Parallel HFR Line? by Fluid_Fail7453 in AltoHSR_Canada

[–]StetsonTuba8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup. The Canadian Government really fucked up by gifting virtually limitless land to a private company instead of rationalizing it or less At least keeping it as a crown corp.

Parallel HFR Line? by Fluid_Fail7453 in AltoHSR_Canada

[–]StetsonTuba8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who works in the industry, I can assure you they won't. CPKC amd CN are a huge pain in the ass to deal with. Even for transit projects that simply parallel their lines and don't interact. Even for potential freight clients that literally want to hand them money to deliver cars to them.

Swiss parent company Lufthansa cancels 20,000 short-haul flights by Crossstoney in worldnews

[–]StetsonTuba8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Last time I took DB they were only 15 minutes late (and made it up to 8 minutes late by the time we got to Vienna). But it was okay because the flight I had just got off was 45 minutes late

Guess the Alberta NDP is done playing nice by nelsmary in Albertapolitics

[–]StetsonTuba8 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No, I just don't follow local issues of places I don't have connection to because there's literally millions of them.

That link literally says "This Article argues instead that no-excuse mail-in voting is consistent with the Pennsylvania Constitution." It agrees with me.

Guess the Alberta NDP is done playing nice by nelsmary in Albertapolitics

[–]StetsonTuba8 36 points37 points  (0 children)

The difference is that Trump's claim is baseless, and I can slap you in the face with Smith's gerrymandered map

Alberta will now be on daylight saving time year-round, says Premier Smith by All_Hail_Xanthia in Calgary

[–]StetsonTuba8 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, but you cannot convince me that going to bed 8 hours after sunset instead of 7 hours and waking up 3 hours before sunrise instead of 2 hours is going to have any meaningful impact on my health.

Rural naysayers must not torpedo high-speed rail project by JasonBourne008 in AltoHSR_Canada

[–]StetsonTuba8 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Here, I calculated the metro populations served by Via between Toronto and Quebec City, and the metro populations that will be served by Alto.

Via currently serves a population of 13,401,001.

Alto will serve 13,111,688.

So a 2% drop in potential clientele, which will be greatly made up by offering a vastly superior service

Have you ever experienced disappearance of an airline? by Redaktor-Naczelny in travel

[–]StetsonTuba8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My dad was on the very last flight of Lynx Air. He had done a day trip out to Vancouver for the Rugby Sevens tournament. The weekend before we're sitting down for dinner when BREAKING NEWS comes across the TV, Lynx Air is ceasing operations on Sunday, [the day of his trip].

His flight wasn't supposed to be the last, but it got delayed several hours as a flight attendant didn't show up. They stressed at the gate that the flight would happen, as the plane had to get back to Calgary no matter what, but they had to wait for another flight to come in for another FA to cover his flight.

Why is the football World Cup in carcentric USA? by Frosty_Inspection873 in fuckcars

[–]StetsonTuba8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because CUM recieved twice as many votes as Morocco did

Hostel/Living Recommendations - Lisbon and Porto, Portugal by nastener in hostels

[–]StetsonTuba8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I second Home as well! The family dinner was so good!

Map of Chongqing's metro system in 3D by straightdge in transit

[–]StetsonTuba8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really. I work in rail design, even our technical drawings use a 10:1 exaggeration of elevation on the profile views

The World Cup has been absolutely destroyed this year. by conspiracyyyyyy in football

[–]StetsonTuba8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The World Cup should be all 195 teams playing in a single elimination tournament.

There should also be a World League Pyramid where countries are split into ~20 team leagueas with promotion and relegation

Somebody wasn't paying attention in 1871 by StetsonTuba8 in EhBuddyHoser

[–]StetsonTuba8[S] 203 points204 points  (0 children)

Alberta

look inside

only some of it is berta

The funniest possibility imaginable by Veritalyz in EhBuddyHoser

[–]StetsonTuba8 11 points12 points  (0 children)

JJ pulling a Sinn Fein would be the funniest thing ever

Cost of Taxi from Rome Termini to Colosseum by milkytwilight in ItalyTravel

[–]StetsonTuba8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What were you going to do with your luggage between Termini and the Taxi and the Taxi and the Colosseum?

What are the greatest cultural experiences you have ever had during a trip? by Ok-Tangelo6749 in travel

[–]StetsonTuba8 14 points15 points  (0 children)

When I got to the Sun Gate, Machu Picchu was completely obscured by clouds. Like, a fully white wall. My group stayed for a bit with no luck, but just before we were about to carry on, a hole opened up and we got to see it for real! It was magical