Comments on: Hit by a car http://www.brucew.com/blog/2009/05/11/604 It's a male midlife crisis story—only without the red sports car and trophy boyfriend Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:19:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alan http://www.brucew.com/blog/2009/05/11/604/comment-page-1#comment-24794 Alan Fri, 15 May 2009 15:55:18 +0000 http://www.brucew.com/blog/?p=604#comment-24794 Sorry to hear about this whole mess, but I'm glad you're doing well. Heart rate of 44? That was the most impressive part of the story for me. Sorry to hear about this whole mess, but I’m glad you’re doing well.

Heart rate of 44? That was the most impressive part of the story for me.

]]> By: monkeyrider http://www.brucew.com/blog/2009/05/11/604/comment-page-1#comment-24791 monkeyrider Fri, 15 May 2009 01:25:06 +0000 http://www.brucew.com/blog/?p=604#comment-24791 WOW! amazing story Bruce. glad you survived so well. got any pics of the wrecked bike? WOW! amazing story Bruce. glad you survived so well. got any pics of the wrecked bike?

]]> By: brucew http://www.brucew.com/blog/2009/05/11/604/comment-page-1#comment-24784 brucew Thu, 14 May 2009 02:59:53 +0000 http://www.brucew.com/blog/?p=604#comment-24784 Onno--It's been that way since they closed Genesee Hospital a few years back. Interestingly, the crash was just a block away from the old Genesee Hospital. And as for the scooter, well, you've ridden with me so you know that it's an unusual event. For everyone else, I'm not one of the fast guys, which is why whenever I can pull something off like that, I crow about it here. Ginn--Sorry about your crash. I wondered what had happened when I saw your post on rbc-list. Chris--Where did you dig that link up? That map is distorted, similar to that famous one of the London Tube. What that article missed is that in the 1960s, they used the old canal bed to run I-490 east from downtown to I-590, and I-590 south to the current canal. If the subway is ever resurrected, the Blue Line won't be following that route. FWIW, the Halfway stop is correctly positioned on the map. It's halfway from downtown to the eastern terminus. Here's some trivia: Two old stops (Court St and City Hall) are still accessible through a hatch in the basement of the Rundel Building of Central Branch of the Rochester Public Library. The library itself actually stands on pilings above the old canal/subway bed. A couple of years back at the annual staff training day, we had a guided tour. I felt like Indiana Jones or something. Onno—It’s been that way since they closed Genesee Hospital a few years back. Interestingly, the crash was just a block away from the old Genesee Hospital.

And as for the scooter, well, you’ve ridden with me so you know that it’s an unusual event. For everyone else, I’m not one of the fast guys, which is why whenever I can pull something off like that, I crow about it here.

Ginn—Sorry about your crash. I wondered what had happened when I saw your post on rbc-list.

Chris—Where did you dig that link up? That map is distorted, similar to that famous one of the London Tube. What that article missed is that in the 1960s, they used the old canal bed to run I-490 east from downtown to I-590, and I-590 south to the current canal. If the subway is ever resurrected, the Blue Line won’t be following that route.

FWIW, the Halfway stop is correctly positioned on the map. It’s halfway from downtown to the eastern terminus.

Here’s some trivia: Two old stops (Court St and City Hall) are still accessible through a hatch in the basement of the Rundel Building of Central Branch of the Rochester Public Library. The library itself actually stands on pilings above the old canal/subway bed. A couple of years back at the annual staff training day, we had a guided tour. I felt like Indiana Jones or something.

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