George V. Higgins character comes to life at Logan Airport

So there I was, sitting outside the barber shop in Terminal C, today, waiting for my wife. An older gentleman was getting his hair cut. And in a booming voice, he told the barber how much he'd spent in parking today after driving down from Manchester- what with a trip to a hospital off Brookline Avenue, lunch and then the airport. He sighed:

I'd take the rattler out to the airport if I could.

The rattler! I didn't know anybody still called the subway that!