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.)

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.

It's raining again. it really needs to stop that.

RIGHT NOW!

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.

llama

they are running wild in the thread

Llamas are the new goat?

"Llamas are dangerous, so if you see one where people are swimming, you shout [Cuidado, llamas!!] 'Look out, there are llamas.'"

TWU's website says:

If your tour has started, report immediately. If not, at your scheduled report time. If you are RDO, on your next scheduled shift.

If you can’t report to your location, report to the nearest location as if it was a snow emergency.

Gee, I wonder what would prevent someone from being able to report? If only there were some kind of public transportation they could take...

llama

It's going to be 60° here tomorrow. Does that seem right to you?

^

am confused.