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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "You get a token and you get in." [View all]athena
(4,187 posts)70. In the past year? Really?
In any case, it shows you're not a New Yorker. Neither is Bernie, and any New Yorker will see that instantly.
Once again, please quit pretending this is a question of whether he used a credit card or a debit card. It's more like whether he took a steam train or an electric train.
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That was a funny mistake. I used to buy the 100 token bags when I went to college at St. John's.
hrmjustin
Apr 2016
#2
Whoever Sanders was with (he said 'we') clearly took care of getting the tickets
JimDandy
Apr 2016
#113
He should have said "Buy a MetroCard, Load it & Swipe it"... it flows so much easier off the tongue!
TheBlackAdder
Apr 2016
#118
He went to the Bronx. The Bronx! That's enough street cred right there for me.
reformist2
Apr 2016
#15
Look at all your laughing guys. Rolling on the floor. You sure proved your point...
Joe the Revelator
Apr 2016
#22
The DC metro hasn't used 'tokens' in year and years...if asked to say how I ride...
Joe the Revelator
Apr 2016
#21
The Lex is slow because of overcrowding, but we'll be opening the 2nd Ave subway this year...
brooklynite
Apr 2016
#41
yeah, I used to take the Lexington Ave IRT w/ my mother to an Alexander's; still sometimes take it;
amborin
Apr 2016
#80
i'm from ny, go there several x a year and still think of tokens, not cards, so there
amborin
Apr 2016
#38
When your candidate rewrote the history of AIDS, which is to a large degree NYC history you had no
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#42
What are you talking about? It's not what I said, it's what Sanders said to . . .
brush
Apr 2016
#92
i'm talking about the nyt article about how sanders knows how to proceed w/ the banks
amborin
Apr 2016
#96
So forgetting the method of payment you used to ride the subway a year earlier is a lie?
Bjorn Against
Apr 2016
#63
pathetic; as someone who grew up in ny, you are spouting total shameless balderdash
amborin
Apr 2016
#86
I find it charming, and I would never base a vote on something so silly.
ScreamingMeemie
Apr 2016
#57
I am 45, and I would say something like that. I know my 71-year-old father would.
ScreamingMeemie
Apr 2016
#71
Exactly.I'm a global traveler and I still refer to ALL payment forms as "tokens"
riderinthestorm
Apr 2016
#73
Yes, Sanders said 'we', so that's why I arrived at the same explanation as you
JimDandy
Apr 2016
#114
Here is why your candidate keeps losing, she is full of bull and her knowledge is sparse:
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#120