My purely selfish opinion comes from the fact that, although I have been known to use them, I have an irrational real of tunnels and bridges. You'll never get me in the Chunnel and I have been known to try to drive over bridges with my eyes shut. I hope there will always be a boat. And, if tunnels and bridges are created there should be some form of public transport over them so that everyone wanting to get from point A to point B wouldn't have to have/use a car to do so. Karen In a message dated 6/18/2010 11:39:50 A.M. Central Daylight Time, tuck12@comcast.net writes: All, To me, not being a resident of those grand isles, a Pentland Firth tunnel sounds like a massive expense for little return. It wouldn't do much not being done by ship - just a bit faster - and would service, I suspect, far fewer people than would ever make it cost effective. Sure, it would be an all-weather job, but then sometimes retaining some sense of the wrath of Mother Nature is not bad for our humility.....

Karen - you sound like me. I hate tunnels and bridges. Besides there is some beautiful scenery that can only be seen by a boat. Evelyn S. Hlabse Richmond Hts., Ohio On Jun 18, 2010, at 12:59 PM, KJEMEM@aol.com wrote: My purely selfish opinion comes from the fact that, although I have been known to use them, I have an irrational real of tunnels and bridges. You'll never get me in the Chunnel and I have been known to try to drive over bridges with my eyes shut. I hope there will always be a boat. And, if tunnels and bridges are created there should be some form of public transport over them so that everyone wanting to get from point A to point B wouldn't have to have/use a car to do so. Karen In a message dated 6/18/2010 11:39:50 A.M. Central Daylight Time, tuck12@comcast.net writes: All, To me, not being a resident of those grand isles, a Pentland Firth tunnel sounds like a massive expense for little return. It wouldn't do much not being done by ship - just a bit faster - and would service, I suspect, far fewer people than would ever make it cost effective. Sure, it would be an all-weather job, but then sometimes retaining some sense of the wrath of Mother Nature is not bad for our humility..... ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message