Matt_NJ
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I've got a name tag collection kinda like Wayne Campbell, but mine are all from the NYSE.
@matty_NJ on the old place
@matty_NJ on the old place
I still refuse to see it. Have you seen "In the flesh" is about a decade old BBC miniseries. Season one is great but brutal. The lead character is a 18 year old zombie.
January 2, 2026 at 5:15 AM
I still refuse to see it. Have you seen "In the flesh" is about a decade old BBC miniseries. Season one is great but brutal. The lead character is a 18 year old zombie.
"how you like dem apples?"
Hopefully most will get the reference
Hopefully most will get the reference
January 1, 2026 at 9:05 PM
"how you like dem apples?"
Hopefully most will get the reference
Hopefully most will get the reference
I think you are mistaken about when city hall station closed. Do you have any vinyl records you need to return?
December 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I think you are mistaken about when city hall station closed. Do you have any vinyl records you need to return?
I'm sorry. NYC subways and path just run a Sunday schedule. You shouldn't be locked at home if you don't have a car. Let's just lock down the highways too if we're at it.
December 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'm sorry. NYC subways and path just run a Sunday schedule. You shouldn't be locked at home if you don't have a car. Let's just lock down the highways too if we're at it.
Also, my grandparents disks are a bit over a foot around and require a specialized stylus to hear.
December 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Also, my grandparents disks are a bit over a foot around and require a specialized stylus to hear.
Congrats! I hope you had a wonderful time
December 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Congrats! I hope you had a wonderful time
Am I reading this correctly, and the scary sounding "superblocks" were really just mostly done by pedestrianizing streets? If so, sign me up.
December 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Am I reading this correctly, and the scary sounding "superblocks" were really just mostly done by pedestrianizing streets? If so, sign me up.
We can do a lot better by upgrading the NEC to actual high speed rail standards, finishing the second avenue subway, sending the PATH to EWR, and my favorite pushing the G up 21st, then merging it with an extended N/W and sending both to LGA.
December 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
We can do a lot better by upgrading the NEC to actual high speed rail standards, finishing the second avenue subway, sending the PATH to EWR, and my favorite pushing the G up 21st, then merging it with an extended N/W and sending both to LGA.
You're looking at a lot of cost for minimal benefit. You'd be doing the equivalent of several times Boston's 'big dig' thru actual mountains to connect suburbs to dying coal country. (Bethlehem steel works is cool btw, you should visit if you get the chance in nice weather) (1/2)
December 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
You're looking at a lot of cost for minimal benefit. You'd be doing the equivalent of several times Boston's 'big dig' thru actual mountains to connect suburbs to dying coal country. (Bethlehem steel works is cool btw, you should visit if you get the chance in nice weather) (1/2)
As someone who knows that all too well having commuted from various stations in Western Essex to NYC for high school years ago, I agree. However as a mountain biker I'm not sure I see a better solution for crossing the watchungs with late 19th century tech. Dad has old clippings from blasting 280.
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
As someone who knows that all too well having commuted from various stations in Western Essex to NYC for high school years ago, I agree. However as a mountain biker I'm not sure I see a better solution for crossing the watchungs with late 19th century tech. Dad has old clippings from blasting 280.
While the history of the Lackawanna Cutoff is amazing,* I just don't think demand is there.
*They say that while the official speed limit on most of the Cutoff was ~80, nobody really knew how fast the trains were going b/c DL&W engine speedometers pegged at 100.
*They say that while the official speed limit on most of the Cutoff was ~80, nobody really knew how fast the trains were going b/c DL&W engine speedometers pegged at 100.
December 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
While the history of the Lackawanna Cutoff is amazing,* I just don't think demand is there.
*They say that while the official speed limit on most of the Cutoff was ~80, nobody really knew how fast the trains were going b/c DL&W engine speedometers pegged at 100.
*They say that while the official speed limit on most of the Cutoff was ~80, nobody really knew how fast the trains were going b/c DL&W engine speedometers pegged at 100.
Is this a gift article or paywall? I can't really tell because of my subscription.
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Is this a gift article or paywall? I can't really tell because of my subscription.
Does that truck ever even move? I'm not certain I've ever walked by and not seen it there, even closed at 6:30AM.
I have mixed opinions about the bike lane itself. Given the limited sight lines from the N/W pillars I could see more bike/moped and ped conflicts, but we do need daylighting, etc.
I have mixed opinions about the bike lane itself. Given the limited sight lines from the N/W pillars I could see more bike/moped and ped conflicts, but we do need daylighting, etc.
December 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Does that truck ever even move? I'm not certain I've ever walked by and not seen it there, even closed at 6:30AM.
I have mixed opinions about the bike lane itself. Given the limited sight lines from the N/W pillars I could see more bike/moped and ped conflicts, but we do need daylighting, etc.
I have mixed opinions about the bike lane itself. Given the limited sight lines from the N/W pillars I could see more bike/moped and ped conflicts, but we do need daylighting, etc.
It's changeable. Despite being 75 years old my place has excellent sound proofing. I just heard the wind, and I pretty much never even hear a plane unless some pilot messed up his glide path from the south.
December 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It's changeable. Despite being 75 years old my place has excellent sound proofing. I just heard the wind, and I pretty much never even hear a plane unless some pilot messed up his glide path from the south.
I'm eyeballing the local trees and out over LGA right now. Higher level clouds seem slow moving. From the trees further down it seems like there are sporadic gusts, but we get some odd wind tunneling being the tallest buildings in Astoria.
December 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I'm eyeballing the local trees and out over LGA right now. Higher level clouds seem slow moving. From the trees further down it seems like there are sporadic gusts, but we get some odd wind tunneling being the tallest buildings in Astoria.
Ouch. I'm 41. I'm not that old
December 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Ouch. I'm 41. I'm not that old
Well, I'm a gunkle too. I've never seen it said that way. I'm from Jersey and living in Queens now too
December 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Well, I'm a gunkle too. I've never seen it said that way. I'm from Jersey and living in Queens now too
Wait, you're Jewish from Long Island. Am I reading this wrong?
December 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Wait, you're Jewish from Long Island. Am I reading this wrong?
I think a lot of the older stuff was not having a potential impediment on the Hudson.
(Fun fact: while D-Day was the largest naval landing in history #2 was Brooklyn NY the British)
(Fun fact: while D-Day was the largest naval landing in history #2 was Brooklyn NY the British)
December 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I think a lot of the older stuff was not having a potential impediment on the Hudson.
(Fun fact: while D-Day was the largest naval landing in history #2 was Brooklyn NY the British)
(Fun fact: while D-Day was the largest naval landing in history #2 was Brooklyn NY the British)
I think you can use the Bayonne
December 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I think you can use the Bayonne
Jump into a coffee shop on 6th in the village. "Whoops wave 8 just didn't move quick enough." 😉
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Jump into a coffee shop on 6th in the village. "Whoops wave 8 just didn't move quick enough." 😉
I grew up next to South mountain. Dad was semi-pro on the boards in Newark. Good bikes are a culture for me.
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I grew up next to South mountain. Dad was semi-pro on the boards in Newark. Good bikes are a culture for me.
I lived in Harrison. Astoria now. the PATH was a mob scene that day
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I lived in Harrison. Astoria now. the PATH was a mob scene that day
It's expensive. Even with my cheat of jumping the start it's a pita
December 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It's expensive. Even with my cheat of jumping the start it's a pita
Tell me about it. It's about mile 45 too
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Tell me about it. It's about mile 45 too