[pianotech] Truth in Advertising (OT)

[Noah Frere]

good point about the local.]either way, i left ny in no small part because
of ALL the trains, G or otherwise.

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Israel Stein <custos3 at comcast.net> wrote:

>  Noah,
>
> 1. It's a local (they can change the name from "GG" to "G" but it's still a
> local...)
> 2. It goes from nowhere to nowhere.
> 3. Maybe when they changed it from "GG" to "G" they got some new subway
> cars - because in my time the GG line had the oldest, most decrepit cars in
> the BMT system. Some still had wicker seats and big overhead fans when the
> IND was getting air-conditioned trains on the E and F lines.
>
> But I suppose all of this is ancient history - you know, Mayors Wagner,
> Lindsay and such...
>
> Israel Stein
> (entering old-farthood none too gracefully - birthday today, eligible for
> Social Security)
>
>
> On 11:59 AM, Noah Frere wrote:
>
> I rode the G train for years though, and it seldom posed a problem. There
> seems to be a stigma against it.
>
> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Israel Stein <custos3 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>  On 11:59 AM, David Skolnik wrote:
>>
>>> Before you waste much on this, it's on "best of craig's" which means it
>>> was likely intended more for  that disposition than to actually produce
>>> business.  It was posted in February and is no longer listed.  Even if I
>>> wanted to call the person and ask it what their intent was, I can't.  Given
>>> its anonymity, it could have been any one of you, or me.  Lastly, while it
>>> may be reasonable for it not to want to travel to Hoboken, there's no
>>> rational reason for its not going to Queens, since there are many areas of
>>> such that are more accessible from Williamsburg than in either Brooklyn OR
>>> Manhattan.
>>>
>>  Hmmm... I really wouldn't blame anyone for not wanting to drive on the
>> BQE or ride the GG train...
>>
>> Israel Stein
>>
>
>
>
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