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I got a very warm, sweet card in the mail from a friend today. As an added bonus, it's purple. *hug*
Since the NYC transit people don't seem to be selling Metrocard holders, I have rummaged in my dresser and found a substitute: the soft plastic holder for the photo ID that goes with a Paris Metro weekly ticket. (The London Underground one might also work, but this came to hand first.)
I came home from exercise, lunch, and assorted shopping having turned a profit for the day: on the way out of the A train at 207th, I saw a Metrocard on the ground near the turnstile. I picked it up and swiped it in the "check your card here" machine, and it's valued at $16 (i.e. nine rides on the subway and/or bus), which is more than I spent. The great majority of cards lying on the ground are worthless: used up or expired. But just enough have value that it's worth checking now and again, given spare time.
Since the NYC transit people don't seem to be selling Metrocard holders, I have rummaged in my dresser and found a substitute: the soft plastic holder for the photo ID that goes with a Paris Metro weekly ticket. (The London Underground one might also work, but this came to hand first.)
I came home from exercise, lunch, and assorted shopping having turned a profit for the day: on the way out of the A train at 207th, I saw a Metrocard on the ground near the turnstile. I picked it up and swiped it in the "check your card here" machine, and it's valued at $16 (i.e. nine rides on the subway and/or bus), which is more than I spent. The great majority of cards lying on the ground are worthless: used up or expired. But just enough have value that it's worth checking now and again, given spare time.
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