Retirees Will Completely Overwhelm Scenic Railway Industry
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I knew it was the onion and the headline still scared me lol.
Pretty funny 
-Greg
Why isn't somebody isn't building a new low speed railway to slow the speed of travel from one station to itself is beyond me!
Time to get the Govt involved.
This article is really strange. I wonder who the so called "experts" are that made up this garbage news. Scenic railroads are amusement activities. Are they saying that all amusement activities will close. That is flawed logic. As long as there are people, there will be leisure time activities
I got the impression the writer was kind of mocking seniors.That is sad.Nick
Dennis LaGrua posted:This article is really strange. I wonder who the so called "experts" are that made up this garbage news. Scenic railroads are amusement activities. Are they saying that all amusement activities will close. That is flawed logic. As long as there are people, there will be leisure time activities
The Onion is a satirical "news" site. Nothing on it is serious or real, it's all written by comedy writers. So enjoy it for the laughs.
Some of you guys need to get out of the house more. Its a joke son, a joke.
Pete
Hilarious! Love the Onion!!
The scenic Rail Roads actually have brand new steam engines built in England to accommodate all the passengers. New engines are far more efficient then constantly over hauling old models.
As for this country, I can see the passenger count going up as we old timers look for something cool to show the grand kids.
I don't know if it is going to become as profitable an industry as it is in England because of the cost of liability insurance. From what I understand in their courts the loser of a liability case pays the cost for both parties. In the USA each party pays their own cost. Suing a party here has a much higher settlement potential because the defendant will tend to pay off such claims to make the whole thing go away. The plaintiff really has nothing to lose in a "trip and fall". That really drives the cost of insurance through the roof thus making it harder for a scenic outfit to make enough money to make a big enough profit to warrant large growth investments. Most are relegated to non profit tax right off club enterprises. So I doubt very much if it will ever get much bigger of a business in America.
Oh de do da day!
rockstars1989 posted:I got the impression the writer was kind of mocking seniors.That is sad.Nick
The "Onion" mocks everybody.
Don't take it so hard. 
I bet they don't mock Allah
aussteve posted:I bet they don't mock Allah
http://www.theonion.com/articl...-selves-in-hell-1445
Thanks chaos. Hilarious!
Now that was funny.
Thanks,
Ed
Told ya.
