[tcb] Re: Bus story of the day
- From: James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:58:07 -0800 (PST)
Never thought of that one! I bought my Bus with a stuck gas gauge. it would go
from full to half and stay there even though I had a half tank left. Almost
stranded me and my friends in no-man's land this side of Nuevo Laredo...
James
DAC
'73/'77 Westfakia
'78 Super Vert
Neil McGlothin <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: No workin' gas guage in either of my
buses...I clip a
gas receipt with the fill-up milage written on it on
the dash...now, if I could ONLY remember to look at it
once in a while...
--- Brian Denning wrote:
> i think this goes back to the question what should
> you carry with you in
> your bus...
>
> A FRIGGIN GAS CAN WITH GAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
> >From: James Dwan
> >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [tcb] Re: Bus story of the day
> >Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:10:50 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >didn't you run outta gas at Kellers in the Bug once
> last year as well?
> >I think I see a pattern ...
> >
> >Brian Denning wrote:
> don't forget to put gas
> >in it this afternoon.
> >
> >
> > >From: wuzmop@xxxxxxx
> > >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >Subject: [tcb] Bus story of the day
> > >Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:38:59 -0500
> > >
> > >So last night I go to bed thinking to myself, "I
> gotta put gas in the bus
> > >in the morning."
> > >
> > >Fast forward to 5:30 am: This morning on the way
> out I do my normal check
> > >for phone, wallet, badge, keys. Everything checks
> out, but I have this
> > >nagging feeling that I'm forgetting something on
> my way to work.
> > >
> > >Hit a stretch of southbound I35 where there are
> no street lights, no
> > >civilization, with the exception of homeless
> people. Bus stutters and
> > >stalls. Still nothing has dawned on me. Coasted,
> tried to start bus, it
> > >starts and gets me maybe another 100 yards of
> momentum, enough to coast
> > >under some street lights before Northwest
> Highway. I check my
> >probablities,
> > >all checks out. Then it dawns on me. CRAP!
> > >
> > >So, there is a gas station about 1/2 a mile away
> on the other side of the
> > >highway. Thank god I've been running 2 miles a
> day, because under the
> > >Northwest highway bridge is likely where most of
> the homeless folks
> >crash,
> > >and I have to go under it to get to the gas
> station. That and if I'm gone
> > >long my bus gets stripped or will be occupied by
> homeless people.
> > >
> > >I haul butt to the station. It's 6:05, sign says
> it opens at 6. Cool.
> >Until
> > >I realize the doors are closed and the lady at
> the counter is COMPLETELY
> > >ignoring me. For 15 minutes. Some guy rolls up
> and needs to pay cash for
> > >gas so when the pump starts beeping inside, she
> finally opens the door.
> > >
> > >$15 1 gallon gas can in hand, I run back to the
> bus. A big sigh of relief
> > >that he hadn't been molested. Gas that bad boy up
> and roll on to work.
> > >
> > >This is BEFORE I had any caffiene.
> > >
> > >Robb 1
> > >Bus 0
> >
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