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| Jack Fids (Jack_fids)
Registered Member Username: Jack_fids Post Number: 760 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 72.211.145.15  Rating: N/A |
A lot of us are driving coaches that are close if not over 50 years old... but I doubt any of us has been driving our coach for that long. Here is a little "heart Warmer" about a guy who put in his 50 behind the wheel of a school bus. http://www.kare11.com/news/article/925557/396/After-50-years-bus-driver-makes-his-last-rid e | ||
| Dal Farnworth (Dallas)
Registered Member Username: Dallas Post Number: 577 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 98.20.60.203  Rating: N/A |
I drove a passenger bus... for all of one trip once. Before that I was 'merely' a truck driver. After that, I didn't mind hauling heavy equipment, or even livestock. At least the livestock don't try to sue when you hit them with the cattle prod. You have to really enjoy children to be able to be a school bus driver for even one year... I couldn't imagine putting up with the little Ba... ummm, tykes for 50 years. | ||
| Jack Fids (Jack_fids)
Registered Member Username: Jack_fids Post Number: 761 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 72.211.145.15 Rating: N/A |
You old stick in the mud curmudgeon..! "I really enjoy children... especially when properly cooked!" When I was a kid, I had to ride the school bus for one year, it was 30 miles to School and Charlie, our driver had the lead pipe cinch for dealing with mis-behaving rug rats.... He'd stop the Bus, walk back to the brat & offer to either let them WALK the rest of the way OR ask them how they were going to get to school the rest of the year w/o riding on HIS Bus.... If neither of those techniques worked he'd just backhand the little sucker, and the rest of us would laugh our butts off. (Message edited by Jack_fids on June 06, 2011) | ||
| Dal Farnworth (Dallas)
Registered Member Username: Dallas Post Number: 579 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 98.20.60.203 Rating: N/A |
I do like children..... especially with a well done gravy! | ||
| Jack Fids (Jack_fids)
Registered Member Username: Jack_fids Post Number: 763 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 72.211.145.15 Rating: N/A |
..awe , you old softey! My Dad once slathered me up with lard and told me to go roll in the flour bin & then fed me lots of cranberries but Ma caught on about the time he was getting me to hold an apple in my mouth while holding a long pole near the fire.... he told her we were going fishing.... When we did go fishing, I had the hardest time holding my breath while trying to grab fish underwater with my ankles tied together with the fishline. That was after he tried to teach me to swim.... with rocks in my trunks. He always enjoyed teaching me new things I know because of he was always laughing when he did. I always felt sorry for those kids w/o a Dad. | ||
| Dan Clishe (Cody)
Registered Member Username: Cody Post Number: 99 Registered: 1-2008 Posted From: 206.51.120.170 Rating: N/A |
My bus driver carried a shotgun beside him in small game season, he's see a partidge and stop the bus, shoot it and throw it in a box behind him,, sometimes I'd walk the back road to school but I had to stand my shotgun or rifle,, depending on the season behind the teachers desk with the teachers and the other guns. Times have changed. | ||
| Brian Evans (Bevans6)
Registered Member Username: Bevans6 Post Number: 37 Registered: 5-2009 Posted From: 67.71.36.206 Rating: N/A |
i hate kids, and I drove school bus for three years when I was in college, and really liked it. When I quit to take a real job, the kids - up to around grade 9 - bought me a bottle of champagne. I always wondered where the heck they got a bottle of champagne. My trick was let them do whatever they want up to a point, and come down like a ton of bricks over that point. And no one gets hurt... Brian | ||
| Dan Clishe (Cody)
Registered Member Username: Cody Post Number: 100 Registered: 1-2008 Posted From: 206.51.120.170 Rating: N/A |
It takes a special person to drive a bunch of kids to school everyday, course it's easier if you carry a double barreled shotgun lol, back then it was a different time with different rules and people, I remember a time that my teacher looked out the window and saw a nice buck under an apple tree behind the school, he took his rifle and dropped it, it was deer season and then we all got to go outside while he gave us a lesson in cleaning a deer lol. The school was an old wooden 2 story school built in 1911 and still having classes to this day, back then it had 3 teachers and went from K thru 8, I was the last class to graduate from the 8th grade, after that they only went to the 6th grade, when I was there they had about 35 students now it's down to about 5 or so but still operating and giving a fine education. It was the Arvon Township School, now it's on the historical registery. http://www.arvontownshipschool.org/index.php | ||
| Jack Fids (Jack_fids)
Registered Member Username: Jack_fids Post Number: 766 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 72.211.145.15 Rating: N/A |
Interesting Cody, mine was built in 1858, had 2 rooms, 2 teachers, 6 grades & no indoor plumbing. They ripped it down in 1960 & destroyed the sense of community in the "town". My school books & teacher were the same as my Mothers. At the new school they tried their damnedest to institutionalize me..... you can see how well that worked out for them ...eh? | ||
| Dan Clishe (Cody)
Registered Member Username: Cody Post Number: 101 Registered: 1-2008 Posted From: 206.51.120.170 Rating: N/A |
This tells me that we're old lol, maybe old isn't a bad thing when I see the school my grandkids are in. scary | ||
| Jack Fids (Jack_fids)
Registered Member Username: Jack_fids Post Number: 768 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 72.211.145.15 Rating: N/A |
Last week, Buffalo Springfield performed in public together for the first time since 1969. ( in Oakland ) 90 minutes & 19 songs later & after 4 encores Richey Fury said he felt like he did 40 yrs ago at the Whiskey A go-go..... Neil Young just said, "Sometimes its good to be from the past..." Going thru a metal detector & being frisked @ 7 is not the kind of memories I have of grade school either... nor would I wish it on any kid Nice world we have lately.. eh? . | ||
| Dan Clishe (Cody)
Registered Member Username: Cody Post Number: 102 Registered: 1-2008 Posted From: 206.51.120.170 Rating: N/A |
For some reason, it's been important to me to step back into a simpler more pleasant time frame, thats one of the underlaying aspects of the anti-KOA that I'm trying to achieve, to have a place where a person can sit and regroup if needed or just relax. I've chosen to reject some of the structure thats designed to keep us walking the straight and narrow path to success or what would constitute success, for a more somewhat rocky path that will enable me to sit for a while on the bank of a beaver pond or one that will give me time to watch the twin fawns playing in the back yard. | ||
| L James Jones Jr (Jamo)
Registered Member Username: Jamo Post Number: 191 Registered: 11-2007 Posted From: 74.71.202.72  Rating: N/A |
Cody, I'm liking your way of thinking more with each post. My wife wants to visit when the ol '04 is finished. She retires within the year from a hectic 32+ year career with the DoD, and I quit building houses a few years ago (so I could do a one man cabinet shop and work on old wooden sailboats & inboards). My 30 years of contracting got to be too much like day care with power tools & nails guns. No more crews, no more big jobs. We will be enjoying our kick back years until they start kicking us back... | ||
| Dan Clishe (Cody)
Registered Member Username: Cody Post Number: 103 Registered: 1-2008 Posted From: 206.51.120.170 Rating: N/A |
I paid my dues with a supervisory job in law enforcement and then the dept of corrections again as a supervisor for the state,, I've seen the good, the bad, and even a few of the ugly. I know what it's like to be under the gun,, thats why you see the part of the anti-KOA that says 'anti', this is going to be a place where you can keep the beer in the can instead of hiding the label and if your dog has a good singing voice, well, there is just nobody close by to complain and I may just join in for the chorus. At this point in my life this is what I need and I'm finding many others do too. It's pretty primative right now but it'll get better. I had a 1955 wooden criscraft at one time, it was 38 ft and I used to enjoy sitting ondeck in my yard and watch people drive by while I would cast a rubber plug out into the yard, only bites I ever got was when they would make a second pass after hitting the brakes.lol I eventually traded the boat for a deer rifle, a 1898 30-40 krag, now that, I've still got. I figure someday I may trade the deer rifle for a good stout pillow incase I ever have to fight off the Swedish Bikini Team. | ||
| Fooey (Foohorse)
Registered Member Username: Foohorse Post Number: 580 Registered: 1-2010 Posted From: 69.171.161.84  Rating: N/A |
foul fowl reskined as cat is still foul fowl. I just feel that I must make an inflammatory statement here. (Nice world we have lately.. eh?) YES it is. there are societies that still operate on the principles of respect, care, reverence for elders, and God. what has happened in this country is tragic and the sad part is we all saw the signs but nothing was done about it. rights and law were perverted into social decay instead of evolving a society. "outlawing prayer for example artistic right to show feces on religious figures in art museums, violence on TV and children's video games where life is meaningless "mortal combat where you can watch blood gush from severed heads MTV where kids can see examples on how to cool it is to be thugs pimps or whores. but heaven help us if they should see a nude person on TV OH MY GOD THE PERVERSION!!! too many examples when I finish my travels here I will end up in Uruguay and enjoy the latter part of my life in a civilized country. | ||
| Dan Clishe (Cody)
Registered Member Username: Cody Post Number: 104 Registered: 1-2008 Posted From: 206.51.120.170 Rating: N/A |
I saw myself naked in the mirror last night after coming out of the shower, I tend to agree the nation isn't ready for that yet, possibly with a maximum age limit it may be ok but after careful concideration of what I saw, nope. As I stood there trying to figure exactly what happened the thought that at one time in my life I must have been conciderably taller came to mind, that could be the only logical explaination for the wrinkles, also, the lack of a tape measure in the bathroom left me wondering if my chest had actually fallen onto my belt or could I have somehow defied the laws of physical anatomy and somehow became pregnant thru biblical means, the mind boggles at times. | ||
| Dal Farnworth (Dallas)
Registered Member Username: Dallas Post Number: 581 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 98.20.60.203 Rating: N/A |
Cody, At our age it's called furniture disease.... Your chest slips into your drawers. | ||
| Russell Beam (Rcbeam)
Registered Member Username: Rcbeam Post Number: 64 Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 74.131.57.238  Rating: N/A |
Aw, Dallas... luved that one. I laughed for 5 minutes. Thx for the chuckle. Russell MC8 Lexington Ky |