H. you're a funny man. I didn't realize it till now. Clever.
This "traveler" was what is known as a "bag lady". She probably lived in a shelter. The bags contain all of her possessions. A lot of those people used the ferry and the terminals as home for a day. The fare was five cents each way. In the morning the people had to leave the shelters. They couldn't get back in until the evening, and had to be there by a certain hour or they'd be locked out, so they would have to sleep in the subway or in a doorway.
Maybe that's the 'freedom' they always talk so eloquently about. But then, no, what they mean is the freedom to buy as much nonsense as we can afford and then get a loan, to buy more...
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Friday 11/02/05, 02:03
'take the tourist and the traveller. the essential difference is: the traveller don't know where he's going, the tourist don't know where he is...'
David Lee Roth
Friday 11/02/05, 15:18
H. you're a funny man. I didn't realize it till now. Clever.
This "traveler" was what is known as a "bag lady". She probably lived in a shelter. The bags contain all of her possessions. A lot of those people used the ferry and the terminals as home for a day. The fare was five cents each way. In the morning the people had to leave the shelters. They couldn't get back in until the evening, and had to be there by a certain hour or they'd be locked out, so they would have to sleep in the subway or in a doorway.
Saturday 12/02/05, 01:54
A sad life. Neither coming nor going. And never home.
:-(
Sunday 13/02/05, 03:07
Maybe that's the 'freedom' they always talk so eloquently about. But then, no, what they mean is the freedom to buy as much nonsense as we can afford and then get a loan, to buy more...