Train Stations
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kid charlemagne
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they are good, we should havemore..... also never pay.... always jump the turnstiles
kid charlemagne
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charles de gualle statue in paris wow
Police hunt Phantom Train Shitter
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,1929486,00.html
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IdleRich
IdleRich
In Lisbon there was a kind of big raid in Martim Moniz station (which I guess is where all the junkies go) where hundreds of tickets inspectors burst in with police back-up and checked every ticket on the station, about half of them were literally arrested and dragged off by roided up armed police. But Donna and I were reading a book to each other and we looked very innocent so they never checked our non-existent tickets
Remember, the thief doesn't read and the reader doesn't steal, if i think I might do something outside the bounds of the law I always carry a book.
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IdleRich
IdleRich
I love train stations, there is a potential there and a mystery and romance. When you said goodbye to soneone you used to be able to run alongside with your hanky and in some places you still can - try doing that with a plane.
Unfortunately though, in Portugal the network is so badly integrated with the rest of Europe thst you can only go to other places in Portugal. And of course we're stuck on the edge of the continent, i was trying to explain how in a German station simply the list of destinations is magical but they didn't really get it.
That said i have a soft spot for Santa Apolonia and Oriente too in its way I guess.
St Ap
I like the area around it too, sort of touristy and yet still a bit scuzzy. There is a cafe-bar I always go in if I gotta wait for the train which is very down-at-heel and friendly - though it charges as much as though it were really posh which is a mark against it.
Oriente
Kinda the Canary Wharf of Lisbon I'd say.
Unfortunately though, in Portugal the network is so badly integrated with the rest of Europe thst you can only go to other places in Portugal. And of course we're stuck on the edge of the continent, i was trying to explain how in a German station simply the list of destinations is magical but they didn't really get it.
That said i have a soft spot for Santa Apolonia and Oriente too in its way I guess.
St Ap
I like the area around it too, sort of touristy and yet still a bit scuzzy. There is a cafe-bar I always go in if I gotta wait for the train which is very down-at-heel and friendly - though it charges as much as though it were really posh which is a mark against it.
Oriente
Kinda the Canary Wharf of Lisbon I'd say.
IdleRich
IdleRich
Also St Apolonia has this ace looking art deco (or international modern whatever) hotel, I would really like a reason to stay there. In general I like the idea of hotels in stations, it puts me in mind of roadside inns of yore somehow.
I'll probably never be able to justify a hotel so near where I live but I could definitely eat in the restaurant sometime.
I'll probably never be able to justify a hotel so near where I live but I could definitely eat in the restaurant sometime.
yyaldrin
in je ogen waait de wind
it's such a good feeling to dodge fares. i got checked in the tram once and it seemed impossible to get away from it. at every door there were at least 4 inspectors waiting and it was the last stop so everyone had to get out. they had me singled out already and told me they needed my id. i had already accepted my loss and while im searching for my id in my pocket there is a big yell a few meters away and some hussle, turned out it was another person trying to run away and she fell on the tracks and everyone was running after her. then a crowd of bystanders started to turn against the inspectors and it turned into a big chaotic scene everyone swearing at everyone and i just stood there with my id card in my hand and no inpector in sight. i walked away thinking wow even when you think it's all over some miracle can still happen.
yyaldrin
in je ogen waait de wind
are you proud of yourself now mister inspector! try doing that to me instead of that poor woman! you cunt of a person! can't you get a real job! and all of that then attracts another type of people, homeless people, mentally ill people and it just becomes so chaotic
IdleRich
IdleRich
But yeah I don't mind getting busted every now and again and you gotta pay a fine or whatever and you still probably come out ahead in the end but it was bad when they decided to do this serious crackdown thing. I guess they were fed up of drug addicts going to buy at Mouraria and so they decided to pro-actively check everybody at that station and be really aggressive. As far as I could tell they were dragging everyone off to the station (police station i mean) in the grip of burly police guys. Presumably they reasoned that they would sweep up a load of 'undesirables' that way but there were scared looking teenagers and all sorts being taken off for reprogramming.
luka
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What i like about train stations is that the platforms are like stages and you see the people arranged across them in limbo, doing nothing. Like a funny beckett play. They were better before smartphones obviously but thats true of everything. Its not easy doing nothing it can induce extrrme self consciousness