How Many of Us does THIS descibe?
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Geez, Ed. You ask a serious question, and the only response you get is from Sourdough? 
No way...I can't let that stand. :hehe: No offence...hey...now I sound like Rodney Dangerfield. But seriously folks...
I think many people who have problems in their lives turn to hobbies to occupy their minds. The great thing about the Trainz community is...no matter how isolated a person may feel, they can find others here, who share their same interests and, when they're not argueing with each other, are more than willing to listen and give support. Many are not as lucky as we.
Cheers,
Fred
No way...I can't let that stand. :hehe: No offence...hey...now I sound like Rodney Dangerfield. But seriously folks...I think many people who have problems in their lives turn to hobbies to occupy their minds. The great thing about the Trainz community is...no matter how isolated a person may feel, they can find others here, who share their same interests and, when they're not argueing with each other, are more than willing to listen and give support. Many are not as lucky as we.
Cheers,
Fred
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You might want to cut down on the Leberwurst there AJ:hehe:
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I hear that's the best wurst there is! :hehe:
(And on-topic, not me; believe it or not I have a life outside of Trainz!
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(also, I have a life outside of Trainz as well. Hell, I even get invited to parties.)
Well, I think this is a really sad story, particularly about the death of Robert Sanchez's partner. And once again we see the knee-jerk tendency of a railway company, and the media, to rush to blame the driver whenever there's a crash. Are they even bothering to check the location/functioning of the signal and whether there were previous SPADs I wonder?
I think that part of the problem is the desire to put a name a face to the cause of the accident. To be able to say "look here is who is to blame" is an understandable desire, however it is not always the correct approach. In addition it is easy to malign or misrepresent someone who is different from the norm. Lastly it is, in this day and age, quite safe to malign a deceased person. After all they can't fight back, and their friends and relations are not likely to offer unreasonable resistance.
That being said, in my experience that Mr. Sanchez was a described as a sad lonely individual is not surprising. In my career as a long distance truck driver I encountered a number of similar individuals, dedicated to their profession and hobbies but otherwise introverted individuals. Such people can seem quite lonely. His personal tragedies certainly suggest that he was sad.
That the media portrays Mr. Sanchez as they do is understandable, if not comfortable. As the media is a benchmark of normalcy, from the perspective of the media, he was different and therefore somehow "wrong."
That being said, in my experience that Mr. Sanchez was a described as a sad lonely individual is not surprising. In my career as a long distance truck driver I encountered a number of similar individuals, dedicated to their profession and hobbies but otherwise introverted individuals. Such people can seem quite lonely. His personal tragedies certainly suggest that he was sad.
That the media portrays Mr. Sanchez as they do is understandable, if not comfortable. As the media is a benchmark of normalcy, from the perspective of the media, he was different and therefore somehow "wrong."