-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Daryl Stout on 03-24-19 06:18 <=-
DS>> Exactly. You rarely talk to people on a plane or bus, but open up to
DS>> total strangers on a train.
JM> About the only thing people say to each other on a bus is asking
JM> from time to time to trade seats to look out the window.
Years ago, I used to take the Greyhound or Trailways for some relatively
long distance trips... I remember many a conversation that would while
away a number of hours of the trip.... maybe that's changed, or maybe it
was just that I looked like someone to talk to.... 
JM> On a train people seem to be on the move all the time and if in a
JM> dome car comment about the scenery, or what looks good on the menu in
JM> the diner, etc and conversations start.
JM> I think it has to do with having more room and crammed into one spot
JM> hours at a time.
I think you meant NOT crammed into one spot... I've not taken trains
in the States, but have on a number of occasions when I was in Great
Britain.... I don't remember much difference there... except that the
Brits tend to be more reserved, normally... 
> JM> And I am generally the first (or at least second) at my polling
> JM> station when it opens.
> Some years, I get there, walk in, vote, and walk right out. Other
> times, there's a heck of a wait.
JM> I've used the same one for years and know most of the poll workers,
JM> by sight if not name.
JM> I joke around them as well, such as when asked for my voter ID I'll
JM> rummage through my wallet asking "what name am I using here?" and
JM> leaving "Gotta run, so many polling places, so little time".
JM> In uniform on the way to work I'd look around and the only voter
JM> there and ask if they need any crowd control.
Sounds about like you say you are at work... always joking around....
ttyl neb
... I always wanted to be a procrastinator, but I kept putting it off...
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