Subj : Re: Trains and voting (wa
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : NANCY BACKUS
Date : Thu Mar 28 2019 20:35:00

-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Daryl Stout on 03-24-19  06:18 <=-

 DS>>  Exactly. You rarely talk to people on a plane or bus, but open up to
 DS>> total strangers on a train.

 JM> About the only thing people say to each other on a bus is asking
 JM> from time to time to trade seats to look out the window.

Years ago, I used to take the Greyhound or Trailways for some relatively
long distance trips... I remember many a conversation that would while
away a number of hours of the trip.... maybe that's changed, or maybe it
was just that I looked like someone to talk to.... ;)

 JM> On a train people seem to be on the move all the time and if in a
 JM> dome car comment about the scenery, or what looks good on the menu in
 JM> the diner, etc and conversations start.  
 JM> I think it has to do with having more room and crammed into one spot
 JM> hours at a time.

I think you meant NOT crammed into one spot... ;)  I've not taken trains
in the States, but have on a number of occasions when I was in Great
Britain.... I don't remember much difference there... except that the
Brits tend to be more reserved, normally...  :)

 > JM>   And I am generally the first (or at least second) at my polling
 > JM> station when it opens.
 >   Some years, I get there, walk in, vote, and walk right out. Other
 > times, there's a heck of a wait.

 JM> I've used the same one for years and know most of the poll workers,
 JM> by sight if not name.
 JM> I joke around them as well, such as when asked for my voter ID I'll
 JM> rummage through my wallet asking "what name am I using here?" and
 JM> leaving "Gotta run, so many polling places, so little time".
 JM> In uniform on the way to work I'd look around and the only voter
 JM> there and ask if they need any crowd control.

Sounds about like you say you are at work... always joking around.... ;)
 
ttyl     neb

.... I always wanted to be a procrastinator, but I kept putting it off...

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