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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine
Slow week at work, so I took the slacker-esque 9:16 in. It seemed a normal ride until I got off at Grand Central, at which point things got a bit surreal. First off, as I disembarked, I noticed there’d been … Continue reading
Posted in Cost Revs
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What the Kids Are Googling
The various searches that brought readers to Trainjotting this week reveal that you’re all obsessed with “padding” zoos, gangsta ho’s, and John Rocker’s crotch. Bless you all. Among the highlights: feel sick and dirty and more dead than a sneak … Continue reading
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Bowie and Townshend Ride the 5:15
This song is hardly new–it came out five years ago, in fact–but it’s new to me. David Bowie’s “5:15″ came up on my iPod this morning, and the lyrics made me wonder if Mr. Stardust got around the U.K. and … Continue reading
Posted in David Bowie, Quadrophenia
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The 6 Train Bent My Glasses
It’d been a frustrating series of mornings. Each day, I’d chugged down to the subway platform at Grand Central, only to find the 6 pulling away. So I decided to sit in the front of the 8:16; getting into Grand … Continue reading
CTRider Has a Message for Sir Snores-a-Lot
Dear Sir Snores-a-lot, You’re a Caucasian male, probably in your mid to late 30′s and have some kind of half-spiked blonde hair. You board the train at Fairfield. You’re usually on the 7:08 or the 7:24 and sit towards the rear … Continue reading
Posted in CTRider, New Haven Line, Ten Commandments
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Rack ‘Em Up!
It was a tight squeeze along the narrow stretch of fence where people are allowed to lock their bikes at Hawthorne station, and I’d sort of boxed another bike in. (Back story: we’ve been pestering Mount Pleasant Town Hall for … Continue reading
Posted in Bike Rack, Mount Pleasant
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Word of the Week: FACIAL PROFILING
FACIAL PROFILING: \FAY-shull PROH-fihh-lingg\ noun: Selecting one’s seat on the train based on the attractiveness of the person in the adjacent seat. [Note: Not to be confused with Spatial Profiling, which involves selecting one’s seat based on the size of the … Continue reading
Posted in Hot Seatmates, Word of the Week
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The Pope Reads Trainjotting?!?
A week to the day after we offered up the Ten Commandments For Commuters, the Vatican issued its Ten Commandments For Drivers. Sure, they’ll insist they’ve been working on their commandments for months, and didn’t get the idea from us. … Continue reading
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Straphanger Joe Goes to Washington, Part 2
[Continued] Now don’t think I’ve gone all soft on the DC Metro just because they have some interesting innovations. They’ve also got some ideas that, to me, have tanked. What’s up with the female computer voice that announces, “Doors … Continue reading
Posted in Rats, Straphanger Joe
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