>>http://www.fayobserver.com/weather
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>>Can't be North Carolina. Sheesh, this is ridiculous! 103F Real Temperature and counting...
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>We had a thunderstorm yesterday and the whole subway system was not operating (at least from Queens to Downtown). Took me more than 2h. to come to work instead of usual ~45 minutes. Walked from 34 street to 54th, which seems to be a nice exercise, since I become too lazy and don't do any physical activities anymore...

Man, you just triggered memories of when I used to take the F train from Brooklyn through the city to 168th street, and then a few years later, taking the A and E trains from 208th to 168th. If anything went wrong, it turned into a 2 or 3 hour trip. Staring out the black windows, reading the advertising signs above the windows, reading the newspaper; anything to avoid making eye contact. I loved the city for all the things you could do/get/see, but hated the daily life of it.