Wow, the PATH was only $0.35 last time I rode it. Tempus fugit

juicy: Wow, the PATH was only $0.35 last time I rode it.

Get off my lawn PATH train!

/I remember the NYC subway being 35 cents in the late 70s

Oh yeah, and there was a stop at the World Trade Center.

:(

juicy: and there was a stop at the World Trade Center.

Still is.

/very creepy the 1st time I used the new station a few years ago and realized the escalators were in the same place.

In honor of the PATH, here is Teddy collecting for the shelter.

Bad: Last Any stop, Newark

FTFY

Maybe it's because I was born before home computers and such things existed, but it feels weird to say a subway line in the US has been around for a full century, now. It's great, and certainly an engineering feat we can be proud of, but it just feels a little weird.

Steam locomotives are one thing, but the NY/NJ rail? Totally different animal. And it's been here a hundred years. Amazing.

Also, I know I trolled you NJ Farkers kinda bad last time Newark came up in conversation, so to even out my bad karma I should point out that Newark is like any other city. There are crappy neighborhoods and there are great neighborhoods. I've met some good, honest people in Newark, even though the town's got a harsh reputation.

Parts of NYC, DC, Detroit, Chicago and Atlanta are at least as bad as the worst parts of Newark.

But I'm still glad I live down south, where we have things like fried chicken, grits and summer.

On the bright side the PATH does provide a convenient and inexpensive way to get the fark away from Newark.

Also, I used to work in Newark so I'm getting a kick out of this thread...

Actually, Newark's Penn Station is a very beautiful piece of architecture. On the inside. When you go outside, it goes downhill quickly.

It also celebrates the 100 year anniversary of when most of the Path stations were last cleaned.

That being said, I liked and used the Path until the Secaucus Transfer opened.

JerseyTim: In honor of the PATH, here is Teddy collecting for the shelter.

I hadn't seen that guy in years, I thought he died, then I saw him in Newark after a Devils game the other day. Still has them same ratty ass plastic bags stuffed with newspapers that he carries around for no apparent reason.

It's always the highlight of my day seeing people run out of the train when they see the Fare Inspectors coming aboard.

/takes l.a. mta trains to work

I might have to come home for lunch tomorrow!

onecanshort: I hadn't seen that guy in years, I thought he died, then I saw him in Newark after a Devils game the other day. Still has them same ratty ass plastic bags stuffed with newspapers that he carries around for no apparent reason.

Since YouTube appears to be down:


Teddy will never die!

That's pathetic.

JerseyTim: In honor of the PATH, here is Teddy collecting for the shelter.

Hah, Teddy!

/PATH every day baby

JerseyTim: onecanshort: I hadn't seen that guy in years, I thought he died, then I saw him in Newark after a Devils game the other day. Still has them same ratty ass plastic bags stuffed with newspapers that he carries around for no apparent reason.

Since YouTube appears to be down:


Teddy will never die!

Hmm I don't think that's the same dude I'm thinking of. The dude I'm thinkin of always has black pants, a white dress shirt, and a thin black tie on with a thin black jacket. He always has tapped up plastic bags with god knows what in em, looks like just old newspapers to me.

He says he's collecting for the "Bergen Lafayette Shelter"

"Also, I know I trolled you NJ Farkers kinda bad last time Newark came up in conversation, so to even out my bad karma I should point out that Newark is like any other city. There are crappy neighborhoods and there are great less crappy neighborhoods. I've met some good, honest people in Newark, even though the town's got a harsh reputation."

Fixed that for ya. Where are the good neighborhoods?

mosten: Where are the good neighborhoods?

The area nearest Rutgers is, well, less bad than the other areas of Newark.

Brawndo: That being said, I liked and used the Path until the Secaucus Transfer opened.

You thinking of the NJ Transit commuter rail?

clevershark: mosten: Where are the good neighborhoods?

The area nearest Rutgers is, well, less bad than the other areas of Newark.

If you're going to 'dis Newark at least get it right. The Ironbound is still a great and interesting place to get a meal.

I went to school in Newark from '95-'00 and ran through Branch Brook Park several times a week. Never had a problem. I took the ratty city "subway" from Penn Station to Warren street. You can meet lots of interesting folks that way

I now teach in Camden - another misunderstood and troubled city, but

I think most of you bashing Newark are probably liberal hypocritical pussies who are scared in any urban environment.

Kevin Federline: Brawndo: That being said, I liked and used the Path until the Secaucus Transfer opened.

You thinking of the NJ Transit commuter rail?

K-Fed - Yeah. I used to take NJ Transit to Hoboken and then the PATH to 33rd st. However, once the transfer station opened, I no longer needed it.

Kevin Federline: Brawndo: That being said, I liked and used the Path until the Secaucus Transfer opened.

You thinking of the NJ Transit commuter rail?

Back in the days before we built the Kearney Connection an excessive over-sized transfer station where the 6 rail lines (NEC, NJCL, M&E, Montclair-Boonton, Bergen/Main, and Pascack) meet, riders on the M&E, Montclair, Boonton (they were separate at the time), Bergen/Main, and Pascack lines had to go into Hoboken and then take the PATH from there. Only the NEC and NJCL provided service into Midtown.

onecanshort: He says he's collecting for the "Bergen Lafayette Shelter"

That's Teddy. He is getting old, both literally and figuratively. I don't see him that much anymore. He works the trains at random to avoid getting busted.

There is no "bergen lafayette shelter for the homeless".

Brawndo: K-Fed - Yeah. I used to take NJ Transit to Hoboken and then the PATH to 33rd st. However, once the transfer station opened, I no longer needed it.

Thanks - for some reason, I didn't put 2 and 2 together that pre-Secaucus, PATH would have been the logical way from Hoboken into Manhattan.

dbubb: njit?

By the way, any of you fools post on Hoboken411?

Barakku: That's PATHetic.

I see what you did there.

Heh, you know the fares are going up to $1.75 next Monday, right?

AND, I just bought my SmartTrip card on Friday, and now they're giving out vouchers for free ones?! I'm a little upset about that...

Anyone come across the dude that panhandles by singing Bach arias and other operatic pieces?

Ebolanyc, I occasionally comment on Hoboken411, just stir a few of them up. Of course, I do the same thing at the Zoning Board meetings too.

I haven't seen Teddy in a loooong time. Good to see he made youtube.

jurzdevil: dbubb: njit?

yup

irishjihad

Well, let's just say that I post there occasionally...
Being so EASY going, I fit right in.

Dare I ask what moniker you go by . . . ?

Don't tell me EasyE . . . ?

irishjihad: Don't tell me EasyE . . . ?

Ha.. Didn't think you would come back.

Yes. Don't take me too seriously. I've just spent too much time on Fark.

Woot. Newark thread.

/ex-njit
//Had an apt. on hill street.
///So very, very scary.

No sweat. I've got a thick skin. Fark's a playground compared to the old cruel.com. And 411 is sort of like a little jar you shake bugs up in, like when you were a kid.

What's spooky is that your profile sounds FAR too much like me. Down to age, height and weight. Scary stuff.

Surprise - they're upping the fare next week by 20% !!!!