Month: October 2006

Welcome October

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Another month rolls into the show full of crazy that is the NYC subway system.

I’m currently enjoying a lecture from a man named Harry. His thesis is on why he has AIDS and is homeless all at the same time.

Harry sounds like a Jewish guy that just woke up. Really tired, slow, and under enthusiastic sounding with a thick Jewish accent. Harry didn’t seem to get much action on this train, so he’s off to the next one.

He did have an interesting pitch though. He started off with the traditional “good morning ladies and gentlemen.”. He then moved right into the AIDS bit.

“FORTUNATELY, I have AIDS,” started Harry, “I say forunately because God used this disease to get my life turned around.”

What I gather is that begging on the subway is actually a step UP from where he has been. How crappy must you life be when AIDS and begging on the subway is a good day?

Better luck next time amigo. Live from the subway, back to you in studio…

Weekend “L” train back in bizznass

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Ok folks, this weekend, I got nothin’.  There was no subway related news that I could come up with.  For that matter, we were not in the system much that weekend.  Kind of a sit around on your ass kinda weekend.

But there is good news!  This weekend was the first weekend that the “L” train was back in business on the weekends.  So now we have a weekend route back between Manhattan and Brooklyn. 

Unfortunately, some weeknight service will still be hit or miss, and there will be one more weekend scheduled where service will be out. 

However, we will be able to see a definate benefit from this recent hassel.  The new systems on the L trains will allow for more trains to run on the line AND a new system that tells you where the trains are in real time.  Finally, those new electronic information boards will be available. 

L train riders will be able to look at the monitors and tell exactly when the next train will be arriving.  The boards will also tell you if there are problems or delays. 

Anyway, that’s the most exciting news we could come up with for the weekend.  Let us know if we missed something!