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nytraveler Dec 21st, 2014 03:48 PM

Single file - one after another. Did yuo never see Last of the Mohicans????

obxgirl Dec 21st, 2014 04:01 PM

Indian file? OMG, your inner dinosaur is showing.

IMDonehere Dec 21st, 2014 05:59 PM

Indian files are now used by call centers.

WhereAreWe Dec 22nd, 2014 08:18 AM

What does Last of the Mohicans have to do with anything? This is weird.

Pintxos Dec 22nd, 2014 08:35 AM

Hilarious.

Pintxos Dec 22nd, 2014 08:41 AM

A modified version should be posted for each major city: Paris, London, Rome, etc.

IMDonehere Dec 22nd, 2014 09:23 AM

Thank you Pintxos, royalties gratefully accepted.

Fra_Diavolo Dec 22nd, 2014 01:46 PM

The other day, I was walking down 45th St when I was blocked by four nannies (?), teacher's aides (?) or kidnappers, each wheeling gigantic "strollers" that held four, and in one case FIVE children. I think they should be banned under an anti-child-pollution ordinance.

IMDonehere Dec 22nd, 2014 02:13 PM

They have strollers these days that are part of the program of the Defense Department where they sell tanks and armored cars to local police.

nytraveler Dec 22nd, 2014 03:46 PM

Those "egg carton" transporters are very handy for multiple kids in day car or pre-school. But they definitely don;t belong on 45th St.

And I have been run into a couple of times by frenzied moms pushing the tank strollers. One hit my ankle so hard it started to bleed. When I complained she told me I should get out of her way (we were walking at a good pace - apparently she wanted to job - which is for the park -not city streets).

smetz1 Dec 22nd, 2014 04:17 PM

So we're anti- tourists, lovers, people with children, people with umbrellas and texters. I don't think I know anybody that doesn't fit into at least one of those categories.

IMDonehere Dec 22nd, 2014 06:07 PM

We forgot to include elderly people with their walkers.

Fra_Diavolo Dec 22nd, 2014 07:18 PM

Today I saw a new one -- a woman talking over Skype or FaceTime while walking down the street and taking an apparent selfie. Unfortunately, she did not fall down and break her neck (as far as I know).

To me, this does not bode well.

owlwoman Dec 23rd, 2014 08:06 AM

This is too funny! I walk from GCT to Lincoln Center everyday, the morning is great as I get into the city at 7:20 while most of the tourists are asleep and I actually get 5th Ave to myself, but the evening walk back has been horrendous, I think I've taken out at least a dozen or more tourists in the past week or so! Most of the time I feel like a salmon swimming upstream :)

IMDonehere Dec 23rd, 2014 10:21 AM

Thank you. Please do not kill too many tourists, they are good for the local economy.

FaceInTheCrowd Dec 24th, 2014 08:38 AM

<<Half the bikers do not know the rules, the other half ignore them. Let’s try and change that percentage.>>

Won't help. In my city it's 25% who don't know the rules, and 75% who ignore them, but the result is the same.

gardendiva Dec 25th, 2014 06:46 AM

These rules should apply in any city not matter the size and grocery stores. I work in a small town that encourages riding your bike. My handbag has been knocked off my arm twice but a bike rider that like to ride on the sidewalk next to the buildings at 30 miles per hour.


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