peacemak3r

Dun dun dunnnnnnn!

I said this many times here before....the FEEELS when you catch a as you arrive to Kings Highway from the . THE FEEEELS.

Not this (about the RTS w/ the cushioned seating), but a lot of what's said on this forum lets me know I'm gettin up there in age....

What's a "fishbowl"... What's a "redbird".... We had subway lines that had double letters.... The list goes on....

Thanks for the justification, especially when I see that Blitz is only 2 years older than me. 

Though yes, I've caught them plenty of times on the B3 back in my teen years.

My mom got the 5C upgrading from an old flip phone lol.

 

I'm upgrading to the 5S from the 5, my 5 has been in the toilet 3 times (don't ask, but it survived and still works great for the most part), Applecare's expired and I'm due for an upgrade. Might as well.

 

Also I'm in NJ until Friday, gonna try and get up early and either line up or reserve one at the Apple Store before they sell out.

Well okay, then yeah, that is an upgrade for your mom. Haha!

Bold: Well damn, then in your case I guess it would justify to get the 5S, but still i hardly call them an upgrade anyway.

A 5C is merely an upgrade.  What phone are you using now? 4S? 5? Because if you're using a 5 and going to a 5S, don't even bother.  I'm not an Apple user but I find people upgrading from a 5 to a 5S a total waste. Heck, even with the Samsung Galaxy line, people going from the 3 to the 4 was a waste to.  Look at me, I'm still using a Galaxy S2 rofl.  Anyways, if you are using a 5, I'd just wait it out and wait for the 6.

There's a store in upper east side that might have 5S's if you really intend on it, I can ask my friend if they still have any 5S's in stock.

This let's me know that I'm either getting old, the the forum members are getting really young.

Heh, if 25 is really young then I don't know what under 21 is anymore. I honestly don't ever recall RTS's on express routes. >.<

Used mostly for express bus services in NYCTA. The MCI's took their place around the late 90's and most got their coach seating removed (although some still preserved coach seating thought the early 2000's) so they can be used for local bus service. They ranged from 9250-9349 for the 1996 RTS suburbans.

They ran the RTS's on express routes back in the day?  Damn, well yeah anyway the last time I've ridden a RTS with coach seats was at least in 2005/2006.

Just a random thought, I totally miss those RTS's that had coach style seats if anyone remembers?  Was it like a test run or something?  I used to catch it all the time when they were on the B3.

Was there a track fire on the today? there was a burning smell Around Spring/Canal Street

Can't say if it was a fire but on the website it was noted that there was a police investigation at Spring Street.  But this was around 8 - 9 pm so I can't say again if this was related to whatever happened around your time.

Not sure if the rule says anything about pointing with your hand out the window though.

In most cases, you'd usually see them point out through the window.  I've yet to see one point while the hand is still inside the cab.

The metrocard machines for the 44 SBS were installed a few weeks ago along Nostrand Ave between Avenue U and the junction.

I'm certain majority of the people traveling to Chinatown from Brooklyn actually take the more so then the thus you not seeing much people on the . Pretty sure because most people that are used to taking the would wait for an rather the .

Truly a buzzkill and/or something didn't spot the sarcasm.

This is why you can't have everything run on computers... Luckily the announcements for the transfers were correct, but the FIND wasn't...

True to an extent, for all we know it could of been human error with coding and such.

That's college for you man.  Ratemyprofessor is a hit or miss, luckily I've struck 100% on all the professors I've chosen from that website.

Secretly built, didn't no?

This is a first for me seeing OOS R143's in yard moves via the CPW, kinda suprised by this (Was it heading uptown or downtown, and was this @ 125th Street?) In this case I have to ask though: Does this mean that this set of R143's were slated for heavy maintainance work @ 207th Street Shops? Sort of unusual for 207th St shops to perform maintainance on NTT's.

This was at West 4th so I can't guarantee that it came from CPW.  Heading downtown of course. Also to note, we got held up at the DeKalb junction for about 10-15 minutes as well.  While this was happening, also to note, there were no 's passing through or even any 's.

So while waiting 30 minutes for a this passed along between two 's.

After watching the Montague Tunnel repair update video on YouTube, I realized I've been pronouncing Montague incorrectly for years!

I've been pronouncing it "mon-taug" rather when the guy says "mon-ta-gue".  Damn I feel like an idiot.

All these people going nuts on BBM makes me wonder, where the hell were you guys when Blackberries were still around with the same platform messaging system. Sigh, bandwagoners I swear.

Oh man, Razor scooters....the Rolls Royce of scooters.  The memories.

MTA logic...have programs for reroutes that would almost never happen but the simpler ones are non-existent

Seems about legit.

Maybe the bypassed the stations.

I'd assume this or it was a typo.

Right, but I think we all know (and Harry has been quite clear) that the downvote is pretty much reserved for intentionally malicious or unnecessary posts, not just things that you disagree with.

Problem is people perceive the wrong judgement when a particular person down-votes something.  For example if I were to down-vote a specific post, the original poster would automatically assume I'm intentionally down-voting for no reason; which of course isn't the case.  What I'm basically trying to say is, a lot of people jump to conclusions on this forum. Harsh but true.

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Anyways, today on the I think some lady on the other end of the car got her phone stolen.  I felt sorry for her but also felt a little pissed that the cops couldn't handle the situation outside the train instead of stalling us for 10 minutes.  Thankfully I made it to class with 2 minutes to spare.

Well whoever downvoted violated Forum Rules...

Quote:"If you disagree with another member, respond to the subject"

Logically speaking, downvoting is an action of responding to the subject, the rule does not state that you actually have to post.

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Anyways, I miss the into Lower Manhattan already..sigh taking the or to W 4 for the back down or the or to the for the and is beginning to bore me. (Yes I know, I have the option of taking the / to Atlantic as well but eh.

LOL... Most people do say Riverdale and not the Bronx.  The stores make a point to usually put Riverdale, NY for the mailing address too to demonstrate a sense of community and pride.  Some residents do say they live in the Bronx but that depends on the individual, but overall I've heard Riverdale far more than the Bronx by a mile.  In short, it comes down to mainly a money and a status thing here. Most of the Bronx is EXTREMELY poor with high crime rates, which is the complete opposite of Riverdale.  Think about it. If you were sending your kid to one of the most expensive private schools in New York City (Horace Mann School), you would probably not say you're sending your kid to school in the Bronx.  

 

Then you have the people that actually live in parts of the Bronx that come to work here and they say Riverdale isn't really the Bronx, since it has some of the lowest crime in the city, no housing projects or anything that would be generally associated with the Bronx. Most people own here as opposed to being renters, which also is not like most of the Bronx and helps keep the riff-raff element out. It feels more like an extension of Upper Manhattan to be honest, and with the steep hills separating us, I don't for a moment worry about my safety unless I walk down the hill or down the stairs and walk to Kingsbridge (and believe you me that is not a daily thing).  That's when I definitely know that I'm in the Bronx. 

 

Yes, geographically Riverdale is in the Bronx, but that's about it.  I personally always wondered how the area remained so safe and exclusive before I moved here being so close to the Bronx and particularly poor areas of the Bronx.  Part of it is definitely money and part of it is geography.  The steep hills keep out some of riff-raff out and if there is any sort of hint of crime, the cops are on patrol around here, so I never feel afraid and I'm out at all sorts of hours in Riverdale coming back from the city.

Can't really be a status thing though, I mean look at Mill Basin in Brooklyn, I know some wealthy people in that area and they still say they are from Brooklyn.  I guess it was the way you were raised and such.

Not to cut the topic but I'm sure there are fellow college students out there that is wondering what can happen in an event of a default due to unresolved issues with the debt ceiling hitting the roof if there is no resolution by Oct 17th.

 

It was stated by a Department Of Education spokesman that the effect of a default may be minimal. Students who recieve financial aid should recieve their payments if currently enrolled in a CUNY university such as myself. However in the case of an extended shutdown or if the debt ceiling issue is not resolved by Oct 17th, borrowers are bound to face many woes. Interest rates my dramatically increase with student loans. Finacial aid will still be dispursed albeit with delays. The surplus often granted after straight tuition fees are deducted from a FASLA grant covering for the cost of the classes itself may not see the surplus.

 

It is known that the US Dept of Education does not depend on direct funds from the US goverment in the same way that say the MTA recieves full funding from Albany (They as we all know only recieve partial funding while collecting revenue from fare collection and taxes) The US Dept of Education apparently works in a similar fashion.

 

So apparently it does not seem that the US Dept of Education will cut FASLA grants across the board. Recall in the period between 2007 to 2009 during the last market crash where markets went into a turmoil, FASLA grants were minimally affected. People were still being approved for loans although at higher interest rates.

 

Hopefully this may be a similar case this time around.

 

So continue to study people if you are already in college or prepared to take the SAT. But pay astute attention to how you will finance for continued education, there may be changes but again, minimal (hopefully).

 

Source:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2013/10/04/how-the-shutdown-is-affecting-college-aid-applications/

Financial Aid was distributed last week already.  Unfortunately, I paid for college already.