[tcb] Re: Bus story of the day
- From: "Eric Woodall" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:05:00 -0600 (CST)
LOL ;-)
I bet that was a Homer Simpson moment huh, DOH!
That is awesome that you didn't find anybody trying to steal or sleep in
your bus!
> Thanks for the reminder...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:43 PM
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Bus story of the day
>
>
> 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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