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dredge the sand so the ships can get through the Narrows. What’s most amazing is that Suffolk County, for which this expensive lawyer works, built what is perhaps their greatest erosion project ever because sand flows from east to west. In the 1960s, they began building a series of 22 jetties at half-mile intervals from east to west along the beaches in Quogue and Westhampton. They did this so that the sand drifting east to west would get caught up in the jetties on the eastern side, thus creating so much sand in the teeth of these jetties that you’d have to walk a football field of sand to get down to the beach. And that happened. Unfortunately, they never finished building this jetty field. Instead, they started in the east, got about 15 of them put in, and then stopped building the jetties because of public protests about artificial obstructions on the beach. They had gotten everything in except the last three miles to the west leading to the Moriches Inlet. The scouring action that occurred to the west of the last jetty because it was all caught up on the east was so bad that during the next 15 years, more than 100 homes fell spectacularly and unceremoniously into the sea for lack of sand to protect the dunes on which they sat. Isn’t it amazing that a lawyer can get up and say the most remarkable things and everybody has to take his ridiculous stuff seriously?
They want studies? The lawyers for Ireland and for the Town of Southampton, which is a friend to this lawsuit, will give them studies. He’ll give the judge a thousand studies — indeed, every study there has ever been about this. And the wheels will turn and the lawyers will, just because they are on the clock, be making more and more money. And here, writing this, I find myself compelled to point out this case and that case, which overwhelmingly prove what everybody already knows. Montauk Lighthouse, the farthest east you can go, was built 263 feet from the edge of the island in 1796. Due to the drift of sand from east to west, so much sand got scoured away that the land it protected all fell away so that now the lighthouse is less than 60 feet from the edge of the island. When Juan Trippe, the millionaire owner of Pan Am and the oceanfront home at Georgica, built his string of jetties in the 1950s, the very
ones under discussion here, he built them to the west of his house so the sand would pile up to the east in front of his house, and it did. That’s why he did that. Michael and Leonora Kennedy, who own the house directly to the west of where Juan Trippe built those jetties, have had to move their house back three times to keep it from falling into the sea. And to the west of that is the Ireland’s house. And it is Ms. Ireland who is filing this lawsuit. I could go on and on with this. Every surfcaster I know down at the ocean throws his line slightly to the east so it will drift to the west. There are two of them out here just now doing exactly that. Should I go on and on with this? Well, I don’t know. Here’s a $500-an-hour lawyer saying that something is so. Maybe it is. Ya think? Isn’t it true that a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty? So if the sea goes the other way, nah, I am not going there. On the other hand, if this has been going on for centuries and centuries, why isn’t the sand piling up into an entire Sahara out at Far Rockaway? Tell me that. Wasn’t it Copernicus who said the world is round in front of a courtroom of people who believed that the world is flat? • Thus do lawyers earn their keep.
Hampton Jitney Winter Schedule Effective Thurs., Jan. 3 through Wed., Apr. 30, 2008 T
7 Days
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11:35
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Amagansett
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Bridgehampton
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Manorville
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Airport Connection
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Manhattan
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Manhattan / 86th St. Manhattan / 69th St. Manhattan / 59th St. Manhattan / 40th St. Airport Connection
7:30 7:35 7:40 8:00 8:20
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10:00 10:05 10:10 10:30 10:50
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6:00 6:05 6:10 6:30 6:55
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Manorville Southampton Water Mill Bridgehampton Sag Harbor Wainscott East Hampton Amagansett Napeague Montauk
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10:30 11:00 11:05 11:15 11:20 11:20 11:30 11:40 11:55 12:00
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The “Bonacker” Non-stop service to and from NYC and East Hampton, available Eastbound Friday.
7 Days
7 Days
7 Days
B
7 Days
Mon thru Fri
Sat Only
Enjoy the ultimate in comfort – a full size coach with only half the seats! Spacious captain’s chairs and plush carpeting, Up to 17” leg room, FREE wireless internet service, Outlets for your electronics, Enhanced complimentary beverages and snacks, Personalized host service.
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A Ambassador Class Service
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Airport Connection Manhattan
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8:35 8:45
10:20 12:20 10:30 12:30
2:20 2:30
4:20 4:30
5:20 5:30
6:50 7:00
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Montauk Line- These trips guarantee Sag Harbor passengers will never be required to transfer prior to their arrival.
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These trips do not include Sag Harbor on Friday (Eastbound) and Sunday (Westbound).
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These trips arrive approximately 20 minutes earlier on Saturday and Sunday.
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This trip will not go to Napeague and Montauk on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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These trips drop off on the Westside. See Westbound trip notes for stop locations. (listed above).
To The Hamptons Eastbound
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9:20 9:30
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WESTHAMPTON LINE ‡
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Manhattan / 69th St. Manhattan / 59th St.
8:35 8:40
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11:35 11:40
1:35 1:40
3:35 3:40
Manhattan / 40th St. Airport Connection
9:00 9:20
10:00 10:20
12:00 12:20
2:00 2:25
Westhampton Quogue East Quogue Hampton Bays
10:50 10:55 11:05 11:10
11:50 11:55 12:05 12:10
1:50 1:55 2:05 2:10
3:50 3:55 4:05 4:10
READ DOWN
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D E PA R T I N G
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ARRIVING
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A
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Select trips have letters or symbols above them. The following defines the codes.
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MONTAUK LINE A
Trip Notes
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READ DOWN
Hampton Bays East Quogue Quogue Westhampton
W Sun Only
Sun & 7 Days Mon 7 Days
8:05
Water Mill Southampton
Eastbound
Sun & Fri
HAMPTON JITNEY RIDER ALERT CELL PHONE POLICY: All phones must be turned off. Urgent calls only; limited to a total of 3 minutes. ALL LUGGAGE: Must have ID tag. HJ liability maximum $250. All checked luggage and packages are subject to search. RESERVATIONS Reservations are required to guarantee a seat. Please call if you must change or cancel a reservation; please do not double book. “No shows” may be charged full fare. TICKETS AND PAYMENT Payment on board may be by cash, ticket, credit card; or by check if you are an Express Club member and have your membership card with you. American Express, Visa,
631-283-4600 212-362-8400 www.hamptonjitney.com
Mon thru Sat
Sun Only
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9:30
5:35 5:40
6:35 6:40
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4:00 4:25
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6:10‡ 6:15‡ 6:25‡ 6:30‡
7:50 7:55 8:05 8:10
8:50 8:55 9:05 9:10
11:15 11:20 11:30 11:35
11:45 11:50 12:00 12:05
Mon thru Sat 7 Days 7 Days
MasterCard and Discover cards may be used for payment only if the credit card is on board with the passenger. Open (unreserved) tickets, including Value Pack ticket books, can be purchased at the Omni desk in Southampton, through our accounting office or online. Trip availability is subject to change — always call to confirm schedule. EAST END JITNEY PASS: Allows you to travel throughout the East End for one low monthly fare… Call or go on-line for details. SOUTH FORK COMMUTER CONNECTION: Visit our website for information on East End commuting options during the CR-39 reconstruction.
1144664
Mon thru Fri SH,MA• Only Sat
4:30 I 4:35
To The Hamptons
Mon thru Fri 7 Days 7 Days 7Days 7 Days
READ DOWN
Mon thru Sat
WESTHAMPTON LINE
AM LIGHT PM BOLD
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Montauk
AM LIGHT PM BOLD
D E PA R T I N G
A
thru Fri SH,MA• Only Sat & Sun
READ DOWN
ARRIV.
To Manhattan Westbound
A
D EPARTING
MONTAUK LINE A Mon
ARRIV.
Westbound
D EPARTING
To Manhattan