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Henry Kisor
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. . . occasionally it seems that English has been "shunted onto a siding" aboard Amtrak, too.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8519246.stm

"Zu den Zugen" has always seemed more exciting to me than "To the trains."

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".......Willkommen am AMTRAK. Unser folgender und abschließender Stationanschlag, ist Chicago Hauptbahnhof........"
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wow you guys must really to be bored!!!!
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Aren't they supposed to be adding a train stop in Michigan at that German kitsch (if one can use that expressions) Frankinsomething? I forget the name of the town . . . anyway, they can use your signs there!

And maybe in Lancaster PA too!! (with a hex sign too!!!)

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I think it's Frankenmuth on the UP of Michigan. Kitch it may be but the food there is excellent
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Frankenmuth isn't in the UP but in northern Lower Michigan. I hope.

Yes, we have too much time on our hands. Retired guys are like that, snuffletruffling up every bit of trivia they can find and posting it on Internet forums.

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Henry,
Is it about the middle of the state north and south and eastern across. (if that makes any sense) ? I think my brain is out in the snow somewhere.

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Frankenmuth is actually a little ways SE of Saginaw -- they put on a great Oktoberfest, and a Bavarian Festival in June (I used to go there when I lived in Michigan)

I forgot the name of the rather famous chicken restaurant in F'muth thet everybody likes to go to.

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I think it begins with Z . When I finallly get my travel logs unpacked I can look it up. Weate there and found the food really delicious
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Zug Dame;

Ihr Wunsch ist mir Befehl ein:

http://www.zehnders.com/

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GBN, for a fellow who likes to pretend he's a Luddite, you're a whiz with Google and Youtube.
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GBN Ya it is Zenders
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Yep, that's it -- Zehnder's!!!
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