Re: Roger (and Barbara) cancel Trip to Chase Whales

Will Gant Wrote:
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> A little excerpt from the mentioned story
>
> “There are only so many 4-mile round-trip rail
> excursions that wind through picturesque mountain
> vistas, river valleys, or autumn foliage, and we
> need to prepare ourselves for what happens when we
> are no longer able to provide our seniors with the
> authentic, old-fashioned railroading experiences
> they require,” said analyst Dale Havermeyer


Really, Will -

IMHO, this is one time you should have IGNORED the advice of JBWX to start a new thread - or even change the topic on the Subject Line!   Your post is entirely within the context of Roosso's original subject relating to the potential flooding of tourist railroads (especially narrow-gauge ones?) by the expected over-abundance of retired baby-boomers with excessive discretionary income.  IMHO, increasing the number of miles served by tourist railways - or at least increasing the carrying capacity of those already in existence by restoring several dozen steam locomotives - would be greatly preferable to decreasing the demands thereon by increasing the taxation of middle-class seniors or lowering the Social Security benefits promised them by the government when it absconded with a portion of their salaries.

- Sincerely, Willie  (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)  
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/18/2015 09:55PM by Johnson Barr.