[TAG] Department of Homeland Security funding Open Source projects

[Jimmy O'Regan]

Jimmy O'Regan wrote:
> Benjamin A. Okopnik wrote:
>> [1] Would someone *please* mention British Rail already, just so I don't
>> have to throw myself on that grenade?
> 
> Can't say I've ever had the British Rail experience, but I'm not a big 
> fan of the PKP (Polish Rail) experience -- on my last day in Poland, I 
> got on the wrong train (Intercity, instead of one that changed), didn't 
> have enough money left to pay for a new ticket, and was kicked off 
> unceremoniously in the middle of nowhere (though, as it turns out, quite 
> close to a friend's home -- if I'd known, his family would have 
> collected me). *That* was an experience -- wondering if I'd be able to 
> make my way to the city where my connecting train was, or if I'd be 
> stranded.

Now that I read that, it doesn't seem too unreasonable... unless you're 
used to the Irish attitude to trains (well, everything): the woman I'm 
chasing now got off the train two stops too late on her first day in 
Ireland... "Do I need to buy a new ticket?" "Ah, you're grand!"

Oh, and some of my Polish friends said I should try getting a Russian 
train...