Back! A Night of Near-Misses

[mizarchivist]

OK, after this, I'm done for the night, I swear.
Hey, purple_terror 's home! woo! Despite Boston rush hour- specifically on the T and the Orange Line this time*- making things tense for me, the airport was navigated. I even found the cell phone lot without ending up in Chelsea. We ended up going out the wrong way- or at least a new way, but ended up finding 93 N. It was weirdly not congested. There was sushi (Sushi Corner's) - eventually. Everyone and their uncle was getting takeout, so we stumbled out probably 30-40 minutes later than expected. But sushi! There was the observation of the bendy people on television, although a near-miss there, too, as the Replay had topped out at the originally allotted episodes, so stopped recording (ah hah, we say- and we fix).That would explain why it wasn't taping last Thursday without my prompting.

So- really- many things that could have been bad and irritating, but we were serene. Let the harassment begin! Also, that's a very not recent picture in that icon. Just sayin'.

*So, you're starting off in the mid-Orange line vicinity and headed out past N Station to the burbs. But you can't get on a fucking train because by the time they hit State Street they are wholly fully up. We had 2 sardine impressions and still a lot of people on the platform. Ah, says I. About 1/3 of these people will get out at North Station. North Station is also Green line. I can walk 5 minutes up to Government Center where the trolleys are usually plentiful and less crowded with OMG commuters. And lo. Instead of waiting another 10 minutes, I waited about 45 seconds to get on the first train that arrived that was nicely cooled and had elbow room. In another 5 minutes, I was at North Station to find another wholly full Orange Line train that did indeed lose about 1/4 of its passengers. 
Short version: Avoid State Street when a by-pass on the Green will work.

Comments

Your T fu is mighty

[drwex]

I'm still not clear on why the Orange Line continues to run tiny trains when they often have the load to fill an additional car if they'd just run the extended trains.

Glad you all got home well and safe.

[sparkymonster.livejournal.com]

The MBTA is some kind of demonic logic puzzle.