nostalgia photos
http://www.rsvlts.com/2013/10/23/nyc-subways-in-the-1980s-were-no-joke-47-photos/#1
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 October 2013 11:31 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/bTD6Rcg.jpg
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 12:46 (ten years ago) link
so cool
― chinavision!, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 14:11 (ten years ago) link
lol enough to make me hate unions
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 15:10 (ten years ago) link
wtf is going on on the E train lately? Monday morning, train comes to full stop in tunnel "sick passenger" on the train ahead, half hour delay after which they let us walk to the front and get out of the front car at court square. Yesterday evening, E train home, SAME FUCKING THING at 71st Ave. This morning "trains running at slower speeds due to an earlier incident."
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 6 November 2013 15:06 (ten years ago) link
thanks de blasio!
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 17:31 (ten years ago) link
De Blasio subway suicide wave
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 6 November 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link
oh god, that relentless Big Bang Theory poster is back
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 8 November 2013 23:40 (ten years ago) link
morbs you do know the union is TWU right? no indication at all that jacket is union swag at all (in fact i don't think any official union stuff even says "mta" anywhere on it, that would be like UAW union materials saying "Ford" or something.)
― lollercoaster of rove (s.clover), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 14:27 (ten years ago) link
it was just a wisecrack
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
(the closest i ever came to getting medieval on a transit employee's ass was in D.C. anyway)
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
husky busker guy at my stop in the mornings a few times a week -- every song either is or sounds exactly like 'hallelujah' or 'girl from the north country'
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
"husky busker," that's a nice rhyme scheme right there, v satisfying. (if I knew more about poetry there's probably a fancy word for that)
I think that guy's been in my park slope F station before, "Girl From the North Country" followed by Mumfords.
― dmr, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 16:12 (ten years ago) link
one thing that bothers me about this poster is that you can tell that the main dude's hand is photoshopped because he's pointing at you in the poster version and not in the banner version which is located a foot away
― iatee, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 16:30 (ten years ago) link
had a terrible terrible wait for the train but the fact that I got to ride on my first r188s-on-the-7 almost made up for it
http://images.nycsubway.org/i131000/img_131240.jpg
moving on up
― iatee, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 16:34 (ten years ago) link
no rail fan window no cred
― chinavision!, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 16:44 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn.hitfix.com/photos/3172726/NBCs-Sean-Saves-the-World.jpg
that sean is so wacky but whaddya gonna do
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:02 (ten years ago) link
doesn't that one look like a fake show poster that would be in the background of a movie or w/e
― iatee, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:03 (ten years ago) link
http://benhauck.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/the-michael-j-fox-show-featured-e1383279121389.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:06 (ten years ago) link
there really is something eerie about all these posters
― iatee, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
an outgrowth of the eerieness of the unkillable sitcom
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:16 (ten years ago) link
Haha, yeah, the whole genre losing any kind of attachment to any audience whatsoever, existing in this vacuum that seems to assume that someone, somewhere is stoked that SEAN is on TV and can't wait to see his antics.
one thing that bothers me about this poster is that you can tell that the main dude's hand is photoshopped because he's pointing at you in the poster version and not in the banner version which is located a foot away― iatee, Wednesday, November 20, 2013 11:30 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― iatee, Wednesday, November 20, 2013 11:30 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
during this poster's last reign at the top, I was convinced he was doing a "Cyclops" like gesture towards his glasses, but on the current version I realized his finger's not there... OR IS IT???
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link
clearly you haven't met my roommate
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 18:46 (ten years ago) link
I think possibly the WORST ad campaigns ever are those Seinfeld in syndication banners in the subway.
― i wish i had a skateboard i could skate away on (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 19:56 (ten years ago) link
http://adsonthesubway.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/photo1.jpg
― i wish i had a skateboard i could skate away on (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link
a few years ago, this one happened to be prevalent around the time of the michael richards meltdown, and I had a really strong urge to cross it out and sharpie in "N166er!"
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/178892/KRAMER.jpg
― i wish i had a skateboard i could skate away on (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
it's probably good that you didn't
― iatee, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
true
― i wish i had a skateboard i could skate away on (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 20:29 (ten years ago) link
Okay c'mon that "there's nothing to watch" one is kinda lol
― Homo schaduwkabinet (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 23:09 (ten years ago) link
http://www.theonion.com/articles/billboard-alerts-drivers-to-existence-of-situation,33826/
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 21 November 2013 02:00 (ten years ago) link
^^^ fantastic
― ian, Thursday, 21 November 2013 02:12 (ten years ago) link
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-metro-north-passenger-train-derailed-york-city-21060651
― nostormo, Sunday, 1 December 2013 13:09 (ten years ago) link
PzFeed Top News @PzFeed TRAIN DERAILMENT IN NEW YORK CITY: -5 TRAINS DERAILED -3 DEAD -MULTIPLE INJURED -MCI DECLARED twitter.com/PzFeed/status/…
― nostormo, Sunday, 1 December 2013 13:37 (ten years ago) link
MetroNorth
(I only take the New Haven line, no recent exp with the Hudson)
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 1 December 2013 18:39 (ten years ago) link
http://pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/the-metro-north-accident-and-train-control/#comments
― iatee, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
almost (?) got into a fight with a crazy dude tonight, but it was my stop so i got off the train instead
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 23:57 (ten years ago) link
Attention passengers due to an earlier incident we are moving hella slow
― The Glam Of That All The Way From Memphis Man! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:34 (ten years ago) link
this story about how the MTA will give you a late pass for work was kinda funny
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/nyregion/delayed-train-skeptical-boss-mta-will-give-passengers-a-late-note.html
“There was a disruption in service, specifically signal trouble, sick customer, brakes in emergency and track circuit failure, which caused massive service delays, reroutes and/or trains to be discharged on the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, A, B, C, D, F, J, L, M, N, Q and R lines,” one recent response read, in part. “As a result, any one delay lasted up to 82 minutes.”
― dmr, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:34 (ten years ago) link
We hope to be moving shortly
― The Glam Of That All The Way From Memphis Man! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:43 (ten years ago) link
the E train really has no business saying it is "delayed" at this point. If you're delayed every day, it's not a delay!
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:55 (ten years ago) link
ugh the 7 has been terrible lately
― iatee, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:57 (ten years ago) link
My favorite subway announcement construction is "Due to an earlier incident"
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:58 (ten years ago) link
It's so all-purpose as excuses go, I love it.
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:59 (ten years ago) link
Por fin.
― The Glam Of That All The Way From Memphis Man! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 04:05 (ten years ago) link
due to an earlier incident, the universe exists
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 04:07 (ten years ago) link
I think I posted this upthread but my favorite two announcements ever were:
"Attention passengers we are being held in the station due to a delay in service."
"Thank you for your inconvenience."
― The Glam Of That All The Way From Memphis Man! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 04:10 (ten years ago) link
A tautology and a malapropism. Or something. What are the appropriate rhetorical descriptions?
― The Glam Of That All The Way From Memphis Man! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 04:12 (ten years ago) link
I love the "moving momentarily" announcement made several times over 10-15 minutes
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 04:56 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, it's like you're in some kind of superscale model demonstrating Zeno's Paradox or something.
― The Glam Of That All The Way From Memphis Man! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 05:00 (ten years ago) link
Also what's with the repeated bing bongs with the doors not quite closing? Are there actually people standing on the threshold hedging their bets that are keeping the doors from closing or is it some kind of conductor fakeout, playing for just a little more time?
― The Glam Of That All The Way From Memphis Man! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 05:02 (ten years ago) link