Re: Metrocard Gripe

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From: John Whiteside
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 00:00

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In article <jposner-0806961534530001@jposner.dialup.access.net>,
jposner@panix.com (Jeremy M. Posner) wrote:

>         The system closing at midnight is an advantage? How about having a
> real public transportation system that's open when people need to go
> places? Living in NYC, I've never had to worry about getting home before
> the trains stop, while when I visited DC my friends and I had to
> constantly worry about how we would get home after midnight...

How about a taxi?

My spouse, who took a job in DC in February, was shocked to find (while
trying to get to National Airport to fly to Boston) that the Metro was not
open yet at 7 AM this morning (Saturday).

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From: jwhitesi@concentric.net (John Whiteside)
Subject: Re: Metrocard Gripe
Date: 1996/06/08
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