Montfrooij Posted at 1-8 06:24
That is common here in NL too. Most older railroads were built like that. But in Sweden they did something clever. They made much better railcars, that can go faster on these older tracks.

I don't know why it hasn't caught on here. The government is always bailing out the airlines. I'm sure that has something to do with it.

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-8 06:29
I don't know why it hasn't caught on here. The government is always bailing out the airlines. I'm sure that has something to do with it.

That is hard to tell, could be lobby, could be personal interest, could be that the investments needed are still too big to make it worthwhile .

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-8 06:05
I was looking for a clear definition of what we call our roadways, but there isn't a very clear definition.

I know your Interstates are all preceded by a letter I, but that's about it.
That would be equivalent to our M-ways I reckon.

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-8 06:06
English as a whole can be comical.

We get many a laugh out of it

Blériot53 Posted at 1-8 05:56
Y'all Have a nice day now y'hear?

You must have some southerner blood running through your veins.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 1-8 06:48
You must have some southerner blood running through your veins.

well, I was born in the South of England - just not the Deep South

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-8 05:56
Have you ever heard a Brooklyn Accent. We don't sound to good either.

The most pronounced accent I think is the Boston one.  Here are a few I remember from a trip to Boston:
Make a U-Turn is Bang a U-ey.  Where are you? is Whe-rah ya?  No sir is No suh.  Yes, way is Ya, huh.  

I think the Boston dialect was influenced by both the Irish and the Italians that emigrated there.  

Montfrooij Posted at 1-8 06:30
That is hard to tell, could be lobby, could be personal interest, could be that the investments needed are still too big to make it worthwhile .

There's always a monetary and political reason.

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-8 07:28
There's always a monetary and political reason.

Yeah very true.
As long as lobby and personal don't win.

Blériot53 Posted at 1-8 06:43
We get many a laugh out of it

Same here.

Blériot53 Posted at 1-8 06:51
well, I was born in the South of England - just not the Deep South

Well then you are a true southerner.

Montfrooij Posted at 1-8 07:33
Yeah very true.
As long as lobby and personal don't win.

They just passed some security plan that bans chinese drones federally from commercial work.  This is not good.

DowntownRDB Posted at 1-8 07:38
Well then you are a true southerner.

DAFlys might disagree

Blériot53 Posted at 1-8 07:43
DAFlys might disagree

He can't argue with birth rights.  

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-8 07:40
They just passed some security plan that bans chinese drones federally from commercial work.  This is not good.

Oh no. What options do you have?

DowntownRDB Posted at 1-8 08:03
He can't argue with birth rights.

After spending at least 2/3 of my life "Up North" I'm more northern than anything else.
Neither of us has ever heard the other speak, but I'm sure our accents would be markedly different
I imagine he has a London accent.

Montfrooij Posted at 1-8 08:14
Oh no. What options do you have?

It only affects work that is done with federal grants so far, but that's the beginning.

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-8 09:12
It only affects work that is done with federal grants so far, but that's the beginning.

I think they can't block it completely. Everybody (almost everybody) has DJI drones.

Montfrooij Posted at 1-8 09:27
I think they can't block it completely. Everybody (almost everybody) has DJI drones.

It seems like there is a cold war going on here since the Chinese government sent some aerial recon balloons over the U.S. I have been stopped myself for flying near the Army corp of Engineers because they don't want Chinese drones near military installations. They were nice about it because I wasn't breaking any rules but there is concern.

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-8 09:40
It seems like there is a cold war going on here since the Chinese government sent some aerial recon balloons over the U.S. I have been stopped myself for flying near the Army corp of Engineers because they don't want Chinese drones near military installations. They were nice about it because I wasn't breaking any rules but there is concern.

Yeah, I read about it.
And I can see why they are suspicious. You never know what they put inside these flying computers with a good camera.

Montfrooij Posted at 1-8 10:38
Yeah, I read about it.
And I can see why they are suspicious. You never know what they put inside these flying computers with a good camera.

Their concerns are warranted. All the data we give permission for on our flights is on servers in China. If anything ever went wrong it could be an issue.

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-8 10:55
Their concerns are warranted. All the data we give permission for on our flights is on servers in China. If anything ever went wrong it could be an issue.

Yes indeed.
Although I always wonder what they are 'really' going to do with that data. But then again, I'm not informed in those worlds, so I probably don't know

Montfrooij Posted at 1-8 12:13
Yes indeed.
Although I always wonder what they are 'really' going to do with that data. But then again, I'm not informed in those worlds, so I probably don't know

I have no idea either.

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-8 12:24
I have no idea either.

That I find comforting

Blériot53 Posted at 1-8 09:02
After spending at least 2/3 of my life "Up North" I'm more northern than anything else.
Neither of us has ever heard the other speak, but I'm sure our accents would be markedly different
I imagine he has a London accent.

You're probably right about that.  I remember hearing several dialects while visiting most of Scotland years back.  The people in Northern Scotland had a really thick accent.  So I'm sure it is quite the same in England.