Public transportation

(-$|N-) · 09-20-2005, 04:34 PM

I am one of the unlucky people who does not have a family that like to take them out to get their licence so I am forced to take the bus. Anyways I was on the bus today that was coming home from my local mall, was buying stuff for grandmother and filling out job applications, anyways on my way home I had a guy who sat behind me. This guy could not just sit and enjoy the ride, he had to have a conversation. Well I can understand that but it was with himself and he had to repeat everything 4-6 times. So has anyone else experianced something like this?

Panther · 09-20-2005, 08:35 PM

I rather like buses. Especially when riding with friends. Anytime someone else drives me, it's a good trip.

And I saw a really cool girl on the bus once. But she didn't speak English, and I was sad.

Is usually less than the gas money for the trip would be as well.

cyberJade · 09-20-2005, 09:06 PM

Sometimes, I take the bus or Bart(metro) if I want to go
some where. It's not that bad.

(-$|N-) · 09-20-2005, 09:14 PM

I mean I enjoy taking the bus except when people do not realise there doing something or they can not control themselves. I would prefer to drive just because I dislike having to be bound by a time frame.

Sarkphagos · 09-20-2005, 09:30 PM

You are lucky to have a public transportation system. In my small hometown, they only option is to hitch-hike. Works pretty well, but not always safe. Walking isn't an option becuase anything is at least a fifteen minute drive away with no sidewalk or road shoulder. As for talkative people, a large set of earphones with music loud enough for them to here it is usually a turn off. A bit rude tho...

(-$|N-) · 09-20-2005, 09:55 PM

Honestly, I am to shy to really say anything to them. I seem to have a dual personality at times which makes me rather pissed. It would be nice if I could let the personality that is not shy come out, but for some reason I tend to just keep it inside. I am open to suggestions on how to release this, I have let it out before in a social setting with mixed results and it was actually very peaceful inside then.

thejugglingtroll · 09-21-2005, 10:55 AM

Yea.. But then I start rocking back and forth, shaking my head and mumbling something incoherent, maybe cough and pick my nose and ears ... they soon shut up and move away.

Or if it's me they try talking to I'll pretend to be mute or foriegn and not understand.

(-$|N-) · 09-21-2005, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by thejugglingtroll

Yea.. But then I start rocking back and forth, shaking my head and mumbling something incoherent, maybe cough and pick my nose and ears ... they soon shut up and move away.

Or if it's me they try talking to I'll pretend to be mute or foriegn and not understand.

I think that would be extreamly funny to watch.

tiffany_the_writer · 09-21-2005, 11:57 AM

I like taking public transportation, just because I don't have to. I like taking a bus downtown, and then riding the subway from one end of it to the other. Its more of a leisure thing for me.

Samhain · 09-27-2005, 01:26 PM

Dont talk to me about public transport, I live in Dublin, Ireland and we have the worst transport system. Crappy 10 year old buses, two tram lines that don't connect and a crappy suburban rail.

demoncross · 09-27-2005, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Samhain

Dont talk to me about public transport, I live in Dublin, Ireland and we have the worst transport system. Crappy 10 year old buses, two tram lines that don't connect and a crappy suburban rail.

Ooo, ooo, ooo! I win, I win!, he have 15 to 20 year old buses, we also use old discarded US school busses (you know the small ones) and get crammed with about 40 people and also collective cabs which follow a route, the four door models fit 6 passengers the five door model fits 9 or even 10 people, so there.

Empty_Purple_Stars · 09-27-2005, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Samhain

Dont talk to me about public transport, I live in Dublin, Ireland and we have the worst transport system. Crappy 10 year old buses, two tram lines that don't connect and a crappy suburban rail.

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Originally Posted by demoncross

Ooo, ooo, ooo! I win, I win!, we have 15 to 20 year old buses, we also use old discarded US school busses (you know the small ones) and get crammed with about 40 people and also collective cabs which follow a route, the four door models fit 6 passengers the five door model fits 9 or even 10 people, so there.

Please forgive me for the following;

I have a crappy 01 Corolla so I really can't relate to the whole " Public Transportation Sucks My Left Nut " thing..

So uhh...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y10...rs/anlaugh.gif

demoncross · 09-27-2005, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Empty_Purple_Stars

I have a crappy 01 Corolla so I really can't relate to the whole " Public Transportation Sucks My Left Nut " thing..

So uhh...

I have a '90 VW Jetta, 2 door. It runs like hell (when it runs) but lately it keeps breaking down a lot. So I should be getting a new VW soon

punkirony · 09-27-2005, 02:53 PM

Ug. My Toyota Pick up is boken. Now my mother and I have to share her car. It sucks, but oh well. The island that I live on has no real public transportation.

Empty_Purple_Stars · 09-27-2005, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by punkirony

Ug. My Toyota Pick up is broken. Now my mother and I have to share her car. It sucks, but oh well. The island that I live on has no real public transportation.

Man, if I lived on any ONE of the Hawaiian islands I could drive a hot wheel around and I wouldn't care..

A good friend of my families, has a large ranch in the mountains on Kona, she keeps begging me to visit, but the airfare is Hella exspensive..

Sigh..

You Lucky Girlie!!

punkirony · 09-27-2005, 03:50 PM

Heehee! Y'all may think that I'm lucky. Well...I kinda am! Heh! But Moloka'i gets really boring. There's not much to do except, homework, sitting at the computer, sitting at the T.V., sitting around at the beach, or sitting around watching my friends skateboard. Dammit! I do a whole lot of sitting around! Teehee! BUT, I'm going over to Maui the day after tomorrow. That will be fun. The Maui county fair starts on Friday! Yay! Less boredom for Jessie! My boyfriend's on The Big Island (Island of Hawai'i) and he's freaking out because I just went to Maui last weekend. Heehee!

But hey...back to the thread....Going to Maui means that I will be surrounded by public transportation! Heehee! Ug. ::sigh::

(-$|N-) · 09-27-2005, 06:51 PM

Well public trans is not that bad, it just costs me 5 bucks for going to and from work everyday plus lunch my frist 2 hours are cunsomed by gettting there and getting food. Hopefully my uncle will not be a doosh to me and give me the bus pass he gets free every month.

AlKilyu · 09-27-2005, 08:20 PM

doosh? I love it!

Man I filled my tank yesterday: $44.50. Granted it doesn't consume a lot of gas for a V6 but dang, that was a surprise...

Bodnoirbabe · 09-27-2005, 08:49 PM

Wait a minute. Was he talking to you or to himself? How come you didn't just move and ignore him?

Anyhow, i remember having to take the bus a few times. It took me two hours to go a distance of twenty miles. SO not fucking cool. I try to avoid it as much as possible. I have a new car, so that helps out a lot. LOL.

punkirony · 09-28-2005, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by AlKilyu

Man I filled my tank yesterday: $44.50. Granted it doesn't consume a lot of gas for a V6 but dang, that was a surprise...

My truck takes over $50 to fill up now. The gas prices were up to $4.03 per gallon on Moloka'i. But luckily, it went down to $3.56 last week. Every cent counts! But on Lana'i, the prices are way worse. Living on rural islands isn't good price wise. Everything for us is way more expensive than things on the more urban islands and on the mainland. Ug...so sad.

Binkie · 09-29-2005, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by (-$|N-)

Well public trans is not that bad, it just costs me 5 bucks for going to and from work everyday

What do you do? Take two different buses one way?

Riding on any of Pittsburgh's fine Port Authority transit systems means you're always in for a treat, but it's never as entertaining as when you ride on one of the buses from downtown at, oh say, 11pm. That's when you get the loud mouthed drunks that end up getting their asses kick off the bus half way to their destination cause the drivers really don't put up with their crap. Funny, because the drunks always fit the same profile nearly every single time you run into them on a bus in that city (White male between the ages of 45-65 with beat up looking clothes).

(-$|N-) · 09-30-2005, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Binkie

What do you do? Take two different buses one way?

Riding on any of Pittsburgh's fine Port Authority transit systems means you're always in for a treat, but it's never as entertaining as when you ride on one of the buses from downtown at, oh say, 11pm. That's when you get the loud mouthed drunks that end up getting their asses kick off the bus half way to their destination cause the drivers really don't put up with their crap. Funny, because the drunks always fit the same profile nearly every single time you run into them on a bus in that city (White male between the ages of 45-65 with beat up looking clothes).

Yea, I do take 2 buses and it takes about 2 hours to get to work and 2 hours to get home so im doing a 12 hour day for a 8 hour day. When I work til after close I get to meet all the 11pm drunks on the way up from south side, they are rather funny, the only problem is I can not stand the loud people at 6 in the morning. Specially when you have only had about 4-5 hours of sleep for last few nights.

Binkie · 09-30-2005, 10:14 PM

The southside, huh? Lol. What bus were you on? 51C? That one's notorious as hell for the loud and disorderly drunks late at night. :P

Demonista_Ravenesque · 09-30-2005, 10:42 PM

Well....I take busses nowadays...With the petrol prices soaring and all, It's just easier on my parents who drive me around.

Rosie · 10-01-2005, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Samhain

Dont talk to me about public transport, I live in Dublin, Ireland and we have the worst transport system. Crappy 10 year old buses, two tram lines that don't connect and a crappy suburban rail.

You've obviously never been to Limerick, then.