Posts Tagged snow
I’ve got problems and more gloves
Sometimes I like to ride the transit bus. It gives me some down time, time to evaluate myself and my problems. I’ve got problems and riding the bus gives me time to try to find, and ask for, solutions. I rarely talk to the other bus people but sometimes someone wants to tell a story, [...]
Out the window
We were heading downtown, and I was sitting next to a squirming man on the bus. He was crossing his legs (very unmanly) and moving around. Shortly after, the bus driver announced that there was a lot of traffic and it would be at least another few hours because of the heavy snow.
Pajamas and a bath robe
In the early ’80s I had a night route on the 21. Once, at about 11PM, the bus was westbound approaching Lake and 36th. There was a bright moon, making everything stand out in sharp relief. The night was warm for January and there had been a good deal of snow that [...]
More snow?
Last week I was in a window seat when I noticed that there were a few white flakes of something on my shirt. I looked up to see that the guy in front of me was covered in dandruff. From his greasy brillow pad of hair to his dark yellow ear canals, everything was covered. [...]
No you can’t ride
I have been a mechanic at metro transit for 23 years. One very cold winter, 1991 halloween snow storm, we were towing a bus south on central ave and I was steering the bus. I had to leave the front doors open to run the air supply hose for the brakes. We were stopped [...]
