This post started as an e-mail response to a transit e-mail list that somehow had a flurried discussion of wristwatches: German vs Russian vs American; relative quality and value, etc.
We have had a lot of posts in the last few days about timepieces. I have been struggling to figure out how the subject of collecting expensive watches is related to transit.
Digging into my memory, I have come up with an example.
Experienced transit users may recall a period, perhaps 20 years ago, when NYC Transit was rebuilding the sprawling Herald Square subway station. I found myself navigating the station and heading for the 33 St. PATH station (which as everybody knows has been at 32 St., not 33 St., for the last 80 years or so).
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