On the recurring transport
beat, this week brings us a handful of wtfs relating to
mass transit. Nothing private.
"Thank you for traveling with Deutsche Bahn" sneers
Philipp H. bitterly, explaining
"The German railroad company sadly is famous for often being
late and also has lots of other issues. While booking
my next trip I'm asked to pick my seats for
the reservation. – Looks like they now stack seats on
each other or on the table. – hopefully the seats
facing the wall at least have a window there. –
winning the jackpot lottery also seems more likely than understanding
their seat numbering system."
"Whöøps!" wröte
Adrien K. metallically.
"Other monitors on that train were fine. It's just this
one which refused to display unicode characters correctly."
"Trains slashdotted"
Peter G.
"Looks like the train has been slashdotted…"
Ernesto reports a simple typo, included here
because it relates to a story I have long found both sobering and inspiring.
He relates: "Translated from Italian, this reads "We got to come back a few
years. Exactly back to July 19th, 2989 …"
Italian source.
The news was about a plane crash with some
deaths, not the best argument for joking. But the author's
finger slipped a little bit and we're going back to
the future. The bright side, the article tells how 185
passengers out of 296 survived thanks to the pilots."
Despite the tragic loss of life, it is
an astounding story of skill and teamwork.
If you're unfamiliar, the
English Wikipedia is here.
On a more light-hearted note,
Michael R. sent in a photo of a
heavily-modified double-decker Delorean, which proposes
to deliver passengers before they board. That must have been some
party to inspire repeat visits!
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