Holy Grid-lock batman!
This link will probably die eventually...
This link will probably die eventually...
Gotham City Grinds to a Halt.
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jasonl
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Yo, you gotta problem wit that?
Go back ta Bawston wit ya Red Sox crap b'fore I kick yo a$$.
I'm just glad I don't live there.
Go back ta Bawston wit ya Red Sox crap b'fore I kick yo a$$.
I'm just glad I don't live there.
Toggle, I think this would be a good day to decide you have a cold and can't go to work! Yeesh, I can't imagine dealing with the traffic during the strike. I heard this morning that cars going into Manhattan had to have at least 4 people in them, and that there were 'meeting areas' to pick up the required number of passengers. That must be LOADS of fun.
Good luck!
Good luck!
jmirawm
Well-known member
traffic day
instead of snow day ? I cant imagine. I wonder what the population of the subway system is at any given moment of the day and all of those people being added to the mix above ground. I will never forget my first trip to NY. At every intersection my friend was putting his arm out and his fist into my chest. I kept looking up and all around me, he was scared to death I was going to walk right out into traffic. <p> Arkansas boy in wonderland. Tom
instead of snow day ? I cant imagine. I wonder what the population of the subway system is at any given moment of the day and all of those people being added to the mix above ground. I will never forget my first trip to NY. At every intersection my friend was putting his arm out and his fist into my chest. I kept looking up and all around me, he was scared to death I was going to walk right out into traffic. <p> Arkansas boy in wonderland. Tom
Eugene /Frigilux.
Oh yes did this all already in 1980 when I was in high-school in Manhattan. (back in my glam days. LOL .. HA~!). Doesn't affect me this time in that I work AND live in the NYC suburbs of Long Island.
(Grammar 101- you live in BLAH BLAH BLAH, but you live ON Lohg Island; go figure. Also in NYC you wait ON line, everywhere else you wait IN Line.)
Some enterprising young people (read: thugs/ street urchins) would offer their serices in riding with you to get through the checkpoints where the requirements of full-cars was being checked. This may seem odd to you, but here you get into cabs, buses and trains with strangers ALL THE TIME; not even a thought.
Speaking of crowded and the joy of being near other people: I can't tell you how many times I have had to ride a woman's purse or a man's briefcase hafway up my kazoo on a very tightly packed train. I MEAN PACKED! You just get used to it.
Oh yes did this all already in 1980 when I was in high-school in Manhattan. (back in my glam days. LOL .. HA~!). Doesn't affect me this time in that I work AND live in the NYC suburbs of Long Island.
(Grammar 101- you live in BLAH BLAH BLAH, but you live ON Lohg Island; go figure. Also in NYC you wait ON line, everywhere else you wait IN Line.)
Some enterprising young people (read: thugs/ street urchins) would offer their serices in riding with you to get through the checkpoints where the requirements of full-cars was being checked. This may seem odd to you, but here you get into cabs, buses and trains with strangers ALL THE TIME; not even a thought.
Speaking of crowded and the joy of being near other people: I can't tell you how many times I have had to ride a woman's purse or a man's briefcase hafway up my kazoo on a very tightly packed train. I MEAN PACKED! You just get used to it.
Hide your map and camera and jewelry, boy.
Said: I kept looking up and all around me.
Oh yes, here you look at your shoes if you are a native, at the sky if you are a tourist. Well known *saying/joke*
This is how we immediately peg "tourists/foreigners".
Said: I kept looking up and all around me.
Oh yes, here you look at your shoes if you are a native, at the sky if you are a tourist. Well known *saying/joke*
This is how we immediately peg "tourists/foreigners".
mala, que mala
HMMM, me thinks I need to NOT answer this one.
HMMM, me thinks I need to NOT answer this one.
The word TRANSIT implies it is moving..LOL
Actually, I don't need to take mass transit anymore.
But behold: the EX will be home in a few hours (TE HE HE HE) work ended at 5:00 (and it's 7:33 now).
I am going to hide in my room. OOOH MAN the attitude and complaints and negativity that are gonna fly.
I will need a santero to cleanse me after this.
oh and you KNOW I have a hot meal and beverage ready. Keep that big and nasty mouth pleasantly occupied and stuffed, so it cant utter sounds.
Actually, I don't need to take mass transit anymore.
But behold: the EX will be home in a few hours (TE HE HE HE) work ended at 5:00 (and it's 7:33 now).
I am going to hide in my room. OOOH MAN the attitude and complaints and negativity that are gonna fly.
I will need a santero to cleanse me after this.
oh and you KNOW I have a hot meal and beverage ready. Keep that big and nasty mouth pleasantly occupied and stuffed, so it cant utter sounds.
HMMMMMM.
Ex's commute (we still live together till spring) normally 0.75 to 1.50 hours each way. Today 4.0 hours, each way.
I was thanked up, down and sideways for having a meal ready.
[Meanwhile I was thinking of grandpa who would always say "bone" in his language (meaning CHOKE), as the dear one was eating dinner. Alas, no chance of a bone in meatloaf. SCHUCKS!] I smiled politely, listened to an array of B/S, and once the kithcen was cleaned up, here I am on the computer.
I hear LOTS of people are taking days off. I can't imagine why. LOL
Ex's commute (we still live together till spring) normally 0.75 to 1.50 hours each way. Today 4.0 hours, each way.
I was thanked up, down and sideways for having a meal ready.
[Meanwhile I was thinking of grandpa who would always say "bone" in his language (meaning CHOKE), as the dear one was eating dinner. Alas, no chance of a bone in meatloaf. SCHUCKS!] I smiled politely, listened to an array of B/S, and once the kithcen was cleaned up, here I am on the computer.
I hear LOTS of people are taking days off. I can't imagine why. LOL
I am the center of the universe and will not be inonvenience
So what are people doing to cope with the four-person-per car-or-no-entry rule in efect from 5:00am to 11:00am?
Waiting till 11:00 am to travel alone, of course. A few reporters are wryly commenting on this. LOL
All of a sudden, the roads leading to the bridges and tunnels get packed at 11:00am. Rush-hour has effectively been time-shifted!
The usually ignored ferry servicies are seeing lotsa pasengers though.
--eyes roll--
So what are people doing to cope with the four-person-per car-or-no-entry rule in efect from 5:00am to 11:00am?
Waiting till 11:00 am to travel alone, of course. A few reporters are wryly commenting on this. LOL
All of a sudden, the roads leading to the bridges and tunnels get packed at 11:00am. Rush-hour has effectively been time-shifted!
The usually ignored ferry servicies are seeing lotsa pasengers though.
--eyes roll--
up and running.
Haven't read a thing so here I go on "gut feel"
Amazing how when rumors of brigning in the ring-leader,(er union-leader) to see why he should not be thrown in jail for contempt of court are spread by the meida, how the VERY NEXT day, there is an agreement to tentatively settle and get the buses and trains rolling...
All save face and get out with their egos un-bruised.
The things that make you go HMMMMMMMMMMMM......
Haven't read a thing so here I go on "gut feel"
Amazing how when rumors of brigning in the ring-leader,(er union-leader) to see why he should not be thrown in jail for contempt of court are spread by the meida, how the VERY NEXT day, there is an agreement to tentatively settle and get the buses and trains rolling...
All save face and get out with their egos un-bruised.
The things that make you go HMMMMMMMMMMMM......
We had a bus transit strike in the Bay Area in the 1970's, as I recall. I had a long commute into the western part of SF at the time, from the East Bay.
The subway (BART) system had not yet started up.
I had no car.
Carpooling was the answer, but it did tend to cut into my social life (with mass transit, I could grab a drink or other treat downtown after work where I switched buses before heading back home.)
A year later, when I had saved enough to get my own car, I would pick up a couple of passengers waiting at the bus stop so that we could sail through the carpool lanes on the Bay Bridge (three bodies total required). This would shave maybe 15 minutes off the long commute.
I got a job in the East Bay in 1979 and haven't worked across the Bay in SF since.
BART has gone on strike once or twice since then, but it was a life-saver after the 1989 Loma Prieta quake, when the Bay Bridge partially collapsed and was out of service for a month.
I still ride BART from time to time when I have a meeting or class in SF. I'm usually disgusted by the aromas in the cars. They need to replace all that filthy carpeting and fabric upholstery with rubber matting and vinyl. Something they can hose down and steam clean.
I visited NYC/Manhattan in 1974. I love the aromas of that city.
The subway (BART) system had not yet started up.
I had no car.
Carpooling was the answer, but it did tend to cut into my social life (with mass transit, I could grab a drink or other treat downtown after work where I switched buses before heading back home.)
A year later, when I had saved enough to get my own car, I would pick up a couple of passengers waiting at the bus stop so that we could sail through the carpool lanes on the Bay Bridge (three bodies total required). This would shave maybe 15 minutes off the long commute.
I got a job in the East Bay in 1979 and haven't worked across the Bay in SF since.
BART has gone on strike once or twice since then, but it was a life-saver after the 1989 Loma Prieta quake, when the Bay Bridge partially collapsed and was out of service for a month.
I still ride BART from time to time when I have a meeting or class in SF. I'm usually disgusted by the aromas in the cars. They need to replace all that filthy carpeting and fabric upholstery with rubber matting and vinyl. Something they can hose down and steam clean.
I visited NYC/Manhattan in 1974. I love the aromas of that city.
