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has anyone ever taken the M60 bus from the UWS to LGA for an early (like 6am) flight? is it OK?

i've never taken that bus, but at that hour (pre-rush hour) i think it should run pretty close to schedule -- busses in NYC, at least the ones I've taken in brooklyn, are pretty good about keeping to schedule.

yeah the schedule seems pretty reliable here based on my upper manhattan experience

the nyc bus system is an amazing resource that everyone forgets exist

generally as a rule of thumb the less frequently a bus runs the closer it comes to on time, but the more frequent buses run so frequently it almost doesnt matter

the only bus line i ever used was cut

the nyc bus system is an amazing resource that everyone forgets exist

― iatee, Thursday, July 18, 2013 3:15 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i have been here several times before, but this is the first time i've taken the bus, and i'm 100% sure it's because i have a smartphone now that suggests i take the bus.

i do what it tells me

if you memorize relevant bus lines its like a secret pass that can get you places faster sometimes

like if you see a bus on the street already there and know where it's going it might be better than waiting for the subway

will i know the one to get from my place to the dmv/target so i'm basically all set

will=well

like if you see a bus on the street already there and know where it's going it might be better than waiting for the subway

― iatee, Thursday, July 18, 2013 4:03 PM (8 minutes ago)

i'm 100% sure it's because i have a smartphone now that suggests i take the bus

otm. Hopstop has really good bus info now, I've been taking the bus a bunch more lately.

Have taken the M60 bus at other times and it runs well in my experience. They recognize that it is an airport conduit. Gotta allow some extra time for vagaries of surface travel regardless.

not that it really affects caek but the m60 in the news recently:
http://secondavenuesagas.com/2013/07/16/nimby-obsctructionism-leads-mta-dot-to-shelve-m60-sbs-for-now/

The M60 is a godsend on the UWS.

yeah it seems like LGA is actually the easiest airport for me to get to?

you live somewhere near Columbia right? Newark is pretty easy too from penn station

yes lga

lga looks easiest because no change, ewr next, and it looks like i am never taking an early flight from jfk

I took the M60 at 4 AM once, it was fine

iirc you have a beard tho, so who knows really

i do need to figure out the nyc bus system though, waiting around above ground in 100 degree heat > waiting around below ground in 130 degree heat as piss smell effervesces from all around

and when you finally get on a train and you realize that that particular car's a/c is fucked

yeah I totally jump on buses to avoid the heat

i've moderated my beard because of the heat so i should be ok

i took a crosstown bus last night to go to a cinema on the UES (full of old people who talked and clearly couldn't hear the dialogue, typical for the UES i presume?) and after 2 hours in a/c in the cinema and 20 minutes on the bus, i was *freezing*. i got off a few stops early to walk home i was that cold.

yeah they really crank it up on buses

ban caek

it burns

full of old people who talked and clearly couldn't hear the dialogue, typical for the UES i presume?

There are lots fewer theaters on the UES than 20 years ago, but this is standard on the UWS (Lincoln Plaza etc) for sure.

(at the Film Forum downtown it's sometimes a volume war btwn confused old people and chortling condescending youngsters)

ha, my film director friend refuses to go to either the lincoln plaza or film forum!

(so if anyone wants to join me for computer chess at film forum some time this weekend (not tonight) then let me know!)

i saw fruitvale station on opening night at angelika. that was in probably the worst screening room i've been to in the US. weird long thing layout so you feel like you're looking down the wrong end of a telescope, and subway noise. smelt less mouldy than the E 86th St place though tbf.

i thought landmark was very good though.

angelika is brutal with the 6 train noise

yes, Angelika rooms shaped like bowling alleys

FF is amateur night compared to the Civil War veterans of MoMA.

i love the titusheads! i spent six months there virtually every day when i first moved to the city while couch surfing.

someone was shot in the leg at the tapas bar on my corner last night. tough neighbourhood!

'neighborhood'

is deangulberry still with us? eman/amon?

i feel like the u is appropriate when talking about a tapas bar on the UWS

perhaps so

ok, i have a check. how charming! how do i get it into my bank account as quickly as possible? is it best to give it to a human teller? or can i do it at an atm?

it depends on your bank. if your bank has those things that automatically scan the check, they tend to be about as fast as actually giving it to a human being. the kind of atm with the envelopes takes abt a day longer ime

ok, i have a check. how charming! how do i get it into my bank account as quickly as possible? is it best to give it to a human teller? or can i do it at an atm?

― caek, Monday, July 22, 2013 12:56 PM (24 minutes ago)

Be prepared for a several-day hold on the funds, for no other reason than "because we can."

thanks guys.

"you use checks" is going to be my standard response to forthcoming royal baby zingers.

i am ruining the new york thread, sorry

we are a warm and tactile people

I don't know which bank you went with but a few of em you can deposit checks by taking a picture of it on your phone if you get their app. Might be a longer hold time though.

btw I would propose going to the Cyclones game in Coney tonight but the weather looks like crap (surprise); also Mondays are bad for mookieproof. They're only home Sat-Mon the next 2 weeks, all bad for me, then there's a month left in the season... Wednesdays are $10 nights, and Sunday Aug 11 is Pre-Game Catch day (5 pm).

caek have u ever thrown a baseball?