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Monthly Archives: April 2009
The Kid With the Best Commute in the World
Think about this the next time you’re forced to stand on the 6:10 to Outer Whitelandia, or are seated next to the stankin’ homeless guy on the F train. Yankees P.R. guy Kenny Leandry walks all of 46 steps from … Continue reading
THE TRAINJOTTING READER: The Deportees and Other Stories
The always-a-pleasure Roddy Doyle revisits his Commitments creation by assembling a band of eccentric immigrants to Ireland to change the musical landscape in Dublin. The Deportees is a collection of short stories focused on the immigrant experience in Ireland; this … Continue reading
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Them Good Old Boys/Say Parking’s Risky in Rye
A certain hotshot reporter with a certain hotshot publication is looking for people who park/wish to park at Rye’s train station. I need to find someone who is on the waiting list for a permit in Rye and/or someone who … Continue reading
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How Many Runs is a Touchdown Worth?
I tend to like the “Courtesy Corner” in each monthly edition of Metro-North mouthpiece Mileposts. Courtesy Corner offers suggestions for being a good train rider, as in, keep your cellphone calls quiet and keep your f***ing feet off the seat. … Continue reading
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Things Everybody Likes
Krispy Kremes “Hey Ya!” Seinfeld Grand Central Terminal The Gap Jeter EZ Pass Fenway Park Their iPod Matt Lauer Gramercy Tavern “Caddyshack” Paulie Walnuts C’mon, folks–what else?
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Saving Fallen Train Riders, Paving the Way For Bikers
OK, back in Gotham after a long weekend in Boston, where a proposed T stop in Medford is dividing the old guard and the yuppies that want easy train access to Boston, a woman named Mimi T. Lai jumped on the … Continue reading
Getting (Sar)kozy on the 6:33
It was the 6:33 to points north last night, and we had the pre-M8 shitbucket train. I got a seat on the Stenchbench and we were about to depart. A trio of exceedingly tall folks got on–parents in their 50s … Continue reading
I’m on Track 16, Going on 17
This is terrific–the whole of a train station in Antwerp (by the way, Antwerp is Flemish for “Lots of White People”) busting out in The Sound of Music–both the traditional SOM and a hip-hopped up version of it. This beats … Continue reading
Slumdog Millionfares
We’ve written a number of times about the all-encompassing misery of train commuting in and around Mumbai, and our new pal over at NY Times blog Schott’s Vocab offers up a pretty vivid description of what it’s like trying to … Continue reading
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