I'm fairly sure it is embarrassment at getting caught, rather than at having done the thing.

Go you Nora, with your plumber-calling self.

I saw you Frank, but thought that friendliness in the form of waving or smiling was considered verboten on the commuter rail. Also, your glasses reflected the light, and I couldn't tell if you were snoozing.

Waving is fine - just no conversation pre-caffeine.

I've discovered that no matter how tired I am, I can't sleep on the train in the morning. I can't say the same about the return trip. However, the first time you wake up in Gloucester with an hour and a half until the next train back tends to make one try to ensure that it's also the last time.

Sadly, this didn't prevent me from waking up at North Beverly on the very last train of the evening one time.

Waving is fine - just no conversation pre-caffeine

Heh, I was actually poking fun at the mood of the entire North Shore commuting population, in the morning. But, yeah, I hear you.

However, the first time you wake up in Gloucester with an hour and a half until the next train back tends to make one try to ensure that it's also the last time.

Sadly, this didn't prevent me from waking up at North Beverly on the very last train of the evening one time.

Oh, as usual, dear. I have gotten calls from Scott at the Reading Depot. It's okay if you fall asleep going into town, because North Station is the end of the line. But when you're outbound, and you don't live at the end of the line, it can be a problem. If he ever wakes up in Haverhill, he's on his own.

However, the first time you wake up in Gloucester with an hour and a half until the next train back tends to make one try to ensure that it's also the last time.

Bwah! In my many years of commuting, I never slept through my stop. But, I read through my stop MANY times. I'd just get so lost in my book that the next thing I knew I was at the end of the line. It got so bad for a while that the conductor learned to poke me the stop before mine and tell me to put the book away.

Ciao Bitches! A new thread as I find I need to run an errand....

later.....

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Not bad, for not being around much yesterday.

But when you're outbound, and you don't live at the end of the line, it can be a problem.

I remember the very first time it happened. I was only half dozing (or so I thought), and I heard the word "Ipswich" very loud and clear. Which, if your stop is Salem, is not a word you should be hearing once you've left North Station.

Ah, new thread.

I've never commuted by train to work. I've always wanted to, if only for the extra time to read - when I took BART back and forth to summer classes, I read a ton of books.

Nothing quite like being in class but not yet quite sober at 9:25 a.m.

Remind me not to have so much fun next Monday. I'm finding it very difficult to pay attention.