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Rep Retirement Lodge #173: (Insert Title)
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Ugh. On my way home last night I heard the news that the MBTA was running the same limited schedule they ran on Monday. Yesterday it was a pain but manageable as it was a holiday and there were so few people commuting in. Today? Left my house at 7:15. Took 15 minutes to walk the long way to my T station, which is basically across the street. Five T police/transit workers in the station to prevent people from going to the platform and directing them outside where the shuttle buses are. Except there were none and there were a ton of people. Four buses did come by but they had people on them as they were coming from the previous two stations on the line. Each bus stopped in a different location causing chaos. So instead of three or four of the t police/transit workers helping to direct the chaos, people were left on their own.
Finally, the 5th bus came from the previous station and all the passengers were told to get off. No reason why. I had it at that point and was debating about going home and coming in later or driving to the Blue line. Then one of the regular buses that ends at my stop and heads back to the Wonderland T stop showed up. Wonderland is at the end of the Blue line in Revere. Even though it was the regular bus route, I jumped on it as it was not crowded and it had heat and I had lost all feeling in my toes at that point. Made it to Wonderland, got on a train which was empty (as it was the first stop). Took that to Boston where it crossed with the Orange line and waited for an Orange line train and it was crowded but not packed. Made it to my desk a little before 9:20. My co-worker comes in from New Hampshire and she made it here before me. Her commute took 2 1/2 hours but she had much longer to go. And now to hear that the MBTA said they wouldn't be back to 100% for about 30 days? Oy. And who knows what shape it will be in during the Frozen Four.
les - was it snowing up there? I think the only saving grace for this commute was that it wasn't snowing. It's still not snowing here in the city.
Ugh. On my way home last night I heard the news that the MBTA was running the same limited schedule they ran on Monday. Yesterday it was a pain but manageable as it was a holiday and there were so few people commuting in. Today? Left my house at 7:15. Took 15 minutes to walk the long way to my T station, which is basically across the street. Five T police/transit workers in the station to prevent people from going to the platform and directing them outside where the shuttle buses are. Except there were none and there were a ton of people. Four buses did come by but they had people on them as they were coming from the previous two stations on the line. Each bus stopped in a different location causing chaos. So instead of three or four of the t police/transit workers helping to direct the chaos, people were left on their own.
Finally, the 5th bus came from the previous station and all the passengers were told to get off. No reason why. I had it at that point and was debating about going home and coming in later or driving to the Blue line. Then one of the regular buses that ends at my stop and heads back to the Wonderland T stop showed up. Wonderland is at the end of the Blue line in Revere. Even though it was the regular bus route, I jumped on it as it was not crowded and it had heat and I had lost all feeling in my toes at that point. Made it to Wonderland, got on a train which was empty (as it was the first stop). Took that to Boston where it crossed with the Orange line and waited for an Orange line train and it was crowded but not packed. Made it to my desk a little before 9:20. My co-worker comes in from New Hampshire and she made it here before me. Her commute took 2 1/2 hours but she had much longer to go. And now to hear that the MBTA said they wouldn't be back to 100% for about 30 days? Oy. And who knows what shape it will be in during the Frozen Four.
les - was it snowing up there? I think the only saving grace for this commute was that it wasn't snowing. It's still not snowing here in the city.
JF_Gophers
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Scarlet do you have stuff to do that requires you to be in the office?
I'd save myself the commuting stress and work from home as much as possible.
Scarlet do you have stuff to do that requires you to be in the office?
I'd save myself the commuting stress and work from home as much as possible.
St. Clown
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Three questions for you: Are you working ATC now, as in the actual guy directing the pilots? Would a flight from MSP to PIT travel through your airspace using Great Circle calculations? How can a man go about avoiding such a nightmare?
And congrats!
Interesting day at work today. I got my ID badge on Friday. Get to the building at 3:25, run it over the scanner to get in, it beeps, door doesn't unlock. Tried the other two doors...same thing. Called the security company, and they said the would send an officer over. While I'm waiting, co-worker comes down to start his car, and lets me up....at 3:45. Supposedly, the problem is fixed. We'll see.
It was also nice to hear this morning from the guy I was training with (who has almost 20 years of experience doing this), that he was impressed by how quickly I was picking it up just out of ground school. He then became REALLY impressed when I told him this was only my 4th day actually working flights and I hadn't been to ground school yet.
Three questions for you: Are you working ATC now, as in the actual guy directing the pilots? Would a flight from MSP to PIT travel through your airspace using Great Circle calculations? How can a man go about avoiding such a nightmare?
And congrats!
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There is a possibility of doing that but I did not have my laptop with me so I did have to come in.
And to make this Tuesday even better, I was just told that I am now no longer going to lead the July 4th event, one of the parts of my job I love, and have it given to a co-worker and I get a different project that she works on that I cannot stand and was thankful that I was never a part of. Great.
There is a possibility of doing that but I did not have my laptop with me so I did have to come in.
And to make this Tuesday even better, I was just told that I am now no longer going to lead the July 4th event, one of the parts of my job I love, and have it given to a co-worker and I get a different project that she works on that I cannot stand and was thankful that I was never a part of. Great.
JF_Gophers
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Why are you flying to PIT? Or did you make that up just to tease MNS?
St. Clown
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I have a TON of family in the PIT area, my godmother's house is about five miles from the airport. When I was a kid, every summer included one or two trips out there for family visits. Usually we went by car, a few times by air as I got older. Some of my cousins are putting together a family reunion out there in June.
I have a TON of family in the PIT area, my godmother's house is about five miles from the airport. When I was a kid, every summer included one or two trips out there for family visits. Usually we went by car, a few times by air as I got older. Some of my cousins are putting together a family reunion out there in June.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuX4G3znpDE
Wouldn't need to be that big, but big enough to handle a 6 foot drift and toss it to the side.
Cheese and rice?? How hard is it to run a plow train around the system?? Get a diesel and put a big rotary on the front of it that has wings that can widen out the space to the side of the tracks as needed, and then strap some jet engine blowers to clear out switchpoints and other tight spots.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuX4G3znpDE
Wouldn't need to be that big, but big enough to handle a 6 foot drift and toss it to the side.
St. Clown
Ideas Posted are Likely Not My Own
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And outside of this year, how much use would Boston have for that type of specialized equipment? Something tells me that it wouldn't be considered an overly budget-friendly proposal.
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How much is Boston being affected with the system not at 100%? All they would really need is just one of them to handle the big snow dumps and with a little TLC, they would get decades of use of it. I think it would be a prudent investment in not looking like a bunch of wimps who buy the store out over a few flurries.
How much is Boston being affected with the system not at 100%? All they would really need is just one of them to handle the big snow dumps and with a little TLC, they would get decades of use of it. I think it would be a prudent investment in not looking like a bunch of wimps who buy the store out over a few flurries.
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OK seriously, do you NOT watch the news? Because this is probably the worst thing you could say right now.
OK seriously, do you NOT watch the news? Because this is probably the worst thing you could say right now.
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You're right, I should have said that it makes them look like New Yorkers.
You're right, I should have said that it makes them look like New Yorkers.
JF_Gophers
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I'm not really sure what good can come from taunting Scarlet on any day. No less a Tuesday during a 95 in. Snowfall winter.
I'd stop while still ahead.
I'm not really sure what good can come from taunting Scarlet on any day. No less a Tuesday during a 95 in. Snowfall winter.
I'd stop while still ahead.
You're right, I should have said that it makes them look like New Yorkers.
You need to stop. Now.
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C'mon how not-bright does he have to be to suggest the device he linked to for a dense urban environment? You expect him to show good sense?
C'mon how not-bright does he have to be to suggest the device he linked to for a dense urban environment? You expect him to show good sense?
St. Clown
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He was never ahead in this conversation. As soon as he proposed his idea he came out a negative in the standings, proposing something that's viable for the UP or a Rocky Mtn rail pass and not thinking about how it would work in a densely populated metropolis that's virtually buildings placed on top of buildings.
He was never ahead in this conversation. As soon as he proposed his idea he came out a negative in the standings, proposing something that's viable for the UP or a Rocky Mtn rail pass and not thinking about how it would work in a densely populated metropolis that's virtually buildings placed on top of buildings.
MavHockey14
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E l e!!
E l e!!
bigblue_dl
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c'mon guys, its not nice to pick on the mentally challenged.
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Sorry, I didn't think he was an SCSU fan.
Sorry, I didn't think he was an SCSU fan.
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