Air-Conditioning

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Fri 8 Aug 2008

Alpha Mail

Posted by TJ under 6 train, Air-Conditioning
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Hopped out of the 6 train at Grand Central yesterday around 6:50. Water was dripping quite heavily from one of the massive air conditioners about the platform (subway platform air conditioners…it seemed too good to be true) and pooling on the floor.

A man bolts down the stairs en route to the soon departing uptown 6.

“No running!” yells a fat man in a moustache and the familiar powder blue outfit, stationed under the dripping air conditioner. “Yer gonna break open yer head!”

I was impressed that the MTA would tap a staffer to help riders avoid a slick spot on the platform, until I did a double take at the guy. The powder blue outfit wasn’t from the MTA, in fact, but the U.S. Postal Service.

 

Thu 15 Mar 2007

Summer Bummer

Posted by TJ under Air-Conditioning, Shea Stadium
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This morning, the air-conditioning was on on the 6 train for what I think was the first time this season. Cool air on warm skin brought to mind mental pictures of beaches, outdoor concerts and ballgames at Shea.

Won’t the notion of air-conditioning seem quaint when it’s 31 and wintry-mixing tonight.