MTA (More Trouble Ahead) nicknames

[Wilson Gray]

On Mar 28, 2005, at 3:38 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:

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>> As it happens, it was decades after I read the story before I had
>> occasion to ride the subway and, by that time, the effect of the story
>> had worn off. So far, the weirdest thing that's happened to me on the
>> subway is only this. I once was getting onto a subway car in Boston
>> while wearing a UC Davis T-shirt just as about seven people also
>> wearing UC Davis T-shirts were getting off. There were frenzied shouts
>> of "Hi, Aggie!" and, a second later, we were going our separate ways.
>> I
>> expect to run across people in Berkeley or UCLA gear, and even random
>> people in San Diego, Santa Barbara, etc. gear. But, in Davis gear? No.
>>
>> -Wilson Gray
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> Maybe there was a wine-tasting they were all attending?
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> (For some reason, I always have had this strong UC Davis/oenology
> association working for me.)
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> Larry
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Well, that's completely understandable, Larr. Davis, even in the town
of Davis, is known for only two things; its Department of Viticulture
and Oenology and fielding a powerhouse Division II football team.

-Wilson