On 2009-09-04 11:53:01 -0400, Phil said:
> On Sep 4, 9:42 am, Chris wrote:
>> On Sep 4, 9:33 am, Phil wrote:
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>>> On Sep 4, 9:24 am, Chris wrote:
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>>>> On Sep 3, 4:14 pm, Phil wrote:
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>>>>> On Sep 3, 9:02 am, Chris wrote:
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>>>>>> On Sep 2, 9:43 pm, Brian wrote:
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>>>>>>> On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:40:59 -0700 (PDT), Phil
> com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>>>> I said that, if the traffic is right, it could be done. Tha
> t's all.
>>>>>>>> I didn't say it wouldn't be a problem.
>>
>>>>>>>> Phil
>>
>>>>>>> I would hope that people wouldn't base their hotel decision on
> an
>>>>>>> assumption that traffic wouldn't be bad.
>>
>>>>>> And in any case, he's wrong. I used to live on 59th st. and 9th.
>>>>>> Avenue, and I work on Chambers, and my work mandated that I have
> my
>>>>>> car at the job. I guarantee you that (1) the West Side Highway is
> not
>>>>>> the fastest way downtown at any time of day, and (2) not even the
>>>>>> fastest route will get you from 34th street to Chambers St. in 5
>>>>>> minutes (unless you're including helicopters, of course).
>>
>>>>> Midtown covers more ground than 59th Street. It goes as far down
> as
>>>>> the upper thirties IIRC. That's a mile from 59th Street.
>>
>>>> You should perhaps go back and read what I wrote.
>>
>>> I did not read this entire thread. Sorry. I wrote in response to
>>> that one post.
>>
>>>>> What time did you drive to and from work?
>>
>>>> 7-730AM, 4-430PM. But I also did a lot of driving evenings and
>>>> weekends- and even early (i.e., 6AM) Saturday morning it takes longer
>>>> than 5 minutes to travel the distance I specified.
>>
>>> I've done it. Maybe not from 59th Street, but I've done it. Early
> in
>>> the week, after evening rush hour.
>>
>>> Phil
>>
>> 34th to Chambers in 5 minutes? Were you a police officer or fireman?
>
> Or a paramedic or a cabbie or an aggressive driver or a lucky
> driver....
Or in your case, a drunk driver.
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