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[QUOTE]Originally posted by smitty195: [QB] Yup, Broomall is pretty close to Philly. As the crow flies, it's about 10 miles west. But thankfully, it is nothing at all like Philadelphia. I love my hometown and everything, but really, downtown Philly sure has changed since I was a kid. (BTW, I am an Apple troubleshooter/fixer/tutor for all things Apple. For your spinning beach ball issue, a very simple thing you can do to avoid having that happen too often is to simply restart your computer. You do that in the upper-left corner of the screen under the Apple menu. Also make sure your trash can remains emptied and not full of "stuff". If it's in the trash can, that means you're done with it--so get rid of it! You can empty the trash when it says "Finder" in the upper-left corner of your screen---just click on the desktop to bring Finder to the front---and then underneath Finder, you will see, "Empty Trash". Doing these two things will help out greatly). For your plan to leave much earlier from the Airport area on the day of the train trip, excellent move! I know it's early, but you will be so glad that you did it. For your rental car idea, well, I live in this area and have "Amtrak'd" from the SJC station many times. Just off the top of my head without doing any research, I believe you will not be able to get a rental car at the San Jose train station at the hour you will be coming in (roughly 8:30PM if the train is on time). But if you really want to get off at SJC and go drive somewhere on your own, there is another option: San Jose Airport. I would not mess with any public transportation ideas (bus, light rail) at night---you're just putting yourself out there and you don't want to become a crime victim. Instead, you can just have a taxi take you to the rental car area at SJC Airport. It's very close by---you will see and hear the jets flying very low overhead at the train station because they are on "short final" and are just about to land. I'd have to check to be sure, but I think the rental car counters at the airport are open until at least midnight. I know that some on here might suggest Enterprise, because they will pick you up and take you to their office---however---I'm almost certain that their office will have been closed for several hours by the time your train arrives. Unfortunately, taking an Amtrak long distance train is not like taking an airplane, where you can count on numerous rental counters available and open when you land. There are only a handful of Amtrak stations across the country that have rental car facilities right there on-site. And one final note on rental cars: These darn rental car companies charge an arm and a leg to rent at one location and drop off at another----so be prepared for them to hit you with some heavy extra charges! Also be prepared to pay airport taxes on your rental if you rent at an airport---you do not pay those extra fees if you rent off-airport. (PS: SF is perfectly okay. What we don't like is "San Fran". That's the first way to tell a tourist--if they say San Fran, we know you're not one of us. LOL) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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