The Streetcar proponents claim that Streetcars entice a more healthy environment by encouraging walking. They're right. I could have sat my lazy ass on the Streetcar when nobody was saying anything about why it was broke (I had to check my Twitter for updates). Instead, I walked all the way across the Hawthorne Bridge to get my car, drive back to pick up my family, and then continued our journey in air conditioned, spacious comfort.
1.2 miles.
About a 20 minute walk. Considering we had been on the Streetcar for about 40 minutes taking the long, scenic trip through nowhere to get there... (I could have ridden a bus and shaved half the time walking back, but I didn't want to wait for the bus.)
Great! This means you won't be riding (and thus whining) about the streetcar, anymore!
ReplyDeleteI think Eriks post is very funny.
ReplyDeleteHe's a satirist MAX, the use of satire is hilarious!
You and Jason just don't appreciate satire.
I on the other hand, absofuckinglutely love it!
You and Jason just don't appreciate satire.
ReplyDeleteI believe it's the whining that's the issue.
And I think it was a power system issue NOT related to that streetcar.
I actually almost met you--I was filming the stopped streetcars from a block or two back next to the substation the maintenance guy was in.
You say its whining I say its satire and sarcasm!
ReplyDeleteYou'd think that if you hated the streetcar, you wouldn't drive from another city to ride it.
ReplyDeleteI don't think he expected it to break down
ReplyDeleteErik would have complained whether it broke down or not.
ReplyDeleteHe complained about it before he even got in his car that day!
Whereas you complained about Erik's post before he even wrote it. Everyone's a winner cause everyone complains!
DeleteWell I think Erik's use of sarcasm is very appropriate!
ReplyDeleteI think it's rather sad that there's two guys, Max and Jason, that are so pathetic in their otherwise meaningless and pointless lives to have nothing better to do than to bash me because they get some sexual gratification from saying "Oh, Erik's a whiner..." and probably jerk off doing it because they're too poor to actually buy porn - much less too stupid to figure out how to find it on the internet.
ReplyDeleteGet a fucking life. You bitch at me about "whining" but that's ALL you do. I come up with suggestions - all you do is WHINE and attack me, without offering ONE shred of suggestion about improving anything. Max is great at calling me "wrong" but has NEVER, not ONCE, actually been able to correct me. Just goes to show he's all high and mighty but isn't worth the dirt he stands on.
And Jason - Maybe you'd like to have a beef with The Oregonian who published this on their website:
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2012/09/portland_streetcar_mechanical.html
A mechanical error on the inaugural day of the Portland Streetcar's eastside loop took one of the 11 cars in the fleet out of service
Rick Gustafson said the mechanical error, which affected the part on the streetcar that receives electricity to drive the motor
Sounds like Rick Gustafson - isn't he the director of Portland Streetcar, Inc. - says it was a mechanical problem with the Streetcar.
Hmmmm... Who should I listen to, Jason, a nosy "know-it-all" but knows nothing punk kid who seems to do nothing more than whine about some guy named Erik, or a guy who manages the Streetcar. Hmmm.... It's a hard one.
But, I'm sure Max will say I'm wrong, even though The Oregonian backs me up, and Rick Gustafson backs me up...I must be wrong, because, will, Max just has some little personal problem with me and no actual valid reason. I could call the sky blue on a bright sunny day, and Max will say I'm wrong. I will say the Earth is round, and Max will call me wrong. Heck - I could say gravity exists, and Max will call me wrong.