First Anti-AAF Commercials hit the air

Buforddawg · July 18, 2014, 05:55:39 PM

Every time a train passes Aardwolf I fall off my chair. But that's not because of the train, it's the beer.

Lunican · July 18, 2014, 09:31:44 PM

I like how they held their rally under an expensive looking highway overpass.

Lunican · July 18, 2014, 09:33:02 PM

And the average age at the rally looked to be about a hundred. What are they worried about??

Buforddawg · July 19, 2014, 10:39:37 AM

I noticed the age of the rally attendees as well. I suspect that they are gaming for the Grandma sympathy vote. I've lived near railroads before and after a week or so you get used to the train going by and don't notice it when it goes by. Does anyone know if the higher speed passenger trains are quieter than a slow freight train? Even if the passenger train is just as loud as a freight train, the noise won't be around as long.

thelakelander · July 19, 2014, 10:45:37 AM

Haha. So AAF is going to kill tourism? Southern California beaches seem to do okay. Here's the Pacific Ocean from my seat on Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner back in 2011:

ProjectMaximus · July 19, 2014, 03:53:14 PM

I personally think that Big Choo Choo sounds a lot better than All Aboard Florida. Can we petition for a name change? I would ride Big Choo Choo all day long.

Lunican · July 19, 2014, 04:13:07 PM

I feel like this could be a response to that ad:

http://www.youtube.com/v/hHkKJfcBXcw?version=3&hl=en_US

spuwho · July 19, 2014, 04:46:20 PM

Quote from: ProjectMaximus on July 19, 2014, 03:53:14 PM
I personally think that Big Choo Choo sounds a lot better than All Aboard Florida. Can we petition for a name change? I would ride Big Choo Choo all day long.

"Big Choo Choo" is made up by grandparents who have to sit with their grandkids and watch "Thomas The Tank Engine" all day.

Only in this case his "evil rival" was the arrogant Diesel

All Aboard Florida would just have to announce that the Thomas the Tank Engine Fair would be in Stuart and sponsored by them (It's currently near Bradenton every year) for the next 5 years and the AAF protest would die the next day. Kids, hearing that their grandparents were holding up the arrival of Thomas would stage a counter protest and the noise would end immediately.

Hey AAF, there is an idea. Throw them Treasure Coasters a bone?