Dashing Commuter » Train

When I was your age

DC — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:23:59 +0000

My father told me stories about commuting on the railroad and subways when he was my age. In the summer, before air conditioning, in heavy wool suits, before business casual, in the days before the “Clean Train Campaign.” Sounds like torture – I don’t even want to imagine. I can’t stand a train without A/C for more than a minute. Guess we shouldn’t complain.

For sale

DC — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:08:12 +0000

I sold my car before I moved to NYC. No need for one. Everything is in walking distance or accessible by subway or taxi.

Prime real estate

DC — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:25:45 +0000

If you’ve ever taken the Amtrak from NY to Boston, or even NY to Dobbs Ferry, the majority of the trip has amazing views along the water. Waterfront property wasn’t prime real estate back when these train lines were built? If Amtrak would move their tracks off the coastline by 100 yards, they would make a fortune. Instead, they’re going broke. California has the Pacific Coast Highway. We have the rails.

NYC entrepreneurialism

DC — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:05:03 +0000

My favorite NYC entrepreneurs: the guy who invented the little brown bag for “roadies” and the $3 throw-away umbrella.

Ignorance is bliss

DC — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:00:16 +0000

Ever see how excited a little kid gets during his first ride on the train? Compare that to how you feel now. Cheer up – it’s not that bad.

B & T

DC — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:11:42 +0000

For those of you not from NY – B&T is not a sandwich without the lettuce. This is a derogatory term used for kids from Long Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut who take the “bridge and tunnels” into Manhattan to party. As a former B&T’er, I wear this tag proudly. But thankfully I will never need wait in Penn Station for the “5:15” ever again.

Jamaica, not the cool one

DC — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:15:09 +0000

Why is it that the Port Washington line is the only one lucky enough to bypass Jamaica Station in Queens? Anyone on Long Island knows…Jamaica station is a complete clusterf–k. Port Wash should have to experience the pain too.

No fair.

Faux-cell-alarm

DC — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:46:31 +0000

Definition of fauxcellalarm from urbandictionary.com:

When you feel the vibration of your cell phone, but it is not vibrating (or you are not even carrying your phone).

I’m glad there is finally a word for this. I thought I was f—ing crazy.

Hold it

DC — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:44:24 +0000

Just a bit of advice: only use the bathroom in NY Penn Station in an emergency, and you have no other options. Or… if for some reason you were wondering what Mark Renton felt like in Trainspotting.

Change we can believe in

DC — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:43:06 +0000

When throwing your jacket onto the overhead storage rack, please take the change out of your pockets first. Getting nailed on the top my head with falling quarters really hurts.

Thank you.