Next time you're taking the Far Rockaway line out of Penn Station on your way home for
shabbos from YU or Stern, make sure to pay attention to the tonality of the automated 'Station-Approaching-Megaphone' guy. [We'll call him Sam for short.] For some odd reason, Sam gets kicked in the shin every time the train gets in near proximity of Hewlett. Everything from Penn Station down to Jamaica, Valley Stream past Lawrence seems to be of normal reverberation. Fall asleep as you're passing Locust Manor though and you'll almost definitely wake up to the sound of agony and pain Sam lets out as you approach HEWLETT!
There is good news though. Sam does seem to rehabilitate and proclaim in a very untroubled manner 'Ahh, Woodmeeere' almost as if he is letting out a tremendous sigh of relief; there is consolation and reassurance in Sam's tone telling us, "don't worry guys, we got past Hewlett. I think we're gonna be okay tonight."
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