The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[Larks2242 251]

3751.

Ugh trains, so annoying when your on the dixie hwy

[airman15 4,111]

3752

I normally take the train once a month by Amtrak's Capitol Corridor. The only thing that annoys me is that I can get off in Rocklin, but I can't board here, I have to go all the way to Sacramento to board.

[Chptrk 86]

3753.

I took a train downtown with my aunt the past two summers when I was working in her office. We drove into the city like, once...and it was terrible. Can't imagine having to do that every day.

[Duke87 1,070]

(3754)

They have stations you can get off at but not on? How does that work for return trips?

  Edited May 22, 2011 by Duke87  

[Timmystwin 201]

3754

Thats a good question.

[Larks2242 251]

3755.

Wonder when we will hit the halfway point.

[Vahr 341]

3756

Woah, we're [almost] halfway there, woah livin on a prayer

[Chptrk 86]

3757.

I got nothing...

[Frdm920 50]

3759

Number correction.

I take the train every (working) day, fastest way to get to uni.

Also @ Astro, seems QR are thinking of implementing free wi-fi on their trains

[Duke87 1,070]

(3760)

Let's hold the Bon Jovi until we're actually halfway there.

[Larks2242 251]

3761.

Whats a Bon Jovi?

[astronelson 339]

3762.

*Slaps Larks*

Frdm920: Yay! I'd be able to use the internet on the train if I still lived in Queensland.

[Frdm920 50]

3763

Frdm920: Yay! I'd be able to use the internet on the train if I still lived in Queensland.

Or just whenever you go back there

[Timmystwin 201]

3764

Damn i put the wrong number last time. Must stop doing that.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

3765

I'm happy I've never had to commute by train the entire time I've lived in Japan. In Osaka and Saitama I could simply walk to work. Here in Izu, they hooked me up with a (very, very, very, crummy) car. Gas is expensive but my crummy little car gets pretty good mileage and I don't really have to drive very far, not like if I lived back in Toledo. I hate riding the trains. Hate it. I value my freedom.

[Duke87 1,070]

(3766)

Trains aren't freedom limiting if they run frequently enough. Which they certainly do on the line I ride to work.

And hey, as much as I love driving, I wouldn't want to be driving to work. Traffic and parking considerations aside (I do work in Manhattan), I enjoy taking the train for one simple reason: I can sleep on the train in the morning. Driving offers no such luxury.

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

3767

Currently in Fresno, we have a bus system(And a trolly downtown), but the city is proposing to have a BRT(Bus Rapid Transit), streetcars, and light rail into the city by 2020.

[Larks2242 251]

3768.

*Slaps Larks*

Frdm920: Yay! I'd be able to use the internet on the train if I still lived in Queensland.

Yo, that ain't nice

  Edited May 22, 2011 by Larks2242  

[Duke87 1,070]

(3769)

Larks, a recommendation... next time someone mentions a music artist you haven't heard of, either look them up on Google/Wikipedia/Youtube or keep your mouth shut. If you admit to everyone that you don't know who we're talking about by asking "who's that?", you bring the resulting laughter and embarrassment upon yourself.

Bon Jovi is a band from the latter 80's and 90's. They had a few hits, their most notable and the one in reference in this case being "Livin' on a Prayer". Surely you've heard the song before even if you don't recognize the band name.

Many of you are probably a tad young to have experienced such, but it's also a very popular song in bars.

  Edited May 22, 2011 by Duke87  

[Chptrk 86]

3770.

My friend got free tickets to see Bon Jovi last summer at Soldier Field. It's a terrible place for concerts, but he invited me and you just don't turn down free tickets.

And I do like Bon Jovi, of course. So I was pretty happy with the whole thing.

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

3771

I wonder why ST was down twice today.....

[astronelson 339]

3772.

ST was down twice? I must have missed both.

[DCMetro34 576]

3773

I was trying to get on during one of them.... but it is was only a few minutes 'til it came back up for me.

[Muck308 55]

3774

I nearly missed a page.

[astronelson 339]

3775.

Personal palindromic post count post. Not important enough for a milestone though. This is my 5,445th. 110 more will be a better one.

[Frdm920 50]

3776

Well that's my last major assignment before exams done

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

3777

I'm waiting for post #80085 because I am incredibly immature for my age.

Duke87, living in a city definitely changes the conversation about trains. As much as I hate riding them, trying to drive into Tokyo when we were living in the 'burbs would have been an absolute, expensive nightmare (highway tolls, gas, parking, etc). That's why I aim to be in the countryside (unless I get a chance to live in Osaka again).

Also, I thought Larks was joking and was prepared to laugh with him.

[Duke87 1,070]

(3778)

No, Larks isn't joking. He knows nothing about music that isn't rap.

[Skimbo 304]

3779

commuting and nightmare?... Today I had to change S-bahn and metro lines three times to arrive at school, the line I normally use could not be set in operation due technical issues - that's a nightmare

[9988 428]

Everyday when I go to school I must use 4 different lines. That's even worse nightmare.