No More Shouting About The Sun

I think the woman who used to sell Lowell Sun newspapers at the North Billerica train station is out of a job or something. She is no longer there shouting out, "Do you want to buy the Sun for a quarter?"

They now have a ticket booth in the train station and people can buy their newspapers there. They just place their quarter on the counter, pick up their paper, and walk away.

No more personal touch. No more shouting. They call this progress?


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Departure Time From Home: 6:32
Departure Time From Train Station 6:59
Arrival Time at North Station: 7:41
Weather as I call it: Mostly cloudy, 40s
Shady Gas Price: $2.77
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 2
Feared for my life: No

Condolicious

There's this billboard that I see every morning coming into North Station that is an advertisement for the NorthPoint Condominiums. There's this woman's face on the billboard and she has her right index finger in her mouth. Her other digits are topped with some kind of red berry.

I guess living there is tasty...among other things.


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Departure Time From Home: 6:30
Departure Time From Train Station 6:58
Arrival Time at North Station: 7:40
Weather as I call it: Sunny, 40s
Shady Gas Price: $2.77
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 2
Feared for my life: No

Aprile's European Restaurant

There's a new restaurant that is opening along my route to work. It is going into the space that Bainbridge's occupied...

The name of the new restaurant is Aprile's European Restaurant. At least that's what the temporary signs says its name is.

The sign also mentions fine food and pizzeria. Not sure on when it is opening but I look forward to it.

I won't be able to go there on my drive to work but maybe at night some time.


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Departure Time From Home: 6:30 AM
Departure Time From Train Station 6:59
Arrival Time at North Station: 7:37
Weather as I call it: Sunny, 40s
Shady Gas Price: $2.77
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 1 (Patriots' Day)
Feared for my life: No.

Snoring

There was this really big dude snoring in the seat across the aisle from me. Man, he was loud. It wasn't just deep breathing. It was full-on, nasal-cavity vibrating snore.


It was ok as long as you didn't want to sleep too.

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Departure Time From Home: 6:00
Departure Time From Train Station 6:26
Arrival Time at North Station: 7:08
Weather as I call it: Sunny, 40s
Shady Gas Price: $2.75
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 2
Feared for my life: No

I Forgot My Pass

Ugh. There is no worse feeling like realizing you left your pass at home as you are sitting down on the train. First time this has happened...and hopefully the last.

I had left the pass in my shirt pocket from the train ride home.

I forgot to put it back in my wallet.

Good thing I had some cash on me. I hate having to pay twice for something.


Ugh.

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Departure Time From Home: 6:30
Departure Time From Train Station 6:59
Arrival Time at North Station: 7:42
Weather as I call it: Sunny, 40s
Shady Gas Price: $2.75
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 4
Feared for my life: No

I Think I Almost Slept On The Train

I got up this morning on the early side and felt tired. I felt so tired that I started to fall asleep on the train.

I wish I could catch some winks on the train like some people. I don't think I can fall into a deep sleep.


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Departure Time From Home: 6:37
Departure Time From Train Station 6:59
Arrival Time at North Station: 7:42
Weather as I call it: Sunny, cool, 40s
Shady Gas Price: $2.75
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 2
Feared for my life: No

Have A Lovely Day

The homeless guy who stands around Haymarket in the morning requests that the ladies have a lovely day. As a guy, I am to have a good day.

But what if I have a lovely day...? Should I tell him?

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Departure Time From Home: 6:30
Departure Time From Train Station 6:59
Arrival Time at North Station: 7:40
Weather as I call it: Sunny -some fog - 40s
Shady Gas Price: $2.75
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 2
Feared for my life: No

Skateboarding to Work

There's this dude who skateboards to work from North Station. Somehow he pulls it off.

I couldn't do that. I would look silly doing it. But this dude, this dude looks right.

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Departure Time From Home: 6:50
Departure Time From Train Station 7:26
Arrival Time at North Station: 8:06
Weather as I call it: Sunny 40s
Shady Gas Price: $2.75
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 2
Feared for my life: No

Altercation At North Station

As I was walking down the stairs at North Station, I saw an altercation of some sort at the doors.

What I saw was a man pushing/hitting a woman...which made me say "whoa" out loud. It was pretty jarring. I am not sure what happened beforehand to provoke such a response, but it wasn't cool.

What I could deduce was that the woman was coming through the door at the same time as the man was exiting. Maybe she shoved him first? Maybe she wouldn't yield to him.

Who knows. Let's stay out of each others' way. Respect the "stay to the right" rule.

And let's stop hitting each other...

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Departure Time From Home: 6:50
Departure Time From Train Station 7:27
Arrival Time at North Station: 8:05
Weather as I call it: Sunny
Shady Gas Price: $2.75
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 2
Feared for my life: No