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    Cab Crash with Horse and Carriage: New York Death Possibility #427

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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    09/19/09

    In reply to Cab Crash with Horse and Carriage: New York Death Possibility #427
    Whenever I see tourists in those pedicabs I think, you have no idea how close they come to getting killed each and every night. I've been in cabs that threaten them all the time. Idiots drive those things and idiots ride in them.
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    Image of youarehere youarehere
    09/19/09

    In reply to Cab Crash with Horse and Carriage: New York Death Possibility #427
    JFTR - statistically, one of the safest places to be in NYC is in a horse-drawn carriage.
    We have NEVER had a human fatality, and only 3 equine fatalities in more than 30 years.
    Just sayin'.
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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    09/19/09

    @youarehere: Interesting! The more you know!
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    09/20/09

    @Phyllis Nefler: Hee.
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    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    09/19/09

    In reply to Cab Crash with Horse and Carriage: New York Death Possibility #427
    I'm amazed there's no SJP joke yet.
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    Image of Shelwood Shelwood
    09/19/09

    @NigelAstydameia: The horse is named Blackie. SJP is... not. Obviously, she's a different color.
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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    09/19/09

    In reply to Cab Crash with Horse and Carriage: New York Death Possibility #427
    Foster, I spy with my little eye FIVE BUCKS.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    09/19/09

    @Phyllis Nefler: Where?
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    09/19/09

    @Foster Kamer: Ah. "Carraige." You got me. @Glib and Bitchy, you did, too. That's $15. It's actually $20. Someone caught something on the lede to the Obama post.
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    Image of The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx
    09/19/09

    In reply to Cab Crash with Horse and Carriage: New York Death Possibility #427
    I'll bet the irresponsible horse was talking on his cell phone at the time.
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    Image of LatestBy LatestBy
    09/20/09

    @The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx: Worse, texting. Keep those hooves at 10 and 2!
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    Image of Glib and Bitchy Glib and Bitchy
    09/19/09

    In reply to Cab Crash with Horse and Carriage: New York Death Possibility #427
    No humans seriously hurt, apparently.
    And as for the horse?
    "The hearty horse, whose name is Blackie, was completely unharmed and was munching on hay back at the Clinton Park Stables." [www.nypost.com]
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    Image of Glib and Bitchy Glib and Bitchy
    09/19/09

    In reply to Cab Crash with Horse and Carriage: New York Death Possibility #427
    OK OK. In the headline. Carriage.
    You did that on purpose.
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    Edited by Glib and Bitchy at 09/19/09 5:32 PM Glib and Bitchy was starred Glib and Bitchy was unstarred
    Image of son of spam son of spam
    09/19/09

    In reply to Cab Crash with Horse and Carriage: New York Death Possibility #427
    That cabbie deserves a medal.
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    Image of AldisCaffeina AldisCaffeina
    07/18/09

    In reply to San Francisco MUNI Crashes, Several Injured, World Maybe Ending
    there are not many "vegan libertarians" on that line. more like packs of loud, annoying, cute asian schoolkids, and i hope everyone's ok.
    where did this "light rail" thing come from? no one in the city says light rail.
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    07/19/09

    @AldisCaffeina: What do the locals call it? I thought "light rail" was a pretty standard description for this kind of transportation.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    07/18/09

    In reply to San Francisco MUNI Crashes, Several Injured, World Maybe Ending
    Deferred maintenance? Capital projects postponed? Stressed crews? WTF?
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    07/18/09

    In reply to San Francisco MUNI Crashes, Several Injured, World Maybe Ending
    As a former resident of SF, may I just say fuck that L-Taraval. Such attitude. Bitch had it coming. I only pray annoying vegan libertarians weren't unjostled.
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    07/18/09

    In reply to San Francisco MUNI Crashes, Several Injured, World Maybe Ending
    So far, 2009 seems to have been an especially bad year for transport disasters. In addition to the train wrecks you've mentioned, these are the airline mishaps:

    * US Air lands in the Hudson (the only one with a good outcome)
    * Continental crash in Buffalo
    * Turkish Airlines crash-lands in Amsterdam
    * Air France 447 disappears into the Atlantic
    * Yemeni Airlines crashes in the Indian Ocean
    * Caspian Airlines crashes in Iran

    Have I missed any? Sheesh.
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    Image of TheMediaMob TheMediaMob
    07/18/09

    @Claire Buoyant: Sanford flying to Argentina?
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    07/19/09

    @Claire Buoyant: Statistically, this year has been right about average in terms of air disaster deaths.

    Not sure what this has to do with a couple of light rail trains bumping each other, though.
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    Image of adminslave adminslave
    06/22/09

    In reply to Six Dead So Far in DC Subway Crash
    No single-tracking, the metro general manager is saying. Four dead, one a operator of one of the trains. What if this had happened more in the center of the Red Line during rush hour when everyone is standing and pressed up against one another?


    Also, line to call for information (when available): 202-727-9099.

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    Image of allyzay allyzay
    06/22/09

    @adminslave: they were also supposedly inbound trains instead of outbound trains from downtown though the location of the crash means they were still probably horribly crowded.
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    Image of adminslave adminslave
    06/22/09

    In reply to Six Dead So Far in DC Subway Crash
    I am from Mont. county MD and used to commute (when I lived there) on the Red Line every day for work (as do most of my friends that remain). My stepmother takes this train to and from Silver Spring every morning and this is her route home. I am waiting for word from my father and freaking out in the west coast.


    If this is an issue of single tracking, why in the world were they single tracking the cars during rush hour? When I rode that line single tracking only happened on odd hours.

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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    06/22/09

    @adminslave: Speculation: one train jumped the rails and slammed into an oncoming one on the adjacent track.
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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    06/22/09

    @adminslave: I hope your mother is all right.
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    Image of adminslave adminslave
    06/22/09

    @HiredGoons: Thank you, I just heard from my father and my stepmother is ok. My father (a widower) has been freaking out for the last two hours; I can't imagine what he went through. The whole thing is awful.
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    Image of allyzay allyzay
    06/22/09

    @adminslave: i'm glad your family is okay. i had friends that went missing after the bombings in the london tube and that was harrowing enough, can't imagine if it was a relative.
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    Image of tunamelt tunamelt
    06/22/09

    In reply to Six Dead So Far in DC Subway Crash
    Eep. I wonder what this was--mechanical failure or human error.


    Still safer to commute by rail, though.

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