{"id":1403,"date":"2011-06-27T21:59:04","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T21:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2023-07-14T02:15:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T02:15:48","slug":"what-does-this-mean-clipper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/misc\/what-does-this-mean-clipper\/","title":{"rendered":"What does this mean, Clipper?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/5878265595\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5149\/5878265595_257935ef16.jpg\" alt=\"Clipper\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes a phrase makes sense all on its own. Other times, it needs a bit of context. I spotted the cryptic statement &#8220;Always have $1.25 on your card&#8221; on a Clipper reader at a CalTrain platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What does it mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some possibilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No matter how much you spend, with Clipper, you&#8217;ll <strong>always have $1.25 on your card.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Always have $1.25 on your card<\/strong> or it will explode in your pocket.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To prevent your Clipper card from blowing away in a strong gust of wind when you place it on a table, get 5 quarters and <strong>always have $1.25 on your card.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Readers: any other ideas as to what Clipper could mean by their cryptic statement?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes a phrase makes sense all on its own. Other times, it needs a bit of context. I spotted the cryptic statement &#8220;Always have $1.25 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","slim_seo":{"title":"What does this mean, Clipper? - MrEricSir.com","description":"Sometimes a phrase makes sense all on its own. Other times, it needs a bit of context. I spotted the cryptic statement \"Always have $1.25 on your card\" on a Cli"},"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[550,299,206,38,1422],"class_list":["post-1403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc","tag-alwayshave1-25onyourcard","tag-caltrain","tag-clipper","tag-photos","tag-rant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1403"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10295,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403\/revisions\/10295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}