FTA: "We get a couple of guitars each year. We've even had bikes turned in," said customer service rep Anthony McDowell. "That's really odd. How do you get to some place without your bicycle if that's how you came?"

The best explanation I know of is that the bikes were abandoned by people who stole them for a getaway and wanted a quick way to ditch them.

lots and lots of bibles abandoned by riders convinced they were already in hell.
*snicker*

No mention of Charlie.

/obscure?

musashi1600: FTA: "We get a couple of guitars each year. We've even had bikes turned in," said customer service rep Anthony McDowell. "That's really odd. How do you get to some place without your bicycle if that's how you came?"

The best explanation I know of is that the bikes were abandoned by people who stole them for a getaway and wanted a quick way to ditch them.

I blame booze.

What the article does not tell you is that articles that manage to stay on the trains until they reach the repair shop (not turned in to officials out on the road) never get turned in. I haven't bought an umbrella for years.

Clete Orris: No mention of Charlie.

/obscure?

Know how I know you don't live in Boston or take the T?



Lyrics to the song are posted at the Symphony stop.

Curious: Clete Orris: No mention of Charlie.

/obscure?

i'd buy that for a nickel.

obscure? on fark? shirley you jest.


Don't call me...

pudgyv: What the article does not tell you is that articles that manage to stay on the trains until they reach the repair shop (not turned in to officials out on the road) never get turned in. I haven't bought an umbrella for years.

And I'd imagine that your food bill is quite low too. What with the abandoned breast milk.

enry: Clete Orris: No mention of Charlie.

/obscure?

Know how I know you don't live in Boston or take the T?



Lyrics to the song are posted at the Symphony stop.

Been to Boston once, and didn't ride the farking train. Mooned the Green Monster, though...

Tom Paulin: And I'd imagine that your food bill is quite low too. What with the abandoned breast milk.

Wonder what that tastes like in coffee...

pudgyv: What the article does not tell you is that articles that manage to stay on the trains until they reach the repair shop (not turned in to officials out on the road) never get turned in. I haven't bought an umbrella for years.

This is the level of service I suppose that kinda explains why the red line is constantly farking up.

"We get a couple of guitars each year. We've even had bikes turned in," said customer service rep Anthony McDowell. "That's really odd. How do you get to some place without your bicycle if that's how you came?"

Being shiat-ass drunk, that's how. In my days of heavy drinking, I boarded a northbound train at Quincy Center, drunk as all getup. At some point I fell asleep and woke up at Alewife, and my wallet was taken from my pocket.

enry: Clete Orris: No mention of Charlie.

/obscure?

Know how I know you don't live in Boston or take the T?

Lyrics to the song are posted at the Symphony stop.


Damn now that dong is stuck in my head. Thanks.

depmode98:
This is the level of service I suppose that kinda explains why the red line is constantly farking up.

And sadly, the red line is the most reliable line by far...

I imagine the bibles were left by people trying to "spread the word of god". Think Gideons for the homeless people.

Clete Orris: No mention of Charlie.

Old Charlie stole the handle.

ubermensch: I imagine the bibles were left by people trying to "spread the word of god".

I just thought of a great way to piss off idol-worshiping pseudo-Christians, without having to spend any of my own money.

Well, except for some matches and lighter fluid.

Massachusetts as a whole is a miserable place. From the crappy south shore to the over-priced a**hole laden north shore... Boston would be perfect for the next Snake Plissken movie.

// One question: which one of you a**holes gets to die trying to stick me?

Knowing how fundies behave, I don't think those Bibles were "accidentally" left there. They wanted someone to pick one up to be converted.

Probably some free narcotics to be split amongst the staff as well.

I'll take the buddha, you can have the pills
The skinny hollow faced guy can have the powdery stuff.

OtherLittleGuy: I was hoping for more obscure Charlie reference by the number of lunch sandwiches lost.

/you can eat and drink on the T
//suck it, Metro cops

After fighting with the blue-liners at Govt. Center to get an E-line train, I better be able to munch on my scone and have my coffee.

advres: Having the B right outside my door I think this t-shirt is appropriate.

I hate the people that ride the Green Line. And for some reason, all of our MBTA-gropers prefer the Green Line to do their diddling.

I found a reason to bike to work everyday on the T.

dumpstertize: Tom Paulin: And I'd imagine that your food bill is quite low too. What with the abandoned breast milk.

Wonder what that tastes like in coffee...

Sweet

Don't ask//
Not a proud moment///

Ever seen someone drunk enough to fall down most of the Porter Sq stairway before? I have. Twice.

Sum Dum Gai: Clete Orris: No mention of Charlie.

Old Charlie stole the handle.

Wow. That comment made me wonder if Jethro Tull was referencing the song I meant... Never thought about that before.

Thanks for tying it together for me.

I guess people never bother to go to the lost and found, assuming that whatever they left on the T is gone forever.

In the rental car business, it's mostly CDs, glasses, phone chargers, and baby socks.

People usually come back for the garage door opener, the parking permit, and the WIC checks.

Clete Orris: No mention of Charlie.

/obscure?

Check out this site. (new window)

Notice anything?

/unavailable for comment...
//possibly obscure?

As much as people in Boston love to biatch about the T, once you've lived somewhere else with inferior transit service (almost the entire rest of the country save like three cities), you really appreciate it for what it is.

Yeah, the green line is slow as shiat and the B is a terribly overcrowded bus for lazy college students (and at night drunk ones). Yeah shiat breaks down and there's delays sometimes. Yeah it shuts down at night and they killed the night-owl service (assholes).

But it's still better than all but maybe three or four other cities. Considering it's not even close to the top 4 population-wise, that's not bad.

pandabear: fizzix_is_fun: And sadly, the red line is the most reliable line by far...

Not really. The switches and associated signal controls at the junction of the Braintree and Ashmont legs fails every time it rains or snows. Every time. If you live in Cambridge, no problem. If you live in Quincy, you plan on the ride taking an extra 15 minutes. (17 minutes is the scheduled time from Wollaston to Park Street.)

The green line D train is the most reliable by far.

things are always changing, though.
The D is certainly the most reliable once it gets past kenmore, but while it's in the shared central subway it gets bogged down by the traffic of all the other branches. The red line signal problems on the south side are a giant pain in the ass, and let's not forget the lovely track issues they had forever where the trains slowed to a crawl for, what, years?

The orange line is janky but now that they finished the signal work on the north side of downtown, it should be decently reliable. Ditto for the blue line with its new trains, even though all the stations had to be rebuilt because the contractors cheaped out the first time.

So yeah, they've all got issues. At least you're not stuck waiting for a G in new york (BURN!).

They don't even make an effort to contact the owners of the passports and wallets. With a name and address, it'd only a few minutes to find and call them. I guess it's too much like work, eh?

also when you call them they only actually look in the box about one in five times. They just say they don't have a one of those in the lost and found box the only way to be sure is to keep calling back till they take the time and look. Often things will miraculously appear when you get a different person on the line.

fizzix_is_fun: depmode98:
This is the level of service I suppose that kinda explains why the red line is constantly farking up.

And sadly, the red line is the most reliable line by far...

NYC MTA would laugh at these shenanigans, but laughter isn't in the budget.

From the bottom of that page

D_Moran: They don't even make an effort to contact the owners of the passports and wallets. With a name and address, it'd only a few minutes to find and call them. I guess it's too much like work, eh?

Or the phones.

Check the contacts. Phone Mom.
Hello. Your son or daughter lost their phone.

I suppose this is as close to being allowed to steal from
the customers they can get without being in administration.

PS: Your own cell number should be in your contacts.

PS: Your own cell number should be in your contacts.

Errr... Work number, Some land line. You know what I mean.

pandabear: fizzix_is_fun: And sadly, the red line is the most reliable line by far...

Not really. The switches and associated signal controls at the junction of the Braintree and Ashmont legs fails every time it rains or snows. Every time. If you live in Cambridge, no problem. If you live in Quincy, you plan on the ride taking an extra 15 minutes. (17 minutes is the scheduled time from Wollaston to Park Street.)

The green line D train is the most reliable by far.

Despite your regular experience of the "D" line being at least 10 years old, I believe that statement still holds true, although only for very small values of "reliable".

/cool story, bro
// he really is my bro