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Posted by Peter Rosa on Tue Jul 24 13:22:53 2007 I am on this mental high like I've hardly ever experienced before. It's a surge of exhiliration not unlike what one gets after climing a tall mountain or running a marathon. Exhiliration, and a sense of accomplishment. I did it. All by myself.I was riding in the window seat of the train this morning when a SCA sat next to me. He actually was an SCA, Junior Version, as he seemed to be no more than about 25, a tall, slender young man wearing what was obviously a very expensive blue pinstripe suit. He was traveling with a woman of about the same age, a totally super-hott blonde chik. Trust me, she was hott enough to give more wood to more men than a bottle of Viagra or Cialis. And maybe even more than a bottle of Smilin' Bob's Enzyte. There weren't enough seats for them to sit together so they sat on opposite sides of the aisle, the SCA next to me. As the train sped - okay, plodded - its way toward the city, I couldn't help but noticing that the SCA's elbow bumped my upper right arm each time he turned the page on his newspaper. Not hard enough to be painful, but hard enough to be annoying. I tried to ignore it, but finally the constant bumping became so annoying that I had to say something. Just after Jamaica, following what was one of the harder elbow bumps, I turned to the SCA and said (not my exact words, but close) "Excuse me, you keep bumping me with my elbow, please stop." I was polite and non-confrontational. From the SCA's reaction, however, one would think I had threated to torture and murder his entire family. He looked shocked - shocked! - and sputtered something to the effect that I had been "dancing in my seat" (Huh? I'd been sitting quietly) and that I had bumped into him (only once, and entirely by accident). He said more, but I put my iPod earphone back in a clear sign that I wasn't interested in anything more that he had to say. The SCA turned and spoke to the woman (his girlfriend?) across the aisle, quickly turning to glance at me every ten seconds or so. The chik got in a few worried looks at me too. He also scrunched his body against the side armrest, in an obvious attempt to create as much distance as possible between me and him. What was he afraid of, that I'd do a Deliverance-style Squeal Like a Pig routine on him? It's hard to explain, but somehow I was able to sense fear in him. Finally, after a few minutes of this, even though we were still close to ten minutes outside of Penn, the SCA and the hott chik got up to stand in the vestibule. Guess he couldn't take the trauma of sitting next to me any longer. So yes, I faced down an SCA, and won, and for that reason I'm entitled to a sense of exhiliration. By the way, there's a very ironic twist on this situation. The train on which this occurred was not an SCA-filled Ronkonkoma train, but the 6:51 dual-mode out of Patchogue (the SCA and the hott chik had boarded at Bay Shore). In a way I wouldn't have been so bothered by the elbow-bumping if it had happened in an M-7. With such obscenely tiny seats some physical contact is inevitable. But on a diesel coach, with the relatively spacious 2x2 seating, there was no excuse other than sheer carelessness for the SCA's actions. My LIRR/NYCT blog |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Tue Jul 24 13:44:50 2007, in response to I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Peter Rosa on Tue Jul 24 13:22:53 2007. pics? |
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Posted by orange blossom special on Tue Jul 24 15:19:09 2007, in response to I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Peter Rosa on Tue Jul 24 13:22:53 2007. Shocked the dude didn't have to completely save face in front of his girl. Nothing like a BS arguement that no one cares about, because god forbid she sees.Maybe it was his sister. |
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Posted by Peter Rosa on Tue Jul 24 15:44:55 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by orange blossom special on Tue Jul 24 15:19:09 2007. Shocked the dude didn't have to completely save face in front of his girl. Nothing like a BS arguement that no one cares about, because god forbid she sees.Maybe it was his sister. He tried to say more to me after his initial "you did it too" comment, but I put my earphones back in my ears to make it obvious to him that I wasn't interested in listening to anything more he had to say. There wasn't anything else he could do, no matter how much he wanted to save face. He knew that complaining to the conductor would be pointless because I had been polite and non-confrontational. His only choices at that point were (a) do nothing or (b) move. He and the hott chik chose (b), getting up to stand in the vestibule for the remaining 10 minutes of the trip. My LIRR/NYCT blog |
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Posted by RonInBayside on Tue Jul 24 16:56:46 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Peter Rosa on Tue Jul 24 15:44:55 2007. You could have spent the entire time trying to pick up his girl. That would have annoyed him. |
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Posted by LA Blue Line on Tue Jul 24 17:19:18 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Peter Rosa on Tue Jul 24 15:44:55 2007. Good for you! Like most people I never say anything in those situations. |
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Re: I faced down an SCA today - and I didn't get arrested |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Jul 24 17:38:32 2007, in response to I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Peter Rosa on Tue Jul 24 13:22:53 2007. I turned to the SCA and said (not my exact words, but close) "Excuse me, you keep bumping me with my elbow, please stop."He was bumping you with your own elbow? |
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Posted by Zman179 on Tue Jul 24 18:10:51 2007, in response to I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Peter Rosa on Tue Jul 24 13:22:53 2007. What the heck is a SCA? Or did he forget the last t? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Jul 24 18:21:53 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Zman179 on Tue Jul 24 18:10:51 2007. "Zuit Covered Anus" ... think of Broadway in your operation. :) |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Jul 24 18:37:59 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Zman179 on Tue Jul 24 18:10:51 2007. What the heck is a SCA?See second link |
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Posted by Zman179 on Tue Jul 24 18:53:12 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Olog-hai on Tue Jul 24 18:37:59 2007. Well, let's see. According to Google, SCA could mean: Sporting Club Albigeois Society for Creative Anachronism Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget Student Conservation Association Service Central d'Analyse EuroDisney SCA SCA Consult SCA Tissue Sociιtι canadienne de l'aquarelle Sexual Compulsives Anonymous Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists And that was all on the first two pages of Google. Dude, you might have to spit it out. Then again, if his girlfriend was smoking hot, then it might be the fact that he's an anesthesiologist. |
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Posted by LA Blue Line on Tue Jul 24 18:58:20 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Zman179 on Tue Jul 24 18:53:12 2007. http://www.subchat.com/otchat/read.asp?Id=233903 |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Jul 24 19:13:59 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Zman179 on Tue Jul 24 18:53:12 2007. Dude, you might have to spit it outI did. I said the second link, not all of them. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Jul 24 19:23:49 2007, in response to I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Peter Rosa on Tue Jul 24 13:22:53 2007. SCA's are pussies! You should have done it years ago. Although they may be reckless in front of the girlfriend by TRYING not to act like a total bitch. |
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Posted by Grand concourse on Tue Jul 24 19:26:20 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Terrapin Station on Tue Jul 24 13:44:50 2007. of both or just the sca? |
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Posted by mr_brian on Tue Jul 24 20:16:14 2007, in response to I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Peter Rosa on Tue Jul 24 13:22:53 2007. what prizes do we have in store for our contestant? |
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Posted by Peter Rosa on Tue Jul 24 20:48:36 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Zman179 on Tue Jul 24 18:53:12 2007. According to Google, SCA could mean:... Sexual Compulsives Anonymous Actually, in many cases, that one's not too far off the mark. My LIRR/NYCT blog |
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Posted by BMTLines on Tue Jul 24 21:02:42 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Zman179 on Tue Jul 24 18:10:51 2007. SCA |
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Posted by Easy on Tue Jul 24 21:50:18 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by BMTLines on Tue Jul 24 21:02:42 2007. Peter Rosa must have written that definition. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Tue Jul 24 22:13:53 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Grand concourse on Tue Jul 24 19:26:20 2007. guess |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Tue Jul 24 22:15:12 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by mr_brian on Tue Jul 24 20:16:14 2007. Ask the camper. |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Wed Jul 25 08:53:09 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by RonInBayside on Tue Jul 24 16:56:46 2007. You could have spent the entire time trying to pick up his girl. That would have annoyed him.Rosa should have farted. After all silence is golden. Bill "Newkirk" |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Wed Jul 25 08:59:53 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Peter Rosa on Tue Jul 24 20:48:36 2007. According to Google, SCA could mean:... Sexual Compulsives Anonymous Actually, in many cases, that one's not too far off the mark. A.K.A. "alpha male". Bill "Newkirk" |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Jul 25 09:00:36 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Newkirk Images on Wed Jul 25 08:53:09 2007. And deadly! :) |
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Posted by mambomta on Wed Jul 25 09:41:10 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Olog-hai on Tue Jul 24 19:13:59 2007. I said the second link, not all of them.None of them are correct, not even the second one(at least not in this context) |
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Posted by BIE on Wed Jul 25 11:41:06 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Newkirk Images on Wed Jul 25 08:53:09 2007. Chemical Warfare. |
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Posted by BIE on Wed Jul 25 11:43:57 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Jul 24 19:23:49 2007. C'mon Chris, I'm sure Peter could have taken care of that situation and it would have been even more delicious. |
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Posted by Grand concourse on Wed Jul 25 13:00:29 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Terrapin Station on Tue Jul 24 22:13:53 2007. Well if the woman, i'd expect her SCA to grow a pair and demand you to erase the image or threaten to break your camera :) |
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Posted by Grand concourse on Wed Jul 25 13:01:23 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by BIE on Wed Jul 25 11:41:06 2007. Oh noes think of teh innocent bystanders! |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jul 25 23:43:45 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by mambomta on Wed Jul 25 09:41:10 2007. Of course the second link is. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jul 25 23:44:41 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by BIE on Wed Jul 25 11:43:57 2007. The OP's afraid of being arrested. |
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Posted by Peter Rosa on Thu Jul 26 10:15:08 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by LA Blue Line on Tue Jul 24 17:19:18 2007. Good for you! Like most people I never say anything in those situations.Usually I don't either. It's just that the SCA's elbow-bumping was incessant. Thinking back, I would guess that he bumped me at least 20 to 25 times. And there's the fact that it was totally avoidable, given the wider seats on the diesel coaches. He obviously was so wrapped up in his own hyperinflated ego that he didn't care what he did to me. That is something I can tolerate only so long. My LIRR/NYCT blog |
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Posted by Peter Rosa on Thu Jul 26 10:19:28 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Terrapin Station on Tue Jul 24 13:44:50 2007. pics?I have one of these cheap cellphones without a camera. Besides, if I did take a picture of him as he was blathering away, he might have complained to the conductor. My LIRR/NYCT blog |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Jul 26 13:15:09 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Peter Rosa on Thu Jul 26 10:19:28 2007. I have one of these cheap cellphones without a camera.Nowadays, the cheap ones have cameras too. Time for an upgrade. Besides, if I did take a picture of him as he was blathering away, he might have complained to the conductor. Who cares? Nothing the conductor can do but laugh. And he's not who I wanted a picture of. You need to show photographic proff of the "super-hott[-ness]" of the blonde. Because last time you called someone "hott" it had no basis in reality. |
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Posted by Zman179 on Thu Jul 26 17:20:35 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Jul 26 13:15:09 2007. And he's not who I wanted a picture of. You need to show photographic proff of the "super-hott[-ness]" of the blonde. Because last time you called someone "hott" it had no basis in reality.Yeah. Because "hot" to you might be "roadkill" to me. |
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Posted by mambomta on Fri Jul 27 10:54:33 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jul 25 23:43:45 2007. Of course the second link is.The Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand. |
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Posted by 7trainkrys on Fri Jul 27 19:05:22 2007, in response to I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Peter Rosa on Tue Jul 24 13:22:53 2007. I saw a big muscular guy sitting on the E train with his legs spread. He had big dark sunglasses and a gym bag on his lap. Then a old korean lady tried to sit next to him and she managed to do it. Then he shouts "DON'T TOUCH MY STUFF!!!!." Let me tell you she did not get up. She has more balls than the SCA.Let me ask, when the SCA got up was he the only one standing or were there other seats to take. He probably pulled that stunt to "pretend" he was preparing to deboard the train. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jul 27 20:49:52 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by 7trainkrys on Fri Jul 27 19:05:22 2007. I saw a big muscular guy sitting on the E train with his legs spread. He had big dark sunglasses and a gym bag on his lap. Then a old korean lady tried to sit next to him and she managed to do it. Then he shouts "DON'T TOUCH MY STUFF!!!!." Let me tell you she did not get up. She has more balls than the SCAIf she really had "balls", she shoulda looked towards the gym bag (implying a particular region) and said out loud, "What stuff? I don't see anything" . . . |
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Posted by Grand concourse on Sat Jul 28 00:54:07 2007, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jul 27 20:49:52 2007. That would've been great! |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Aug 12 17:09:20 2026, in response to I faced down an SCA today - and it was wonderful!, posted by Peter Rosa on Tue Jul 24 13:22:53 2007. What exactly did you mean by "SCA"? |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Aug 12 17:27:25 2026, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today and it was wonderful?, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Aug 12 17:09:20 2026. Suit Covered Anus.Hes been at this for years. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Aug 12 19:16:41 2026, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today and it was wonderful?, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Aug 12 17:27:25 2026. Certainly has. To what end? |
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Posted by Kevin from Midwood on Wed Aug 12 22:43:54 2026, in response to Re: I faced down an SCA today and it was wonderful?, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Aug 12 17:09:20 2026. I had a SCAdian girlfriend and will forever associate that initialism with garb, seneschals, Pennsic, Agincourt, baronesses, fleurs-de-lys, mulled wine, and so on. |
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