A NORMAL CITYBUS RIDE (not so normal)

A city bus ride is an experience that you just cant find on a train. Yes the trains do have those black guys singing for money all day going from cart to cart but a city bus is got its style.It usually depends on what time of day your ride is that makes it an experience. If I go on at 9:oo AM it would usually be so crowded that I wouldn't have enough room to even fit on the bus. If I go at 12:oo PM it would be empty and the ride much quicker. The evening is where the fun is. The entertainment comes from the bus driver themselves. There are those bus drivers that don't care if the person has the money or not and lets them on. Then there are those that are new bus drivers, they have to say hi to everyone with a big smile on their face and wont move the bus until every single last person is behind the white line, cant come on the bus if you're 5 cents too short. It seems like they are taught before driving the bus that everyone has to be treated this way, and listen to the sign written on top of every bus, you know the ones that have the NO in big letters and say eating, drinking, music playing, standing in front of white line, etc.

They are the funniest when someone tries to sneak on through the back. I was once on a bus and there was a new driver meaning I was going to come home late. She listened to all the rules. She even made people get up for the elderly in seats not designated to get up for them. Then a kid tried sneaking on through the back. We waited twenty minutes (read very slowly) for the kid to come around put in the metro card get behind the white line on a crowded bus (you can stop reading slowly) Then she got up and screamed "people we are not moving this bus until everyone is behind the white line". A normal bus ride is between 15-20 minutes this one was a whopping 50 minute ride I could have walked faster...........why didn't I?

In the morning sometimes there is a preacher lady who tries to convert people I had her once or twice. She says "my rilligion is da best becawse my rilligion said so" I was going to scream out " hey I came on the city bus for a ride not a sermon" but my friend was there and I would really embarrass myself and I didn't want to argue with my stop coming up. She went on to say that Yeshka atoned for our sins and that it was the "ABC" of everything. Then she starts listing off from A-Z words that reflect him. I got off when she was in the middle, some were pretty funny how she connected it to him. It was a weired experience.

Many times I use the city bus to relax and look out the window unless I have something interesting to do or who to speak to. (I thought about this post on a city bus). The seating on the bus is a big deal. Many people wont sit next to someone instead they leave a seat in the middle open. Then there are those two seaters and they are hard to get out of when you are on the inside of one and you have to squish your way out and maybe your shoe comes off revealing you're socks or stockings. Soon someone will ban sitting in those seats because of that. Well those types of seats are how you define people. If someone Is alone in one of them and sits on the outer side that wont let anyone get in they are probably mean and you don't want to sit next to them unless they move over by them seeing that you want to sit, then go right ahead its okay.

When I sit in one I usually sit on the inner side and if anyone needs a place to sit next to someone I am usually first one they choose (see previous post for why) and the Black guys in the back usually never get sat next to. Story time again I was one the city bus about 3:00 and it was crowded. When its crowded you could assume that there is a gang in the back and no one wants to sit next to them this bus had one. A group of kids from a Yeshiva got on and sat pretty close to them (not to close) Then there was a fat lady next to them (I am guessing she came before). The gang said some racial comments to the kids and then the fat lady said shut up I have a headache. So now she was the target they started making fun of her that shes fat, and she says I lost 50 pounds so far. They laugh and say Imagine how fat you used to be and they start making sizes with their hands. The lady screams I have a black boyfriend I am not a racist (I don't know what made her say that) She takes her bottle she had and chucked it at them it ended up hitting one of the kids from yeshiva on the bus. The leader of the group gets up and punches her in the face. Then she starts cursing you little !@#!@@# and how dare you $%&$ blank @%$##. The bus driver calls 911 and now I have to get off the bus since the cops need to question the bus driver. The gang was arrested, the lady was telling the cops what happened and how she was innocent.

A city bus is a great experience (and a great post).

IS HOW YOU LOOK WHO YOU ARE?

Judging people by the way they look is something people do everywhere and at every time. If I am on a city bus people will base me on the fact that I am Jewish that my nose is shaped in a weird way even if it isn't (by the way the basis for the whole Jewish nose is on a Gemara that says that the nose is what makes up the face. Meaning with out a nose we would almost all look the same.) and that I would take any penny I see laying around. It also means people will feel more comfortable sitting next to me then sitting next to the guy with the bushy mustache or the black kid with the rag (dew rag) on his head. I guess people think that the black kid is wild and the bushy guy needs his room or smells and I'm Jewish so I am more polite.

I cant say I don't judge people and its the way you get around in life but like they say you cant judge a book by its cover. A person who is not white and doesn't have regular eyes or is in a different group, that group is considered that they all act the same. That is not true we all have a brain that works differently than the next person and how one thinks is not how another thinks. And yet we still group people into upper classes and lower classes.

I'm not asking that we have a world where people are all equal and no one is better than another including the animals. The fact is that just because someone looks a certain way doesn't mean they are an outcast. This problem you could find in the shidduch world. That person wears a jacket instead of a Bekeshe (includes skirts and pants) so I wont even date that person when really this person is a perfect match. Why is it a match because its how they think not how they look that makes a person.

I was once by some Rebbes tisch in Boro/Borough (which ever way you spell it) park. And I start being shoved away from the Rebbe who I finally gotten close enough to, to see what he was doing. (I am judging people here) This is by most Chassidim they think that since I were a hat instead of a streimel I should be the last on line to about anything they are doing. Maybe they are taught that everyone else doesn't deserve to be in their group because otherwise you would be in their group, but them I'm not sure about that one. For some reason I never hear an "excuse me" or "coming through" its just shove them out of the way or squeeze in between and step on there feet. What happened to being an Aidel Yid. (someone who is a mensch)

Another stereotype of Chassidim is they don't know anything. (I don't know where I am going with this) Well if you never had a real English class that taught some science or history and math you wouldn't either. I was once in this pizza place in the mountains and this Chassidish lady goes to the counter and says "I dont want de curly fries they hurt my stomach can I have straight ones". The guy at the counter says "yeah but it will cost more" I almost laughed my head off.

Listen I dont think they need all that education anyway. If you think for a moment you'll come to understand they dont need it. They have a business called supermarkets. They open them everywhere and you dont need to much knowledge to know you need to make some money and call up Liebers for some candy, or to hire some mexicans for some cheap labor. ( I am not referring to Rubashkins).

Back to the point of this article you cant judge people by the way they look even though I just contradicted myself the last few paragraphs, its just wrong to do that. (When I am around Chassidim I dont look at them as a group but as an individual person but when I think of them as a group I think of them differently). I guess I mean when you see someone you should try to think of them seperate from the group that they come from, even though there group may act a certain way a person by themselves may not be like that group.

YESHIVA A VERY SANITARY ENVIRONMENT

WARNING: if you are disgusted easily do not read this its for your own good.

A yeshiva is one of the most unclean places you could find in the frum community. It beats all those Jewish restaurants or fast food take out places by a mile. The dorms are usually one of the worst places to be in. The mattresses filled with bedbugs, you don't have to search to find roaches and mice living happily together in what they call a utopia.

The infestation continues to all parts of the building including classrooms and then one day a mouse shows up in middle of class and its all chaos. I was once learning with my friend in a classroom and a mouse jumps out from under the steam running back and forth hitting my feet a few times, I have no problem with mice they're okay but a few minutes later came about four to five roaches that fell from the walls. It was just disgusting seeing the mice and roaches scurry all around together in harmony Yuch! no doubt we left as soon as possible. Besides the classrooms have leaks in them and the walls had an indention in them just to make it look like they used cinder blocks but were hollow. With all the kids running around and destroying things you get what my brother calls a Mosh pit. (see pre Pesach trip for definition its in a comment)

The cafeterias are hazardous with leftovers from a resturant thats left over from the week before when they first served it. It reminds me of the joke we used to have "stand up for the food its older than you!"The milk they served usually was ok, but you would have about eight people smell it before you would taste it. You know the disgusting juice at the bottom of the ketchup bottle that looks like someone spit the ketchup back in the bottle, well that was the closest thing we had to real ketchup. (poor us).

Then there was the drinks they gave out. They always had expiration dates from the year before and they were sitting in this hot and sticky room (that had roaches) from the day before the date on which it expires. They never gave it when they got it why I dont know, they have to give it to us after it becomes toxic.

Once the Yeshiva gave out expired diet coke which besides for the fact its got no fizz and filled with bacteria that grew on the coke (which you could see it growing) is that its DIET. And there was kids running around with 2 liter bottles piled up in their hands like money or gold fell from the sky and you try to grab as much as you could by piling it on. Others were chugging it down straight from the bottle Oh! yeah this was all outside so the goyim can see (what a Chilllul Hashem). Then there was those smart ones who would take the bottles and throw them in the air and watch them fall and make a mess on the pavement...... If only the health department came on that day they would never give expired stuff again.

With all the tuition youre paying maybe it should be a healthier environment,just maybe Im not sure about it.

A moving video (no not that people move in it)

I just saw a video about the peole in Sderot and how when the sirens go off they only have 15 seconds to find shelter who ever made that video did a great job. You could find it on Frum Yenta Who I linked recently so scroll down a little and look on your right click on the name and watch.
(For some reason it wouldnt link onto my site)

ONE WEIRD EMAIL I GOT

This email I have recently got I believe its some spam or I dont know but its weird. Its from someone in Iraq who was helped by the UN and his brother was killed by asassins and he is wanted by them because of his fortune. He also said he wants me to be his partner in real estate or something and he likes fishing otherwise why would he says he wants to own a fishing business, America is not big on the fishing industry (Hey I get 30% what do I care he does). It could be the FBI wanting to see if I do anything illegal ( I have heard cases like this) but probably not.It could be a way to force me to comply with terrorists(see end of letter) Why not you decide.
Its subject was "can I trust you" (no you cant) Well here it is. (his spelling is whacked)
DEAR SIR,
I WRITE TO SEEK YOUR COOPERATION AS MY FOREIGN PARTNER AND YOUR ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE ME AN IRAQI WITH NAME ABU JASIM HUSSEIN ABDUL FATAH TO OWN A PROPERTY AND INVEST IN THE STABLE ECONOMY OF YOUR COUNTRY.
I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU BECAUSE I CONNOT INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY WITHOUT AN ASSISTANT FROM SOMEONE FROM YOUR COUNTRY.
AND I WILL BE GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU MOST IN RESPECT OF THE TAX ON FOREIGN INVESTORS AND THE ECONOMIC SITUATION OF YOUR COUNTRY IF IT WILL BE STABLE FOR SUCH INVESTMENT OPPURTUNITY THAT AMOUNTED TO $175 MILLION USD.(ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ONLY).
I HAVE THE TOTAL INTENTION OF INVESTING INTO AN ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER LUCRATIVE INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY SUCH AS AGRICULTURE AND FISHING.
ALTHOUGH I AM ON TRANSIT AND YOU CAN AS WELL REACH ME THROUGH MAIL.
I AM AFRAID BECAUSE IT WAS AN ESCAPE MISSION THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE UN AND I AM SECURED BUT LOST MY ELDER BROTHER WHO IS HATEM KAMIL ABDUL FATAH THE ASSASINATED DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF BAGHDAD AND THE ABOVE SAID FUNDS WAS THE DEPOSIT HE MADE IN A SAFE FINANCE HOUSE WHICH I WILL DISCLOSE THE DETAILS TO YOU UPON OUR CONCLUSSIVE AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
THE WEBSITES BELOW IS A PROOF AND VERIFICATION OF THE NEWS ABOUT HIS DEATH:HTTP://NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/GO/PR/FR/-/1/HI/WORLD/MIDDLE_EAST/3970619.STMHTTP://WWW.USLABORAGAINSTWAR.ORG/ARTICLE.PHP?ID=6979
BEING THAT I AM THE ONLY BROTHER REMAINING, HIS ENEMIES PLANED TO ASSASSINATE ME SO THAT THEY COULD LAY HANDS ON HIS ASSETS BUT I MANAGED TO ESCAPE THROUGH THE UNITED NATION ASSISTANCE AND I AM ON TRANSIT NOW AND COULD BE REACHED ON EMAIL .
I WILL REQUIRE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP FROM YOU AS A NATIVE OF THE LAND WITH YOUR GREAT IMPACT IN BUSINESS AND MORE DETAILS WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU ON PROCEED.
IN RESPECT OF YOUR MANAGERIAL ASSISTANCE YOU SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO THE ENTITLEMENT OF 30% AS REMARK TO YOUR EFFORT BUT PLEASE IT WILL REQUIRE ABSOLUTE SUBMIT AND WHOLE HEARTED ASSISTANCE FROM YOU AS A GREAT INDIGENOUS SUPPORT.
MUCH CO-OPERATION WILL BE REQUIRED FROM YOU.
ANTICIPATING YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.ABU JASIM HUSSEIN ABDUL FATAH

MIDWOOD OR FLATBUSH

A long time mistake by the many Jews who live in Midwood is to call it Flatbush. I have no clue where this came in but it has definately stuck. Recently I heard people calling it Flatbush Midwood. If you look in at any store (non Jewish) they say Midwood but only the Jews call it Flatbush. The area Midwood covers if youre familiar with the area is from between ave. H and Foster ave. to around ave. S and from Mcdonald ave till Nostrand Ave. From Foster till further north is Flatbush. Maybe now we could call it by its original name ( I had means to write this earlier but I never put much thought into it, this would be a good post for you to put in your 2 cents about anything)

EVEN MORE ON RUBASHKINS

I have recently heard that Rubashkins had a whole drug dealing or they made the drugs or something like that in there company. It was those mexican workers who where at the head of this and are now being deported. I dont know how the mashgiach let or didnt know about this.

The details on this were very vague and I got different stories about what actually happened, but this much I know.

JEWISH GEOGRAPHY OUR NATIONAL PASTIME

If any of you have ever come across the fast paced sport of Jewish geography, you know good and well that there are many different occurences that happen to you for good and bad. After your done reading this you should be able to aqcuire an extreme talent for this sport and maybe become the all time champ.(I think it was like 100 names is the record for most people known in a row and that person played verse two people) The first step is asking the guy next to you on the plane/city bus/behind the counter where they live. Alot of times I feel the guy is lying to me because then why does he work here? or why are you flying from JFK if you live in Baltimore? Then what part of (insert community here) do they come from or what yeshivah do you go to? This by far is the most common start to any conversation, you should be able to say some sort of code or number and the person your talking to could instantly know youre asking the where do you live and learn question.

example 1) You ask the person next to you if they know Shmerel. They dont. Then you say "well I thought you might know him since" and then you tell them something about Shmerel. This is because you feel weird that you asked about someone and they dont know them, why its like this I have no clue but yet it always happens. You wait patiently for them to say something back and if you dont know who they are talking about too get ready for a very boring flight or awkward wait on line.

example 2)You say to the guy next to you "do you know Shmerel?" and for some odd reason they do. They even take it further and tell you how much they hate him. You get taken aback because you know he isnt like that in any sort of way. In the end you get into one big frummy fight, with you and him thinking the other one is a shakren gamur, but the good part is you now have a story to tell all your friends or another person youre playing with about how you met someone who knows this guy, and you get extra points for this type of story.

example 3)You ask the guy next to you and say do you know Shmerel? They say yes and you get into this whole conversatoin about his whole life and you could write this persons biography from this conversation. You talk about how you met him in the Catskills and he lives in Borough Park, has a cousin in monsey that just moved or went to visit Israel (I dont know about you but this ends up happening to me where someone goes to Israel)or is getting married/Bar mitzvah.

I have alot of fun talking to people about who they know like I was in Israel once and we decided to go to the park. I was feeding my little cousin some sort of mush and the lady next to me asks me if I come from Brooklyn. (She probably asked me since I was speaking English) then she says "do you know my brother in law" and I did. It always leaves you wondering how did we happen to have been next to each other at the same time and know the same person or its such a small world we live in.

Another great way is and my friend does this all the time is to ask the person whats there name. They say some random name like Friedman and you ask him/her if they're related to Yankel Friedman in Borough Park even though you have no clue who this guy is. Many times you get an answer like which one there is a thousand of them or "yeh how do you know him" and you tell them the truth and end up finding about more people. The more people you know the better you are at this game.

One of the best ways to past the time no wonder its such a great fad among us. Do guyim play? I think yes but not as much as us because they got other things to talk about like the elections. But us as Jews we couldnt care less about who wins the elections as long as they're good to Israel.

Hopefully this has helped you understand the paths in which the game can take maybe one day it will help you in life.

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RUBASHKINS GETS CAUGHT!

The famous meat company Rubashkins has been under investigation (no problems with the meat) they were found hiring illegal immigrants- which is obviously illegal. (Mainly those from over the Mexican border.) That's besides for paying them under minimum wage, like five dollars an hour thereby knocking out the competition for sole rule over the kosher meat industry. I don't know if you're allowed to pay illegals under minimum wage even after you hire them... Anyway, after the authorities caught the big Jewish company and laid off all their illegal employees they stated that they would still be producing meat products. In my vast knowledge of the subject, I know there is only one way they can do that- by making us pay for their mistake with extremely high prices. Nevermind that kosher meat is already astronomically pricey.

Has the government not heard that the largest non-jewish company (Perdue) does the exact same thing? I guess they pay the government well enough to conveniently over-look it but being Jews, such endeavors would render us cheap Jews. Maybe all the other Jewish companies ganged up to take down the monopoly Rubashkins has over the kosher meat industry thereby forcing everyone to buy their OU rated products (Chas Ve'shulam!).

Just a thought, maybe we should only allow ourselves to hire Jews? The government does not want you hiring illegals since the work isn't going to Americans or am I wrong about that...but wouldn't that solve all the problems with poverty. Then you won't need organizations like shomer shabbos or other tzedakah organizations. Just assur hiring non-Jews and you can stop companies from getting caught like this. Nu, how many Jews are illegal? Besides it's a mitzvah to hire your fellow Jew in need of work and way more convenient than giving tzedakah.

Well I feel for Rubashkins and they're getting caught doing something against the law. I would care if the government caught me buying illegal fireworks for Purim. To make a kiddush Hashem let's all try to keep the American laws even if it is cheaper not to.

GAS STRIKE

I have recently heard about a city wide gas strike which set for Friday. It's goal is to lower the price of gas in our area do to the surge in prices. Aren't we supposedly producing ethanol which should be lowering the prices?! I was told that the reason for the rise in pizza prices was because of wheat fields being turned into corn fields to make ethanol to lower the prices of gas. That in itself is another reason for pizza's high price- it costs more to get the wheat to the stores due to the price of gas.

So about the strike... there is no going to the gas station to fill up the tank this coming friday. Personally, I never got this gas strike business, the most it will accomplish is getting everyone to fill up more on Thursday, the day before, or on Saturday. (Sunday for sabbath observers.) Besides for that, most people couldn't care less about keeping to such a strike and then you have those who simply need to get to Lakewood or Monsey for Shabbos. Actually, they would probably fill up in New Jersey so forget coming or going to Lakewood.

Maybe we should ban gas guzzlers like the Hummer or anything else that gets 15 miles to a gallon or gas itself. We're good at bans it should be easy, just post signs everywhere saying "Where will you buy gas on May 9th?" and later put up the ban with some chashuva signatures saying it's assur to buy gas on May 9th since it's not good for the atmosphere ( I dont agree with that) and buying those big SUV's is an imitation of the goyim. Another good reason is that we need separation at his mixed-seating concerts umm?... we need to separate ourselves from the arabs who are selling the gas (not depend on it) and we don't have that here. Then you could have all the newspapers asking did those who signed really know what they were signing? Should they have had a conference? Why were we allowed to buy gas before and now suddenly there is a problem with it? Really, I think we can do a great job with this banning business like we did to Lipa. A one day ban isn't really going to do much.

Assuring it just may be the answer.