Service for NYC papal visit?

On Apr 19, 11:04 am, "J.R.Guthrie" <jguthr...@nyc.> wrote:
> At the Port of Authority, the word is au contraire -- those numbskulls are
> suspending service to WTC and Exchange Place for the Pope's visit to Ground
> Zero Sunday morning.
>
> I guess the preference for the faithful is to take the car. . . . .

Where would you put "the faithful" for this event? Memorial services
are no longer held on-site because it's all a construction site with
no place for assembly until after it's been finished and landscaped.

> Of course, byt suspending service at a location where many people are taking
> pictures, all those Deputy Fife's that constitute the PA's police department
> won;t have to threaten to confiscate cameras because there's a PATH train
> going by in the background. Maybe it's just a ploy to avoid the general
> public from learning what railfans already know about these nincompoops.

Yeah, they should make it easier for another pope to get shot.

On Apr 19, 2:19 pm, Vince <vi...@vbphoto.net> wrote:
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> > On Apr 19, 11:04 am, "J.R.Guthrie" <jguthr...@nyc.> wrote:
>
> >>At the Port of Authority, the word is au contraire -- those numbskulls are
> >>suspending service to WTC and Exchange Place for the Pope's visit to Ground
> >>Zero Sunday morning.
>
> >>I guess the preference for the faithful is to take the car. . . . .
>
> > Where would you put "the faithful" for this event? Memorial services
> > are no longer held on-site because it's all a construction site with
> > no place for assembly until after it's been finished and landscaped.
>
> >>Of course, byt suspending service at a location where many people are taking
> >>pictures, all those Deputy Fife's that constitute the PA's police department
> >>won;t have to threaten to confiscate cameras because there's a PATH train
> >>going by in the background. Maybe it's just a ploy to avoid the general
> >>public from learning what railfans already know about these nincompoops.
>
> > Yeah, they should make it easier for another pope to get shot.
>
> Don't get me started on that bit.
> Recall the FATAMA letter? Everyone understood it to be a doomsday
> message (which trust me it was), about the last, POPE Peter II and a
> yellow race taking over the earth in 1999, hey guess what nothing happen
> John Paul II gets shot and twenty years after the fact they tell us that
> was in the letter and not the doomsday msg.

No, I don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about.

More interesting: Howcome no one here has mentioned last week's
realignment of the PATH station egress and escalators, so it no longer
conects with the E train?

>More interesting: Howcome no one here
>has mentioned last week's realignment of
>the PATH station egress and escalators,
>so it no longer conects with the E train?

That's the least of the problems associated with the new alignment. It's
a hideous disaster, even if it's meant to be temporary.

--
"Ever since the 60's, it's been all downhill" - Keith Hernandez, on how
far we've sunk as a culture

>Doesn't that trigger some usenet rules?

Said the man who uses a quote from _himself_ in his sig ...

--
"Ever since the 60's, it's been all downhill" - Keith Hernandez, on how
far we've sunk as a culture

J.R.Guthrie wrote:

> And speaking of travesties not commented upon here, how about NJT's plan to
> halve the amount of service on Midtown Direct to Dover -- making it hourly
> on weekdays?
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie

Off peak, it's already hourly, and there's no way rush hour service is
going hourly. It's packed as it is.

Looking at the NJT newsletter on line, the only cuts mentioned are the
end of direct to Hoboken weekend service on the M&E and the Raritan Line.

Would you like to clarify this?

Michael Finfer
Bridgewater, NJ

On Apr 20, 1:31 am, Vince <vi...@vbphoto.net> wrote:
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> > On Apr 19, 2:19 pm, Vince <vi...@vbphoto.net> wrote:
>
> >>Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>
> >>>On Apr 19, 11:04 am, "J.R.Guthrie" <jguthr...@nyc.> wrote:
>
> >>>>At the Port of Authority, the word is au contraire -- those numbskulls are
> >>>>suspending service to WTC and Exchange Place for the Pope's visit to Ground
> >>>>Zero Sunday morning.
>
> >>>>I guess the preference for the faithful is to take the car. . . . .
>
> >>>Where would you put "the faithful" for this event? Memorial services
> >>>are no longer held on-site because it's all a construction site with
> >>>no place for assembly until after it's been finished and landscaped.
>
> >>>>Of course, byt suspending service at a location where many people are taking
> >>>>pictures, all those Deputy Fife's that constitute the PA's police department
> >>>>won;t have to threaten to confiscate cameras because there's a PATH train
> >>>>going by in the background. Maybe it's just a ploy to avoid the general
> >>>>public from learning what railfans already know about these nincompoops.
>
> >>>Yeah, they should make it easier for another pope to get shot.
>
> >>Don't get me started on that bit.
> >>Recall the FATAMA letter? Everyone understood it to be a doomsday
> >>message (which trust me it was), about the last, POPE Peter II and a
> >>yellow race taking over the earth in 1999, hey guess what nothing happen
> >>John Paul II gets shot and twenty years after the fact they tell us that
> >>was in the letter and not the doomsday msg.
>
> > No, I don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about.
>
> Check it out online

Why??? I haven't the slightest interest in either conspiracy theories
or Roman Catholic doings.

> More interesting: Howcome no one here has mentioned last week's
> > realignment of the PATH station egress and escalators, so it no longer
> > conects with the E train?
>
> Wrong I been seeing a notice at West 4th ST all week.

Is reading comprehension a more general Brooklyn problem? Have you
been taking "mr brklyn" lessons?

Is the W4 station "here," i.e. nyc.transit?

On Apr 19, 11:04 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@> wrote:
> On Apr 19, 9:50 pm, "J.R.Guthrie" <jguthr...@nyc.> wrote:
>
> > Of course in this case, there'll be ten-thousand people crowding in to see
> > the Pope.
>
> ? How can it be a public event?

I tried to make several postings in several threads this morning, but
they haven't shown up (yet). Meanwhile, as I expected, the papal event
involved a few dozen people.

If there were vast crowds up at street level, the pool camera didn't
swivel around to show them.

>If there were vast crowds up at street level, the pool camera didn't
>swivel around to show them.

Hordes of folk wanted to go, but PATH was shut down . . .

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie