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Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher
Blaze Podcast Network
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Plays radio network and now chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. |
| 0:06.1 | So when you're in your country and you think, wow, our government officials are crappy. |
| 0:12.5 | Well, just know that in Spain, they're crappier than most. |
| 0:18.5 | Well, if you live in Spain, though, I guess that is a problem. |
| 0:22.2 | So two senior officials in Spain in their transport industry have been let go. |
| 0:29.6 | Because the government spent approximately $276 million on new commuter trains. |
| 0:39.5 | And they forgot to realize, you know, I wonder if they'll fit in the tunnels. |
| 0:45.6 | Nope, they're too big for the tunnels. |
| 0:49.2 | So that is a problem. |
| 0:53.4 | 31 trains still in the design phase were slated for completion in 2024 and intended to replace |
| 1:01.9 | the aging fleet in Spain's autonomous northern regions of Asturus and Cantibria. |
| 1:10.1 | So the blunder, I guess, stem from miscommunications among several parties involved. |
| 1:17.5 | Yeah, you think? |
| 1:20.1 | So someone forgot to tell the manufacturer that the tunnels and the trains and the infrastructure |
| 1:27.0 | one thing led to another. |
| 1:29.2 | And the next thing, you know, we're making trains that are too big for the tunnels. |
| 1:33.4 | So just know that whatever country you're in, who's ever run in the show, are doofuses. |
| 1:42.3 | And they need to be replaced at least, at least in Spain. |
| 1:49.7 | They've already sacked two of the people. |
| 1:52.9 | I don't know if they were two important people, but they at least made it appear like they |
| 1:58.0 | were doing something about it. |
| 1:59.8 | But they still spent the money on the trains and we still have 30 trains coming. |
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