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@checkmate, those are Xcelsiors (4800-series).

Since it's old news, no point in posting this in the bus moves thread.*

 

Saw 9613 and 9383 on Nostrand av both with FB stickers.

 

Yesterday had problems with 3519's farebox. I had a 30 day unlimited and kept dipping the card in the box, but it still had that read error sign. Being in Queens I wasn't waiting another 20 min for the next bus to show and just got on. This is not fare beating, I used the unlimited on the other buses and had no problems including today. That same ride, 3 other people had read errors as well.

The driver is supposed to let you on after two read error attempts. Some will give you a hard time but if they have no control over the farebox not being able to pick up the fare then they really shoudn't throw a fit.

I remember I had a card with $5.50 and was taking the X10 to Manhattan from CSI...the driver tried everything in his power for the fare to pick up off my card but the box kept on saying read error. He let me on eventually but I could tell he wasn't all too happy about it though.

Lolllllllll...those Novas are pretty serious. I'm not a low-floor fan but a Nova does me justice over an Orion 7 or a New Flyer any day of the week.

I wish the 40' Novas had the elevated aisle-facing seats like the Nova Artics do.

You hate everything that's not an MCI, don't you?

The MTA should create an airlines division and name it MTA New York City Airlines...the tail of the plane would have a huge MTA logo on it and the plane would be wrapped with vinyl decals and such. Fares will vary based on distance traveled. Lollllllllllllllllllll

Well, when SI tested the original Orion 7s back in 2008, let me just say that things didn't work out so well....

Random: The MTA should order new fareboxes in which whenever someone tries to get on the bus without paying and the driver presses the F5 button it'll automatically say "lowlife" so this way if people don't want to get insulted by the farebox calling them a lowlife then pay the $2.25 or don't get on the bus at all. Lolllllllllllllllllllll

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LOL... This is true, but the Orion Vs are filthy, esp. the ones on Staten Island and I look forward to them all being scrapped sooner rather than later. :cool: I used one this morning, as I was running a bit late in walking over to the X14. Got 6002 I believe on the S53. Those buses aren't as smooth as the newer ones either IMO.

Tooooooooooooo baaaaaaadddddd !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Orion 5s aren't going ANYWHERE for a while, so just put up with it and deal with it buddy. You can't get everything you want in life.

Following the footsteps of a specific poster huh.....

LMAO!

I don't know about you guys but this BusTime thing is SICK!!! I mean, not only can you know where your bus is but you can also find out what bus model is coming, whether it's an Orion 5, Orion 7, New Flyer, Nova, Prevost or MCI!!! This past Thursday my friend and I were able to find Orion Third Gens on the S86 Limited and he tipped me off in the evening when I was coming home about an Orion 5 on the S79 and I took that instead of a hybrid on the S53. Awesomeness!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's because there are some of Castleton's 4000s at Yukon, 4010 is there. Also on Friday, 6330 was on the S46 from looking at the BusTime GPS tracker on the MTA website but it has since returned back.

Since Nova and Prevost are under the same umbrella (Volvo), maybe the MTA should have the Nova and Prevost buses in the same depots:

Seeing that Yukon has Prevosts, they should get Novas. Ulmer Park should keep their Novas and Prevosts. Let Castleton and Queens Village split the Orion Third Gens and Xcelsiors.

Lolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

Typical press....

Since we're on the topic of cfriends and friendships, do you have any stories of a strange way you ever met someone?

Here's one, from back in 2009 when I registered for my first semester in college. It was mid-July, 17 at the time, and after I left CSI, I skateboarded to the mall to hang out in the Apple Store. I stood right next to these two girls who were taking pics with the computers and I was just saying to myself "what in the hell are they doing?" They were laughing and whatnot and then they noticed me giving them looks. One of them asked if I was bothering them but I politely said no and I continued doing what I was doing on the computer (I was actualy on the NYCTF website!). Then one of them decided to turn the computer right at him and take a picture of me, and it came out really bad. I was like "wtf are you doing?" but I tried not to be mean to them. Ended up making my first Staten Island friends lol.

Next story: I was with my friend at CSI and I was editing a video while he lounged around, in December, two weeks before my birthday. Afterwards we skateboarded from CSI to the transit center along the S61 route down Travis Avenue because I needed to buy a MetroCard for the bus. Got on the S79 at the Transit Center (an Orion 7) and we both sit in the back. The stop after the S79 turns on to Hylan Boulevard these two girls got on the bus and they sit not too far from us and were talking to each other. Then my friend somehow joined in on their conversation and then they got me into the conversation. We all talked about skateboarding, working at the mall, school and other stuff. Both of the girls took our boards and were rolling it under their feet, which was no biggie cuz the back of the bus was empty. Even got their numbers before they got off.

I don't know if its just me or that ever since I've "invaded" Staten Island on the regular starting in 2009 I've been making more friends out there than the other boroughs. Some of them have real snobby attitudes, not to mention the girls tend to be the biggest flirts and they have that Staten Island "accent" where they put an 'a' at the end of every sentence (I'm witness to the flirting part because a lot of girls at my job will comment about me in one way or the other, usually about my eye color becuase it's unusual to see a light-skinned kid like me with hazel eyes, and they'll try to make me give them a discount). But weed out the rotten apples and you have some really chill people out here, and almost everyone knows each other because it's not as big of an area population-wise like the outer boroughs.

Yup yup, and if they don't like it then maybe they shouldn't have been counterproductive in the beginning.

Speaking of old friendships, I remember back in 2008 this girl and I stopped talking to each other. I forgot why, but in 2010 when I visited my old high school for a day I saw her and we greeted each other. I asked what happened two years before and she said I was siding with other people and I ended up turning on her and called her every bad name in the book. I felt bad because of that and I take responsibility for what I did, but we buried the hatchet on that and now we keep in touch on a regular basis.

It's crazy that friendships can be revived after two years of dormancy.

So I was at Tottenville High School today (or Trashville) to check out the school trippers. I saw a lot of Orion 5s, some Orion Next Gens, and a Nova. The Nova was an S78; the other buses were S55/56/59/74/78s (surprised they have S74s there still). The thing is, that school has SO MANY BUSES at 2:50 dismissal time, like 3-5 buses every route. I think that place is overserved with school trippers, especially since most of those kids don't have their cards.

Some of those runs should be cut.

Thanks, you made a good pick too. I actually like that song "Rolling in the Deep" for some reason.

As for "Pumped Up Kicks", I can either just lay down and listen to it or get up and dance to it (in the confines of my room of course!). I remember hearing it on the shuttle bus at my school as it has a radio that plays via the speakers. From there it just caught on with me.

Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks (my theme song!!!!!) :

Lolllllllllllll I had to chase after the Shuttle MCI that we were on because I left my phone on the bus so I chased it to Queensbridge. I couldn't believe it myself but I've done rigorous skating than that, much more.

Damn that sucks...I remember two years ago I was skateboarding in my area and these two kids tried to hit me with a basketball. I was going fast enough so it missed me, but if I caught it, they'd never see it again.

Gotcha

 

Pre 2000 songs. Most you probably wouldn't considered oldies thou.

 

"Oh What A Night" 1975 The Four Seasons

"Lovely Day" 1977 Bill Withers

"I Would Die 4 You" 1984 Prince

"Time After Time" 1984 Cyndi Lauper

"This Is How We Do It" 1995 Montell Jordan

"Ambitionz Az A Rider" Tupac

"I Get Around" Tupac

"I'm A Scatman" 1995 Scatman

"Just A Small Town Girl" 1981

 

I have a few more but nothing significant.

Really? You have Journey in your playlist?

Ah just teasing. At my job in SI they were playing classic rock songs from the 1970s and 80s a few months ago, songs from Billy Squier, Cold War Kids, the Ramones, Guns N Roses...I could go on. They need to go back to that cuz right now the current playlist sucks.

LOL... Hey less is the new black.

LMAO! It's so true.

But really though I've just about had it...I'm sure you went through that stage in your life when you've decided to drop people like a bad habit. If they're weighing you down and preventing you from making progress then what's the point of keeping them around? In the hope that things work?

I turned my Facebook page off at the moment until further notice because I don't feel like hearing stories about who has issues with who. I could really give a rats ass less. I'm starting to have trust issues all over again with certain people and I'm not putting up with it anymore so time to cut people loose.

I need new friends...a majority of my current friends, or should I say "friends", suck. Too much nonsense left and right that I don't need to be around. They keep advocating change yet they're the ones part of the problem. Not to mention making New Years Resolutions and breaking them three days afterwards. People can be full of shit, I swear. I'm at the point I really need to cut down who I talk to and who I hang out with. The less people in my circle, the better.

I have a request (Luminator FlipDot):

S79|

LIMITED (entire sign, bold)

NEW SPRNGVLE (entire sign, bold)

via HYLAN BL (top half of sign, bold)

via RCHMND AV (bottom half, bold)

NOTE: if you can't make the HYLAN/RCHMND readings in bold, then you can produce them in light type.

Thanks in advance