Thread: Jaywalking-

Some people would think that you shlould not drink coffee on the subway because they have no restrooms! Let me dispel your ignorance of the laws - it is unlawful to eat or drink on the subway - so wait until you are on the platform to swig that joe!!. Poppa

"Alice - I was there by the Mitchel houses watching the Marathon 2 weeks ago. They started throwing potatoes out of the projects at the cops down below. I went to a cafe and struck up a conversation with the waitress - she told me that a lot of drug addicts still try to use their bathroom as it gets cleaned several times a day, unlike the McD's since it's disgusting. I know the South Bronx. And East New York." Hope...

"Shinnygirl - VERY good question! How's everything in Wicklow - been there a couple of times - do you know of Benny, the vision impaired fellow who sells cell phones???? Poppa" Lol Poppa, no I've never heard of him. What part of Wicklow where you in? My point was exactly how would they enforce it as once people leave the country they aren't going to care about a ticket. And I had assumed it wasn't linked...

a few months after leaving our rental flat in London in 1980 the roomate whose name the electric bill was it, got a 500 pound bill! Turned out it was for the whole 5 story building, not just our flat (we wont get into the mystery of why WE, the poor American students living 5 to a 2 BR flat, were suddenly being billed for the entire building as soon as we moved out!). We were told we would be persona non grata in England and would be refused...

Don't drink coffee on the subway !!!

New fines for letting your car idle. What gets me is that it used to be $5! nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/nyc_raises… The fine was $5 and the council voted Wednesday to raise it to $250. The bill also gets rid of a three-minute grace period.

I was in Times Square this weekend and watched folks get tickets for Jaywalking!!

Wont the foreigner have probs next time getting into the country?

Vladchan -- Do you really think that Customs and the embassies that issue visas are going to be told to be on the alert for folks with outstanding jaywalking tickets? I would hope they have better things to do.....

*** not sure if the tentacles of the law would reach that far....... but you never know *** Yeah Poppa ..... but nevertheless ..... ah ..... you'd better not show up in Switzerland to pick up film festival lifetime achievement award. Then ..... "Gottcha" !