6:17 PM Blowjob To Montauk
A couple of days ago, I was sitting in my room & talking to my sister on the phone. She had a story about her commute home that I just had to share with all of you.
She started off by telling me that her commute home was a blast from the past. A couple of years ago, it was very common for her to take the 6:17 Montauk train that started in Jamaica. However since she has since moved from her previous location, she had not taken it in a little over 2 years.
When she arrived at the platform, she saw pretty much the same exact riders from the past who were standing in the same exact spots on the platform to board. Call me crazy but living in a routine like that would drive me insane. Anyhow…. the ride was going smoothly as she relaxed after a long day at work although it was going to be short lived.
One of the riders she remembered from the past was sitting on the left side a few rows up & across from her as she sat on the right. He had a female with him & they were talking amongst themselves. She wondered who she was as it was clear by the conversation that they were not married & she remembered he was from overhearing conversations in the past.
The one thing I give my sister is that like me, she is very in touch with her instincts & they are deadly accurate. She explained that he seemed way too giddy as if he knew he was going to get some enjoyment. Let’s face it, men give it away when something is about to happen as they are like a kid in the candy store.
As the train emptied out, the two of them started to become way too quiet all of a sudden. My sister noticed that they also switched the seats they were in although they stayed in the same exact row. My sister immediately thought that she was giving the man a blowjob.
Once again, her instincts were dead on! When the train would approach a station, they would mysteriously start talking & making conversation in case people would walk by. When the train left a station, the woman’s head mysteriously disappeared & then would start to bob in that way.
As she told me this story, I started to initially laugh & simultaneously think of ways I would bust them (no pun intennded!) just to mess with them. I am not one of these people who are against older people having sexual relations. Good for them as they don’t let them being older stop them. However is the inside of a LIRR car a necessary place? Not that I am encouraging this but why not go to the bathroom & just do it there.
I told my sister that when it was time to get off (once again no pun intended!), she should have made some smart ass comment to let them know that she knew what was going on. It would have been hilarious! While she has no idea when she will be on that train again, I told her that she has to get a reaction out of them. If she does, I’ll let you all know.
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Service Diversions 02-11-11
I have just updated the Service Diversions page with the latest planned work for the weekend, next week, & beyond (in some cases). I suggest printing out a copy before heading to your destination. If you have an internet capable handheld device, you can use it to access the mobile version of this site.
The next update will be at 5:01 AM Monday when the weekend diversions are removed & all subsequent work is moved up. As always, stay safe & have a wonderful weekend.
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A F Train That Never Came…..
Today’s New York Daily News features a story about how MTA Board Members would be more understanding of riders’ gripes if they had to wait for a train that never came. It all began at the 23rd Street station where riders waited over 30 minutes for a 
train that was never going to come due to it being diverted.
The sad part was that no announcements were ever made & as the platform continued to get packed, one 
train after another came & went. Even a 
train mysteriously passed by! It was not until a conductor on a train urged riders to board the train to catch the later due to it being rerouted. Pete Donohue has more:
News comes dropping slow into the subway.
For those MTA board members who don’t seem to fully understand why riders gripe so much, here’s a scene from the Manhattan underground.
A handful of straphangers were on the Queens-bound F and M train platform at 23rd St. the other day. It was warmer than the tundra above, but still cold enough for you to see your breath.
More than 30 minutes passed without an F appearing. There wasn’t a single announcement. No explanation. No suggested options. Nothing.
A half hour doesn’t seem like much time when sitting in a toasty office overlooking Broadway or Madison Ave. It’s an eternity standing on a slab of concrete facing a wall of tiles that reminds you of your high school’s bathroom.
“It’s running. It’s running,” the token booth clerk said when a rider asked about the express.
Technically, he was correct. It just wasn’t running to that particular station.
The public address speakers were equally useless. One emitted a steady stream of white-noise static. Another squeaked like a child’s rubber duck repeatedly being stomped. A third buzzed like an electric shaver left on in perpetuity.
Three Queens-bound local M trains came to the station. So did an errant B train. Finally, an M train conductor told the express-pining riders to board her local as the F was rerouted.
“I didn’t know that. I’ve been standing here for 20 minutes,” said Nicole Smith, 32, a private chef from Hoboken, N.J. “That’s ridiculous.”
Matt Colombo, 28, a salesman from Union City, N.J., wasn’t surprised by the information void.
“They never say anything, and if they do, you can’t understand them because the speakers are so old,” he said.
Click here for the complete report.
I understand the point Pete was trying to make with this story. However I feel he missed the main angle that should have been played. This story is a perfect poster child for why real time information boards need to be installed at all stations. While the story did briefly touch on them, I feel it did not do so enough.
To the MTA’s credit, they are planning to double the amount of stations with boards by the end of the year. However I really hope the timetable can be faster for all stations. It is completely unacceptable that passengers are on a platform for a half hour waiting for a train that was never going to come.
This also shows how the agency continues to have a disconnect issue between employees in terms of information. The worker at the station told people the was running which was correct. However they failed to say that the train was not running at this specific station & it is easy to assume because they did not know. In this day & age, I find no legitimate reason possible as to why employees do not have real time information. I am disgusted by this whole situation.
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Amtrak To Announce Gateway Tunnel Project
What the Gateway Tunnel would look like if built out. Photo courtesy of The Star-Ledger via Amtrak & Google Maps.
Over the past month, one of the biggest stories in our region was the death of the ARC project by Gov. Christie under the disguise of fiscal responsibility. The tunnel which would have helped increase commuter rail service between New York & New Jersey would have been a great addition to the region’s transportation network.
Fast forward to today where New Jersey Senators Frank Lautenberg & Robert Menendez along with Amtrak are expected to announced a new commuter tunnel project similar to ARC, that would be called “Gateway”. Mike Frassinelli of The Star-Ledger has more:
Amtrak’s top executive and New Jersey’s two U.S. senators Monday are expected to announce an alternative to the Hudson River commuter-train tunnel that was killed by Gov. Chris Christie in October. The “Gateway” tunnel proposed by Amtrak would largely follow the same footprint as the canceled nine-mile Access to the Region’s Core tunnel from Secaucus to New York City, but connect to new tracks in an expanded New York Penn Station instead of dead-ending deep under West 34th Street, representatives for U.S. Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez said tonight.
Detractors referred to ARC as the “tunnel to Macy’s basement” for its proximity to the landmark department store and supposed lack of connectivity to other transit hubs in Manhattan. The Gateway tunnel would allow 13 additional NJ Transit trains per hour — from 20 to 33 — and eight more Amtrak trains. The ARC project would have allowed 25 extra NJ Transit trains per hour.
“I’m in my late 60s, and I was just hoping and praying I’d see the day when there would be another Hudson River tunnel,” New Jersey transportation expert Martin E. Robins said. “My hopes have been rekindled.”
Many hurdles will have to be overcome, including finding federal and local funding for a project that could cost upwards of $10 billion. But Amtrak officials say they believe the tunnel fits in well with President Obama’s vision for infrastructure improvements in America and high-speed rail in the Northeast Corridor from Boston to Washington, D.C.
The hope is to have the Gateway tunnel built in a decade.
Click here for the complete report.
On one hand, I am glad to hear about plans for improving our region’s transportation infrastructure & network. However on the other hand, I have some concerns over this project. The ARC project was not perfect but it did increase the amount of New Jersey Transit trains by a decent amount per hour. This project would almost cut that in half. The positive I do see is that the length of the tunnel is superior to that of ARC.
I must ask though, should I really get excited for this project? I ask this because where is the money coming from? While Gov. Christie won’t be able to kill this project, the amount of money it will take to complete it is daunting. Hopefully our elected officials can understand how vital of a project this is & find a way to help fund it.
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Service Diversions 02-07-11
I have just updated the Service Diversions page by removing all of the weekend work that wrapped up by a minute ago. The planned work for this week & beyond in some cases has been moved to the forefront.
For Metro-North Railroad customers, remember that indefinite cuts to the New Haven line begin this morning.
I suggest printing out a copy before heading to your destination. If you have an internet capable handheld device, you can use it to access the mobile version of this site. The next update will be sometime on Thursday or Friday after I received the planned weekend diversions from the MTA directly.
As always, stay safe & have a wonderful week.
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