songbird's crazy world

ten years ago, if you accidentlaly left your tote bag on the bench in the world Trade Center PATH train staion, if you came back 10-15 minutes later to get it the bag would be gone -- and hopefully in the Lost and Found. nowadays...if you come back 10 minutes later, you find the bag guarded by two nice young police officers and their bomb-sniffing dog....

I travel the Long Island Railroad, the NYC subway system, and the PATH trains that connect NYC with New Jersey. It's truly a "delight". 1. LIRR riders are SLOBS. Ever get on a train and have to move someone else's trash in order to sit down? Ewwwwww.... 2. The rats in the NYC subway system laugh at the rat poison signs. I don't mind seeing rodents on the tracks every once in awhile, but when the crawl up onto the platform....eek! 3. People are just plain rude. They'll knock you over in order to get to an empty seat. 4. Any time there are two drops of rain, expect major delays on the railroad. 5. Don't you just love it when the conductor using the public address system sounds like an adult in a Peanuts cartoon? 6. People are just plain rude. I know you'd like to hang onto the same pole that I'm holding onto, and I know I'm "vertically challenged"....but please...my shoulder is not your personal armrest. 7. If a staircase ...