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Category Archives: jerseyjim
JerseyJim Feels the Pain of the Fare Hikes
May has reached New Jersey, and with it the fare hikes. NJ Transit has increased my monthly train cost by 25%. That is a double-decker increase that will put my fluffernutter budget on high alert. I took the NY … Continue reading
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JerseyJim Has Front-Row Seat For ‘The Lyin’ King’
Rode the post-rush-hour train yesterday morning, 4/14, as I was getting our taxes all buttoned-up. It being Wednesday, aka Matinee Day, the 9:30 a.m. express was pretty full. I grabbed an aisle seat in the first car, next to a sleeping … Continue reading
JerseyJim is Sick of the Doorks
A bit drowsy at our Summit stop this morning, I thought I had been dreamily transported to the NY Subway, or maybe a train upstate. CONDUCTOR ANNOUNCEMENT: (LOUDLY) “The woman with the blond hair, let go of the door!” This … Continue reading
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Jersey Jim Makes Best of Cancellation Situation
Got to the station today, and my train was cancelled. Folks talking, phoning, muttering, making alternate plans. Some just waiting and staring at the puddles. Usually in this situation I would get back on my bike and trek the mile … Continue reading
Posted in Bike to Work, Blackberry, jerseyjim, New Jersey Transit
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JerseyJim is Somewhere in the Swamps of Jersey
As the winter moves out of focus, and last week’s flood waters recede, the swamps of Jersey look refreshed as our morning train cuts through the marsh. The birds and commuters are both enjoying the break. But our trains … Continue reading
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JerseyJim – Incident on the 5:18
A sad day yesterday on New Jersey Transit. As our 5:18 express train from Penn Station reached East Orange, the train stopped abruptly. After a momentary pause, the conductor made an announcement that our train had hit someone in the … Continue reading
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JerseyJim Ready For Snurricane
Phone rang at 5:50 this morning, cancelling school for the day. It’s an automated message, and ALL our phones ring. (house phone and two cell phones, scattered around the house. It was snowing wet-heavy Vancouver Olympixels, and starting to stick. … Continue reading
Jersey Jim’s Midtown Direct Avoids Midtown and Isn’t Very Direct
Some bait and switch on this morning’s New Jersey Transit Midtown Direct train to Penn Station. Blackberrys were buzzing, and Clever Commuters were quizzing, as the 7:15 from Summit left the station. As he walked through the first car, the … Continue reading
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JerseyJim Has Been Smoking Something
Waiting for the train this morning in the brisk air, I was again impressed by the smoking guy that stands about 30 feet from the tracks, and smokes his last cigarette before boarding the NY bound train. It must be hard … Continue reading
Posted in Don Draper, jerseyjim, New Jersey Transit, Summit
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Blitzin’ Blitzen
From JerseyJim’s CleverCommute inbox late last week: [NJTT-MandE] This morning a Gladstone train hit a deer, kept its speed & barely even hit the brakes w/ no delay!! Watch out, there’s a new conductor in town!!!
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