On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Tore S Bekkedal wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 22:57 +0000, Jules Richardson wrote:
> >
> > > I have a feeling that a lot of trams and trolleybuses over here at least
> > > ran on DC, presumably for traction and speed control reasons. Whether
> > > they were candidates for being supplied by a DC grid or whether rotary
> > > converters were always used, I don't know.
> >
> > Norwegian trains run DC... I've seen a tagger actually climb up on the
> > roof of a train, and before I could run to the veranda of my appartment
> > to tell him to get the fuck down, the dumb fuck stood up. He illuminated
> > the entire train exchange for a millisecond, and then all that was left
> > of him was one of his feet, that apparently hadn't made contact with the
> > grounded train roof. His charred remains were still burning 20 minutes
> > later, until the firemen came and cleaned up the mess.
> >
> > By coincidence, two years later, I actually met the guy who was with
> > him, on the ground, and I was infuriated to watch him make up a story
> > about trying to run from a mob of violent security guards and this was
> > happening by accident...
> >
> > --
> > Tore S Bekkedal <toresbe_at_ifi.uio.no>
> >
>
> Gee, that sure brightened up my day...
Pun [un]intended?
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