tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407034878188607881.post3778085606895331398..comments2024-03-28T13:03:59.666-07:00Comments on Tillalala Chronicles: New York, Part OneJohn Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873070309448793816noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407034878188607881.post-13605207589538846872010-11-07T20:27:05.416-08:002010-11-07T20:27:05.416-08:00Thanks John, for this here travel post, and I look...Thanks John, for this here travel post, and I look forward to part 2 and beyond -- I love NYC.<br /><br />Interesting to read about your Metrocard / subway problems. "Failed swipes," I've just now googled up and learned, can be common. <a href="http://gothamist.com/2010/04/26/wsj_teaches_readers_how_to_swipe_me.php" rel="nofollow">Here's an article about a WSJ story from earlier this year that allegedly included tips on how to do it right, and a link to a five year old study that found a 25% rate (!) of failed swipes</a>. <br /><br />I still have one of the classic NYC keyhole subway tokens from when I was back there in 1978 . . . .Steven Famahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117noreply@blogger.com