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Green Line faced a hurtle: On the tracks a turtle

By adamg on Tue, 05/28/2024 - 12:22pm

At 11:20 a.m., the MBTA reported delays of up to 15 minutes on the Riverside Line as workers "assisted a turtle from the tracks" at Chestnut Hill.

Earlier:
Green Line stopped due to baby ducks.

Neighborhoods: 
Newton
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Turtles
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Comments

By Rwgfy on Tue, 05/28/2024 - 12:48pm.

How many workers did it take? And wouldn't it be faster to let the turtle finish the crossing itself?

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By j4b on Tue, 05/28/2024 - 1:41pm.

Could be more than a few minutes if it's a snapper laying eggs and not just one attempting to cross.

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By Ari O on Tue, 05/28/2024 - 1:50pm.

I think you mean hurdle, Adam.

Hurtle means "to move rapidly or forcefully" and no one has ever accused the Green Line of that! Also, it is a verb.

Hurdle means a "barrier" coming from the track event. The Green Line faces a lot of these.

Webster has more here.

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By adamg on Tue, 05/28/2024 - 2:02pm.

I mean, you're absolutely right, and no one is accusing the Green Line of going too fast on the 100-meter hurtle or whatever, but it had to move fast to move the turtle. Plus, it rhymes. Um, guilty as charged.

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By mg on Tue, 05/28/2024 - 2:17pm.

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By Ari O on Tue, 05/28/2024 - 4:13pm.

Or, at least, close enough to be a rhyme.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 05/28/2024 - 9:55pm.

Playing a Wordle?

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By Chris77 on Tue, 05/28/2024 - 1:56pm.

A turtle on the Green Line, the jokes will be flying.

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By CopleyScott17 on Tue, 05/28/2024 - 2:53pm.

...Terrapin Station.

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