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hexbin010last Friday at 3:34 PM2 repliesview on HN

That's impressive!

My grandmother took 2 or 3 of her kids, on her own, on the train from London to southern Italy a couple of times a year with the same kind of stoicism as people take the bus into town these days. They were built different


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somatyesterday at 3:08 AM

My mother took us(four kids) on the train from CA to FL (and back) a couple times.

It is a fond memory now, but looking back on it, A 3-day (most of it in Texas) 2000 mile journey with four children in coach.... The woman was a saint.

jimbokunlast Friday at 4:27 PM

Taking the train to southern Italy a couple of times a year sounds like both a great adventure and a great privilege.

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