{"id":124,"date":"2004-10-15T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-15T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/wordpress179\/?p=124"},"modified":"2004-10-15T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-10-15T21:00:00","slug":"f-u-public-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehippy.net\/blog\/f-u-public-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"F U public transport!"},"content":{"rendered":"

You heard! Farking tram takes an hour to get from Hawthorn to Richmond when I could ride it in 10min, only to find out the store I want to go to is shutdown. (A small but noteworthy “GRRRR!!!” to Pervert clothing<\/a> for not updating their website) 2.5 hours and I’ve got nothing to show for it instead of 45min and a nice pair of jeans.. f’ing PT!<\/p>\n

Lesson Learned: Take a bike EVERYWHERE!<\/p>\n

Addendum: So it’s 11:15pm and I’m heading into the city for some fun<\/a>. The train moves 20m away from Box Hill’s platform and jerks to a halt. <\/p>\n

“Sorry folks, I’m stopping the train. It appears a woman is trying to commit suicide. I’ve notified the police, but we’ll have to wait here until she is taken away and the track deemed safe to proceed.”<\/p>\n

So we wait for about 10min. I’m feeling sorry for the driver, he sounded quite shaken. Totally understandable too the poor bastard.<\/p>\n

As we move off, I notice a flashlight beside my window. Looking closer I can see two cops escorting a woman along beside the train. <\/p>\n

“Fsck!” <\/p>\n

The woman tries to dive under the train! <\/p>\n

A few of us were watching and I think we all gasped when we saw her try to find death right in front of us. I’m going out to a party and she’s trying to kill herself – all I could do was shake my head and wonder “what the hell?”. I mean, I don’t know how I’m supposed to feel about this sort of thing. I don’t know the woman but I feel sorry for whatever situation she’s in that would cause her to try this. Makes my earlier anger seem pretty petty doesnt’ it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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