You might be a foamer

[BM5 via Woodhaven]

Lol

[ttcsubwayfan]

 

If you can somehow track a specific fleet whether it's bus or subway and it's easy for you to find, you might be a foamer.

 

There many publicly accessible trackers than can track fleets - http://doconnor.homeip.net/TransSee/RouteList.php?a=ttc

 

I never understood the fixation with hunting down new fleets as soon as they enter service. The bloody things will be around for 12-40 years (depending on the type of transport, and the city), you'll have plenty of chances to find them.

[realizm]

If you are willing to wait longer just for an express train despite what all common sense dictates to you that the local will get to your destination faster you just could be a foamer.

 

If you are willing to wait on the platform at a station through a slew of departing R160's on a given BMT line just to catch a rare once in a blue moon opportunity to fan a R68 you are definitely a foamer. 

 

If you are willing to wait on an given IRT line through a barrage of R142's on a given IRT route just to fan a R62 (or the opposite it does'nt matter) the same applies you're a foamer.

 

If you actually are more than determined go out of your way in a concerted effort to catch traverse seating on a pre-NTT car just to railfan a side window even on a crushloaded train during rush hour, yeah it shows ur a foamer.

 

If you are constantly hitting the search function just to see the answer to a subway/bus riddle in a thread on this site you just may be a foamer. (Or an internet addict, or both)

 

Edit: That's enough Lol.

[ttcsubwayfan]

I just wonder how long before this thread is taken down by a flame war. In a topic of such controversial nature, it's only a matter of time.

[realizm]

I just wonder how long before this thread is taken down by a flame war. In a topic of such controversial nature, it's only a matter of time.

 

I'll admit that's true. That's what could happen if someone posts something even unintentionally and not meant to be directed at anyone else here resulting in a misunderstanding. Which is why I'm reinforcing your post.

[Orion VII 4 Life]

Well you are starting something...

It seems by all these if's, in one way or another we're all foamers... C'mon, admit you've done at least ONE of these things people have posted.

Yes we all make pushcarts like yours, make propulsion noises, call out the announcements, etc.

 

I know I want Clever Devices on our buses, but damn in a way I'm glad since we don't have people calling out the announcements and making a fool out of themselves on the buses. 

 

Anyway I think this thread might start going downhill...

[4P3607]

Yes we all make pushcarts like yours, make propulsion noises, call out the announcements, etc.

 

I know I want Clever Devices on our buses, but damn in a way I'm glad since we don't have people calling out the announcements and making a fool out of themselves on the buses. 

 

Anyway I think this thread might start going downhill...

Screw you, really just screw you.

(NGs were the worst buses ever built)

[R188 7857]

Yes we all make pushcarts like yours, make propulsion noises, call out the announcements, etc.

 

I know I want Clever Devices on our buses, but damn in a way I'm glad since we don't have people calling out the announcements and making a fool out of themselves on the buses. 

 

Anyway I think this thread might start going downhill...

Please dont.

BTW Orion buses are the best..

O5 FTW

^^

If you've ever focused on one particular bus model or bus manufacturing company, you might be a foamer. LOLOL *cough* ME!! ORION BUSES ARE AWWEESOMEE.

[ttcsubwayfan]

Yes we all make pushcarts like yours, make propulsion noises, call out the announcements, etc.

 

If you utter personal insults against people on the internet, you are most definitely a foamer.

[Kamen Rider]

...and this is why we can't have nice things....

 

Part of the humor of Mr. Foxworthy's routine is he's a red neck. a much more sophisticated and inteligent kind (his dad worked for IBM), but a red neck none the less.

 

I admit to "foamy" behavior's on occasion. I have Aspergers. these things happen.

 

This is supposed to be somewhat self deprciatve, but I think some have gone overboard.

 

And for the record, the punch line is supposed to only use "You might be"

[Threxx]

Aren't we all foamers? 

[B35 via Church]

I see a lock in this thread's future.... While not its intent, It has the potential to lead to a bunch of shit-starting....

 

 

I just wonder how long before this thread is taken down by a flame war. In a topic of such controversial nature, it's only a matter of time.

Looks like you beat me to it...... That's just what I came here to say.

[checkmatechamp13]

If you can recite, in order, every stop the 2 train makes but can't remember the names of half the teams in baseball, you might be a foamer.

 

Sounds like me (I'm not really into sports)

 

If you run after a bus just to take a picture, you might be a foamer.

 

Did that once (Didn't really run, though. Just kinda jogged back to get into a better position for the shot)

 

If you are willing to wait longer just for an express train despite what all common sense dictates to you that the local will get to your destination faster you just could be a foamer.

 

Actually, I think that applies to a lot of regular riders as well. A while back, we had a whole discussion about how express just means it skips stops. It doesn't necessarily mean it's faster.

 

R188 7857 said:

If you've ever "hummed" the propulsion of the trains, you might be a foamer.

 

Actually, as a little kid, I had like a barn that was part of another set of toys, and I would take toy trucks and sort of drive them back and forth past the barn and announce the stations. (And make that accelerating/decelerating sound)

[realizm]

Actually, I think that applies to a lot of regular riders as well. A while back, we had a whole discussion about how express just means it skips stops. It doesn't necessarily mean it's faster.

 

True. That was the way the IND was originally designed by the architects. They deliberately designed their signaling system to slow the express trains down to prevent overcrowding on the express trains on any of their three or four track lines. Later on the MTA installed timers on the IRT going contrary to these original architects purpose were of making the express trains travel faster due to safety concerns. Which the average public rider who are not mass transit enthusiast savvy do not realize. 

 

Then there's that gamble people take at rush hours going N/B on the Broadway BMT @ 14th Street. Guessing which train, the or will leave the station first when they arrive at the station simultaneously wondering which train will get them to 59th St/Lex quicker. I gave up and stayed on the after many countless mistakes a long time ago.

[CDTA]

With applogies to Jeff Foxworthy....

 

If your facebook freinds list looks like the TWU union roster, you might be a foamer

Don't like Facebook.

If you've ever looked at anything writtin by Wallyhorse and said "hum, that's a good idea...", you might be a foamer.

Once.

If you can recite, in order, every stop the 2 train makes but can't remember the names of half the teams in baseball, you might be a foamer.

Applies to me.

If, when giveing your adress, you incudle the nearest subway or railroad stop, you might be a foamer.

Nope.

If you ever got into a free-for-all for the railfan windown, you might be a foamer.

No.

If chosing between a family event and a train event is a diffcult decision, you might be a foamer.

Yes.

If the first foursquare badge you unlocked was "trainspotter", you might be a foamer.

What's that?

If you stay out all night to ride a rerouted subway line, you might be a foamer.

Done it multiple times.

If you can remember the numbers of subway cars retired before you were born, but can't remember people's birthday's, you might be a foamer.

Cars? No.

If your hard drive is nothing but pictures and BVE files, you might be a foamer.

Almost.

If someone says to you "porn" and you immeditaly think of a picture of a red bird, you might be a foamer.

What?

If you sent a pettiton to tysons that they make train shapped nuggets, you might be a foamer.

No.

If you have no idea what I'm going on about, you might be a foamer.

 

 

You might be a foamer if...

 

You take one or more "sick days" a week to go transit fanning.

Do it a few times a year.

You purposely choose to reside in proximity to a subway/bus terminal.

If it was up to me....

You select a school or workplace based on the multiple amount of transfers you have to make.

I have to admit, I was consediring changing schools awhile back, I did take into consideration, that it would give me the excuse to take a bus everyday.

Your trips to "the store" last in excess of two hours long and go through two boroughs.

Yep.

You only go out with your friends because you know you'll be riding the bus/subway at least once that night.

Not sure....

You would rather go out and transit fan then spend time with your girlfriend/wife.

Definitely.

I have to say I've been guilty of all of these at least once.  

(Sometimes I wonder what the f**k am I doing with my life).

 

 

If you ever purposely avoided a bus route or train route because of the type of equipment used, you might be a foamer.

Yes.

If you have more pictures of buses and trains than of yourself on your Facebook page, you might be a foamer.

Yes.

If everything that comes out of your mouth is bus or train related, you might be a foamer.

Mostly.

If riding a certain train on a certain route "made your dreams come true", you might be a foamer.

Yes.

If your bedroom has more MTA items than an actual crew room, you might be a foamer.

For CDTA maybe.

If you run after a bus just to take a picture, you might be a foamer.

Funny story, I was with my friends the other day, and I actually ran out of SUBWAY to take a picture of a NABI on the 13. (But NABI's only make an appearance on the 13 once a year at most. Literally ran a block without my jacket or anything with everyone looking at me like "WTF?" I wouldn't have made it if it wasn't a major stop.

If you can identify a bus or subway car just by looking at the number, you might be a foamer.

Nope.

 

 

If you avoid a line because it has old trains, you might be a foamer.

Sometimes.

If you avoid a line because it has new trains, you might be a foamer.

Sometimes.

If you call everyone in the transit enthusiast community a foamer, you might be a foamer.

Agreed.

If you call someone who goes out of their way to photograph a vehicle a foamer, you are an arrogant, self-righteous prat.

+1

 

 

If you're on vacation, then it's probably time well spent, especially if not everyone in your family is going with you (i.e. drop the women off at a shopping mall and then head out).

 

As for real life... there's far worse things you can do. High school students do this. A LOT.

+2

 

 

If you've ever one hour doing nothing to catch a bus/train, you might be a foamer.

All the time.

If you've ever spent the whole weekend to railfan and not do homework, you might be a foamer.

Not per se.

If you've ever put a train or bus name as your username outside of NYCTF (instagram, facebook), you might be a foamer.

Almost.

If you've ever screamed for a train, you might be a foamer.

Only on the inside.

If you've ever tried to hug a train or bus, you might be a foamer.

I have to try this now.

If you've ever wrote a word problem in school about trains or buses, you might be a foamer.

Yes.

(I hope I don't start anything here.)

If you've ever made a pushcart with all the subway lines, you might be a foamer. 

I'm having a hard time imagining this. Can I see a picture?

EDIT:

If you've ever "hummed" the propulsion of the trains, you might be a foamer.

I'm working on a "remix" of Fluttershy's Lament, except with R142A Propulsion instead of the background synth. Does that count?

 

 

I do have a few "here's you sign" type:

 

True story, I was walking through manhattan on my way to class when I was at John Jay, when a couple walks up to me and ask "which way is the water?"

.

I just looked at them and said "You do know you're on an island, right..?"

​I once referred to Manhattan as an Island. They said "Island? Where?"

[checkmatechamp13]

 We are all foamers though. We all foam over one thing or another. Be it trains, planes, football players, baseball players, hot women, or anything else, I'm sure we are all guilty of foaming over something.

 

I'm surprised nobody made a joke about "foaming over hot women".

 

Yes we all make pushcarts like yours, make propulsion noises, call out the announcements, etc.

 

I know I want Clever Devices on our buses, but damn in a way I'm glad since we don't have people calling out the announcements and making a fool out of themselves on the buses. 

 

Anyway I think this thread might start going downhill...

 

Chill....

[Grand Concourse]

Yeah someone taking things way too seriously. As for others taking it too personally, you are all reading too much into this. I'm sure at least a handful of the stuff listed here applies to some of us in someway. It is what it is, a self deprecating thread.

[Fresh Pond]

If you hate hybrid buses without a valid reason, you might be a foamer.

 

If you watch the movie Speed or Die Hard With A Vengeance just to look at the buses/trains used, you might be a foamer.

 

If you watch a movie that's based in NYC, and you see a fake MTA bus/train.in it and point it out, you might be a foamer

 

If you use the label "EXCLUSIVE" on your YouTube videos for a train reroute that has happened more than once, you might be a foamer.

 

Yeah someone taking things way too seriously. As for others taking it too personally, you are all reading too much into this. I'm sure at least a handful of the stuff listed here applies to some of us in someway. It is what it is, a self deprecating thread.

Hell, I know I'm guilty of a few of those things (yes I can name every single stop on the train and tell a bus/train type just by looking at random numbers, took a few years to learn lol).

 

Everyone has to laugh at themselves once in a while..

[-CT1660-]

If you had to chase a bus just to ride it or get pics, you might be a foamer.

If you had to camp out the night before a subway line or station opens just to catch the first train, you might be a foamer.

If you get angry because the C/R doesn't load up the proper NTT announcements on re-routes, you might be a foamer.

If you start a heated argument over the superiority or inferiority of a certain fleet, you might be a foamer.

If you've attended all Fastrack events without missing a day, you might be a foamer.

If you've skipped classes just to go fanning, you might be a foamer.

If you've taken this seriously, you are definitely a foamer!

[ttcsubwayfan]

Screw it, I'm going to do the same thing CDTA did.

 

With applogies to Jeff Foxworthy....

 

If your facebook freinds list looks like the TWU union roster, you might be a foamer

I don't know any transit employees personally, so no.

If you've ever looked at anything writtin by Wallyhorse and said "hum, that's a good idea...", you might be a foamer.

I don't recall ever doing so.

If you can recite, in order, every stop the 2 train makes but can't remember the names of half the teams in baseball, you might be a foamer.

Not necessarily for the 2 train but I possess absolutely no interest in sports so I know a lot more about transit than sports in general.

If, when giveing your adress, you incudle the nearest subway or railroad stop, you might be a foamer.

People are dumb, you have to spell it out for them.

If you ever got into a free-for-all for the railfan windown, you might be a foamer.

Solution: wait for the next train!

If chosing between a family event and a train event is a diffcult decision, you might be a foamer.

Depends on who will be there

If the first foursquare badge you unlocked was "trainspotter", you might be a foamer.

I don't know what that is.

If you stay out all night to ride a rerouted subway line, you might be a foamer.

No. I need my sleep or I'll get cranky!

If you can remember the numbers of subway cars retired before you were born, but can't remember people's birthday's, you might be a foamer

Guilty.

If your hard drive is nothing but pictures and BVE files, you might be a foamer.

Guilty-ish.

If someone says to you "porn" and you immeditaly think of a picture of a red bird, you might be a foamer.

Dafuq?

If you sent a pettiton to tysons that they make train shapped nuggets, you might be a foamer.

No.

If you have no idea what I'm going on about, you might be a foamer.

 

 

You might be a foamer if...

 

You take one or more "sick days" a week to go transit fanning.

YES!

You purposely choose to reside in proximity to a subway/bus terminal.

If I had my way I would.

You select a school or workplace based on the multiple amount of transfers you have to make.

Not really, here the school chooses you.

Your trips to "the store" last in excess of two hours long and go through two boroughs.

No.

You only go out with your friends because you know you'll be riding the bus/subway at least once that night.

No. My friends are anti-transit.

You would rather go out and transit fan then spend time with your girlfriend/wife.

Go out riding buses with your girlfriend/wife. Problem solved

I have to say I've been guilty of all of these at least once.  

(Sometimes I wonder what the f**k am I doing with my life).

 

 

If you ever purposely avoided a bus route or train route because of the type of equipment used, you might be a foamer.
Only if the equipment is an unreliable lemon, like a hybrid, and it's the winter.
If you have more pictures of buses and trains than of yourself on your Facebook page, you might be a foamer.
I don't post photos on Facebook, so no.
If everything that comes out of your mouth is bus or train related, you might be a foamer.
Oh, sorry...
If riding a certain train on a certain route "made your dreams come true", you might be a foamer.
Nah man, I like stations. South Ferry loop for the win.
If your bedroom has more MTA items than an actual crew room, you might be a foamer.
I have TTC items, but not enough to show up the crew headquarters there.
If you run after a bus just to take a picture, you might be a foamer.
Guilty. Sometimes, there is a red light to keep the bus waiting but otherwise there isn't.
If you can identify a bus or subway car just by looking at the number, you might be a foamer.

Not for MTA, but in TTC, very guilty.

 

 

If you've ever one hour doing nothing to catch a bus/train, you might be a foamer.

Guilty.

If you've ever spent the whole weekend to railfan and not do homework, you might be a foamer.

I just don't do homework in general. If railfanning falls into it, so be it.

If you've ever put a train or bus name as your username outside of NYCTF (instagram, facebook), you might be a foamer.

I've used the digits of my favorite vehicles as usernames, does that count?

If you've ever screamed for a train, you might be a foamer.

No.

If you've ever tried to hug a train or bus, you might be a foamer.

No. I know someone who did this though!

If you've ever wrote a word problem in school about trains or buses, you might be a foamer.

I wanted to but I'm not creative enough.

(I hope I don't start anything here.)

If you've ever made a pushcart with all the subway lines, you might be a foamer. 

No.

EDIT:

If you've ever "hummed" the propulsion of the trains, you might be a foamer.

Somewhat guilty.

 

 

If you defend your opinion about a new station (in a previous thread) knowing that it might be a fail anyways, you might be a foamer.

Not really sure what this is so no.

If you avoid a bus route because it only runs on only one type of bus fleet, you might be a foamer.

On my photography trips, I would prefer a variety of fleets but otherwise, no.

If you can somehow track a specific fleet whether it's bus or subway and it's easy for you to find, you might be a foamer.

Guilty. Thank you internet.

If you skip and day of work/school to hunt a new fleet in service, you might be a foamer.

No. The last day of old fleets is better.

If you prefer that one line because of past events and activities on that route , you might be a thirsty foamer.

No.

 

 

If you hate hybrid buses without a valid reason, you might be a foamer.
Toronto Transit Commission. Nearly 700 of those things, kept breaking down and being maintenance headaches, to the point where 52 GM Fishbowls had to be refurbished. Fishbowls are gone, the things are still crap, especially in the snow. This valid enough?
If you watch the movie Speed or Die Hard With A Vengeance just to look at the buses/trains used, you might be a foamer.
No.
If you watch a movie that's based in NYC, and you see a fake MTA bus/train.in it and point it out, you might be a foamer
Yes.
If you use the label "EXCLUSIVE" on your YouTube videos for a train reroute that has happened more than once, you might be a foamer.
No. I just use "RARE" instead.
Hell, I know I'm guilty of a few of those things (yes I can name every single stop on the train and tell a bus/train type just by looking at random numbers, took a few years to learn lol).

Everyone has to laugh at themselves once in a while..

 

...and this is why we can't have nice things....

 

Part of the humor of Mr. Foxworthy's routine is he's a red neck. a much more sophisticated and inteligent kind (his dad worked for IBM), but a red neck none the less.

 

I admit to "foamy" behavior's on occasion. I have Aspergers. these things happen.

 

This is supposed to be somewhat self deprciatve, but I think some have gone overboard.

 

I like the original concept of the thread (I am guilty of many of these things, as evidenced above) but at some point the personal insults started to settle in and it seemed to go down hill from there...

 

My last list of things I posted was things which I look down upon, here are some things I'd be more inclined to do:

 

If you joyride buses, you might be a foamer. (Guilty)

 

If you get up at 6 AM to go looking for oddball buses, you might be a foamer. (Guilty)

 

If you pray that you will find the buses you need to complete your photo collection, you might be a foamer. (Haven't done it yet but I feel tempted to do so.)

 

If you do a presentation in your car maintenance class on a transit vehicle, you might be a foamer. (Guilty.)

 

If you, through talking to a driver or T/O, realize that you know more about the vehicle than him, you might be a foamer.

 

If you have your homepage set to your local agency's website, you might be a foamer.

 

If someone hates on your favorite vehicle and you suddenly feel a strong urge to club someone, you might be a foamer. (Guilty)

 

If you go to the most dangerous part of a town to find a vehicle, you might be a foamer. (Considering it.)

[error46146]

Guilty as charged.. I'm a foamer. lmao I have had my share of not-so-flattering train and bus moments.

 

I'm surprised nobody put this one up yet..

If your fb profile photo is of a train or a bus, you know pretty damn well you are a foamer

[Grand Concourse]

I can't come up with any witty remarks and I'm sure most of the stuff has been posted anyway, but to a degree I do prefer the Hf buses even though they are 'old'. I personally have waited a max of maybe 20 min waiting for a specific bus to come because I saw it heading to a terminal and knew it was going to return back in the opposite direction, etc. so I am a foamer, but not to the extremes of avoiding a bus because I don't like the specific bus nova lfs etc and I wouldn't wait longer than that 20 min for something that would take forever to show up and fortunately for me the bus or train happens to show up unexpectedly and saves me the time that others would hunt down for.

[Orion VII 4 Life]

Wasn't taking it seriously myself, just telling him to take a joke. Anyway...

 

If you wear t-shirts with subway bullets on them around town, you might be a foamer.

If you wait hours and hours for the R46 or R62A you might be a foamer.

If you refuse to ride a subway or bus line because it uses new equipment, you might be a foamer.

If you carry bags full of deposit bottles with you everywhere you go, you might be a foamer.

If you have flipped off an Orion 7 NG or R160 because you don't like that equipment, you might be a foamer.

[R188 7857]

If you've ever sang a song about a train, you might be a foamer.

[BM5 via Woodhaven]

If you made a song about trains and buses, you might be a foamer. If you like a song about trains and buses, you might be a foamer

 

If you had to chase a bus just to ride it or get pics, you might be a foamer.

!

Only time I did that was when this appeared

 

LINK: http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/topic/39559-stuff-viewer-discretion-is-advised/?do=findComment&comment=643615

 

And when this happened : http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/topic/39582-after-my-orion-v-cng-on-the-q60-thread/?do=findComment&comment=644417