Posts Tagged ‘Metra’

Good Christ, it’s cold!

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Current temp is -1°…feels a hell of a lot colder…here’s what I had waiting for the train this morning:

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How long till the airlines follow this lead?

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Man, this sucks…they’re taking lavs out of Metra trains to put in some more seats…feh!
Guess I ought to lay off the beers at the Rail Club before I get on.

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Good night, you Pilsners of Wisconsin, you Ales of Pennsylvania!

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And so ends the glorious life of Metra’s Bar Car. At least I can still grab a 24oz can at the Rail Club to get me where I need to go while tracking it up north!

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$4.25/gallon gas == Packed Metra

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I have rarely, if ever seen it this packed on the 745am train.

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Fire…heh heh…fire!

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Little bit of a fire caused us to go slow on the train ride home. Looked nasty.

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Public transit is anti-climate? huh?

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So, what the hell is up with the person that scrawled this? Aren’t we supposed to choose public transit whenever possible over cars? I mean, if I needed to get from home to downtown (as, say, like every workday), wouldn’t a bike take all day to just get there…*sigh* some people.

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Reason #585,789 why Tarpy loves Metra

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Drinking. Beer. On. The. Train.

Awesome

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How early was I up?

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So early that this was the Davis Street Metra Station…at 6:30 A.M. Feh.

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SRO on Metra == Sucking Ass

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Here’s a picture of what my morning commute looked like:

I spent from Evanston Main Street to Ogilvie standing in the stairwell…feh.

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