Weekend Photos: Through the Looking Glass 02.10.12
Photo by honestnoj365
Enjoy your beer-filled weekend and these photos!
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Photo by jeremykeith
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Muni Time Capsule: Tug-Metro Pulls Its Predecessor to Pasture 02.10.12
Image from a video by Jeremy W.
Over at Muni Time Capsule this morning, we bring video and photos of a scene earlier in the week. Using a two-car Breda LRV, Muni tugged one of its few remaining old Boeing streetcars from Mint Yard (behind Safeway on Market) to Metro Yard (near Balboa Park).
Click on over to Muni Time Capsule to learn more of Muni’s past.
A New Twist on Photographing Muni 02.09.12
Ariel (of ‘You’re Already Dead‘ fame) is back with another intriguing tale of life on Muni.
Muni operator asked me why I took a picture of the bus, said he had to write it up for his supervisor. I kept asking him why he needed to know why I took it, he said he was just asking, but also needed to know so he could write it up. I kept asking why he needed to write it up and he finally said “Was there something on the bus that you were taking a picture of?!” I said no and he gave up.
Yeah, file this one in the “Huh?” folder. Also, too: Nice photo, Ariel!
Muni Art: Fast Pass, Oil on Wood 02.09.12
Muni rider Steven recently told us about Blair Bradshaw‘s rad Fast Pass art. I totally wanna see these in person.
We got in touch with Blair, who had this to say about his artwork:
I’ve done a couple that have been birth days/months of people as well.
33-Stanyan x 2 = 66-AMAZING (update) 02.08.12
Update (9:05 p.m.): Mike updated Flickr with a better photo of the situation at Market/Clayton. He says:
The foreground bus seems to have gotten stuck when the driver took the turn way too tight, as evidenced by the fact that thing isn’t anywhere near the line it normally takes (painted on the ground). It was so far off, he couldn’t get it attached to the cables and had to just park it while he waited for help.
It sat there for a bit over half an hour, snarling traffic in both directions of Market and up Clayton. Eventually some help arrived and they managed to connect it back into the grid long enough to get it out of the intersection. Amazingly, through all of that time, most people still sat and patiently waited on the bus.
Thanks, Mike!
Original post:
Mike Dillon suggests, “Betcha you’ve never seen two 33s take this turn at the same time before…” You’re right, Mike. To which I’d add, “Dayum!”
Who you callin’ ‘dummy,’ dummy? 02.08.12
Photog David L. describes the following scene:
The woman behind me was talking on a cellphone the entire trip (Yapper alert!) with a creepy ventriloquist’s dummy on her lap. Not only was she talking on the phone, but she occasionally was talking in what I assumed was the dummy’s voice as well.
Quelle horreur!
We’d have that look on our face, too, if confronted by such a tragedy. Thanks, David!
Hot Valentine’s Day Contest on our Facebook Page 02.08.12
Hey you. Yeah, you. The one making come hither eyes at me across the aisle on the J-Church. Muni Diaries is looking for your tales of love and lust aboard public transit. Aside from instant fame and exhibitionism, you could win a goodie bag from Good Vibrations. Yep. Mhm.
Head over to the Muni Diaries Facebook, like us, and let the e-ink spill. Post your best fatal attraction story there, tell your friends to like your story, then hold your breath.
You have until midnight on Feb. 13 to enter. The winner will be announced on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14.
L-Taraval Operator Helps Move Car From Tracks 02.07.12
@ringleader3 sends this one in. Muni’s better angels, and all that.
“check out this muni driver and riders helping a little old lady move her dead car out of the way of the L.”
Thanks, @ringleader3!
Muni News: New transpo board members, tunnel driver, new streetcar, Muni violence 02.07.12
Photo by Robert B. Livingston
- Supervisors Campos, Wiener picked to lead transportation board (City Insider)
- Man Who Drove Through Muni Tunnel Blew A 0.20 BAC (SFist)
- Man Who Drove Into Muni Tunnel Last Month Pleads Not Guilty To DUI Charges (SF Appeal)
- The C-line is back! (Market Street Railway)
- Fare Hack: Exploiting a Clipper Card Flaw Is Easy (SF Weekly)
- Another addition to the F-Market fleet (Market Street Railway)
- Miffed Muni mom mauls fellow passenger for crowding her (SF Examiner)
- Man Beaten And Robbed While Waiting For Muni (BCN via SF Appeal)
- BART expansion to Livermore to be studied (SF Examiner)
‘You’re Already Dead!’ 02.07.12
Photo by MetaGrrrl
Pull your chairs closer to the campfire, kids. Ariel‘s got a doozy for us.
I’d been on the bus for one stop and already had a lady with face tattoos spit in my face.
She spun around and gave me an evil look and said, “You’re already dead!”
I told her to get off the bus and she spat in my face. I tried to keep cool and told her again. She got off and made a big fuss about her bags, then the lady she first spat on had the operator call the cops. Then I saw the spitting lady handcuffed with a mask over her mouth, led into the cop car. We all had to get off the bus, probably so the operator could file a report.
As I told Ariel, the whole “You’re already dead” bit is already giving me nightmares. And I haven’t even gone to sleep. Got a fireside chat to share with your Muni-riding brothers and sisters? Do it here.
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