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On Sep 26, 9:15*am, "Steve B" wrote:
Was I drunk that day?

I thought it was TRANScontinental railway.

But, it's been a long time since history class. *AND, a lot of that has been
altered ala Winston Smith.

Steve


Well if it's intercontinental it's between continents. It could be the
intracontinental railway.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/intercontinental
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On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:02:52 -0700 (PDT), "
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On Sep 26, 9:15*am, "Steve B" wrote:
Was I drunk that day?

I thought it was TRANScontinental railway.

But, it's been a long time since history class. *AND, a lot of that has been
altered ala Winston Smith.

Steve


Well if it's intercontinental it's between continents. It could be the
intracontinental railway.


That's the one I always take to Japan from Oregon.

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On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:27:12 -0700, Winston
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On Sep 26, 9:15 am, "Steve wrote:
Was I drunk that day?

I thought it was TRANScontinental railway.

But, it's been a long time since history class. AND, a lot of that has been
altered ala Winston Smith.

Steve


Well if it's intercontinental it's between continents. It could be the
intracontinental railway.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/intercontinental
Karl


The castor-oil-powered line was the 'incontinental railway'.


"That's a **** poor pun, Probie." he fecaled.

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Larry Jaques wrote:
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The castor-oil-powered line was the 'incontinental railway'.


"That's a **** poor pun, Probie." he fecaled.


Sh!t, I knew that.

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