Comments | tharp42: RIDING THE HOUND (on board with the poor)

tharp42

RIDING THE HOUND (on board with the poor)

Aug 29, 2011 18:28

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weberin August 29 2011, 10:08:17 UTC

This was great to read. I rode the bus from Knoxville to NY. It was scary. Some woman spit into a paper cup repeatedly for hours on end. No idea why. Keep writing!

tharp42 August 29 2011, 10:29:26 UTC

Cheers!

anonymous August 29 2011, 12:37:21 UTC

Hip.

Scouser

gryndyl August 29 2011, 16:15:33 UTC

Dude, Amtrak. For reals.

tharp42 August 29 2011, 23:29:26 UTC

Amtrak doesn't even go anywhere near Boise. There are very few Amtrak routes left anymore, to tell the truth, so often it's not even an option.

sgtred August 30 2011, 00:03:05 UTC

The same ticket-taking thing happened to me when taking the train from Portland to Seattle. "Why you take my ticket if you not supposed to?!", I raged at the next conductor who demanded to see my ticket. I felt my face turning beet red with frustration. They backed away with a, "will let this one slide *this time*". And then I popped my bottle of wine - cause you can BYOB and DRINK on Amtrack - sat back and enjoyed my book. "This time." Damn, ticket-taking fucktards.

tharp42 August 30 2011, 05:07:39 UTC

Yeah, Greyhound are also all fascist about drinking. The driver announced at one stop: "You drink beer, you stay here." I suppose they've had a lot of alcohol-related incidents, though, so I can't say I blame them. I like Asian long-range busses, where NOT drinking is the exception.

fitfool August 31 2011, 00:58:29 UTC

What were you even doing in Boise? I've been lucky. None of my bus rides have every been that bad.

tharp42 August 31 2011, 01:00:27 UTC

I was in Idaho with some friends from Korea (one of them is from Boise). We did a five day backpacking/fly-fishing trip up in the mountains, which was most excellent.

fitfool September 1 2011, 11:23:05 UTC

Sounds like a great reason to be out there. I was really impressed by how pretty it was out there when I had gone.

fitfool September 29 2011, 13:52:12 UTC

Whenever I've taken Amtrak, BYO drinkers have been threatened with summary expulsion from the train. This could be connected with the fact that Amtrak cafe cars ask $5 for a can of Bud, and $6 for one of drinkable beer. The fact that the guy who said this wasn't so couldn't spell Amtrak suggests that maybe he's never ridden it, or perhaps he could be an English teacher.