Kayte R. wrote:

kazoozak wrote:Fuck, that is horrifying. I'm heading up to Sacramento in a week to see my girlfriend in the hospital, and was going to take Amtrak up there. I'm think I'll stay awake for the two hour trip (going each way). I will drink a lot of coffee.

On second thought, there's a bigger possibility that I'll just drive instead.

You're far more likely to die driving than on amtrak.
Don't let freak occurences cloud your logic.

Easy for you to say, the victim was a d00d.

Been watching this on the news all day. Dude was obviously a few sandwiches short of a picnic. Or rather - a few double-double's short of a Tim Hortons. I'm sorry.

Kayte R. wrote:You're far more likely to die driving than on amtrak.
Don't let freak occurences cloud your logic.

I'll try, I tend to get paranoid when freak stuff like this happens. It's retarded, yes, but there's a little part in my brain that feeds off of morbid shit like this. Thanks, though.

kazoozak wrote:Fuck, that is horrifying. I'm heading up to Sacramento in a week to see my girlfriend in the hospital, and was going to take Amtrak up there. I'm think I'll stay awake for the two hour trip (going each way). I will drink a lot of coffee.

On second thought, there's a bigger possibility that I'll just drive instead.

I did a Europe trip with a band a couple years ago that included taking a WWII train overnight from St. Petersburg to Moscow. 4 people to a cabin with 4 of us in one cabin (which stayed locked) and one of us (the guy with passports and money, of course) in a cabin with 3 strangers. He just kept one eye open and one hand on his bag all night.

givemenoughrope wrote:

kazoozak wrote:Fuck, that is horrifying. I'm heading up to Sacramento in a week to see my girlfriend in the hospital, and was going to take Amtrak up there. I'm think I'll stay awake for the two hour trip (going each way). I will drink a lot of coffee.

On second thought, there's a bigger possibility that I'll just drive instead.

I did a Europe trip with a band a couple years ago that included taking a WWII train overnight from St. Petersburg to Moscow. 4 people to a cabin with 4 of us in one cabin (which stayed locked) and one of us (the guy with passports and money, of course) in a cabin with 3 strangers. He just kept one eye open and one hand on his bag all night.

And why was the guy chosen to sleep in the strange cabin also chosen to hold the passports and money?

lemur, your signature is very appropriate for this thread.

I take the Greyhound often in Canada, but I take short trips between coastal cities, not two indistinguishable prairie towns, so I should be alright. Living in Alberta would probably do that to you.

I can't imagine what this is like for the parents and friends of the guy, some dude going Highlander on him.

Just listen to music quietly, and don't close your eyes. Ever.

ergo space pig wrote:lemur, your signature is very appropriate for this thread.

Thats because its from this thread...

lemur68 wrote:I did a Europe trip with a band a couple years ago that included taking a WWII train overnight from St. Petersburg to Moscow. 4 people to a cabin with 4 of us in one cabin (which stayed locked) and one of us (the guy with passports and money, of course) in a cabin with 3 strangers. He just kept one eye open and one hand on his bag all night.

And why was the guy chosen to sleep in the strange cabin also chosen to hold the passports and money?[/quote]

He chose to. It was his band, his tour.

givemenoughrope wrote:

lemur68 wrote:And why was the guy chosen to sleep in the strange cabin also chosen to hold the passports and money?

He chose to. It was his band, his tour.

Your passport.