I rode a subway for the first time in my life this past weekend (1 Viewer)

[TheIronSheik]

Pretty uneventful, but I couldn't get the song from the beginning of The Warriors out of my head every time we went down into a station.

On a side note, my body is so sore from walking all over the city. I'm not a marathon runner, but I'm not out of shape, either. I'd say I'm somewhere around the middle of that, maybe slightly above. But my legs, back and hips hurt like I ran back to back marathons. Getting old blows.

 

[T Bell]

Good for you?

 

[Rayderr]

Did you follow it up by eating at Subway for the first time in your life?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Did you follow it up by eating at Subway for the first time in your life?

I was just going to ask which one is more dangerous.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Good for you?

Thanks. It's one of my crowning achievements. One less thing on my Bucket List.

 

[xulf]

Pretty uneventful, but I couldn't get the song from the beginning of The Warriors out of my head every time we went down into a station.

On a side note, my body is so sore from walking all over the city. I'm not a marathon runner, but I'm not out of shape, either. I'd say I'm somewhere around the middle of that, maybe slightly above. But my legs, back and hips hurt like I ran back to back marathons. Getting old blows.

So didn't try the subway until the end of your trip?

 

[TheIronSheik]

Did you follow it up by eating at Subway for the first time in your life?

Who do I look like, Evel Knievel?

 

[mquinnjr]

Did you follow it up by eating at Subway for the first time in your life?

Speaking of songs you'll never get out of your head, "Cruncha muncha, cruncha muncha, cruncha muncha cruncha muncha, Fritos on my sub!"

 

[TheIronSheik]

Pretty uneventful, but I couldn't get the song from the beginning of The Warriors out of my head every time we went down into a station.

On a side note, my body is so sore from walking all over the city. I'm not a marathon runner, but I'm not out of shape, either. I'd say I'm somewhere around the middle of that, maybe slightly above. But my legs, back and hips hurt like I ran back to back marathons. Getting old blows.

So didn't try the subway until the end of your trip?

No. Rode the subway almost everywhere. But when we got out to walk around the sights, we were walking all over the place.

 

[NREC34]

NYC? Did you get that urine smell?

 

[TheIronSheik]

NYC? Did you get that urine smell?

Oh, yeah. I believe urine was the Excrement du Jour in most stations.

 

[E-Z Glider]

Pretty uneventful, but I couldn't get the song from the beginning of The Warriors out of my head every time we went down into a station.

On a side note, my body is so sore from walking all over the city. I'm not a marathon runner, but I'm not out of shape, either. I'd say I'm somewhere around the middle of that, maybe slightly above. But my legs, back and hips hurt like I ran back to back marathons. Getting old blows.

You're sore from walking and you think you're in slightly above average shape?

 

[Ignoramus]

Pretty uneventful, but I couldn't get the song from the beginning of The Warriors out of my head every time we went down into a station.

On a side note, my body is so sore from walking all over the city. I'm not a marathon runner, but I'm not out of shape, either. I'd say I'm somewhere around the middle of that, maybe slightly above. But my legs, back and hips hurt like I ran back to back marathons. Getting old blows.

You're sore from walking and you think you're in slightly above average shape?

I get sore from sitting and I think I pulled a muscle sneezing this morning, so yeah, Sheik is pretty much Charles Atlas.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

This reminds me of my favorite Jerry Springer moment ever.

This redneck woman has been cheating on her trailer trash husband, and she brought him on to break the news to him. He's visibly upset and continually repeating, "How could you do this to me?" Things began to get more heated.

Redneck Woman: "You don't pay me no mind. You're always busy with work."

Redneck Man: "But I'm home every night, Lurleen!"

RW: "So what?? Even when you're home, you're workin'!! You never see me bringin' work home!"

RM: "YOU WORK AT SUBWAY!!"

Followed by the crown chanting, "Subway slut! Subway slut!"

 

[mquinnjr]

This reminds me of my favorite Jerry Springer moment ever.

This redneck woman has been cheating on her trailer trash husband, and she brought him on to break the news to him. He's visibly upset and continually repeating, "How could you do this to me?" Things began to get more heated.

Redneck Woman: "You don't pay me no mind. You're always busy with work."

Redneck Man: "But I'm home every night, Lurleen!"

RW: "So what?? Even when you're home, you're workin'!! You never see me bringin' work home!"

RM: "YOU WORK AT SUBWAY!!"

Followed by the crown chanting, "Subway slut! Subway slut!"

 

[TheIronSheik]

My girlfriend and I are country through and through. Not like hillbilly, but we enjoy the slower pace of life and vast fields of emptiness in the country. Our 10 year old daughter, on the other hand, was mesmerized by the big city. We visited my best friend and his girlfriend who live there. They are very well off and live in a beautiful apartment across from the NYSE. They pay around 7 or 8 grand a month for the place.

Our daughter said she wouldn't mind living there when she grew up. I had to explain to her that if she lived in NYC, she most likely wouldn't have a place anywhere near as nice as theirs. At 10 years old, I don't think she quite understood just how much of a difference there would be between their place and a place for someone just starting out in NYC.

 

[urbanhack]

BLOG IT UP?

 

[TheIronSheik]

Pretty uneventful, but I couldn't get the song from the beginning of The Warriors out of my head every time we went down into a station.

On a side note, my body is so sore from walking all over the city. I'm not a marathon runner, but I'm not out of shape, either. I'd say I'm somewhere around the middle of that, maybe slightly above. But my legs, back and hips hurt like I ran back to back marathons. Getting old blows.

You're sore from walking and you think you're in slightly above average shape?

We were there from Friday to Sunday. And we probably walked around 15 to 20 miles.

Again, for 40 years old, I'm in slightly above average shape.

 

[urbanhack]

THE SUBWAY CRASHED IN CHICAGO THIS MORNING.

 

[Apple Jack]

This reminds me of my favorite Jerry Springer moment ever.

This redneck woman has been cheating on her trailer trash husband, and she brought him on to break the news to him. He's visibly upset and continually repeating, "How could you do this to me?" Things began to get more heated.

Redneck Woman: "You don't pay me no mind. You're always busy with work."

Redneck Man: "But I'm home every night, Lurleen!"

RW: "So what?? Even when you're home, you're workin'!! You never see me bringin' work home!"

RM: "YOU WORK AT SUBWAY!!"

Followed by the crown chanting, "Subway slut! Subway slut!"

 

[Parrothead]

next month - The Taxi ride

 

[tri-man 47]

THE SUBWAY CRASHED IN CHICAGO THIS MORNING.

Coincidentally or not, they just started a multi-year upgrade of that Blue Line this weekend. I'm sure we will hear a lot of theories about what went wrong.

 

[jamny]

THE SUBWAY CRASHED IN CHICAGO THIS MORNING.

LINK

 

[Parrothead]

So which Warrior were you?

 

[urbanhack]

THE SUBWAY CRASHED IN CHICAGO THIS MORNING.

Coincidentally or not, they just started a multi-year upgrade of that Blue Line this weekend. I'm sure we will hear a lot of theories about what went wrong.

I don't think it was related. That stretch they are working on right now is 10 to 12 stops from O'hare, where the accident happened.

 

[TheIronSheik]

So which Warrior were you?

I told my buddy I wanted to dress up in a baseball uniform and paint my face black and yellow. Just to see if I'd get any weird looks. Judging by 20% of the riders on the subway, I'm guessing "no."

 

[TheIronSheik]

THE SUBWAY CRASHED IN CHICAGO THIS MORNING.

I saw that. Glad I got my ride in this weekend. Because I'll never ride the subway again. Taking a page from the people in the Malaysia airplane crash thread.

 

[msommer]

THE SUBWAY CRASHED IN CHICAGO THIS MORNING.

I saw that. Glad I got my ride in this weekend. Because I'll never ride the subway again. Taking a page from the people in the Malaysia airplane crash thread.

I'll be visiting the big apple in a few weeks, around easter. But I have no 'first subway ride' to look forward to...

 

[TheIronSheik]

THE SUBWAY CRASHED IN CHICAGO THIS MORNING.

I saw that. Glad I got my ride in this weekend. Because I'll never ride the subway again. Taking a page from the people in the Malaysia airplane crash thread.

I'll be visiting the big apple in a few weeks, around easter. But I have no 'first subway ride' to look forward to...

I forgot to mention, we went to the WTC memorial and it was pretty moving. I was fighting back tears while standing there.

 

[E Street Brat]

next month - The Taxi ride

I've never been in a taxi or subway,

 

[Rayderr]

THE SUBWAY CRASHED IN CHICAGO THIS MORNING.

I saw that. Glad I got my ride in this weekend. Because I'll never ride the subway again. Taking a page from the people in the Malaysia airplane crash thread.

I'll be visiting the big apple in a few weeks, around easter. But I have no 'first subway ride' to look forward to...

I forgot to mention, we went to the WTC memorial and it was pretty moving. I was fighting back tears while standing there.

Did you pay the $25 to go in the museum?

 

[Apple Jack]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYULHHAzXYY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Mpn4zYlAA

 

[TheIronSheik]

THE SUBWAY CRASHED IN CHICAGO THIS MORNING.

I saw that. Glad I got my ride in this weekend. Because I'll never ride the subway again. Taking a page from the people in the Malaysia airplane crash thread.

I'll be visiting the big apple in a few weeks, around easter. But I have no 'first subway ride' to look forward to...

I forgot to mention, we went to the WTC memorial and it was pretty moving. I was fighting back tears while standing there.

Did you pay the $25 to go in the museum?

It wasn't open yet.

 

[Fariq]

Good for you?

Thanks. It's one of my crowning achievements. One less thing on my Bucket List.

Go back to NYC and ride the subway on a hot weekday evening in the summer in a packed car. You might not get a seat and you will be inches away from sweaty people.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Good for you?

Thanks. It's one of my crowning achievements. One less thing on my Bucket List.

Go back to NYC and ride the subway on a hot weekday evening in the summer in a packed car. You might not get a seat and you will be inches away from sweaty people.

No thanks. Like I said, I am a country boy. Not a big fan of large crowds. I had always wanted to ride a subway just to see what it was like. But no way I could ever do that every day of my life.

 

[Apple Jack]

D train to Coney Island to ride the Cyclone > all other subwayin'

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

I took a cab ride in NYC once. There were four adults and I agreed to ride in the front. I don't know enough to tell you where or what street we were on, but it was four lanes and we were headed towards the Statue of Liberty.

It beat the hell out of any amusement park ride that I had ever been on. He was in and out of cars, just missing by inches, accelerating in a second and stopping on a dime, cutting off cops who simply didn't care....it was fun.

 

[Apple Jack]

West Side Highway.

 

[(HULK)]

THE SUBWAY CRASHED IN CHICAGO THIS MORNING.

I saw that. Glad I got my ride in this weekend. Because I'll never ride the subway again. Taking a page from the people in the Malaysia airplane crash thread.

I'll be visiting the big apple in a few weeks, around easter. But I have no 'first subway ride' to look forward to...

I forgot to mention, we went to the WTC memorial and it was pretty moving. I was fighting back tears while standing there.

Did you pay the $25 to go in the museum?

It wasn't open yet.

Wear rollerblades to the Guggenheim. You won't regret it.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

West Side Highway.

Is that where I was?

 

[Apple Jack]

West Side Highway.

Is that where I was?

Probably, if you were in Manhattan.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

West Side Highway.

Is that where I was?

Probably, if you were in Manhattan.

It was. Being in that cab was awesome. (I don't get out much)

 

[E Street Brat]

D train to Coney Island to ride the Cyclone > all other subwayin'

Mmm Gyro

 

[Gianni Verscotchie]

I got in a NYC taxi riding through Times Square. Great night that was!

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

I've now hijacked your thread twice, Sheik GB. I'm sorry. Would you like me to request a HARD DELETE?

 

[TheIronSheik]

West Side Highway.

Is that where I was?

Someone is stalking you, apparently.

 

[TheIronSheik]

I've now hijacked your thread twice, Sheik GB. I'm sorry. Would you like me to request a HARD DELETE?

No worries. Everyone has intellectual property in here. Not just me. Besides, the thread was really just about NYC in general. I just wanted a catchy title.

 

[El Floppo]

My girlfriend and I are country through and through. Not like hillbilly, but we enjoy the slower pace of life and vast fields of emptiness in the country. Our 10 year old daughter, on the other hand, was mesmerized by the big city. We visited my best friend and his girlfriend who live there. They are very well off and live in a beautiful apartment across from the NYSE. They pay around 7 or 8 grand a month for the place.

Our daughter said she wouldn't mind living there when she grew up. I had to explain to her that if she lived in NYC, she most likely wouldn't have a place anywhere near as nice as theirs. At 10 years old, I don't think she quite understood just how much of a difference there would be between their place and a place for someone just starting out in NYC.

ah... so they live in a studio.

glad you and the family-type unit had a good time. I hope you obeyed the rules of the road here.

 

[El Floppo]

West Side Highway.

Is that where I was?

Probably, if you were in Manhattan.

Or FDR... 50/50 shot, so might as well claim one of them.

 

[Apple Jack]

West Side Highway.

Is that where I was?

Probably, if you were in Manhattan.

Or FDR... 50/50 shot, so might as well claim one of them.

Where are you seeing the SOL from the FDR? I guess I've never taken it all the way down to the tunnel, so I don't know.