Mister Good Wrench knows,
It's not just a car, its your freedom!
---General Motors TV commercial jingle (1989)
Eddie Valiant: "Freeway? What the hell's a Freeway?”
Judge Doom: “Eight lanes of shimmering cement running from here to Pasadena. Smooth. Safe. Fast. Traffic jams will be a thing of the past.”
Eddie: “So that's why you killed Acme and Maroon? For this freeway? I don't get it.”
Judge: “Of course not. You lack vision. I see a place where people get on and off the freeway. On and off, off and on all day and all night. Soon, where Toontown once stood will be a string of gas stations, inexpensive motels, restaurants that serve rapidly prepared food, tire salons, automobile dealerships, and wonderful, wonderful billboards reaching as far as the eye can see. My god, it'll be beautiful.”
Eddie: “Come on! Nobody's going to drive this lousy freeway when they can take the Red Car for a nickel.”
Judge: “Oh they'll drive. They'll have to. You see, I bought the Red Car so I could dismantle it.”
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Eddie: “Holy smoke, he's a 'toon!”
Judge: “Surprised?”
Eddie: “Not really. That lame-brained freeway idea could only be cooked up by a 'toon.”---Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Touchstone Pictures and Amblin Entertainment Inc. 1988.
All-Time List of Canadian Transit Systems.
Compilation of historical information on the urban and suburban public
transit systems of Canada.
All-Time List of North American Trolleybus Systems.
List of Canadian, American and Mexican cities which had trolleybus systems, including opening and closing dates.
Transit Mode Nomenclature.
`Light rail' versus `heavy rail' versus `commuter rail'. Some definitions to make the terms
a little more precise.
Holiday Trips.
Many of the places I have travelled to on holiday trips.
Canadian Streetcar and Transit Books Wanted.
If you have books about the history of Canadian urban transit you might like to sell, you can check this
web page and see if I might be an interested customer.
German States in the 19th Century
A short tabulation of the states of the German Confederation between the fall of Napoleon in 1815
and the formation of the German Empire in 1871.
Some Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea
Stamp Issuing Entities List
Doesn't every ASFE ("A Stamp From Everywhere") collector have a list?
Reference for World Wide semi-official airmail stamps
[excerpts from 1959 Sanabria catalogue].
Some Unidentified Stamps
Any assistance
in identifying these stamps would be appreciated.
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