Comments on: Reason #7219 to Not Ride the Bus http://blacknell.net/dynamic/2008/07/31/reason-7219-to-not-ride-the-bus/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:46:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: MB http://blacknell.net/dynamic/2008/07/31/reason-7219-to-not-ride-the-bus/#comment-48186 MB Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:13:32 +0000 http://blacknell.net/dynamic/?p=1070#comment-48186 At least two, aren't there? Man. At least two, aren’t there? Man.

]]> By: Jimbo http://blacknell.net/dynamic/2008/07/31/reason-7219-to-not-ride-the-bus/#comment-48185 Jimbo Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:04:34 +0000 http://blacknell.net/dynamic/?p=1070#comment-48185 There is really bad Cadel Evans joke in there someplace, but I'm not going to stoop to that level. There is really bad Cadel Evans joke in there someplace, but I’m not going to stoop to that level.

]]> By: Plin http://blacknell.net/dynamic/2008/07/31/reason-7219-to-not-ride-the-bus/#comment-48178 Plin Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:43:51 +0000 http://blacknell.net/dynamic/?p=1070#comment-48178 I am the exact same way about buses. I never took a bus in Philly--I preferred to walk to the subway station (anywhere between two and five miles) in any kind of weather, and take two subway trains to school. I think I could have ridden a single bus from a stop two or three blocks from my apartment. Hate buses. I'm pretty sure they're air-conditioned here now, but I'm waiting for the light rail before I venture onto local public transport. The only time I ever enjoyed a bus ride was when I was nine, and I rode Greyhound all by myself from St. Louis to Columbia (MO) to visit my sister at college. Your linked story makes me shudder retroactively. I am the exact same way about buses. I never took a bus in Philly–I preferred to walk to the subway station (anywhere between two and five miles) in any kind of weather, and take two subway trains to school. I think I could have ridden a single bus from a stop two or three blocks from my apartment.

Hate buses. I’m pretty sure they’re air-conditioned here now, but I’m waiting for the light rail before I venture onto local public transport.

The only time I ever enjoyed a bus ride was when I was nine, and I rode Greyhound all by myself from St. Louis to Columbia (MO) to visit my sister at college. Your linked story makes me shudder retroactively.

]]> By: Amit http://blacknell.net/dynamic/2008/07/31/reason-7219-to-not-ride-the-bus/#comment-48177 Amit Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:31:54 +0000 http://blacknell.net/dynamic/?p=1070#comment-48177 you should atleast try the Bolt Bus. free wi-fi all the way to NYC for $20 you should atleast try the Bolt Bus. free wi-fi all the way to NYC for $20

]]> By: MB http://blacknell.net/dynamic/2008/07/31/reason-7219-to-not-ride-the-bus/#comment-48176 MB Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:13:08 +0000 http://blacknell.net/dynamic/?p=1070#comment-48176 Yeah, I should probably have put a warning in there. The news story is likely unexpected. ~ Well, if the chasm gets so big you have to take a bus across it, it's all up to you. But if it's bikeable . . . Yeah, I should probably have put a warning in there. The news story is likely unexpected.

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Well, if the chasm gets so big you have to take a bus across it, it’s all up to you. But if it’s bikeable . . .

]]> By: Peej http://blacknell.net/dynamic/2008/07/31/reason-7219-to-not-ride-the-bus/#comment-48175 Peej Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:09:47 +0000 http://blacknell.net/dynamic/?p=1070#comment-48175 Um. wow. That was gruesome to read. *** I love, love, LOVE buses--I make a point to take at least one bus ride one in any city I've been to. Bus surfing (which is made more fun by the short stops that traumatized you!) was a huge part of my early teenage years (and also while taking buses in PV, Mexico, as an adult, incidentally.) I could've had a career as a contortionist from riding buses back home (trying to not get squashed by my female copassengers, while attempting to avoid getting pinched/poked/prodded by the male ones spilling over to the women's section.) My preferred mode of transportation from suburbiahell to NYC is actually the Greyhound commuter buses in the early hours of the morning and then the ones very late at night to come back.I guess I should think twice about that, now. (Not really. I probably worry more just walking around in daylight.) *** Man, that chasm's growing wider every day...! Um. wow. That was gruesome to read.

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I love, love, LOVE buses–I make a point to take at least one bus ride one in any city I’ve been to. Bus surfing (which is made more fun by the short stops that traumatized you!) was a huge part of my early teenage years (and also while taking buses in PV, Mexico, as an adult, incidentally.) I could’ve had a career as a contortionist from riding buses back home (trying to not get squashed by my female copassengers, while attempting to avoid getting pinched/poked/prodded by the male ones spilling over to the women’s section.) My preferred mode of transportation from suburbiahell to NYC is actually the Greyhound commuter buses in the early hours of the morning and then the ones very late at night to come back.I guess I should think twice about that, now. (Not really. I probably worry more just walking around in daylight.)

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Man, that chasm’s growing wider every day…!

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