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Monthly Archives: October 2008
Halloweenies
“Yo!” shouts the bicyclist going the wrong way on a one-way. God am I happy he didn’t ram me with his 10-speed. “Ass-munch,” I mumble. What is it with you, Bicyclists? I used to ride, too, before my mountain bike … Continue reading
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A G-Spot Joke I’m Not Going to Touch
The mellifluously-monikered BitchCakesCommutes found a lovely surprise on the seat of the G train, and some seat graffiti explaining exactly what went, er, down. In case you can’t make that out, it says “I lost my virginity right here” (with … Continue reading
Let Us Forgive and Forget the Man Who Got His Arm Stuck in the Metro-North Toilet Five Years Ago
We all make mistakes. Heck, just last Tuesday, I typed a semi-colon when I meant to do the full colon. So in that spirit let us collectively choose not to rehash the humiliating case of one Edwin Gallart, a Bronx … Continue reading
Leaving the Station
The tree across from the train station two weeks ago. The tree across from the train station this morning.
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If You’re Not Part of the Solution…
9:30 this morning, huge crowd heading down to the 4-5-6 trains under Grand Central. There’s an ugly jam-up at the stairs. The 5 has just left, but it appears to have been several minutes since a 6 pulled in, and … Continue reading
Posted in 4 Train, 5 train, 6 train
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Slip-Sliding Away
Fearing that too many riders thought “Slippery Rail” was the reason LIRR workers gave for their bum knees and sore backs on their disability forms, the MTA issued printouts on Metro-North yesterday informing riders of the autumnal peril alternately known as … Continue reading
Posted in LIRR Scandal, Slippery Rail
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LIRR Disability Scandal: Managers Sold Disability Pointers to Staffers
Long Island Railroad management sold tips on getting bogus disability claims OK’d to railroad workers, reports today’s NY Times. A far-reaching investigation into the legitimacy of disabilities at the Long Island Rail Road took a new turn on Monday as … Continue reading
Straphanger Joe Falls Hard on the 6
Kindle Me By Straphanger Joe It was an ordinary day on the Upper East Side near Hunter College and all the hoi polloi and college kids were out in the early morning rush. I’d been on the surface … Continue reading
LIRR Disability Plot Thickens
If Walt Bogdanich and his crew don’t get a Pulitzer for their work on the dodgy LIRR employee claims, I’m donning full conductor gear–train belt buckle and all–and jumping into the Hudson in February. The NY Times’ latest dive into … Continue reading
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Putting More Pleasant in Mt. Pleasant
Mount Pleasant’s town hall, a charmless concrete edifice that looks like a minimum security prison, will come to life Wednesday night as the townsfolk argue for, among other things, a nicer train station in Hawthorne and more active downtowns in … Continue reading