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Cranky Old Mission Guy‘s 1970s Fast Passes remind us of old baseball cards. “Bygone” is an understatement.
For more images, check out this post on Muni Time Capsule. And for card holders and T-shirts honoring the slated-for-termination paper passes, visit our Etsy store.
Photo by Steve Rhodes
Update (2:21 p.m. Thursday): A rep from Clipper has dropped by to reply to some of your comments. Read them all here.
Here are the highlights, in chronological order:
Lol at people who still are resisting#Clipper — if you have a monthly pass its really not that different, maybe even better? — @DevonEleven
@DevonEleven Muni monthly pass doesnt cause the scanner on train to screech incessently if s’one else tries to scan @ same time — @SaraMurphy
@DevonEleven i KNOW! #Clipper is so much more useful. — @firstwavedown
@SaraMurphy true, but I honestly do find a reloadable card more convenient — @DevonEleven
@SaraMurphy &it seems to be a better way of tracking line usage which gives me hope for more frequent/plentiful busses/trains @DevonEleven
@DevonEleven if you don’t have a monthly pass Muni’s even worse… some of us lost our comm checks with the downturn #clipper — @noelleaharrison
That last comment is a sad one. But the rest of the conversation makes us wonder: If you’re a monthly pass-holder who hasn’t made the switch yet, why not? And if you have already got a Clipper card, how are you liking it?
PS: If it’s simply aesthetics that explain your aversion to Clipper, fear not. We’re selling card holders that look like the old paper Fast Passes in our Etsy store.
Muni rider Jason sends the photo above, and says:
ok maybe they couldn’t afford a real shelter, but at least now we can sit down in the rain waiting for a southbound 22
How are you coping with all the waterwater and ice falling from the sky?
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I love this photo by davitydave. And the wet weather continues …
Photo by Jennifer 8. Lee
Oh no you din’t, Ms. 8. Lee.
Also, I’m glad The New York Times has copy editors. (“Whats with all the brown?” What’s with no apostrophe, more like.)
Okay, you’re right about the brown. Most of us would prefer an orange something along the lines of 2010 World Champion San Francisco Giants or something. We’ll see what we can do.
Photo by @smiffleblurf
If you left your Valentine on Muni, @smiffleblurf found it:
Someone left a valentine on the floor of #Muni which read, “Jesus crazy for Renee”. Poor, Renee.