WAITING FOR THE TRAIN

[MurphOnMillerAve]

He simply looks contemplative, to me, and having his eyes cast downward has become a wise custom for many people who ride NYC's subways, given the ever-at-the-ready to strike-out socially damaged mental cases constantly looking predatorially around, ready to take exception to being looked at, even in passing or in one's casual gaze around a subway car or platform. (And if you've ever been there, you know exactly of whom I speak.)

[Rufus T. Firefly]

He simply looks contemplative, to me, .....

Busy reviewing the messages from the voices in his head.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

:roll:

I have ridden the subways in NY, Philly, DC and quite a few others, like Paris. Some folks are riding them while checking in with the voices in their heads; some listen, some converse, some take notes, some act, some delete......and some are looking for the caller ID.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

:roll:

I have ridden the subways in NY, Philly, DC and quite a few others, like Paris. Some folks are riding them while checking in with the voices in their heads; some listen, some converse, some take notes, some act, some delete......and some are looking for the caller ID.

No doubt. And plenty of other looking around, too, for...…..well...….."connections" ?

P.S. When in Paris during the late 60's, teaching Art and Architecture, I found the subway under Paris to be very pleasant. Maybe, that was because my students and I used them only for very quick jaunts from here-to-there, and didn't stay on them for any extended periods of time. They were enjoyable, to me, but maybe that was because I was mind-blown at the whole experience of simply being there.

[Roy]

You sure you're not looking at me?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I pictured you differently, Roy, in my mind's eye.

[Roy]

I pictured you differently, Roy, in my mind's eye.

More like this?:



Or, this?:

[MurphOnMillerAve]

...more like the man with the trolley friend because I envision you as more playful, and not at all like the sourpuss of the lower photo of Mr. Functional Illiterate Bully.

[Roy]

Pretty good descriptions, Murph. Just to be straight, the "the man with the trolley friend" is the late Fred Rogers(of Mister Roger's Neighborhood), and "Mr. Functional Illiterate Bully" is the late Idi Amin, the Butcher of Uganda.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Pretty good descriptions, Murph. Just to be straight, the "the man with the trolley friend" is the late Fred Rogers(of Mister Roger's Neighborhood), and "Mr. Functional Illiterate Bully" is the late Idi Amin, the Butcher of Uganda.

Of course.

[Roy]

Name the movies:

[webenda]

Name the movies:

Man of the West (1958) Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb.

Festival Express is a 2003 documentary film about the 1970 train tour of the same name across Canada.

Strangers on a Train (1951) Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman

[Roy]

Name the movies:

Man of the West (1958) Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb.

Festival Express is a 2003 documentary film about the 1970 train tour of the same name across Canada.

Strangers on a Train (1951) Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! That is correct!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Name the movies:

Man of the West (1958) Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb.

Festival Express is a 2003 documentary film about the 1970 train tour of the same name across Canada.

Strangers on a Train (1951) Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! That is correct!

I'm curious (and have long been so,) if you will permit, Wayne, what was your procedure for discerning that information?