$400 Million A Day
Here's a new thing for me. 'Strike'
Back home, a strike was either a baseball term or what happened when my friend (we'll call him Philip for anonymity) tried to hit on a girl (we'll call her Hoffman) with little success. Well, with the pending strike on Friday here in NYC, I think the word has taken on an entirely new meaning. The staggering figure is that if there is a strike it will cause a $400 million dollar windfall... PER DAY.
Oh well, I'll just have to mingle and mix with all the foreign tourists. Hot damn, I love those people and their schwag.
Some of you larger city residents will understand the principles of HOV lanes. Well, actually I'm pretty sure everyone knows what they are (even you Brits using the M1 and M3 have these). Well, the most I've ever seen (with thine own eyes) are HOV-2. Two people per car. It's exciting enough when you get to drive in those lanes.
Well, with the pending strike NYC's contingency plan calls for a colossal HOV-4. Four people. Now, how could they possibly expect that. The heavens and all their righteous Henry Fords and Lee Iacoccas made cars with four/five even seven seats, and by god I intend on driving it by myself - solo - happily utilizing those other seats for such important items as my fanny pack (?), gallon of milk, and audience for my vociferous crooning of Tony Orlando's greatest hits.
My last (only) experience with a strike was in London and it was the Tube (subway) drivers and dispatchers. That was heinous. A complete shutdown of public transportation in the 11th largest city in the world.
Oh sh*#.
Oddly, I rant and rave yet 1) I do not have a car here in the city and 2) I live walking distance from work.
(sent via work)
Back home, a strike was either a baseball term or what happened when my friend (we'll call him Philip for anonymity) tried to hit on a girl (we'll call her Hoffman) with little success. Well, with the pending strike on Friday here in NYC, I think the word has taken on an entirely new meaning. The staggering figure is that if there is a strike it will cause a $400 million dollar windfall... PER DAY.
Oh well, I'll just have to mingle and mix with all the foreign tourists. Hot damn, I love those people and their schwag.
Some of you larger city residents will understand the principles of HOV lanes. Well, actually I'm pretty sure everyone knows what they are (even you Brits using the M1 and M3 have these). Well, the most I've ever seen (with thine own eyes) are HOV-2. Two people per car. It's exciting enough when you get to drive in those lanes.
Well, with the pending strike NYC's contingency plan calls for a colossal HOV-4. Four people. Now, how could they possibly expect that. The heavens and all their righteous Henry Fords and Lee Iacoccas made cars with four/five even seven seats, and by god I intend on driving it by myself - solo - happily utilizing those other seats for such important items as my fanny pack (?), gallon of milk, and audience for my vociferous crooning of Tony Orlando's greatest hits.
My last (only) experience with a strike was in London and it was the Tube (subway) drivers and dispatchers. That was heinous. A complete shutdown of public transportation in the 11th largest city in the world.
Oh sh*#.
Oddly, I rant and rave yet 1) I do not have a car here in the city and 2) I live walking distance from work.
(sent via work)
