Travel Thread

[Kane]

Never did get into it, no.

Well when I saw your screen name, I figured one or more of the following:

1) You were a wrestling fan
2) You were from Kane, PA
3) Your name was Kane

0/3, shad! Kane

[willeyeam]

Pat Kane fan obvi

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

Anyone here ever seen Dom Irrera perform? I hear he once played a really great show in Amherst.

[blackjack68]

Anyone here ever seen Dom Irrera perform? I hear he once played a really great show in Amherst.

Yes, twice. Once in a small club and once in Atlantic City.

Both times, very funny. That was at 10 years ago though.

[Gaucho]

I thought he died on Jedha.

[MR25]

Anyone here ever seen Dom Irrera perform? I hear he once played a really great show in Amherst.

Sounds more like the son of a Dom Irrera fan

[blackjack68]

Anyone here ever seen Dom Irrera perform? I hear he once played a really great show in Amherst.

Yes, twice. Once in a small club and once in Atlantic City.

Both times, very funny. That was at 10 years ago though.

Damnit, took me until now to get it.

Tried to block the painful memories.

[shafnutz05]

I thought he died on Jedha.

[mac5155]

Likely going to Seattle/Tacoma and Portland,OR for a week trip. Likely have little time in Tacoma, but more time in Portland to enjoy myself. Getting to Tacoma Monday night and leaving for Portland Tuesday afternoon, then back home on Friday morning. Any must-do things?

Also is the drive from Tacoma to Portland scenic enough to do it, or just save myself an hour and a half and take the $75 flight?

[tifosi77]

The flight would actually be pretty scenic; good views of Rainier and St Helens, weather permitting. But that can't be much more than maybe 45 minutes in the air.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

the area around sea tac is sketch

[mac5155]

the area around sea tac is sketch

I'll be staying in Tacoma.

[RonnieFranchise]

Likely going to Seattle/Tacoma and Portland,OR for a week trip. Likely have little time in Tacoma, but more time in Portland to enjoy myself. Getting to Tacoma Monday night and leaving for Portland Tuesday afternoon, then back home on Friday morning. Any must-do things?

Also is the drive from Tacoma to Portland scenic enough to do it, or just save myself an hour and a half and take the $75 flight?

Nice drive if weather is clear.

[mac5155]

Be in February... So I'd say unlikely..

[iamjs]

Who the poop is Glenn Jacobs?

He's the current mayor of Knox County, TN. He also starred in the movie See No Evil.

[shafnutz05]

Who the poop is Glenn Jacobs?

He's the current mayor of Knox County, TN. He also starred in the movie See No Evil.

In my brain, I never put two and two together and realized that Knox County = Knoxville. I think I just assumed he was mayor of some podunk smaller county out there. That's impressive.

[iamjs]

that's two of us, and that includes when I posted it. I figured Knox County was something much, much smaller, like 500 people and a single stop light in the county.

Wrong.

Knox County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 432,226, making it the third-most populous county in Tennessee, and the 153rd-most populous county or county-equivalent in the nation. Its county seat is Knoxville, the third-most populous city in Tennessee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knox_County,_Tennessee

[Kane]

Didn't he use to wear a mask?

[iamjs]

sometimes still does

[eddy]

https://twitter.com/PGSittenfeld/status ... 7290696704

I would love to have better train setup in this country. Everytime I look into it as a possible use of transportation, it ends up being more expensive and longer than any other way to get there.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

thanks capitalism

[robbiestoupe]

I've ridden the high speed train in China. Other than me fitting in the seats like Yao Ming, it was a beautiful ride. With the amount of tunnels the train went through, the same train system would cost multiple trillions here.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

I've ridden the high speed train in China. Other than me fitting in the seats like Yao Ming, it was a beautiful ride. With the amount of tunnels the train went through, the same train system would cost multiple trillions here.

probably would never happen for environmental purposes, too.

[DigitalGypsy66]

I've said this before, but every time I drive through the WV turnpike, I marvel at the engineering it took to make that. The Interstate Highway System is a phenomenal accomplishment, and basically put the railroads out of the passenger and cargo business.

For those of yinz that go to Dirty Myrtle each summer, know that the last couple of hours are all on backroads. There has been a 20 year campaign to build a new highway - I-73 - that would connect Detroit to Myrtle Beach, providing highway access for that last part of the trip. It's desperately needed for hurricane evacuations as well, but it will probably never happen because of construction and environmental costs.

Similarly, I've railed about the shittiness of I-95 in South Carolina. Again, many of yinz that travel to Florida or Hilton Head know exactly what I'm talking about. In NC, near Fayetteville, I-95 is a beautiful six lane highway. Recently expanded, IIRC. For most of SC, it's a crappy, decrepit four lane highway. As soon as you cross the Savannah River (#FreeColumbia) into Georgia, it's six plus lanes all the way to the Florida border (where it remains 6-8 lanes down to Miami). The SC DOT recently got a proposal to start expanding it - or take bids to expand it - in 2030.

We just don't have the stomach (or the tax base?) to build out infrastructure any longer.

[nocera]

I've ridden the high speed train in China. Other than me fitting in the seats like Yao Ming, it was a beautiful ride. With the amount of tunnels the train went through, the same train system would cost multiple trillions here.

I took Amtrak from LA to Pitt a few times when I lived in LA mostly because I hate flying but I was also a student so I had time and the extra cash to spring for a roomette on the long Chicago to LA. With the roomette, the trip was great. The scenery, particularly on the Southwest Chief through Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado was incredible. If I could find the time, I would do that trip again in a heartbeat.

That said, it's a 52 hour train ride. And that doesn't include the long 4 hour-ish layover in Chicago. America needs some high speed rails.