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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 01:45 AM Original message |
Slugging to Work: Anonymous Ride-Sharing |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. More better. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. the "caller" in slug parlance |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 05:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. I heard about this happening in California |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. but this is the East |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Bay Area calls it "casual carpool" |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. This isn't a new thing |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 07:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yep. The name slug came from bus drivers... |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That's interesting n/t |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. Dammit, I'm old enough to remember anonymous sex... |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. That's long been the custom in the East Bay. |
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6th Borough (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. Someone "slugging" here would be robbed/raped/ killed within a fortnight. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I wondered where "fortnight" was common parlance in the US |
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ovidsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. "Slugging" has been popular in the DC area for decades |
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blitzen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. A "slug" saved me from being stuck in traffic for several hours.... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. If you're not wearing a suit and tie, it's called "hitchhiking". |
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