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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train but I did i... by pessimizer on Thursday June 02, 2022 @01:16PM (#31597730)
I don't understand the distinction. If anything is now gone and wasn't destroyed in an unpreventable disaster or purposefully, it was "poorly maintained." Doesn't matter if it is 100 years old or 10,000 years old.
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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train but I did i... by chrisseaton on Thursday June 02, 2022 @01:45PM (#31598162)
…because if it’s only a 100 years old then there’s hardly any time involved, so not lost to time, just lost.

If you bought an ice cream and drop it it’s not ‘lost to time’ because you can grab another any time. If you drop a Ming vase then you can’t replace that.

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