tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post1308420239052013121..comments2024-03-26T04:26:57.872-05:00Comments on Fools Rush In: THE WHEELS ON THE BUSGranny Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18165058412950953296noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-14252079558878102582011-02-09T12:52:03.395-06:002011-02-09T12:52:03.395-06:00Hmm riding the bus is so different when you do it ...Hmm riding the bus is so different when you do it because you want to as opposed to when you have to.<br /><br />I hated to HAVE to ride the bus as a child.<br /><br />But I loved WANTING to ride the bus in college.<br /><br />And now of course my daughter BEGS to ride the bus!!<br /><br />Life is just one big circle!!! LOLBrown English Muffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618754928211481845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-44178825821561656812011-01-22T04:09:09.341-06:002011-01-22T04:09:09.341-06:00For 3 years after school I rode a city bus to the ...For 3 years after school I rode a city bus to the next town for work. I met the father of my two girls on the bus from Boston to the town I now live in. <br />When young I used to make up whole new lives for myself to tell on each long bus trip- I was quite an actor!Snaggle Toothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07197042129309670471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-17007057125023585052011-01-21T04:15:09.298-06:002011-01-21T04:15:09.298-06:00Dear Ann ~~ I have never been a bus rider. Many ye...Dear Ann ~~ I have never been a bus rider. Many years ago I travelled by<br />tram to go into the city to work.<br />During World War 2, my father drove double decker buses for a few years.<br />Times have really changed and kids would not be ale to travel alone<br />these days.<br />Thanks for your comments and concern about our floods. I have watched Oprah's first 3 shows and it is raising lots of money for the victims. She is a good person and loved Australia.<br />Glad you enjoy the jokes; I get most of them sent to me by friends and relatives & bloggers, so am <br />happy to share them. Take care, my<br />friend, Love, Merle.Merlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763778255535640633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-13188083494318815322011-01-20T14:29:37.673-06:002011-01-20T14:29:37.673-06:00We used to ride buses in Manhattan when I was a ki...We used to ride buses in Manhattan when I was a kid. When we moved to Florida that stopped. <br /><br />I did end up having to travel by bus when a car I was riding in broke down. The ride seemed interminable and a little kid kept throwing toys at me. It was bad.cubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788126579896276199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-64457686217003107442011-01-20T12:42:51.125-06:002011-01-20T12:42:51.125-06:00No,Annie, Julie wasn't alone on that bus.
I ...No,Annie, Julie wasn't alone on that bus. <br /><br />I think it was chartered by the Pennsylvania Dept. of Education to take all the little winners of the contest from the various schools around the to the White House.<br /><br />She is 26 years old,married for five years,and expecting her first baby in April and I think her Dad would still not allow her on a bus alone....Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426821858355153898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-68025812330211679232011-01-20T06:54:03.992-06:002011-01-20T06:54:03.992-06:00I haven't been on a bus for years. In fact sin...I haven't been on a bus for years. In fact since having a car I rarely use public transport apart from an occasional train ride up to London.LL Cool Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916666100971008775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-11801273198947471372011-01-20T01:14:06.079-06:002011-01-20T01:14:06.079-06:00This is so interesting Annie :) I remembered when ...This is so interesting Annie :) I remembered when I was 13, I was afraid to travel by bus alone so I walked to school everyday (about 30 mins or so).<br /><br />One day, my neighbour accompanied me to the bus stop and I thought she is going to take the bus with me but guess what? When she saw me board the bus, she waved goodbye at the bus stop :)<br /><br />So now...I am not afraid anymore and I do enjoy bus rides :DShiongehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519286201719224882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-12557213897867877592011-01-19T09:50:58.480-06:002011-01-19T09:50:58.480-06:00Like my mother before me I much prefer buses to tr...Like my mother before me I much prefer buses to trains. We travelled round India on a bus, round Ancient Greece and Canada and once I even took a greyhound from Westchester to Rhode Island and back. Great fun - but that was then.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-26291777792658892022011-01-19T06:35:32.667-06:002011-01-19T06:35:32.667-06:00Winifred – The freedom we had as children and the ...Winifred – The freedom we had as children and the lack of fear are things of the past. That is a shame. Yep Ron was 18 when I was 12 and rode buses all the time. That stranger on the bus with me could have been him. Since the sailor on the bus told me big stories all the way to Tulsa makes it even more possible to have been Ron. LOL<br /><br />Chatty Crone – Sandie, did you get to ride free? I’ll bet you have some stories to share.<br /><br />Kenju – It sounds like your bus riding memories would be good ones.<br /><br />Nancy – Did Julie make that bus ride alone at age 10? I think you have a story here for the Elder Storytelling page.<br /><br />Riot Kitty – If I think about it long enough I can convince myself that it was Ron. LOL<br /><br />Cliff – Yep I imagine you would create some tales for persons to recall on bus rides. Grab Marilyn and the cherries and head our direction. Just let me know when to put Slim up so she won’t attack you guys.<br /><br />Lulu – That would be an exciting adventure for you and Holland to take together. Still don’t let your daughter ride the bus alone:)Granny Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165058412950953296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-17126814023310240922011-01-19T06:34:16.772-06:002011-01-19T06:34:16.772-06:00Holland – And do you sketch people on the bus? Yo...Holland – And do you sketch people on the bus? You always seem to have a sketch pad with you.<br /><br />Lynn – Travel by plane is not a lot faster. My last “one hour” flight to Dallas took five hours due to all kinds of delays. I could have driven to Dallas in that time.<br /><br />Tabor – Let me know when you are going to post your bus story. Can’t wait to hear it.<br /><br />Changes – Sounds like a perfect way to see the place your are touring. A city bus ride would definitely show the real side of life.<br /><br />Talon – Your love of mixing with people shows in the things you write. That is one of the reasons you show such empathy.<br /><br />Cyberspacedawdler – You should hate bus rides. What a traumatic memory to lose all your childhood idols were fiction. Thanks for visiting my blog.Granny Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165058412950953296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-86587993103404215882011-01-18T20:02:59.057-06:002011-01-18T20:02:59.057-06:00Great post, and I love the part about secretly wis...Great post, and I love the part about secretly wishing Ron was the sailor. IMAGINE. :)<br /><br />I wouldn't let my 14-year old daughter ride alone on a Miami bus for anything...unless it's a school bus, and even that's iffy. Times have definitely changed.<br /><br />I remember riding the bus downtown with my grandmother when I was a kid and being scared to death. Everyone was always so quiet and stared a lot, but that could be because we were speaking a foreign language. I wonder what it would be like to ride one now. I should go on one with Holland sometime.Ileanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200869126695231050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-7992565359585242242011-01-17T23:39:50.684-06:002011-01-17T23:39:50.684-06:00I'm always afraid I would run into some wierdo...I'm always afraid I would run into some wierdo (like me) on the bus. <br />btw, We have enough cherries in our freezer for 20 pies so I'll supply the cherries.Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676389902079486865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-75763448236856055162011-01-17T16:25:51.400-06:002011-01-17T16:25:51.400-06:00Awesome post, and I love the story about how you w...Awesome post, and I love the story about how you wanted the sailor to be Ron :)Riot Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725825736285347870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-83079194496922809202011-01-17T15:28:25.327-06:002011-01-17T15:28:25.327-06:00Yes, Annie, I do have a bus story..or rather, my g...Yes, Annie, I do have a bus story..or rather, my granddaughter does..<br /><br />When Julie was 10 years old President and Mrs Clinton held a contest to see which schoolchild could make the best ornament for the White House Christmas tree. Julie worked very hard on her ornament and won the contest for her school.<br /><br />All the winners were invited to the White House to place their ornament on the tree. <br /><br />Julie traveled from Pennsylvania to Washington on a Greyhound bus.<br />I won't go into details here but the poor kid said that it was a nightmare..Flat tires,battery failures,engine trouble, etc.<br /><br />When she got home she said to her Dad," If you ever have to go somewhere,Dad, don't ever go on that bus with the running dog on the side."Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426821858355153898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-67466302876567694122011-01-17T15:03:33.694-06:002011-01-17T15:03:33.694-06:00From about the age of 12, I rode city buses all ov...From about the age of 12, I rode city buses all over town. In college, I had to transfer several times to get to classes. I rode a Greyhound bus from Norfolk to NYC once, to see mr. kenju play basketball in the Olympic Trials of 1964. But I have not been on a bus since 1964 and I am happy about that.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-1167544224679554142011-01-17T14:15:11.575-06:002011-01-17T14:15:11.575-06:00My dad worked for Greyhound - we took the bus ever...My dad worked for Greyhound - we took the bus everywhere. sandieChatty Cronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02232040517217024681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-21119866235420716362011-01-17T12:45:06.262-06:002011-01-17T12:45:06.262-06:00I had travel to school on the bus from age 11 unti...I had travel to school on the bus from age 11 until 16. They were red double deckers, a conductor to help you on & off, no heaters and no doors! If you were late & fit you could run behind and jump on!<br /><br />Now they're mainly single deckers with automatic doors, where the entrance lowers for wheelchairs and pushchairs and the heaters work! I can't believe how regularly they run and they always seem to be on time. That's progress!<br /><br />I love the story about you and the sailor. Well as the song goes "All the nice girls love a sailor".Winifredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12415302188575538163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-16072861768265468562011-01-17T10:20:41.016-06:002011-01-17T10:20:41.016-06:00As a child I use to ride the bus often. My mother ...As a child I use to ride the bus often. My mother and I would walk a couple of blocks to the bus stop and then go downtown and do a little shopping or eat somewhere.<br /><br />My most memorable bus ride was the one where I found out there was no Santa Claus or Easter Bunny - not even a tooth fairy. I had heard rumors at school about such and one evening my mother and I were returning from one of our trips to town when I popped the fatal question. Unfortunately she obliged my curiousity.<br /><br />Made a couple or three trips on Greyhound or Trailways when I was in the military and making $85 a month. They weren't all that much fun back then either.<br /><br />I tell you what I do miss. I use to love to ride trains!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-47574603628682426272011-01-17T09:24:23.879-06:002011-01-17T09:24:23.879-06:00I used to ride the city buses many many moons ago ...I used to ride the city buses many many moons ago before I bought my first car. I loved it. Back then a ton of people rode the bus and there was always something interesting to break up the monotony. And a few bus rides - once, again many many years ago,to Atlantic City (a 12 hour ride each way of hell) with a group of friends. We still laugh about it to this day...somehow the tiring and crazy trips are the ones that stand out in memory and turn from being bad to being fun to remember.TALONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03205633556998220372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-50755549053031217112011-01-17T08:30:27.820-06:002011-01-17T08:30:27.820-06:00One of my most memorable bus rides was in Hawaii.....One of my most memorable bus rides was in Hawaii...it was not a tour and so enjoyed seeing the locals use it to go to the grocery or whatever.Changes in the windhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06942797186537814864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-62214889966360657862011-01-17T08:02:32.733-06:002011-01-17T08:02:32.733-06:00I road a bus to Honolulu from Hawaii Kai when in g...I road a bus to Honolulu from Hawaii Kai when in grad school...and yes I do have a bus story. Too long to post here, but I will think about making a life story post on it. Thanks for bringing it to mind.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-78588511369684600452011-01-17T07:58:40.559-06:002011-01-17T07:58:40.559-06:00I used to ride the city bus in Atlanta when I firs...I used to ride the city bus in Atlanta when I first moved here and didn't have a car. I lived in midtown back then and it made sense to ride it. I also had a love/hate relationship with it, but it got me where I wanted to go. <br /><br />I only took a Greyhound bus one time, and it was during that same time with no car - I took it from Atlanta to middle Georgia to my home town. It took hours! And it is a 1.5 hour drive by car. And an ex-boyfriend was telling me once about taking the bus from upstate New York to Tampa, Florida - I said, "Did it take all summer????" :)Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11335434.post-2805521239807175322011-01-17T06:42:24.942-06:002011-01-17T06:42:24.942-06:00I always go around by bus. I have a love-hate rela...I always go around by bus. I have a love-hate relationship with it. I hate the waiting (although it can be interesting) but love the fact that - once in the bus - I do not have to pay any attention to traffic and all. I read a book or stare outside or - sometimes even better - observe the others in the bus or metro.Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837549668818746188noreply@blogger.com