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I biked to work again today.
Wasn't I going to do it Wednesday-Friday this week?
Wasn't I going to do it Wednesday-Friday this week?
Attempt at commute repair: successful
Thanks, Eastern European couple. And cyclist I knew who offered food.
*Finally*,
I biked to work.
It's no coincidence that it happened today.
The previous time was 10 years and 2 jobs ago.
It's no coincidence that it happened today.
The previous time was 10 years and 2 jobs ago.
And the commute ended,
as they so often do, with crashing through the bushes into my workplace.
Next train confusion
Me: They should fix the Next Train signs. I just missed that train because I didn't know which one was next.
Conductor of Braintree train: The Ashmont train always leaves first.
M: That doesn't make sense. The train that got here first leaves first.
C: The Ashmont train leaves first because the Ashmont line is shorter, and because it's rush hour until 8 pm.
M: How's it different during rush hour?
C: The Ashmont train leaves first during rush hour.
[another Ashmont train pulls in]
M: What about right now? That Ashmont train isn't leaving before your Braintree train.
C: They should fix the Next Train signs.
Conductor of Braintree train: The Ashmont train always leaves first.
M: That doesn't make sense. The train that got here first leaves first.
C: The Ashmont train leaves first because the Ashmont line is shorter, and because it's rush hour until 8 pm.
M: How's it different during rush hour?
C: The Ashmont train leaves first during rush hour.
[another Ashmont train pulls in]
M: What about right now? That Ashmont train isn't leaving before your Braintree train.
C: They should fix the Next Train signs.
The good thing about huge traffic jams is ...
... that when they predictably occur, you can use them to catch a bus you missed, even if the next stop is three quarters of a mile away.
I love WJIB because...
...it inserts big band and Joni Mitchell songs into my subconscious while I'm trying to wake up.
Today I saw an unattended, suspicious package on the T
and I ate the contents.
T bus rant of the arbitrary time period
Taking your bike on the bus is great -- I sometimes do it myself.
But bus bikers, *please* get out of the way of the bus after you take your bike off the rack. Don't get on your bike right in front of the bus and then start riding slowly. The 30 other people on the bus just waited for you to take your bike off the rack, so it's the least you could do to let the bus get moving again, and maybe catch the next green light.
You'd think the second person who did this would have noticed how annoying it was when the first person did it.
A separate thought: now that the bike racks are getting more popular, what will happen when a third biker wants to use it once both slots are full, and the next bus isn't for an hour?
Stay tuned for the next rant: people who load $1.25 on their Charlie Card using the bus farebox, *every single trip*.
But bus bikers, *please* get out of the way of the bus after you take your bike off the rack. Don't get on your bike right in front of the bus and then start riding slowly. The 30 other people on the bus just waited for you to take your bike off the rack, so it's the least you could do to let the bus get moving again, and maybe catch the next green light.
You'd think the second person who did this would have noticed how annoying it was when the first person did it.
A separate thought: now that the bike racks are getting more popular, what will happen when a third biker wants to use it once both slots are full, and the next bus isn't for an hour?
Stay tuned for the next rant: people who load $1.25 on their Charlie Card using the bus farebox, *every single trip*.
Snatched a bus from the jaws of missing it
I saw my bus while I was still a 1-minute jog from the bus stop, and assumed I'd miss it. But I could tell something was up when I saw the driver and a passenger standing outside looking at the front of the bus.
Turns out they couldn't get the bike rack unfolded, due to an earlier incident when the bus had been pushed by another bus. As a result, I caught the bus, and the friendly driver let the guy bring his bike on board.
Turns out they couldn't get the bike rack unfolded, due to an earlier incident when the bus had been pushed by another bus. As a result, I caught the bus, and the friendly driver let the guy bring his bike on board.