NY is fucked ...

[MadeInNewJersey]

"can do spirit"

that's hilarious. what choice do people have but to cope?

Point taken, but NEW YORKERS are well-known for not being phased by pretty much anything.

 

[lizard]

true...that's because you have to put up with so much

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

I'm gonna smack you.

 

[Demonspell]

Fuck the transport union...get your greedy shameless asses back on the job immediately, and stop dreaming about sitting on your bum with full pension at fifty.

 

[lurch70]

yeah, no shit ... what are unions good for in modern times???

I say fire their asses and hire 30,000 asians for the job (shouldn't be too hard to find or train in 2 days) ... and watch the transit system run like clockwork.

Unions are nothing more than protecting the lazy .... fuck me ... retire at 55 ???

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Fuck the transport union...get your greedy shameless asses back on the job immediately, and stop dreaming about sitting on your bum with full pension at fifty.

For someone as left-leaning as you Demon, this is an awfully right way of thinking. :Spin:

 

[Demonspell]

For someone as left-leaning as you Demon, this is an awfully right way of thinking. :Spin:

I just don't approve of the bastards walking off and screwing it to everybody and grinding the city to a halt just because they want more money in their pockets...I'm not entirely anti-labor, union membership runs in my family.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Hey, I don't approve of it either, believe me, but then again, I'm not very leftist.

 

[lurch70]

the thing is the people they really fucked with this is the working man, who cannot afford to pay $20-$30 a day in transportation fees.

and this pension they are figthing for is not really going to affect them, it's for the next gen of employees, ones that were not even hired yet.

I bet you, if you go on the picket lines and pull one of the momo's to the side and ask him "exactly" what this is about ... he will not know.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

That's true with 99.9% of all labor strife though lurch. Simply be being a part of the union they either must go along with the union decisions, or cross the picket line (which amounts to cutting off their legs, really). Doesn't mean they have to understand or even necessarily agree with what the union dictates is going to be done.

 

[lurch70]

looks like it's over!

Bloomberg is holding a press conference on TV now ... I like this guy more and more ... he is pretty soft spoken, but he got balls for sure.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Yeah, it's over. Trains to begin running at either midnight, or very early in the AM, I forget which.

 

[NAD]

unions completely lost their purpose years ago. it was once a useful tool for the working man to say FUCK YOU to the big corporations and be able to actually be heard, now it's just some typical political bullshit that only causes hassles for everyone involved.

i'm glad i don't work union, ugh.

 

[lurch70]

this whole thing was a bullshit powerplay for the ones in charge ...

 

[lurch70]

allegedly there are 720 miles of subway tracks in the 5 boroughs ... how's that?

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

up & down, left & right, and back again

 

[lurch70]

this is just a cool photo from today ...
a little trivia for you outsiders:

This is the 7 train that runs from Manhattan to Flushing, Queens. It has something special going for it, as the neighbourhoods it passes encompass about 240 different types of nationalities. Literally every stop has a different type of nationality prevalent.

This pic was taken in Sunnyside, Queens a predominantelly Irish and Romanian area. There is a club actually on this street that I go to sometimes to get loose and funky. Lots of Tibetan Sherpa chicks ...

that is all ...

EDIT: this 7 line is also sometimes called THE ORIENT EXPRESS as it's final stop is the second largest Asian community in NY (Gugs you should move there)

 

[NAD]

that is a really cool picture though.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

I honestly can't fucking stand Asians. It's like, hey! You've been here for 17 years already, learn to fucking speak English.

Also, the 7 line is more known for being the shithead line that goes to Shea, where the fucking Mets play.

 

[lurch70]

weren't you banging asians for awhile?