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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Readers on the New Rules
Antonio, a “former NYCT employee”, knows all about the new subway rules and regs for riders: I have heard the announcements on the newer trains regarding moving from train to train. I have also read the “list” on a poster … Continue reading
Posted in Subway
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Straphanger Joe Learns to Ride by the Rules
Violations I was in Brooklyn. My train was coming. I read the posting with my mouth open. It looked official. I had 30 seconds to get out a pen and write on the back of a book I was reading. … Continue reading
Posted in Straphanger Joe
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The Trainjotting Book Review: ‘How Starbucks Saved My Life’
How Starbucks Saved My Life, Michael Gates Gill’s memoir about how he goes from being an Ivy League son of privilege, working a cushy job as an advertising exec, to being a lonely old man who commutes 90 minutes each way … Continue reading
What the Kids are Googling
A quick perusal of this week’s Google searches that brought people to Trainjotting reveal some angry teens, a bunch of black drag queens, and America’s unhealthy obsession with traffic reporter Trish Yodice…and her hair. Harry Potter asian beast Straw Up … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Trish Yodice
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Reader E-Mail of the Day
As Bill “Sports Guy” Simmons might say, these are my readers. Hello, I used to live in new york, I left in the very early eighties, I was a prostitute and a junkie, I am planning on visting the city … Continue reading
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News Flash: Metro-North On Time!
Is it me, or is it sort of sad when the fact that the trains are operating on time is considered newsworthy? Check out the big scoop in today’s Journal News: Metro North: Trains on time (Original publication: November … Continue reading
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An Open Letter To:
The woman who picked up someone’s discarded Google Maps directions on the subway platform yesterday. It was the 6 train around 6 p.m. You were about 45, with frosty blonde hair, white pants (way, way after Labor Day!) cut in … Continue reading
Posted in 6 train, Open Letter
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If Manhattan Island Was the Isle of Sodor
Thanks to Little G, we end up spending a lot of time in Sodor—that is, the mythical island on which Thomas the Tank Engine and his train friends operate. All of the trains in Thomas’ world have unique personalities, whether … Continue reading
Posted in Mitchell Pally, Peter A. Cannito, Sodor, Thomas & Friends
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Word of the Week: LATRAINIAN TOMLINSON
LATRAINIAN TOMLINSON \laa TRANE eean TOM lin sun\ noun: The guy you see juking and jiving past commuters in Grand Central as he sprints to catch his train. Usage: I tore my ACL yesterday after taking a shot from a … Continue reading
Posted in Spuyten Duyvil, Word of the Week
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An Open Letter To:
The guy who jammed the napkin into his Sam Adams bottle Friday and left the whole shebang on the seat. You were 45 and skinny. You wore a black ass-length coat and a red hat with Callaway on it, a … Continue reading
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