^^^ 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
I get really anxious when they do the "boong" like they're about to make an announcement but then no announcement comes
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 05:49 (ten years ago) link
Okay, so seriously. That poster for Showtime with Don Cheadle in a blindfold and William H. Macy grunting at the camera: at the bottom, Don Cheadle's torso ends a good half-inch before everybody else's. It's easily missed in the darkness, but, Jesus, that's sloppy. Next to it on the G platform at Nassau, we also saw a poster for the new Ice Cube movie where the inept rookie has been really awkwardly shrunk by Photoshop, I guess to show that he's out of his league asking out Ice Cube's daughter! (or whatever) but I swear they could fit two of his head inside of Ice Cube's head and it just looks bad. Then there was a Seamless poster showing how you could order everything on your phone, the numbers didn't add up, and even had things where one 4.99 smoothie totaled up to 6.49 or something. I mean, how hard would it have been to get that right?
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 10 January 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
Seinfeldposter.jpg
― The Dance Twerking Was MADE So (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 January 2014 16:20 (ten years ago) link
I've been looking for a thread to post this, and I guess this is as good as any:http://www.legendarylifestylemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Jack-Ryan-Shadow-Recruit-Kenneth-Branagh-2-590x860.jpg
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Friday, 10 January 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
It's actually a visually very good ad, but it's also creepy as fuck and sounds fascistic
we should have a thread for poorly designed public poster adshttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/_29OC0nYbpRM/SKPleuk_v3I/AAAAAAAAIs0/_XehVobe9ro/s1600-h/akademiks1.jpg
― this harmless group of nerds and the women that love them (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 January 2014 21:07 (ten years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_29OC0nYbpRM/SKPleuk_v3I/AAAAAAAAIs0/_XehVobe9ro/s1600-h/akademiks1.jpg
rolling nyc subway ads discussion thread
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 January 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link
thanks
― this harmless group of nerds and the women that love them (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 January 2014 21:21 (ten years ago) link
due to signal problems at jay st-metrotech, we will sit here for 45 minutes. you may want to take the B57 bus instead -- although it is unlikely that all of you will fit -- but as soon as you leave this train will depart
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
i just missed that apparently
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
Anyone else notice the "take a sample, take a look" incense-and-comic-book guy in the 14th St./6th Ave tunnel getting a little more intense? Yesterday I swear he was going on like "I don't care what you do, you can be a fucking slut, sell your body, take a sample, take a sample, take a look..."
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:03 (ten years ago) link
Due to blah blah blah, the last stop on this Manhattan-bound J train will be...Marcy Avenue. Which is in Brooklyn. Enjoy your walk across the bridge in the cold!
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:23 (ten years ago) link
when should those of us at work leave work?
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:24 (ten years ago) link
NEVER
― this harmless group of nerds and the women that love them (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:26 (ten years ago) link
made it home by 5:10 with only one express detour to Newkirk Plaza.
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 00:16 (ten years ago) link
f/g badness at church ave fuuuuuuu
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:16 (ten years ago) link
Thanks to 25-min spacing between A trains at 4pm I was too late for volunteer mtg, now cannot resched intv for position I prob don't want anyway. Oh well.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:18 (ten years ago) link
mookie do you live in my neighborhood? i'm just off the church these days
― this harmless group of nerds and the women that love them (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:19 (ten years ago) link
Actually more than 25 mins, that's just how long I was waiting.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:19 (ten years ago) link
Just saw that getting off at Hoyt-Schermerhorn. May have to take 23 to transfer to 7 at TS to get back to Queens. Which is probably at log easier than what others will have to do.
― Wild Mountain Armagideon Thyme (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:20 (ten years ago) link
i live in carroll g, same as ever. it's a pleasant evening walk from jay street, which was a total shitfight
― mookieproof, Friday, 24 January 2014 00:49 (ten years ago) link
I knew this thread was gonna get bumped tonight. commute suuuucked.
― chinavision!, Friday, 24 January 2014 00:52 (ten years ago) link
why do ya think they call it the F train?
since I live off the Ditmas, forks, I now curse the extension of the G every day.
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 January 2014 01:33 (ten years ago) link
On the 7 now after catching 5 at Borough Hall . As I passed through the Fulton Mall on my way to the station I espied a vehicle with NCC-1701-D U.S.S. Enterprise painted on the side.
― Wild Mountain Armagideon Thyme (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 January 2014 01:38 (ten years ago) link
mookie do you live in my neighborhood? i'm just off the church these days― this harmless group of nerds and the women that love them (forksclovetofu),
― this harmless group of nerds and the women that love them (forksclovetofu),
Hey guys, Bergen Street here...are there a lot of ILXors in the County of Kings?
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 24 January 2014 02:00 (ten years ago) link
jimmy mod is also a bergen streeter, when he's not gallivanting about the globe
― mookieproof, Friday, 24 January 2014 02:04 (ten years ago) link
i still miss jersey citysadface
― this harmless group of nerds and the women that love them (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 January 2014 02:16 (ten years ago) link
signal problems on the E in Queens tonight. it ain't nuthin really.
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Friday, 24 January 2014 02:35 (ten years ago) link
So my roommate showed me a story about a guy who got hit by a train + decapitated two years ago on the L
Fuck, man
― 龜, Friday, 24 January 2014 07:00 (ten years ago) link