On Apr 18, 10:18 pm, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Declan Murphy wrote:
> > On Apr 17, 8:49 pm, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> Declan Murphy wrote:
> >>> On Apr 17, 3:42 pm, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>> Declan Murphy wrote:
> >>>>> ... what is the equivalent term for the equivalent act if conducted on
> >>>>> a high speed train such as the shinkansen?
> >>>> "the way that granpa' used to do it ... only faster ... but maybe not
> >>>> premature"
> >>> I was going to make a quick quip about the rhythm method but decided
> >>> it was tasteless.
> >>>> When I was on a TDY assignment in Freiburg, I had a young lady friend
> >>>> from the Universitaet where I was studying who used to call it "rocking
> >>>> on the rails" ... or "fuckenfahren" depending upon her moods ... it was
> >>>> amazing the kinds of service you could get on DeutscheBahn in those days
> >>> Did DeutscheBahn provide little cabins? And high speed? One of the
> >>> problems of the shinkansen is the lack of privacy. Even, or perhaps
> >>> especially, in the green car.
> >> On longer trips, say Koln to Munchen, yes.  On shorter trips, First
> >> Class cars were mostly unoccupied on the midday trips.  You just needed
> >> an appreciation of the nooner as an art form and ability to use blankets
> >> creatively.
>
> >> As for the shinkansen, there is at least one 4 four-passenger cabin
> >> located in car 8 of the newest Series 700 Hikari Railstar versions
> >> (Shin-Osaka <-> Hakata)... according to:
>
> > I try to avoid travelling west of Osaka. Most of the time.
>
> I am a big fan of visiting Kyushu.  It is not on my short list of places
> to live, however.
>
> >>http://www1.plala.or.jp/uu/shinkansen.htm#w
>
> > ファイルが見つかりません
>
> http://www1.plala.or.jp/uu/shinkansen.html

aah... thats better. The fold down table in particular. Suddenly a
trip to Kyushu looks enticing. Need a blanket and some tape I guess.