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.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Thursday, 18 July 2013 18:46 (ten years ago) link
yeah the schedule seems pretty reliable here based on my upper manhattan experience
― caek, Thursday, 18 July 2013 19:08 (ten years ago) link
the nyc bus system is an amazing resource that everyone forgets exist
― iatee, Thursday, 18 July 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
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
― max, Thursday, 18 July 2013 19:25 (ten years ago) link
the only bus line i ever used was cut
― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 July 2013 19:43 (ten years ago) link
― 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.
― caek, Thursday, 18 July 2013 20:01 (ten years ago) link
i do what it tells me
― caek, Thursday, 18 July 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
if you memorize relevant bus lines its like a secret pass that can get you places faster sometimes
― iatee, Thursday, 18 July 2013 20:03 (ten years ago) link
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
― caek, Thursday, 18 July 2013 20:05 (ten years ago) link
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)
― iatee, Thursday, July 18, 2013 4:03 PM (8 minutes ago)
― Orpheus in Hull (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 July 2013 20:15 (ten years ago) link
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.
― dmr, Thursday, 18 July 2013 20:35 (ten years ago) link
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.
― stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Thursday, 18 July 2013 23:52 (ten years ago) link
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/
― iatee, Friday, 19 July 2013 00:19 (ten years ago) link
The M60 is a godsend on the UWS.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 19 July 2013 03:04 (ten years ago) link
yeah it seems like LGA is actually the easiest airport for me to get to?
― caek, Friday, 19 July 2013 03:12 (ten years ago) link
you live somewhere near Columbia right? Newark is pretty easy too from penn station
― iatee, Friday, 19 July 2013 03:17 (ten years ago) link
yes lga
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 July 2013 03:18 (ten years ago) link
lga looks easiest because no change, ewr next, and it looks like i am never taking an early flight from jfk
― caek, Friday, 19 July 2013 03:22 (ten years ago) link
I took the M60 at 4 AM once, it was fine
― 乒乓, Friday, 19 July 2013 03:24 (ten years ago) link
iirc you have a beard tho, so who knows really
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 July 2013 03:28 (ten years ago) link
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
― 乒乓, Friday, 19 July 2013 03:36 (ten years ago) link
and when you finally get on a train and you realize that that particular car's a/c is fucked
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 July 2013 03:41 (ten years ago) link
yeah I totally jump on buses to avoid the heat
― iatee, Friday, 19 July 2013 03:43 (ten years ago) link
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.
― caek, Friday, 19 July 2013 03:51 (ten years ago) link
yeah they really crank it up on buses
― iatee, Friday, 19 July 2013 03:53 (ten years ago) link
ban caek
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 July 2013 03:53 (ten years ago) link
it burns
― caek, Friday, 19 July 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link
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.
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 July 2013 18:02 (ten years ago) link
(at the Film Forum downtown it's sometimes a volume war btwn confused old people and chortling condescending youngsters)
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 July 2013 18:04 (ten years ago) link
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.
― caek, Friday, 19 July 2013 18:11 (ten years ago) link
angelika is brutal with the 6 train noise
― dmr, Friday, 19 July 2013 18:18 (ten years ago) link
yes, Angelika rooms shaped like bowling alleys
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 July 2013 01:37 (ten years ago) link
FF is amateur night compared to the Civil War veterans of MoMA.
― Orpheus in Hull (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 20 July 2013 01:43 (ten years ago) link
i love the titusheads! i spent six months there virtually every day when i first moved to the city while couch surfing.
― sassy, fun, and RELATABLE (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 20 July 2013 15:14 (ten years ago) link
someone was shot in the leg at the tapas bar on my corner last night. tough neighbourhood!
― caek, Sunday, 21 July 2013 03:40 (ten years ago) link
'neighborhood'
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 July 2013 03:41 (ten years ago) link
is deangulberry still with us? eman/amon?
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 July 2013 03:45 (ten years ago) link
i feel like the u is appropriate when talking about a tapas bar on the UWS
― caek, Sunday, 21 July 2013 03:47 (ten years ago) link
perhaps so
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 July 2013 03:52 (ten years ago) link
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, 22 July 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link
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
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Monday, 22 July 2013 18:09 (ten years ago) link
― 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."
― schlock corridor (WilliamC), Monday, 22 July 2013 18:22 (ten years ago) link
thanks guys.
"you use checks" is going to be my standard response to forthcoming royal baby zingers.
― caek, Monday, 22 July 2013 19:03 (ten years ago) link
i am ruining the new york thread, sorry
― caek, Monday, 22 July 2013 19:06 (ten years ago) link
we are a warm and tactile people
― chinavision!, Monday, 22 July 2013 19:07 (ten years ago) link
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.
― dmr, Monday, 22 July 2013 19:10 (ten years ago) link
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?
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 July 2013 19:37 (ten years ago) link
Sunday Aug 11 is Pre-Game Catch day (5 pm).
I might be into this one. Been wanting to take my daughter again and 7pm is too late for her. It's weird that there are NO afternoon games.
― dmr, Monday, 22 July 2013 19:45 (ten years ago) link