Re: (rshsdepot) Borough Hall - Brooklyn Bridge

[<train1812_@_bellsouth.net>]

Alas, Michael, a male cannot argue effectively against a female's logic.
Never mind that for years you had been trained not to go near the stairs 
because they were not accessible. No, you forced yourself to go elsewhere to 
get to where you needed to go.

Did your friend know the stairs had been closed for, oh, so long? It doesn't 
even matter if the station you refer to is in New York, London or Timbuktu.

Is your friend worth pursuing? Is she understanding? If she thinks you're a 
dope, your cause is most likely lost anyway. On the other hand, if she's 
reasonable and can understand why you acted the way you did, then onward, I 
say.

BUT -- on the other hand, you seem to not be sure the stairs had actually 
been closed. If, in fact, they were not, plead stupidity.

My two cents worth in your quest. :-)

Albest,

Leo




>I hope that somebody on this list can help resolve a friendly dispute
> with a favored grad student which has degenerated into "Men are not
> capable of following simple directions, Never mind ask for them."
>
> We were supposed to meet at the main entrance to the 4&5 trains under the
> Municipal Building. Having walked across that bridge probably hundreds of
> times during my student days in Brooklyn, in my mind that main entrance
> to 4&5 meant the plaza at the end of the bridge. To her it meant the
> stairs that are actually under the building.
> While I will concede that I should have heard "under the building" as the
> operative terminology, I was under the impression that those stairs had
> been closed off some time ago. They were open as of a week ago last
> Thursday with quite a bit of iron fence in place.
>
> So my question to some of the veteran New Yorkers on this list is:  Is my
> memory correct here or should I just plead stupidity? (I may do that
> anyway)
>
> Thanks 

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