And oooo... a step toward gender equality here... only not like you think...

The train company has set men and women as equals in getting a senior citizen pass for their services. Which means you only pay half price and there are some time related restrictions, but HEY, progress.

Women were entitled at sixty. Men had to be sixty five.

I got one for my Dad when he visited... it sure helped, paying half-fare to Salzburg and Vienna.

So now I can pay 26 Euros, provide a horrible picture to go on the damned thing, and I get to ride the rails at half price.

And to be precise... men have had to work longer than women till eligible for pension, and they don't live as long, So I thought it was nice... sort of.

What came to mind was a play I saw where this dotty woman says, 'You don't know what I WENT through till I got him under the ground.'

Got a huge laugh.

Sometimes socialism has it's perks.