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Posted by tunnelrat on Wed Jun 20 11:56:50 2012, in response to IRT FUBAR, posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Jun 20 11:51:15 2012. 39 whitehall st.I remember it well. |
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Posted by Joe Saitta on Wed Jun 20 12:29:59 2012, in response to Re: IRT FUBAR, posted by tunnelrat on Wed Jun 20 11:56:50 2012. Same here - but it started at the 69th Regiment Armory on 26th and Lexington - took the subway to start my service years. |
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Re: IRT FUBAR |
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Posted by Mark S. Feinman on Wed Jun 20 14:02:32 2012, in response to IRT FUBAR, posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Jun 20 11:51:15 2012. So THAT'S what happened ... I was waiting for a downtown 1 train at 66th St at about 1:30 when the delay first stated materializing. After 10 minutes of no announcements (except the automated one which kept telling me of a 1 train 3 minutes away), I bailed and walked to Columbus Circle and picked up a D.--Marl |
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Re: IRT power failure |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jun 20 16:35:55 2012, in response to IRT FUBAR, posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Jun 20 11:51:15 2012. FUBAR still means no possibility of repair. |
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Re: IRT power failure |
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Posted by randyo on Thu Jun 21 14:56:40 2012, in response to Re: IRT power failure, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jun 20 16:35:55 2012. The "R" in FUBAR stands for the word "recognition" not "repair." We used that term in the command center often. |
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Re: IRT power failure |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Thu Jun 21 15:46:46 2012, in response to Re: IRT power failure, posted by randyo on Thu Jun 21 14:56:40 2012. What other terms were used in the Command Center?I can think of one. "I'm gonna nail his pecker to the wall!" |
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Re: IRT power failure |
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Posted by chud1 on Fri Jun 22 03:25:00 2012, in response to Re: IRT power failure, posted by randyo on Thu Jun 21 14:56:40 2012. u could also use SNAFU!chud1 |
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Re: IRT FUBAR |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Fri Jun 22 14:54:51 2012, in response to Re: IRT FUBAR, posted by Mark S. Feinman on Wed Jun 20 14:02:32 2012. The machine *was* correct. The Train *was* three minutes away, but it wan't going anywhere! ☺ |
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