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To: geode00 who wrote (176315)	11/29/2005 4:05:34 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (3) of 281500

we're going to fall very far behind and we're going to see the effects within the next decade. It will be many decades before they catch up from what I saw last night in a documentary about their busiest train station. The train pulled into the station and uniformed attendants herded the passengers toward the train. They were instructed to board very quickly as it was due to depart in a few minutes. The attendants annonced that it was okay to open the windows for boarding purposes. As the passengers "boarded" the train, luggage, children and the elderly were pushed through the open windows while the fit rushed through the doors to grab seats. The trains were crammed with people and luggage. There didn't seem to be any space left. They certainly could not move about on the train. I don't see how they could have found their luggage, children, and the elderly that were pushed through the windows. The train departed on time. It seemed like everyone that intended to board boarded. The uniform attendants walked away from the departing trains as if this was routine. From the looks of things, it looks like it will take them decades to learn how to board a train in a more orderly fashion.

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