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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Near-Tragedy on the Tappan Zee
A reader writes in and says a friend was driving over the Tappan Zee Bridge yesterday and witnessed a would-be jumper who presumably paid no heed to the signs on the bridge reminding the despondent that Life is Worth Living. … Continue reading
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Dumb and Dumberer
For the second time in ten months, a GPS device has steered a driver onto the tracks in Bedford Hills, where his car was obliterated by an onrushing Metro-North train. Metro-North riders were delayed around 90 minutes after last night’s … Continue reading
Genit-halla
With the British graffitti artist “Banksy” auctioning his art in London, we thought we’d tip the Stetson to some priceless graffitti offered up on one particular Harlem line train. It was a poster ad for the Summit, a gargantuan office … Continue reading
Word of the Week: BIPOLAR EXPRESS
BIPOLAR EXPRESS /BY poh ler ecks PRESS/ noun: A train filled with mentally unstable passengers. Usage: The conductor on the 6:12 to Westport was overheard saying, “There must have been a full moon last night, my train was a Bipolar Express.” [contributed by … Continue reading
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Where in the World is LilSubwayCrybaby?
LilSubwayCrybaby has gone underground again. She got the transit blogosphere buzzing with a missive six weeks ago saying she was walking amongst the so-called Mole People living hundreds of feet below Manhattan in the city’s labyrinthian network of train tunnels. … Continue reading
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Straphanger Joe Wordlessly Manipulates F Train Riders
Handbrake as a Metaphor By the time I made it to the train Friday morning, after dropping my son off at school (something I love to do), I was damp, my waterproof shoes were wet, and my umbrella was soaked. … Continue reading
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What to Call Metro-North’s Five-Headed Love Monster
Reader MightyQuinn wants to know what to call the icky “straddling” phenomenon that involves complete strangers rubbing knees and inner thighs together as they squeeze into opposing seats in Metro-North’s five-seaters. Great question. I’ve thought of this myself and have … Continue reading
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7th Heaven
One inch. That was the difference between a 7 train full of miserable souls heading home from Shea Stadium, and a boisterous bunch with the illogical image of October baseball in their minds. One inch. That was the difference between … Continue reading
This Magic Moment. Then That Magic Moment.
Some days I walk to work convinced I’ll have nothing to write about. This morning, for instance. Could I really eke out a whole column on the rampant construction along Houston Street? All right, one hardhat on a ladder … Continue reading
Bobby the Conductor: When Riders Attack
The always entertaining/illuminating Bobby Derailed blog has a compelling yarn about Conductor Bobby throwing himself in the middle of a bloody, drunk fray on the New Haven Line. (Fourth item, down past Bobby’s chance meeting with JFK’s nephew.) Writes Bobby: … Continue reading
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