A (bus) class reunion
Tonight, I ran into one of my favorite classmates (and I use that term loosely, since I only attended one day out of ten) from the February bus driver class. Alan Brooks, the Seattle OG who told me...
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Here are a few fun submissions from Kim in Shoreline. (I edited Kim's definitions some, but I think that mine are true to her original intentions. Hopefully, Kim will correct them if they aren't.)
View ArticleSome updates to those glossary entries
It seems that some "bus friends" are friendlier than others. From Dan in Bellevue*:
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Today , I rode the bus alone for the first time since Chicklet was born. (Yes, I realize that this makes me a bit pathetic, considering that my child is 12 weeks old. What can I say? She's cute.) I...
View ArticleAnother term for the glossary
BWI (busing while intoxicated): Riding any form of public transportation while under the influence of alcohol or other (less legal) drugs. BWI is usually identified by the telltale scent of the...
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BCiT, n: Bus chick in training. A young person, usually under the age of 12, who is learning the bus-riding ropes. A BCiT always rides with an experienced bus chick while she masters basic bus survival...
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It appears that the new sign designs have gone live. I spotted this, sans disclaimer, at a stop near the airport:
View ArticleDid someone say, “expert bus rider”?
I saw this ad on the Pierce Transit shuttle we rode yesterday:
View ArticleA good driver day
Southbound 48, 2 PM: The man behind the wheel turned out to be the same man a longtime family friend brought to my nuptials, lo, those many (oh, was it only two?) years ago. I don't actually know him,...
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The Bus Fam's off to spend a few days in the Motor City, during which we will hopefully participate in (or eavesdrop on*) many a bus-wide discussion.
View ArticlePositioning for bus luh (or, How to increase your chances of finding romance...
Earlier in the week, Bus Nerd hipped me to this Slate piece about subway psychology. It didn't turn out to be as interesting as it sounds, but it did contain one useful (and fascinating) tidbit:...
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