Category

Public Transportation Follies

Public Transportation Follies
Oops
05.02.11 | Permalink | 1 Comment

This is what happens when you open your car door without checking your mirror: Yes, if you make that mistake, that bus will crunch your car door real good. And yes, that did happen, despite this picture angle and the sun’s glare not showing it in detail. And yes, that bus full of passengers will […]
Portland, Public Transportation Follies
Get those animals off those horses
03.30.10 | Permalink | Comment?

I was at the bus stop on the northeast corner of the Bank of America building during this, but didn’t see this: The protest left some damage in its wake, police said, with windows broken at the Bank of America building on Southwest Fifth Avenue. I was at Fifth and Salmon; maybe the windows were […]
Public Transportation Follies
Darwin on the bus
12.07.08 | Permalink | Comment?

In the recent past I have joined a couple of social networking sites, one at the invitation of my sister, the other at the urging of my wife. I’ve found it surprising how easy and pressure-free it is to reconnect with old friends. Some of them have gone on to impressive things, including one who […]
Public Transportation Follies
This is why I avoid the bus during non-commute hours
08.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Saturday late afternoon, boarding the line 15 bus at 34th and Belmont. I hear a woman ahead of me snarl at the bus driver, “Can you explain why you’re over an hour late?” The driver looks bewildered, says he is right on time. I follow this unpleasant woman down the aisle, giving the back of her […]
Public Transportation Follies
Demographic Tension
03.05.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

There were a couple of loud-talkers on the bus ride home this evening. Just before Loud-talker One disembarked around 26th & Belmont, he mentioned to his interlocutor that he owned a house nearby. Loud-talker Two babbled loudly about what a great neighborhood that was (true). Number One replied (loudly), “Yeah, but gay as fuck.”
Public Transportation Follies
Not part of the normal commuter mix
02.29.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Overheard on the bus home from work yesterday evening: “Yo, so it’s just Mexicans you hang out with?” “mumble mumble mumble.” “Well, if it’s so unfortunate, whyn’t you quit?” Plus snippets of information about “when I was in prison” and various X3 gang signs duly noted in someone else’s house.