See, here hot cross buns are as ubiquitous as Easter Eggs. (Except I think they're officially a Holy Week food rather than an Easter food.)
Tracy: 'When you can't run, you crawl... and when you can't crawl, when you can't do that--' Zoe: 'You find someone to carry you.'
'The Message'
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Angus G - Apr 14, 2003 9:42:17 am PDT #3539 of 9843
Roguish Laird
Am-Chau Yarkona - Apr 14, 2003 9:44:27 am PDT #3540 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I've also heard tales of the tube just randomly breaking down and stopping, full of people, and waiting 20 minutes before starting again. The reason? "Leaves on the tracks"
I've been on them when that happened. All the regular travellers are very calm, because it happens all the time, and the ones who aren't used to it start to rant.
OTOH, the London tube can be very good. When it works, it works well, and the more modern parts can be excellent. It's just that the parts that aren't stick in your mind, and those are the stories you tell people, because 'the journey was fine' isn't worth reporting.
Kate P. - Apr 14, 2003 9:46:12 am PDT #3541 of 9843
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
From what I've heard, it's Oss-tralia, but the people are Ozzies (spelled Aussies).
Edit: And I rode the Tube and it was fine! t /boring-story-teller
Laura - Apr 14, 2003 9:47:25 am PDT #3542 of 9843
Our wings are not tired.
I noticed hot cross buns when grocery shopping this past weekend. Holiday thing.
Florida public transportation is awful. They are working on it, but a car is essential. I did manage to go almost 3 years with rarely driving when I lived in downtown Fort Lauderdale, I biked to work and shopping. Only used the car when leaving town.
Angus G - Apr 14, 2003 9:47:55 am PDT #3543 of 9843
Roguish Laird
From what I've heard, it's Oss-tralia, but the people are Ozzies (spelled Aussies).
Correct.
Madrigal Costello - Apr 14, 2003 9:52:15 am PDT #3544 of 9843
It's a remora, dimwit.
Leaves don't bother the buses, but they are known to stop to gawk at car accidents and have hit police cars - something that results in all passengers having to remain on the bus to give statements, esp when the driver takes off immediately after ramming the cop's car.
meara - Apr 14, 2003 9:57:56 am PDT #3545 of 9843
In DC there are any number of reasons for the trains to be backed up...sometimes during rush hour, it's just that you're too close to the next train, so you have to pause. Or occasionally, it's some kind of freakish malfunction. Sometimes bad things, like a train that jumped the tracks, or a guy who jumped onto the tracks...They stopped running the trains when we had the blizzard this year, but that was mostly understandable...
The London Tube freaked me out a little because it was so obviously old and the ceilings felt really low (edit: I was only in a few stations, so I have no idea if that's typical)--I guess I've spent too much time in DC, which is overly concrete-bunker-looking, but roomy!
Holli - Apr 14, 2003 10:01:47 am PDT #3546 of 9843
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
My theory about the D.C. Metro is that everyone would like it a lot more if they brought a few classes of kindergarteners in to paint murals on all those acres of concrete. It'd really brighten up the place.
Nutty - Apr 14, 2003 10:06:41 am PDT #3547 of 9843
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Also if it didn't smell like pee on a regular basis.
The Boston T is wicked slow and loud, and is full of quirks, but it hardly ever smells like pee.
Holli - Apr 14, 2003 10:09:09 am PDT #3548 of 9843
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
This is also a good point. Also, it would be nice to not get an overwhelming urge to wash your hands after holding on to the poles in the Metro cars for any length of time, but I'm aware that's about as likely to happen as Gregory Smith turning up on my doorstep with three pints of ice cream. More's the pity, alas.