Comments on: Godspeed, fast ferry

By: andy

andy — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:52:43 +0000

Thanks Dave. I just spit Pepsi One on my laptop. You owe me a new iBook. ;p

By: Pauley

Pauley — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:46:29 +0000

Right on, brutha. Once the service was shut down and it was decided to sell, the quicker it disembarks, the less it costs the city. It could have been gone months ago if Duffy hadn’t been holding out for more money. Other organizations expressed interest in buying, but they didn’t want to pay quite as much as Euroferries, and the Mayor wanted that extra $2M or so.

– Pauley

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:06:09 +0000

Hrmm…lets see… It costs the city of Rochester about $3000 each day the ferry is docked here. If sending a group of people over to the ass-backwards UK to straighten things out will really get the job done – at a conservative cost of about $30,000 (if they all fly business class) – why didn’t they do it MONTHS AGO?!!

After my pissyness at the city died down, all I could think of was Mayor Duffy reading Dennis Farina’s line from Snatch saying “Yes, London. You know? Fish, chips, cup-o-tea… Bad food, worse weather, Mary Fuckin Poppins, London!“

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:11:56 +0000

I look forward to it too, though with my luck it won’t happen before I move here. I guess it’s lots more Greyhound trips for me.

If they do manage to get something running it would be awesome to take it to Toronto once in a while. We really don’t need the car over there, though driving might be a more economical option when travelling together.