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06-28-2005, 01:35 PM
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Canal Junkie
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Raynham
Posts: 1,678
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I hate NYC
Just got nexteled from my boss who is in DC...
SURPRISE! YOU GET TO GO TO THE NYC office tomorrow.
I hate NYC.. I never have a good trip going there... always delayed, or rerouted, or no hotels, etc. etc.....
and surprise again! possible T-storms tomorrow night..
*thrilling*
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aim: SaltedBrian
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06-28-2005, 01:43 PM
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lobster = striper bait
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Popes Island Performing Arts Center
Posts: 5,871
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other than park slope and the russian restaraunt on 9th yeah it kinda does suck
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Ski Quicks Hole
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06-28-2005, 01:50 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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Get up at 3 and drive.....That's what I do. by the time you get to the airport, check in your bags, board the plane, get off the plane, get your bags, get a cab and get to the office it takes about the same amount of time.
I used to do that when I had to go to our NJ office. I travel under my terms, stop when I want, listen to the tunes that I want.
I HATE the entire airport scene.
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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06-28-2005, 01:53 PM
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Canal Junkie
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Raynham
Posts: 1,678
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If it werent for the fact that the office was in the dead center of manhatten, I would seriously consider it..
particularly due to the fact that my wife just called and said her flight home from ohio was just delayed... gonna be more of the same tomorrow.. I am so excited!
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aim: SaltedBrian
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06-28-2005, 02:06 PM
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Which Way Did They Go
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Blackstone, MA
Posts: 1,147
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Accela Express.....Providence to NYC....no hassles....
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06-28-2005, 02:19 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,158
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Originally Posted by Homerun04
Accela Express.....Providence to NYC....no hassles....
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Except for the fact that all of the Acela trains have been grounded indefinitely due to structural problems on the cars 
That leaves you with regular Amtrak, and they don't run well during T-storms either---antiquated signals coming out of the east side tunnels into Sunnyside, complements of the Wrong Island Railroad.
And you definitely do not want to be driving there in any kind of bad weather 
The most hassle-free way to get from Providence to NYC? Believe it or not---fly Southwest from TF Green into Islip-MacArthur, free shuttle bus to the Ronkonkoma LIRR station, and 45 minutes to midtown. Not sure what Southwest charges now, but when it was $49, you could get here cheaper and faster that way than by taking Amtrak. |
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06-28-2005, 02:19 PM
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Canal Junkie
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Raynham
Posts: 1,678
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The Acela ties into my last NYC trip when I actually was coming home to Boston during that last snowstorm..
I was coming from DC, we circled Boston twice, tried to land then was rerouted to LaGuardia..
Not a hotel room in the city.. Me and another guy took the cab to Penn station to catch a 3am acela... that we couldnt get on because we showed up at 11:03 and Amtrak closed at 11.
So we waited for the 6am.. (there was some adventure in the middle of finding my boss who just happened to be in NYC etc...) I got back to Penn at 5am... the 6AM acela was canceled.
There was a normal commuter rail type at 6:45 that was on so I took it... 6 excruciating hours later... I was back in Boston.. got a car home.. got to the house... It was like 20F out.. reached for my keys and realized they were on the shelf 2 feet away from me on the inside of the house..
I was not happy that day.
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aim: SaltedBrian
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06-28-2005, 02:26 PM
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Which Way Did They Go
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Blackstone, MA
Posts: 1,147
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Except for the fact that all of the Acela trains have been grounded indefinitely due to structural problems on the cars
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Yikes...I didn't know....I made that 6 hour commuter trip once....if I had a razor blade I would have opened up my wrists right then and there.....absolute HELL.. |
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06-28-2005, 03:03 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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never mind
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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06-28-2005, 04:27 PM
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D'oh
Join Date: May 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 3,296
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yeah, now that the accella is down, it sux. regular train isn't that bad, though. at least you can walk around, and use your cell, and plug the laptop in, and get something to eat [[or drink]]...
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i bent my wookie
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06-28-2005, 06:03 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Fairhaven
Posts: 351
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They have replaced the acelas with metroliners that are only about 20 minutes slower. Not as comfortable but not 6 hours either.
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06-28-2005, 09:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NYC
Posts: 104
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If you think its tough to get TO NYC try escaping from it! I've been trying all my life and it keeps dragging me back.
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06-28-2005, 11:10 PM
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Registered LUser
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Mashpee, MA
Posts: 643
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Introduce your boss to tele-commuting. It's all the rage these days. Or console yourself with a lap dance at Lucky Chang's after work. Just be warned -- the women...well, they're not really women.  |
The worst day fishing is better than the best day working. ...Wait a minute, my work IS fishing. Sweet.
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06-29-2005, 03:15 PM
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Canal Junkie
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Raynham
Posts: 1,678
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I hate NY
but Im beginning to hate the weather more
TRAPPED IN LAGUARDIA
Weather shutting EVERYTHING down
Im holding onto a fading hope that the two planes on the runway in Boston will actually leave and head here soon... 4pm flight.. delayed till 530 at least
i should just take the train home... imust be a glutton for punishment...
thank god for wireless
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aim: SaltedBrian
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06-29-2005, 04:16 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: .
Posts: 5,935
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Well, actually, it's a little too late for you, but next time...
Drive to New Haven, CT. Park. (1.5 hour drive from Warwick, RI).
Take the Metro-North railroad from New Haven to Grand Central Terminal (2 hour express train).
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