New Charlie Card instead of monthly T-pass and tokens!

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

Looks like we might be going all high-tech at some point with a pay-as-you-go fare card system:

New Card Fare System

I'd never heard of this Charlie fellow before either.

x-posted to medford_mass

Comments

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

How originally is original? Been here over a decade. Had heard the story of "guy who got on the T and couldn't get off" but never knew he had a name... or a song.

[jadelennox]

oh, how sad! maybe you only get it growing up, because it's a fun song for kids. I've just added the Dropkick Murphys cover to Wiki article, since it's also sad that they didn't have that.

It's a fun song. and the cover is funnier.

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

Ha! Even funnier is that a woman quoted in the article suggest the Dropkick Murphy's cover the original. Wonder if she knew about the Skinhead song?

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

That was me, actually. (http://www.livejournal.com/users/talonvaki/1189784.html)

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

Ha! Wicked awesome!

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

Didn't know about the cover...but I'd guess they'd have to do it a little more straight to get it to go...I said them because, hey, they got a 100+ year old song (Tessie) popular again...a 56-year-old one should be cake.

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

You should send an email to the band. :)

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

Hm. Perhaps I should at that!

[jadelennox]

You didn't know? I assumed you were being snarky.

That's fantastic! I'm super amused.

Congrats on being famous.

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

Wish I had known! But (heh) I guess the reporter hadn't heard of it, either.

I need to go find it, now, that song...