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'nother ambiguity
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'nother ambiguity

'nother ambiguity

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"Impact of Changing Demographics on the Transportation System Conference"

I was surprised to hear that changing demographics had any effect on a transportation conference, till I realized that what they should have called it was "Conference on the Impact of Changing Demographics on the Transportation System".

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I disagree.  I am in the transportation industry, and rarely go to transportation conferences because the demographics of such conferences are overwhelmingly unattractive older male management types.

If the demographics of transportation conferences were to change - say to include more hot young females - I would likely go.

 

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roger that.
 

RE: 'nother ambiguity

Keep dreaming.

But be careful what you ask for-this is the transportation industry you are talking about.  What you may end up with is a gathering of those babes you see out at the truck stop.

rmw

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Roger which?

I just got back from a weekend in Denmark playing on fuel barges.
Regrettably, I was only briefly in my hotel.
I say regrettably because my arrival coincided with the last days of Fashion Week and my hotel was crowded with attractive, well dressed women intent on a good time and the only male competition weren't competition.
The last time I was in a hotel that crowded with good looking women was in a hotel just off Red Square. There I had to hide out in my room as they were all ladies of the night intent on separating western men from their US$ (Forget roubles, we were always told to take $).
Actually, if they were any good at it I'd have taken a couple home and turned them loose on the company accountants; no one else seemed to be able to get any upfront expense money out of them.

Of course, I can't tell my wife about my Copenhagen hotel, she'll be livid.... "Fashion Week! and you didn't take me?". Dog house for at least a month.

Sorry, funny how an innocent comment like "Roger that." starts a completely unrelated stream of conciousness.... I must be tired...

Oh well, Paris tomorrow for a couple of days and the wife is going this time.... she organised it...
Oh dear; all those shoe shops.
 
This is about the changing demographics of railway transportation systems. ...ST Pancras in London is apparently now the place to go, and, judging by the photos in the press, every man and his dog is deserting Ryan air and Easy jet for the train...if you can believe the journos, and because once at St Pancras you can be in Paris within just a few hours. So my wife tells me. She booked the first train of the day. Unfortunately the rest of British Rail and the underground don't get up that early so it is going to be a challenge just getting to ST P.

JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com
 

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I thought it was St. Pancreas.  My google spell checker sez that I have no spelling errors in this message.  Last time I was there it was all construction.

rmw

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You need to revisit St Pancras RMW.  The refurb/rebuild is magnificent.  Two hours and a bit to Paris by train vs. several hours by plane?  This is a no brainer - let the train take the strain every time.

RE: 'nother ambiguity

I can report that St P. is indeed excellent and superior to Gare du Nord (and, significantly, lacking the undesirables all around the station).

Eurostar have gone out of their way to make the air traveller feel at home, perhaps too far.
There are now airport style security checks.
Passport control (two lots in Paris on the return as there is both the French border patrol and the UK lot one lot behind the other) and they have all the usual duty free shops lined up even though there is no duty free between London and Paris (they do offer a 5% price break).
The trains have no dining cars but air-stewardess types drag food trolleys up and down and serve you in your seat.
Since the risk of sensible hijacking is rather less, you are allowed real china and real metal knives and forks.

Amusingly, at ST Ps, for arriving passengers there is both passport control (unmanned, and superfluous since the passenger has gone through two lots in Paris) and customs facilities which are redundant for EU traffic. One assume they plan to open up the Eurostar service to some non-EU countries to make it worth the investment.

To make our journey we checked the car into long stay at Gatwick as usual, there being no other trains available to get us there in time. So we then had an added 47 minutes to get us to St P. We neglected to allow for passport control and security scanning (no shoes off though they did ask me to remove my belt) and we got some black looks for not allowing more than 30minutes to get from check-in to the train.

In some respects, all too similar to the planes.

On the other hand, Terminal 5 at Thiefrow, on Friday I was able to park and get to the terminal within 5 minutes of parking, 3 minutes through check-in and 4 minutes through security, and 1 minute for the pollster on passing through check in and security to ask me how long it all took me.
London to Denmark, 1hr 45 minutes. Luggage arrived too.

The trains are quick, but not that quick.

JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com
 

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Thanks for the input JMW but I was only talking about London-Paris being a no-brainer for the train.  Perhaps Brussels and Lille are equally easier by train too.  I suggest that Copenhagen is a little too far to make a train journey (even a high-speed one) viable to the business community.

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