To: nickcarraway; ArGee
The straphanger was waiting for a northbound train ..If he was on the platform waiting for the train, how do they know he was a straphanger rather than a seatsitter?
7 posted on
11/23/2016 2:58:48 PM PST by
Tax-chick
(Proud to be on the enemies list.)
To: Tax-chick
That’s some sort of joke? This is pretty serious.
To: Tax-chick
If he was on the platform waiting for the train, how do they know he was a straphanger rather than a seatsitter? "Straphanger" is New Yorkese for someone who takes public transportation.
15 posted on
11/23/2016 3:10:35 PM PST by
COBOL2Java
(1 Tim 2:1-3)
To: Tax-chick
He was probably a manspreader.
32 posted on
11/23/2016 3:31:45 PM PST by
thulldud
To: Tax-chick
The straphanger term is obsolete in NYC as their subway cars no longer have strap handles. Instead, those standing must clutch onto an assortment of metal poles and bars. But the term "straphanger" stuck and is not going away anytime soon.
The photo below is how NYC subway cars look today. Below that is the way it used to be.
The strap handles were eliminated because they often needed to be repaired. The new poles and bars have no moving parts so are low maintenance.
The NYC subway system fascinates me. It is massive, still growing, and one of the greatest achievements in human history.
To: Tax-chick
“Straphanger” must be just a nickname for subway rider.
40 posted on
11/23/2016 3:57:01 PM PST by
Carriage Hill
( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: Tax-chick
From the headline I assumed the victim’s name was Straphanger.
55 posted on
11/24/2016 3:07:10 AM PST by
a fool in paradise
( Democrats' last peaceful transfer of power was January 1981.)
To: Tax-chick
If he was on the platform waiting for the train, how do they know he was a straphanger rather than a seatsitter? He was probably seen smelling his underarm - an indication he would have it open due to hanging on a strap....
57 posted on
11/24/2016 4:05:58 AM PST by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: Tax-chick
Northbound @ 125th street? There won’t be any seats.
58 posted on
11/24/2016 7:02:59 AM PST by
ArGee
(USA, we hardly knew ye!)
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