Comments on: Centraal Station http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:02:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: lionemom http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station/#comment-17900 lionemom Fri, 03 Mar 2006 19:55:32 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station#comment-17900 Birda, birds, birds!!! That is what the wire is for. Come to NYC!!! There is a lot of nice, old, architecture, especially in Grand Central Station! There are other lovely buildings and places in NY that have wonderful sculpture and amazing beauty! You have to give yourself enough time to see some stuff though. A nice long weekend or a little more. :-) -Linda Birda, birds, birds!!! That is what the wire is for.

Come to NYC!!! There is a lot of nice, old, architecture, especially in Grand Central Station! There are other lovely buildings and places in NY that have wonderful sculpture and amazing beauty! You have to give yourself enough time to see some stuff though. A nice long weekend or a little more. :-)
-Linda

]]> By: minxlj http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station/#comment-17899 minxlj Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:17:03 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station#comment-17899 Most major train stations here in the UK - and all the European countries I've been to - are just as beautiful as that pic. Rail travel is a huge industry here, and I myself travel by train to/from work every day...although it costs me just as much as running a car (I can't drive yet) so it's not a 'cheaper' option for commuter peak-time travel. Btw is 31mpg considered good in Canada/US?? Our average on a mid-sized car here is 39mpg, and the hybrids do about 70mpg. When we rented a Pontiac in Orlando it only did about 16mpg, eek... Most major train stations here in the UK - and all the European countries I’ve been to - are just as beautiful as that pic. Rail travel is a huge industry here, and I myself travel by train to/from work every day…although it costs me just as much as running a car (I can’t drive yet) so it’s not a ‘cheaper’ option for commuter peak-time travel.

Btw is 31mpg considered good in Canada/US?? Our average on a mid-sized car here is 39mpg, and the hybrids do about 70mpg. When we rented a Pontiac in Orlando it only did about 16mpg, eek…

]]> By: Claire http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station/#comment-17898 Claire Sat, 25 Feb 2006 08:17:22 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station#comment-17898 I love train travel here in Germany! I live 30 minutes from the town of Oldenburg and a little farther from Bremen. When I want to go shopping or to a concert and don't want to fight for a parking space, then I take the train in. It's heaven. However, driving on the autobahn here can give you a heart attack, so somethings in the States are better. As for the gas milage, my husband's Audi (it's a domestic car here) gets around 50 mpg. And the car was about as expensive as the Toyota I drove in the States. I love train travel here in Germany! I live 30 minutes from the town of Oldenburg and a little farther from Bremen. When I want to go shopping or to a concert and don’t want to fight for a parking space, then I take the train in. It’s heaven. However, driving on the autobahn here can give you a heart attack, so somethings in the States are better. As for the gas milage, my husband’s Audi (it’s a domestic car here) gets around 50 mpg. And the car was about as expensive as the Toyota I drove in the States.

]]> By: Ryan Waddell http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station/#comment-17897 Ryan Waddell Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:51:56 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station#comment-17897 Note: Ford is making a hybrid Escape... 36 city/31 hwy mpg! Note: Ford is making a hybrid Escape… 36 city/31 hwy mpg!

]]> By: Stepha1202 http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station/#comment-17896 Stepha1202 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:29:52 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station#comment-17896 After living in Paris and seeing some of the creative metro stops there, I will say that many in the U.S. are rather bland. Though I do have to say that Paris had a few yucky stations, too. It looks like things might be beautificatin' here in St. Louis, though. Our ONE metrolink line is working with a group called Arts In Transit (http://www.artsintransit.org) to make travel spaces more appealing. Now if we could only get more people here to actually care about art... After living in Paris and seeing some of the creative metro stops there, I will say that many in the U.S. are rather bland. Though I do have to say that Paris had a few yucky stations, too.

It looks like things might be beautificatin’ here in St. Louis, though. Our ONE metrolink line is working with a group called Arts In Transit (http://www.artsintransit.org) to make travel spaces more appealing. Now if we could only get more people here to actually care about art…

]]> By: madge http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station/#comment-17895 madge Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:44:54 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station#comment-17895 Ditto Grand Central in NYC. Since the restoration it is breathtaking. (They left a little spot of the ceiling unrestored so you can see how friggin' dirty it was.) The mesh wire is slightly more animal-friendly than the metal spikes people put on their brownstone lintels to keep pigeons off. Poor (hideous, filthy, awful) unsuspecting pigeons get an ass-full on that stuff. Ditto Grand Central in NYC. Since the restoration it is breathtaking. (They left a little spot of the ceiling unrestored so you can see how friggin’ dirty it was.)

The mesh wire is slightly more animal-friendly than the metal spikes people put on their brownstone lintels to keep pigeons off. Poor (hideous, filthy, awful) unsuspecting pigeons get an ass-full on that stuff.

]]> By: blurb http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station/#comment-17894 blurb Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:30:25 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station#comment-17894 I have a short commute... And EHL, I commuted with nearly the same Civic as you. We've had the truck for almost four years and it hasn't even topped 40,000 miles. I'd say we fill it up 1.5 times a month. I have a short commute… And EHL, I commuted with nearly the same Civic as you. We’ve had the truck for almost four years and it hasn’t even topped 40,000 miles. I’d say we fill it up 1.5 times a month.

]]> By: Eight Hour Lunch http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station/#comment-17893 Eight Hour Lunch Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:03:51 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station#comment-17893 Just keeping you on your toes. Don't get me wrong. I owned the same SUV, only supercharged. I liked it because it burnt the gas *faster*. :) I opted for the much cheaper Honda Civic, but more out of cost concerns for the car itself than any concern for fuel economy. Although I'd hate to be filling that tank at today's prices. Just keeping you on your toes. Don’t get me wrong. I owned the same SUV, only supercharged. I liked it because it burnt the gas *faster*. :) I opted for the much cheaper Honda Civic, but more out of cost concerns for the car itself than any concern for fuel economy. Although I’d hate to be filling that tank at today’s prices.

]]> By: blurb http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station/#comment-17892 blurb Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:32:42 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station#comment-17892 I own a six cylinder SUV. I am addicted to oil. If a manufacturer offered a better gas mileage SUV or a hybrid SUV, I'd be all over it. I think consumers in general are all over hybrids. The manufacturers can't make them fast enough. I own a six cylinder SUV. I am addicted to oil.

If a manufacturer offered a better gas mileage SUV or a hybrid SUV, I’d be all over it. I think consumers in general are all over hybrids. The manufacturers can’t make them fast enough.

]]> By: southerngirl http://blurbomat.com/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station/#comment-17891 southerngirl Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:04:31 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/wp/archives/2006/02/22/centraal-station#comment-17891 "Exxon's fourth-quarter earnings, at $8.42 billion, represented the highest quarterly income ever reported by an American firm." Why no mass transit in America? Because we have to subsidize the poor oil companies whose resources are running out, of course. (Be careful. You don't want to delve into this topic too deeply. Harry Whittington only made a passing remark about oil profits and the VP shot him. Just saying.) “Exxon’s fourth-quarter earnings, at $8.42 billion, represented the highest quarterly income ever reported by an American firm.”

Why no mass transit in America? Because we have to subsidize the poor oil companies whose resources are running out, of course.

(Be careful. You don’t want to delve into this topic too deeply. Harry Whittington only made a passing remark about oil profits and the VP shot him. Just saying.)

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