Comments on: PTC, MTC and me! http://superstarksa.com/2005/06/22/ptc-mtc-and-me/ An egoist's road trip through life with cricket, music, books, cars and movies for company Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:12:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: superstarksa.com | Blog Archive | The timely five year tag http://superstarksa.com/2005/06/22/ptc-mtc-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-8488 superstarksa.com | Blog Archive | The timely five year tag Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:32:40 +0000 http://superstarksa.com/?p=253#comment-8488 [...] the perspective of a member of the vehiculum futbolus genetrix family. As I do for this one - about PTC/MTC buses in [...] [...] the perspective of a member of the vehiculum futbolus genetrix family. As I do for this one – about PTC/MTC buses in [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://superstarksa.com/2005/06/22/ptc-mtc-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-702 Anonymous Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:46:00 +0000 http://superstarksa.com/?p=253#comment-702 LE567 --- L is for T Nagar, currently they use TN. E is the 5th series, the first one started with A. LA, LB ... etc. E series started back in 1982. The first one being DE1 (Vadapalani depot). Interestingly lastone is with Vadapalani as well DE999. As of now MTC chennai is nearing in 999's in H series. N- Thondiarpet, G - KK nagar depots LE567 — L is for T Nagar, currently they use TN. E is the 5th series, the first one started with A. LA, LB … etc. E series started back in 1982. The first one being DE1 (Vadapalani depot). Interestingly lastone is with Vadapalani as well DE999. As of now MTC chennai is nearing in 999′s in H series. N- Thondiarpet, G – KK nagar depots

]]> By: aNTi http://superstarksa.com/2005/06/22/ptc-mtc-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-701 aNTi Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:19:00 +0000 http://superstarksa.com/?p=253#comment-701 Ram: Thank you :) The compliment *does* mean a lot to me. Because, if not anything else, at least it re-affirms the fact that I am not alone :D. Please do come back and do comment! Ya, From V and VV to J and JJ! Now its just a yellow board denoting those LSS buses, right? Some of them have been converted to D and H services. God, this reminds me that its almost 2.5 yrs since I went home... *sigh* Guevara: Hmmmm... good question. (*puts his thinking cap on*) I think the route has a lot to do with it. Come to think of it, the congestion in the the Eldams road section possibly causes the this phenomenon, by bunching up services! Chakra: Deenadayalan used to pass by my college (Shanmugha/Sastra) about a few minutes before our lunch break. In our first year, the sound of the bus's unique sounding silencer was the sign for all of us to close our books/notebooks loudly and rub the soles of our footwear on the cement floor of the class to get the teacher's attention ;) But I think the bus owner had some kinda rule that it should not stop in front of my college. Cos it used to stop very rarely! And that was also the bus that i had my closest brush with death so far, when I spent the five minute ride from college to Vallam late one evening hanging to the bus with the tip of my fingers, screaming atleast a couple of times that I was gonna fall, making one of my friends who had a better foothold, put an arm around me! That's probably the last time I spent on the footboard (in the highway that is!)! It was a scary experience considering the speed the driver drove usually! Ram: Thank you :) The compliment *does* mean a lot to me. Because, if not anything else, at least it re-affirms the fact that I am not alone :D . Please do come back and do comment! Ya, From V and VV to J and JJ! Now its just a yellow board denoting those LSS buses, right? Some of them have been converted to D and H services. God, this reminds me that its almost 2.5 yrs since I went home… *sigh*

Guevara: Hmmmm… good question. (*puts his thinking cap on*)
I think the route has a lot to do with it. Come to think of it, the congestion in the the Eldams road section possibly causes the this phenomenon, by bunching up services!

Chakra: Deenadayalan used to pass by my college (Shanmugha/Sastra) about a few minutes before our lunch break. In our first year, the sound of the bus’s unique sounding silencer was the sign for all of us to close our books/notebooks loudly and rub the soles of our footwear on the cement floor of the class to get the teacher’s attention ;) But I think the bus owner had some kinda rule that it should not stop in front of my college. Cos it used to stop very rarely! And that was also the bus that i had my closest brush with death so far, when I spent the five minute ride from college to Vallam late one evening hanging to the bus with the tip of my fingers, screaming atleast a couple of times that I was gonna fall, making one of my friends who had a better foothold, put an arm around me! That’s probably the last time I spent on the footboard (in the highway that is!)! It was a scary experience considering the speed the driver drove usually!

]]> By: Ram http://superstarksa.com/2005/06/22/ptc-mtc-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-700 Ram Wed, 29 Jun 2005 19:11:00 +0000 http://superstarksa.com/?p=253#comment-700 Anti.. one of the best blog posts I have ever read! Believe me, maybe the compliment does not mean much to you, but this post means a lot to me. I can readily identify with this, since I pretty much did the same thing with bus routes and license plate numbers. It was really a love affair as you have accurately written. It was so much fun tracking the changes (after each election) from 1V to A1 to 1J and so on!!! I had spent 1983-90 in Kuwait, where there were hardly any buses that we used for transportation. So, coming back to Chennai in 1990 and having to commute everyday by PTC was a wonderful change! You have inspired my memories about this and I have write about it sometime for sure, but I really can't match the excellence of this post!! Outstanding!! Anti.. one of the best blog posts I have ever read! Believe me, maybe the compliment does not mean much to you, but this post means a lot to me. I can readily identify with this, since I pretty much did the same thing with bus routes and license plate numbers. It was really a love affair as you have accurately written. It was so much fun tracking the changes (after each election) from 1V to A1 to 1J and so on!!!

I had spent 1983-90 in Kuwait, where there were hardly any buses that we used for transportation. So, coming back to Chennai in 1990 and having to commute everyday by PTC was a wonderful change! You have inspired my memories about this and I have write about it sometime for sure, but I really can’t match the excellence of this post!! Outstanding!!

]]> By: Guevara G http://superstarksa.com/2005/06/22/ptc-mtc-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-699 Guevara G Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:09:00 +0000 http://superstarksa.com/?p=253#comment-699 I never undertood why all 12B's together ALWAYS !!! even NOW I never undertood why all 12B’s together ALWAYS !!! even NOW

]]> By: Chakra Sampath http://superstarksa.com/2005/06/22/ptc-mtc-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-698 Chakra Sampath Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:09:00 +0000 http://superstarksa.com/?p=253#comment-698 Very well done mate... I remember the Deenadayalan bus in Trichy-Tanjore route... its one of my fav. too! Very well done mate… I remember the Deenadayalan bus in Trichy-Tanjore route… its one of my fav. too!

]]> By: aNTi http://superstarksa.com/2005/06/22/ptc-mtc-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-697 aNTi Tue, 28 Jun 2005 03:26:00 +0000 http://superstarksa.com/?p=253#comment-697 Tilo: No, I did not forget about that comment :) There are a few magazines that I miss from my childhood. Aside is definitely one of them, cos it has been the only Chennai specific magazine that i have seen so far :( Back then, I was one of those precocious kids that read everything in sight, sometimes without knowing what I was reading. My cousin used to work for Indian Bank and he had this office lending library thing where he used to get the latest mags home and I think I was the only person at home who atleast thumbed through *every* magazine he brought home, provided it was in English! However it is sad that I don't remember half of what I read about! Tilo: No, I did not forget about that comment :) There are a few magazines that I miss from my childhood. Aside is definitely one of them, cos it has been the only Chennai specific magazine that i have seen so far :(
Back then, I was one of those precocious kids that read everything in sight, sometimes without knowing what I was reading. My cousin used to work for Indian Bank and he had this office lending library thing where he used to get the latest mags home and I think I was the only person at home who atleast thumbed through *every* magazine he brought home, provided it was in English! However it is sad that I don’t remember half of what I read about!

]]> By: tilotamma http://superstarksa.com/2005/06/22/ptc-mtc-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-696 tilotamma Tue, 28 Jun 2005 03:10:00 +0000 http://superstarksa.com/?p=253#comment-696 aNTi said... Btw, Aside... I am not sure whether the mag was out in 1985. Post 1987, I think it was. I was probably only 10 plus then, but Aside was one of the early mags i used to thumb through... Anti _ I bet you have forgotten all about this comment on my site/ I just checked with Abraham Eraly. Apparently this mag was published between 1977 -1996. Just for the record..... aNTi said…

Btw, Aside… I am not sure whether the mag was out in 1985. Post 1987, I think it was. I was probably only 10 plus then, but Aside was one of the early mags i used to thumb through…

Anti _ I bet you have forgotten all about this comment on my site/
I just checked with Abraham Eraly. Apparently this mag was published between 1977 -1996.

Just for the record…..

]]> By: aNTi http://superstarksa.com/2005/06/22/ptc-mtc-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-695 aNTi Mon, 27 Jun 2005 20:15:00 +0000 http://superstarksa.com/?p=253#comment-695 Raapi: I just got back after lunch. Full stomach la thitta vekkadha! :p Nee dhaan enna snob nu solli comment panniniya ? :O Ondikki Ondi...k...vaada...Chey Shan baashai pesa vechitiya da DOG! LMAO... Me: Oh ok.... Sunil: Amma's Hq, hehe.... vantage point! And ya, on scheduling issues, the MTC loses a point. But u know what, whereever unions have a strong voice, workers are gonna work on their schedules rather than the organizations. And i dont know if its ever going to be possible to change that part about the MTC :( Raapi: I just got back after lunch. Full stomach la thitta vekkadha! :p Nee dhaan enna snob nu solli comment panniniya ? :O Ondikki Ondi…k…vaada…Chey Shan baashai pesa vechitiya da DOG! LMAO…

Me: Oh ok….

Sunil: Amma’s Hq, hehe…. vantage point! And ya, on scheduling issues, the MTC loses a point. But u know what, whereever unions have a strong voice, workers are gonna work on their schedules rather than the organizations. And i dont know if its ever going to be possible to change that part about the MTC :(

]]> By: rajesh http://superstarksa.com/2005/06/22/ptc-mtc-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-694 rajesh Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:37:00 +0000 http://superstarksa.com/?p=253#comment-694 ananthaa.. i read them all.. the verbose ones get a different treatment though :) also..abt commenting...Am pretty sure 70% of ur anonymous comments(read as galeeju) came from me. wow..thats a strong statement..But what the heck. ananthaa..
i read them all..
the verbose ones get a different treatment though :)

also..abt commenting…Am pretty sure 70% of ur anonymous comments(read as galeeju) came from me.
wow..thats a strong statement..But what the heck.

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