Archive for January, 2008
Friday, January 18th, 2008
TRAINJOTTING CLASSIC: Word of the Week — Mount Yearnin’
MOUNT YEARNIN’ \Mowwnt Yerrnin\ noun: Pangs of envy one feels when passing the stops at Bronxville, Pelham, Mount Vernon, etc., that are within 30 minutes of Grand Central.
Usage: I had a serious case of Mount Yearnin’ as the 7:22 rumbled along to Chappaqua.
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
TRAINJOTTING CLASSIC: Straphanger Joe Looks For Smiles, Finds Tension
Smile Study Part I
Have you ever tried to smile at someone while you were on the train? Have you tried to make that most intimate of gestures–eye contact–with no other intent than to see if pursed lips would become a smiley face?
I decided to try an experiment today just to see how smiley New […]
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
The Best Bike Parking in the Country
The Times has an interesting story on a bike parking lot planned for the Penn Station neighborhood. The 34th Street Partnership is looking for corporations to foot the bill, around $200,000 a year.
“We want this to be the premier bike parking facility in the country,” said Partnership President Daniel A. Biederman, presumably meaning something better than […]
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
They’re Getting Closer!
I knew this was going to happen.
Fifteen months after leaving the city and settling up there in Hummerville, I actually know a few people. Neighbors. Little G’s friends’ parents that turned up at his birthday party last week. That sort of thing.
One of the things I’ve actually liked about commuting is that I don’t know […]
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
TRAINJOTTING CLASSIC: Word of the Week — Stenchbench
STENCHBENCH \STENNCH-bennch\noun: The almost always available trio of seats directly across from the toilet.
Usage: I was a little late boarding the 7:22, so I had to sit on the f***ing stenchbench.
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
TRAINJOTTING CLASSIC: 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 it’s the narcissistic engine James or the perky young train Percy.
That got us thinking—if […]
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
TRAINJOTTING CLASSIC: I Thought My Commute Sucked Vol. IX
A few months after the Wall Street Journal’s shocking look at the state of train commuting around Mumbai, Saturday’s Times offered a peek at the equally harrowing game of bus commuting in New Delhi. The story’s about a crackdown on “killer buses,” and they’re not speaking metaphorically. The privately-owned Blueline buses took their 61st and […]
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
Someone Up There Is Listening
Some 48 hours since we implored the Metro-North braintrust to spill us out into a more user-friendly corner of GCT, we were rewarded with a drop-off on Track 25 today. For those who don’t study the Grand Central blueprints every day, Track 25 is, in commercial real estate parlance, Main Street and Main. It’s somewhere […]
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
TRAINJOTTING CLASSIC: Word of the Week
KEYED UP \KEED upp\ adjective: The state of heightened anticipation commuters get as their stop approaches, which sees them remove their car keys from their pocket and position their fingers on the ignition key so they’re ready to drive as soon as they arrive at their automobile.
USAGE: This chick on the 6:33 was so keyed […]