35 years arround boston and never rode the subway... - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

thefishingfreak · 08-10-2006, 07:08 PM

so i get out of jury duty monday in downtown cambrige.. and there's the train right accross the street.. i'm thinking hey now,, i'll bet i could take that all the way home to arlington {alwife} then a bus to my house..
so I ask the ohh so plesant train ticket lady.." i need to get back to arlington" she sais "get on this train it will take you right there"

i'm like "sweet" i pay the 1.25 hop on the train.. sure enough "arlington" 4'th stop.. so i get off in the dark tunnel i'm thinking this don't feel like arlington.. so i go up the stairs to the outside world and whear am I??? right in downtown boston on "arlington" street..

so i call my wife she sais "get back on the train and take it to park st. and then get on the red train to ARLINGTON{alwife} good enough...
so i go back inside and pay another $1.25 and get on the next train.... whear does that take me?? even further out of the way

ok so now i'm wise to the whole north/south thing.. so i say to myself "i gotta get off this train,,, go accross the street and get to the other side of the tunnel and get on the train going the "other" way"... so there I go up to street level,, cross the street and go back down to the other side... pay another $1.25 and wtf

i'm still on the same side..
i'm like dam i need a gps.. so i finally go back up to street level,, go DIAGONAL accross the street and back down to the subway.. AHA!!! i did it.. pay ANOTHER $1.25 and hop the right train to park street and then to the red line ond on to alwife {ARLINGTON}..
whear my lovely wife and kids were waiting with an iced coffee and a kiss

next time i'll take a cab

justplugit · 08-10-2006, 07:31 PM

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next time i'll take a cab

Prolly would be chepa.

MrHunters · 08-10-2006, 07:35 PM

end of the story was sweet.

the funniest part of the story is not even reading it.. but just looking at all the smiley heads hitting a brick wall.

JohnR · 08-10-2006, 07:43 PM

Hehehehehe - sorry, not trying to enjoy your misery.. Back when I was about 10-11 years old I'd take my dime for ice cream and take the Green Line to the Orange Line to all the other lines, would get a transfer ticket wherever I could and ran all over the greater Boston Area on the T... Got jumped twice, pick pocketed once, and now that I'm older it was a little stooopid

thefishingfreak · 08-10-2006, 08:11 PM

some good sight seeing on those trains

lotta riff-raff but also lotta eye kandy too.

that is if your lookin'

BigFish · 08-10-2006, 08:21 PM

And you were!

Gotta take the train Monday afternoon for the Sox game....not taking my new truck into the Fens!

Fishpart · 08-10-2006, 08:27 PM

You can get anywhere on that squiggily drawing from Park Street without having to pay anything extra. Once saw a lucky bass turd get an air start while riding ther green line

CAL · 08-10-2006, 09:18 PM

That's funny 'cuz I've been there about 20-25 years ago when I was in college

You have to look at the front car on the train when it comes in, that will tell you where it's going. Alewife is the last stop on all northbound Redline trains I think. If that lady put you on a train to Arlington station then you were on the green line. That's the most confusing of all the T lines.

Getting to Park St. will get you anywhere you wanna go, you just have to be able to read the maps.

Going out and back into the station is definately gonna cost you. Every station I've been at you can you can turn around and go back to the other side of the tracks and head back where you came from without going through a turnstile.

Raider Ronnie · 08-10-2006, 09:24 PM

I take the train maybe 1 time every 2-3 years
Worst thing about the train is the smell !!! especially when they go underground!!!

RickBomba · 08-11-2006, 01:42 AM

I'll tell you guys one thing, as a transplant from WMass via New York, the Cape and Jersey, I got here in '96 and wouldn't ride the T until I figured it out.
Now that I have, can't believe that thee's a bus that picks me up in front of my house in Waltham and brings me right to freakin Fenway, or to those many Bugaboo meetings downtown, and all I have to do is make the right interchanges, and it puts me back home...no drinking and driving ever!!!
I love the T, but it really took me 5 years to figure it out.
Sorry TFF, always follow the redline outbound and you're gonna get close to home.
Remember that Park is the place to get it downtown, if you're on any line, Park is readilly accessible to the Green, Blue and Orange.
Also, take it from a boy who grew up in Holyoke, MA.
Stay off the orange line unless you got the brass knuckles!
Later,
Rick

UserRemoved1 · 08-11-2006, 04:40 AM

dood please tell me you weren't dragging that tuna carcass and a filet knife with you

Van · 08-11-2006, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by thefishingfreak

some good sight seeing on those trains

lotta riff-raff but also lotta eye kandy too.

that is if your lookin'

You needed your GPS and a backup compass. !!!!!

The best thing of the MBTA is the new silver line to Logan, I go to S station, pay 1.50 and the bus drops me off in front of the terminal.

We have a free shuttle from work to S station, so the longest walk with luggae is to the gate. !!!! Talk about eye candy, hanging around the airport for a couple of hours I get dizzy !!!!

gone fishin · 08-11-2006, 08:50 PM

Congrats Mike - You have become the new Charlie on the MTA!!

It's impossible to get to the courthouse from Arlington and pahk u kah in time for the jury stuff.

thefishingfreak · 08-11-2006, 08:59 PM

yeah i got a ride in there in the morning.
jury duty is whacked..
you have to sit for one day, or one case.
the case was anticipated to go two weeks.

and they don't even validate parking or feed ya.

gone fishin · 08-11-2006, 09:15 PM

Mike - I got called and picked for a case - lasted a week and a half. really sucks. When you get picked they pay 50 buks a day. WOW they call that comp. Oh well gotta do your dooooty.

kevin d · 08-12-2006, 07:57 AM

The last time I rode in Boston was 1980. Luckily the girl I was visiting knew it really well or I'd have been lost.
I liked the Metro in DC though. Simple maps and simple directions. Clean and safe too.

"uffah!!" · 08-12-2006, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by thefishingfreak

yeah i got a ride in there in the morning.
jury duty is whacked..
you have to sit for one day, or one case.
the case was anticipated to go two weeks.

and they don't even validate parking or feed ya.

The price you pay to be a US Citizen!!

reelecstasy · 08-12-2006, 10:05 AM

Freak

Subway n0ob

I rode the train for the past 5 yrs into town

Gave it up, sick of the BC High kids and loud foriegn chatter the whole way in, grabbing the bars and having it be mysteriously slimmy. Seeing people cutting their nails, or worse.
So now I pay $21 plus gas to park in the basement of my building

But it is worth every penny, drink my coffee, smoke like a chimney and crank tunes...

justplugit · 08-12-2006, 11:10 AM

"Did he ever return,

no he never returned,

and his fate is still unlearned,

he's still ridin neath the streets of Boston,

and his fate is still unlearned"

Swimmer · 08-12-2006, 11:38 AM

Subway sucks.................