# Waving at trains and boats

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 19, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waving-at-trains-and-boats/1021080 "2025-07-19T13:41:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waving-at-trains-and-boats/1021080/62 "2025-07-22T13:19:23Z")

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> [@sunacres](#):
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> I just went from Oakland to Chicago on the California Zephyr and will take the return trip in a couple of days. Folks waved to us the entire way, from their backyards, from the rivers they were swimming in, from street crossings. It feels good. Of course I wave back.

I recently watched a video of passengers on that very train getting mooned by people on the Colorado River. One was even spreading his cheeks. Whattya expect from a river rat?

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