Re: Re: Melbourne W2 In Memphis

IS Edit
Wednesday, May 15, 2002 4:23 AM

Except, James in my native San Francisco, we knew about British Columbia and the Yukon Territory because they were West Coast. And you can tell a west coast accent whether they are Canadian or Yank.

San Francisco north was always referred to as the Pacific Northwest.

But then I even knew where Oz was because there was so much shipping between SF and Melbourne during the Gold Rushes of the 1850s. So the historical tie was there.

And Yanks go West when they get fed up with where they are. Being from San Francisco Oz was it Southwest. It only took Dick Nixon to get re-elected for me to get on the big iron bird. Last straw.

Bob Murphy

Daylesford, Oz

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From: jamescng

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Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 2:15 PM

Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Melbourne W2 In Memphis

How could the yanks know about us ... they have no need to ... they dont even know much about canada .... Its so funny seeing Yanks driving over the border at Niagara in the middle of summer holidays with Skiis on their cars ... Cheers James :-) --- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "pn1.rm" <pn1@b...> wrote: > Goddam it! Failed that geography lesson. But would any Texans riding > W2 369 know where Australia is? I've been amazed on my visits to the > US how little the locals know about places more than 200 miles "down > the interstate"! Australia is obviously somewhere further than 200 > miles! > Neverthless, can I still ride a W2 to Gracelands? > Paul in Melbourne > > --- In TramsDownUnder@y..., Don Ross <don0731@g...> wrote: > > Paul > > You have got the country right, but not the city. 369 is running > in > > Dallas, not in Memfiss. > > Y'all come see us, ya hear. > > > > > > At 09:18 PM 5/14/2002, you wrote: > > >How close does the tourist line go to Gracelands? I would love to > go > > >to Memphis and ride to Elvis Presley's home on a W2! > > >I think one of the Memphis cars in W2 369; I remember riding it > from > > >Mont Albert to the City on one of my very first tram riding > > >expeditions on my own in the late 1950s. My parents drove me to the > > >Mont Albert terminus. I rode W2 369 to Spencer Street. Caught a > train > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > Don Ross > > Irving, Texas > > don0731@v... > > > > > > Visit our web site > > http://donross.railspot.com > > Dons.Depot@v... > > > > Check out the New New Electric Railway Journal > > http://www.trolleycar.org/ > > transit@q... > > > > To subscribe to the Railroad Virus List > > Email Surfing.Instructor@v... > > > > Your access to internet shopping > > http://www.quixtar.com > > 1209907 is the referral number > > Trinity.Trading@v... > > Toll free voice mail and fax 1-866-549-7621

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