watch out for falling ice--two people have already been hurt on Michigan Avenue today.
That gives me a callous gratification. Those signs at McGill would freak me out, but no one ever got hit, so I ended up thinking they were dumb.
Yeah... That went well.
Mal ,'Trash'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2005 9:37:26 am PST #4531 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sue - Dec 22, 2005 9:39:37 am PST #4532 of 10002
hip deep in pie
heh. My parents house is at the top of a 25ft hill that extends into a little used dirt road. I guess the snow on the bottom of the hill is getting a little thin so the kids are shovelling the snow from our yard and sending it down the hill on sleds. They also built a jump in the middle of the yard, but it seems too far from the hill to be any fun.
(We used to build jumps in the middle of the hill.)
brenda m - Dec 22, 2005 9:40:20 am PST #4533 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
two people have already been hurt on Michigan Avenue today.
Hah-ha
t /Nelson
I saw some woman get conked once in Montreal on St. Catherine. Knocked out cold, paramedics, the works.
Tom Scola - Dec 22, 2005 9:42:50 am PST #4534 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The strike is definitely actually over for real now: [link]
Lee - Dec 22, 2005 9:45:32 am PST #4535 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yay!
msbelle - Dec 22, 2005 9:46:38 am PST #4536 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
No way we are gonna have service for the commute home though, so I am not so much caring. t /all about me
Jessica - Dec 22, 2005 9:51:15 am PST #4537 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
WOOHOO!
Yeah, the estimates for getting service running again have been 12-24 hours, so we won't be riding until morning rush hour at the earliest. (Of course, that's for trains -- I haven't seen anything about how long it'll take to get the buses running again.)
Jessica - Dec 22, 2005 9:54:35 am PST #4538 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
This was posted to the NYers LJ community, but I couldn't help but share it here.
A Sense of Fashion Is Lost in Transit:
THE cost of a transit strike to department stores and designer boutiques in New York during the week before Christmas and Hanukkah will undoubtedly be staggering. The cost to the greater cause of fashion could be even worse.
It was, after all, the transit strike in 1980 that led millions of New Yorkers to walk to work wearing business suits with running shoes, usually white. It was a look born of practicality, but one that commuters refused to cede when that strike ended, as if their long-term comfort was another chip on the union's bargaining table. Thus was born one of the worst fashion trends ever.
Lee - Dec 22, 2005 10:11:18 am PST #4539 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
It's raining again. it really needs to stop that.
RIGHT NOW!
Tom Scola - Dec 22, 2005 10:12:17 am PST #4540 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Message on the MTA's web site:
The TWU has recommended its members return to work. While we will work diligently to resume normal service levels, it will take anywhere from 10-18 hours to do so.