makes sense when > you think about it. You've always previously said I'm a competent engineer actually. Why do you numbfucks want to cling to a ridiculous sytem of measure. Graham
From: John Larkin on 8 Aug 2007 12:07
On 8 Aug 2007 15:47:30 GMT, Robert Latest <boblatest(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >John Larkin wrote: > >> Some of Muni is great. > >BART is great. The bus system is a collection of slowly deteriorating >historical artifacts. The F-line electric streetcars are 60 to almost 100 years old, and are quiet and efficient. >Buses stop at each and every intersection; a time >table doesn't exist because it couldn't be adhered to anyway, and on some >particularly sharp corners the contacts jump off the cables each time and >the driver has to get out and re-engage them. They suffer from the congestion downtown. And they cause the congestion downtown. >And there's no replacement for >retired buses. I once talked to a driver about it; even if there were money >for new electric buses no-one makes any that could negotiate the SF hills. The existing electric busses scoot up hills that some fully-loaded diesels can't climb. Sometimes diesel drivers ask the passengers to get off and hike up the hill to meet him at the top. John |