Word: metering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Murph's got to feel tired but good." McCurdy said. "He got off the bus after the race and leaned against a parking meter. I told him he ought to put a quarter in because it looked like he was going to stay there for a while...
Patti Lyons-Catalano broke the women's 10,000-meter road race record by five seconds Monday as she breezed to victory in the annual Columbus Day event...
...about $60. This old guy had hit every bar on Mass Ave., up and down. He'd go into the bar for about an hour. He'd ask me if I wanted a beer. I'd say I just wanted my money; he'd tell me to keep the meter running. He started out with about $80, but by the time he was done he was crocked and broke. I took a check from him--he was about 50 years old and pretty distinguished looking. He wrote me a check for about $60. But it bounced like a rubber ball...
Crossing the Charles at Anderson Bridge, Arthur reaches across and taps the top of his fare meter. The display light is burned out. "That's an old meter--they call them one armed bandits. I've seen them jump two bucks at a time. I think there's a loose wire in there somewheres." But it's his cab, not his meter, that's been jumping tonight. As he pulls into Harvard Square, Arthur is flagged down again, this time by a large, distracted man, who looks extremely angry. "How much to Lake Street? How soon...
...seemed kind of embarrassed, so I said, 'Hey, you want to go find some ladies? Don't be embarrassed. She's cool.' I took him downtown, and he told me to run into a packy to get three sixes--all the time he made me keep the meter going. He picked up a hooker, and we ended up back at the Commander. We all just sat around his room and watched t.v. while he, like, psychoanalyzed this hooker. Didn't touch her all night. Then he bought us all continental breakfasts and gave me $70. He was a nice...