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I was on the tenth most crowded train[^] this morning. It was no problem and everyone had a seat. I got off at the third stop, where 4.5 million people got on [or so it seemed]
veni bibi saltavi
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Wow... I can't remember the last time I actually got a seat during my commute. I ride the Lexington Avenue line, aka the 4/5/6...
On a good day, I can breathe without someone's arm in my face.
On a bad day, I can't even reach a handhold, but it doesn't matter, because we're packed in so tightly that I couldn't fall down if I tried.
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(aside comment: damn east-sider);
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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That's me...
Unless they decide to jack my rent up 20% again in a few months, like they did last year, in which case I might be getting the elephant out of this city.
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what city are talking about? I had no problem this morning ( and yesterday, and never before...)
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Follow the link - the 10th Most Crowded was Woking (in Surrey, England) to Waterloo (Central London, England).
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Was it you in the front wearing the yellow shirt[^]? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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I can't even remember the last time I used public transport.
I'd like to keep it that way 
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9 of those are pretty obviously from people commuting too/from work at peak hours; but what's behind the 4am train at the top of the list.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Well I have traveled in train just two times in my whole life span.
I really enjoy train journey though, but as I rarely travel out of city and train is not used for transport within city here. So I just don't get to enjoy the train thingys 
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Well I have traveled via train just two times in my whole life.
I really enjoy train journeys though, nut as I rarely travel out of city and train is not a mode of transport for traveling within city here. So just can't enjoy the train related thingys
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I like your work!
(Well, if I'm honest, I've never knowingly seen any, but if I had, I'm sure I would have.)
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Thank you very much...
I feel much better now!
OriginalGriff wrote: never knowingly seen any
So you do not read the articles in moderation queue before approval? Hm...Hm...Hm... 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Not all of them!
And if I'm honest, I try not to look at who wrote them before I read them to avoid any subconscious bias I might not be aware of. That way I can appraise them based on content rather than author (and whether I like them or not)
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Twice honest in a single thread - very impressive...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I was brought up with the firm conviction (and a very red bottom) that Telling Lies Is Bad.
And it still annoys me: I'd rather be cheated of money than lied to!
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I love it when that happens, it's like I'm famous or something
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When an intervention is induced by Twitter, I'd imagine you've other and greater worries which should be explored.
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So I've had an email from someone who says they are a Business Analyst within our organisation asking for a diagram to do with the systems I work on.
I sent him what he needed.
He replied to say that is not what he wanted.
Now I have sent him exactly what he asked for.
Just waiting for him to realise it is of no use to him at all.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Well, you know how it goes.
People want to make their own mistakes.
Sure, he could ask for A and you could give him B.
That makes him feel stupid or not taken seriously.
You're pissed, he's pissed, and if he ever talks to your boss he'll tell him what an unhelpful ass you were 
Then he could ask for A and you could give him A.
After close consideration he realizes he actually needs B (which you already knew).
He then asks for B and you give him B.
In this case you have taken him seriously and given him a change to save his ass (he already knew he needed B, but wanted to see A anyway).
It takes a little longer (although ultimately it doesn't as he complains and wants A anyway) and he's happy too.
Next time he talks to your boss he'll tell him how helpful you were
I prefer to work with cats.
It's much less of a hassle...
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Sander Rossel wrote: Next time he talks to your boss he'll tell him how helpful you were
That's alright, my boss already thinks he's a twat
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Sander Rossel wrote: I prefer to work with cats.
It's much less of a hassle...
Unless you're a professional Cat Wrangler[^] of course! 
But in essence, I agree...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Sander Rossel wrote: I prefer to work with cats.
It's much less of a hassle...
Do you want to borrow mine?
He's taken to hunting rats and trying to eat them.
Which gives him diarrhea.
Which he explosively ejects only in the litter tray in the bedroom, not the one downstairs.
At 04:00. 
And then he sulks and gets stroppy because he gets locked in for a few days until he's over the squits...
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