NY is fucked ...

[KILL TULLY]

Not quite I can only remember one possible strike in the last three years. There may be some this christmas tho

That said NY is already fucked in the long term, I believe. Due to the weight of buildings on Manhattan the island is isostatically readjusting, and - from what I understand - the subways would already be partially flooded if it wasn't for the water being pumped out. I'm sure they'll figure something out tho

Really? I'm guessing your from there, so you know more then me. All I know is when I visited london my causins warnned "just watch out for strikes" and low-and-behold, there was one about 2 days later. They said it was commonplace...

 

[lurch70]

fucking Unions ... I hate them motherfuckers ... dealt with them before ... they cater to the lazy ...

i would fire all these striking fuckers.

some people cannot do the math ... they asked for 6% raise over the next 3 years ... the MTA gave them 3/ 4 / 3.5 ... how fucking stupid people are ...
that miniscule amount broken down over 52 weeks and then taxed ... it's like fucking peanuts anyway ... literally ...

and Mnahattan is built on a rock harder then Van Dammes chest ... it's not landfill

 

[Russell]

Really? I'm guessing your from there, so you know more then me. All I know is when I visited london my causins warnned "just watch out for strikes" and low-and-behold, there was one about 2 days later. They said it was commonplace...

We've had periods of regular strikes, not sure when the last one of those was. I would imagine when Ali lived here (80's sometime?) they were really frequent, but not so much now. At least, I haven't been cuaght out by one in the last three years

 

[lurch70]

Really? I'm guessing your from there, so you know more then me. All I know is when I visited london my causins warnned "just watch out for strikes" and low-and-behold, there was one about 2 days later. They said it was commonplace...

they just shut the subways down after like 2 am or something ... which makes no sense

 

[Russell]

they just shut the subways down after like 2 am or something ... which makes no sense

Earlier than that. It's fucking stupid. We have 24 hour busses but no tubes between 1 and half five.

 

[KILL TULLY]

they just shut the subways down after like 2 am or something ... which makes no sense

Yea I know that, they where talkinga bout actuall strikes. And one happend. Didn't last very long though.

 

[Hell Mike]

Most of Scandinavia is also currently undergoing isostatic readjustment after the last deglaciation.

Where I live the land rises about one centimetre a year, QUITE FASCINATING and absolutely possible to notice changes in ones lifetime

 

[KILL TULLY]

The HIgh School here sinks an inch and a half every year. It was built on a swamp by some really smart people.

 

[lizard]

I hope the local authorities don't receive a call about a long haired guy with "Heavy" and "Metal" tattoos on his arms loitering around the local high school.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

I'm going to London in the spring (I think), with JayK, and I'm going to defecate on ChiefB's head.

 

[KILL TULLY]

I hope the local authorities don't receive a call about a long haired guy with "Heavy" and "Metal" tattoos on his arms loitering around the local high school.

One time I visited my old highschool pretty drunk with another friend, named Pete, and we heard over the walky talkies on the janitors and stuff.

"Do not let Peter Campbell and James Tully into the building, if you see them, escort them out."

It was glorious.

 

[lizard]

I've never been back to my old high school in Carlisle, PA. I drove past it once though.

 

[lurch70]

interesting stats ...

• 7 million-plus -- Daily commuters affected
• 30,000-plus -- Transit workers on strike
• $440 million-$660 million -- Daily economic loss to city
• $1 million -- City damages sought against Transport Workers Union on first day
• 490 -- Subway stations affected
• 244 -- Bus routes affected
• 10,693 -- Buses and subway cars affected
• 55.7% -- New York City residents who don't own a car
• 23 F -- Temperature in New York at 9 a.m. ET

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Dude, I have heard some HORROR stories from friends who live in the outer boroughs and work in Manhattan.

- walking across the Brooklyn Bridge
- waiting 3 hours in line at the LIRR station uptown to purchase a ticket
- leaving his pad at 6:45 AM, not getting to work downtown until 11:15 AM

 

[lurch70]

there is a LIRR station around my house in Queens ... I have never seen anything like I did today ...

maybe some 250-300 people waiting on line the street to buy tickets ... and this was not even rush hour ... it was at 1pm !!!


total flashbacks at lines in ROmania ... except then they were for toilet paper

 

[lurch70]

I'll give it to The New York Times ... sometimes they just have it dead on ...
NY put up with way too much shit ...

Back in warm television studios, sipping coffee at their desks, local anchors debated headgear, natural fiber socks and the exact wind-chill factor as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, followed by hundreds of pedestrian commuters, crossed the Brooklyn Bridge on foot in a leather bomber jacket and jeans. (Rebel without a limousine.)

Inevitably, reporters and commentators lapsed into OnlyinNewYorkSpeak, shaking their heads in wonder at the can-do spirit of people who walked or shared rides to work. A former deputy mayor, Randy M. Mastro, said that "New Yorkers are the most resilient people on the planet" - as if the inhabitants of Minneapolis or Brussels routinely panic during strikes and fall to pieces. And actually, by Day 2 of the strike, a civilian meltdown or two might have provided better television images; there are only so many times you can show a subway entrance closed with yellow police tape or helicopter shots of stalled highway traffic. A grown man throwing his packages to the ground in front of Macy's and howling in rage and pain would have been refreshing.

 

[lurch70]

well, you see ...

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

so tell me again how awesome it is to live in a ridiculously huge city

Yeah, I realize union & labor strife couldn't possibly happen anyplace else.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

*shrugs*

Shit happens.

 

[lizard]

"can do spirit"

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