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Today, I had occasion to ride the shuttle from Grand Central to Times Square. I am inclined, however, to call it the Eddie Bauer train, since that was the ad that covered nearly every surface of the car's interior.

And by every surface, I don't just mean the usual advertising space. I am used to seeing one company take over all the ad space along one side of the car. I could even see it happening on both sides. But this was on the walls too. And the doors. And the ceiling. Even the seats were covered with what looked like a picture of snow-covered mountains.

I didn't check the floor. I wonder if that was covered too.

It actually had a rather interesting effect, seeing as the ad was mostly a mix of snow-covered mountains and brilliant blue skies with white clouds. Rather soothing.

But definitely something I have never seen before.

And I think it was the entire train. Plus the columns outside the train in Times Square, that have recently been used for advertising in general.

It seemed a bit like overkill, though. I wonder how much it cost.

Oh, and by the way, I confirmed today that it is, indeed, possible to recycle old sneakers at Nike stores. Granted, I don't know what happened to my sneakers after I dropped them off, but they did accept them - all three pairs - and they did say they would be recycled.

Recycle your sneakers. Then you won't have to throw them away. They get used for things like playground turf.

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