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Old 02-02-2009, 04:08 PM
 
Location: Bergen County, NJ
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took lirr -huntington line for three years... had to take percocets in order to not find myself in jail. i wasnt designed for 19th century travel. and averaging 50 miles an hour ..for old men and women might be just fine , but for me time is passing much quicker ,need 21st century solution,, kinda like great britian, france, germany, japan, china has. in the year 1900 it took lirr one hour to travel 40 miles..from syosset to penn.. in the year 2009 it takes lirr one hour to travel 40 miles.. cant pay for that. ill take my car average 70 miles hour Get to work much faster and not have to deal with young minority criminals on sub -way... unless of course new york actually upheld the constituional of right to bear arms, then i can protect my self


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instead only cops and criminals are allowed to carry weopans in new york(DIFF SUBJECT).. so i'll take a pass on the LONG ISLAND RUSTY RAIL.. ya ya ya very angry man... i guess im not a lawyer making $500 an hour living in oyster bay cove..they have nothing to be angery about do they..time passes slowley for them. they take the oyster bay branch, the pearl of the lirr lines.add extra 25 minutes for 18th century rail road performance.

so when the conductor asks next time how is your day you can ignore him or put him the gap.
I was liking your post until your veered on a John Rockerish racist rant.

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Old 02-05-2009, 05:50 AM
 
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Default express for the oysterbay line.

why in the hell does oyster bay not have express line??????????


time to manhattan 90 minutes..wich of course makes it irrelevent., and not usable for sanity reasons.
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Old 02-05-2009, 05:52 AM
 
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sorry...percocets. but not racism,just factism..i love all civil; educated humans
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Old 02-05-2009, 05:56 AM
 
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unforutnatley, thats only about 20% of human population,, and that reside above the equater,,with the exceptions of australia and new zealand.
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Old 02-05-2009, 07:17 AM
 
Location: Miller Place NY
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Is it "racism" to say that the seat on the double-deckers, are NOT made for Western physiques, but for smaller and slighter, Oriental physiques ?

Try being JAMMED in a crowded car, when, in some seats, you have you knees JAMMED up into your own chest, and your neighbor's elbows are poking into you, everytime they shift in their seats ?

AND THAT'S NOT ALL...how's about getting KLUNKED in the head, by someones brief case coming down on you, in those small overhead racks ?

AND those Cheap-o's who take the train to the plane, and go through the SMALL, NARROW ailes, JAMMING ALL THEIR OVERSIZED LUGGAGE INTO YOUR ANKLES ?

I guarantee you, FOR A TWO HOUR RIDE, you are thinking of it, BUDDY !

And LOTS of other things, too !
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Old 02-05-2009, 07:18 AM
 
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why in the hell does oyster bay not have express line??????????


time to manhattan 90 minutes..wich of course makes it irrelevent., and not usable for sanity reasons.

Try 2 hrs from Port Jeff.

Less than 60 miles.

Useless.

crooks
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Old 02-05-2009, 09:06 AM
 
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What's the starting salary and the max? Just curious. Thanks.


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you could say that about many other civil servants, but you're right - the money ticket takers get paid compared to what they actually do is a joke.
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Old 02-05-2009, 10:01 AM
 
Location: Nassau, Long Island, NY
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Is it "racism" to say that the seat on the double-deckers, are NOT made for Western physiques, but for smaller and slighter, Oriental physiques ?

Try being JAMMED in a crowded car, when, in some seats, you have you knees JAMMED up into your own chest, and your neighbor's elbows are poking into you, everytime they shift in their seats ?

AND THAT'S NOT ALL...how's about getting KLUNKED in the head, by someones brief case coming down on you, in those small overhead racks ?

AND those Cheap-o's who take the train to the plane, and go through the SMALL, NARROW ailes, JAMMING ALL THEIR OVERSIZED LUGGAGE INTO YOUR ANKLES ?

I guarantee you, FOR A TWO HOUR RIDE, you are thinking of it, BUDDY !

And LOTS of other things, too !
I have never had the pleasure of taking the double-decker train, so I don't know if it also has a very annoying and destructive design flaw the newer regular trains do:

The arm-rest on the end of the aisle, instead of being a solid panel like the older trains, is just a horizontal slash of plastic extending out at elbow length that is not attached to the bottom of the seat in any way. I always have to be careful to make sure my purse strap or jacket does not get caught on it! My brother-in-law ripped a suit on one of these arm-rests and sent the LIRR the tailoring bill to repair it (which they paid). Other people I know have also had problems with it. I suppose besides being "mini-people," the designers of the train actually never rode on a train in full office gear or they would never have "designed" such an arm-rest.
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Old 02-05-2009, 10:12 AM
 
Location: Miller Place NY
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I have never had the pleasure of taking the double-decker train, so I don't know if it also has a very annoying and destructive design flaw the newer regular trains do:

The arm-rest on the end of the aisle, instead of being a solid panel like the older trains, is just a horizontal slash of plastic extending out at elbow length that is not attached to the bottom of the seat in any way. I always have to be careful to make sure my purse strap or jacket does not get caught on it! My brother-in-law ripped a suit on one of these arm-rests and sent the LIRR the tailoring bill to repair it (which they paid). Other people I know have also had problems with it. I suppose besides being "mini-people," the designers of the train actually never rode on a train in full office gear or they would never have "designed" such an arm-rest.
I don't think they were "designed", per se.

The inside accoutrement' is some leftover Soviet trains, that used to transport human cargo to the Gulags !

Just like those "cattle car", wide, NYC subway cars...memories of the Holocaust !
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Old 02-06-2009, 07:37 AM
 
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funny, i agree. but if the trains actually moved forward at a 21st century velocity, you wouldnt mind the design as much.
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