good point about the local.]either way, i left ny in no small part because of ALL the trains, G or otherwise. On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Israel Stein <custos3 at comcast.net> wrote: > Noah, > > 1. It's a local (they can change the name from "GG" to "G" but it's still a > local...) > 2. It goes from nowhere to nowhere. > 3. Maybe when they changed it from "GG" to "G" they got some new subway > cars - because in my time the GG line had the oldest, most decrepit cars in > the BMT system. Some still had wicker seats and big overhead fans when the > IND was getting air-conditioned trains on the E and F lines. > > But I suppose all of this is ancient history - you know, Mayors Wagner, > Lindsay and such... > > Israel Stein > (entering old-farthood none too gracefully - birthday today, eligible for > Social Security) > > > On 11:59 AM, Noah Frere wrote: > > I rode the G train for years though, and it seldom posed a problem. There > seems to be a stigma against it. > > On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Israel Stein <custos3 at comcast.net> wrote: > >> On 11:59 AM, David Skolnik wrote: >> >>> Before you waste much on this, it's on "best of craig's" which means it >>> was likely intended more for that disposition than to actually produce >>> business. It was posted in February and is no longer listed. Even if I >>> wanted to call the person and ask it what their intent was, I can't. Given >>> its anonymity, it could have been any one of you, or me. Lastly, while it >>> may be reasonable for it not to want to travel to Hoboken, there's no >>> rational reason for its not going to Queens, since there are many areas of >>> such that are more accessible from Williamsburg than in either Brooklyn OR >>> Manhattan. >>> >> Hmmm... I really wouldn't blame anyone for not wanting to drive on the >> BQE or ride the GG train... >> >> Israel Stein >> > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100913/cb697c7d/attachment.htm>
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