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BBGMC2003_16
Senior Member
USA
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 Posted - 11/21/2006 : 6:30:07 PM
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| A driver in my district today, was telling me how a little girl told her that she was her bestfriend, and blew her a kiss as she got off the bus. So this got me thinking about something of things kids have said to me on my route. One girl asked me if my mom was crazy, and I said no, and she said that hers is. Also had a kid tell that her parents like to throw pots and pans at eachother. Anybody got any funny stories related to this topic |
New district, new bus! |
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OperationsM
Top Member
USA
515 Posts |
Posted - 11/25/2006 : 4:41:01 PM
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You never know, that kids' parents may throw pots and pans at each other -- it's very possible.
Last winter it was very windy and a kid asked the driver if the bus was going to fly away. HaHa!
A while ago, I saw a kid riding on a school bus, and he pulled his pants down sticking his rear out the window! Not something you see everyday in Manhattan! |
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hightower85
New Member
USA
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Posted - 11/26/2006 : 1:37:20 PM
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| It isn't funny to throw pots and pans at eachother which indicates domestic violence which can scar the poor child for life as well as create trauma. |
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BBGMC2003_16
Senior Member
USA
91 Posts |
Posted - 11/26/2006 : 7:48:10 PM
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Originally posted by hightower85
It isn't funny to throw pots and pans at eachother which indicates domestic violence which can scar the poor child for life as well as create trauma.
uhh never said it was funny. By funny i meant some of things kids tell us. |
New district, new bus! |
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bbird66
Top Member
USA
881 Posts |
Posted - 12/20/2006 : 12:26:28 PM
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| Whoa there Hightower....take it easy! Here in the midwest its common practice.... |
Were gonna miss you "Brent"..Good luck in "Heidi land"
"I know you miss the Wainwrights Bobby, but they were weak and stupid people...and that's why we have wolves and other large predators" .. The Far Side
"On a two hour delay when will my child be picked up??"
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VetteMonte
Active Member
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - 12/28/2006 : 11:04:17 AM
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| One of my kindergarteners saw me shopping with my sister and ask me if she was my wife. Uhh... no. |
Stephen Kilby
Virginia Beach City Public School
2003-04 Bus Driver of the Year (Area A) |
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coolbusdriver
Top Member
Canada
1494 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2007 : 10:16:18 AM
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| When I was still driving my first route one of my little ones wanted to know how long I had been living on the bus. |
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Jim
Top Member
USA
581 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2007 : 12:06:53 PM
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| I love when you're out shopping somewhere and you see one of your students in the store. The next day on the bus they're usually telling the other kids they saw you and they seem shocked that the bus driver was shopping. Yeah, I shop too.......I'm not strapped behind the wheel of the bus 24/7! |
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BlueBirdNut
Senior Member
United States
73 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2007 : 12:55:12 PM
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| Well, in some cases that could be true.....like if the owner of a Laidlaw bus lived in a retired Laidlaw bus. A drive-up home--just park the bus next to it, and hop on in! The only thing missing? A bathtub. :-P |
Whiskey 8 Whiskey tango Delta. W8WTD, remember that now. |
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HEY BUSDRIVER
New Member
United States
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Posted - 01/16/2007 : 09:39:44 AM
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Originally posted by BBGMC2003_16
A driver in my district today, was telling me how a little girl told her that she was her bestfriend, and blew her a kiss as she got off the bus. So this got me thinking about something of things kids have said to me on my route. One girl asked me if my mom was crazy, and I said no, and she said that hers is. Also had a kid tell that her parents like to throw pots and pans at eachother. Anybody got any funny stories related to this topic
The last two do not sound funny to me....Holy smoke! |
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Sam
Advanced Member
United States
308 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2007 : 3:31:24 PM
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I was having a conversation with Jonathan, a 4yr old Pre-K student, when a large riding lawn mower went by the bus (we were parked). I said, "What was that???!!!" Jonathon looked around, and looked back at me and shrugged. The lawnmower appeared next to the bus, and started to cut the grass. I asked, "What's he doing, Jon?" The kid looked at me like I was an idiot, and replied,
"He's making the grass little." |
"Ma'am, please don't yell at me. I'm just a substitute!" |
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Lena
Senior Member
United States
120 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2007 : 03:45:22 AM
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| I had a little kindergartener tell me he lived in "baginia" and asked me if I lived in "baginia" too....I continued the conversation and asked him if he knew his address and he said "yes, it's the yellow house in the middle" lol |
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VetteMonte
Active Member
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - 02/10/2007 : 3:24:25 PM
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| We have kindergarteners tell us all the time that they live in Virginia Beach, or Virginia. One told me he lived in Chesapeake (he recently moved here, and his parents hadn't taught him the new city), but the one I'll remember until the day I die is a little Galaxy (think a combination of day care and after-school tutoring operated by the city Parks and Recreation department) child named Oliver. I was subbing on his route (doubled up with my own route) and he didn't get off the bus when I was done. I asked him where he lives, and he told me "Candyland" (his street is called Connie Lane). Needless to say, I took him back the the school, and had the administrator call home. |
Stephen Kilby
Virginia Beach City Public School
2003-04 Bus Driver of the Year (Area A) |
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Lena
Senior Member
United States
120 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2007 : 5:05:50 PM
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ok, get this: this afternoon my middle school kids were hilarious. I used the PA speaker to ask a child in the back to sit down and one of the other kids yelled "yea, pop a squat!" I about fell out of my seat laughing. I love it!! pop a squat!! What will they think of next. I can't wait to spring it on my high school kids in the morning! They will probably look at me like I have lost my mind!!  |
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VetteMonte
Active Member
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2007 : 3:12:18 PM
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| That's funny, but my high schoolers caught me off guard once. Understand that I have a great rapport with these kids, since I cover the same neighborhood for elementary, middle, and high school, and my 12th graders have been with me since the 4th grade.Once I was talking to another driver in the bus loop, and got to the bus after the kids (a moderate no-no that Mr. Pace has started to crack down on), and there was one sitting in my seat. I asked him to move, and he asked me what's in it for him. One of my seniors popped up and said "Ron, un-ass Mr. Kilby's seat before I smack you around." I had to laugh because I was thinking it, but I didn't dare say it. Another time, I was late. I had a habit of arriving early and waiting at the Burger King down the street, so the kids started teasing me (how's that Whopper, Mr. Kilby?), and Ebony said asked me about my Croisanwich. I said "Shut up, Ebony" (just joking, remember these are my kids here) and a new student told me I wasn't allowed to tell her to shut up and he was going to call my supervisor, and he really started to lay into me when Ebony turned around and said "You heard Mr. Kilby, shut up." I love my kids. |
Stephen Kilby
Virginia Beach City Public School
2003-04 Bus Driver of the Year (Area A) |
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Lords47
Top Member
USA
697 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2007 : 07:46:19 AM
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| I subbed an elementary school run, and one of the little girls on the bus, Aubrey, happens to be my very good friend's little cousin, and I know the family very well. So she sat behind me as the bus was being loaded. Out of absolute no where, left field, she asks "Byan (she can't say "Ryan"), what does 'gay' mean?". So i'm taken back as to a). when did a 5 year old hear the word "gay"? and b). how in the WORLD do I answer this question? So I think for a few, and finally respond, "Well Aubrey, gay means happy". So she says "oh ok". There's a slight pause, and she finishes it with, "well then my daddy is gay". She then procedes to tell everyone who walks on the bus that her daddy is gay. I'm nearly about falling out of my seat in stitches because i can't wait to tell both her dad and my best friend. |
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misterbill
Advanced Member
United States
266 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2007 : 2:25:24 PM
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I love reading these stories!
I made the mistake this morning of saying outloud(to myself) "Where is Tony today?"-while stopping in front of his house. I'm not sure what 5 year old Savanna's answer was, but she talked about where he might be for the rest of the bus trip. |
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disp29
Advanced Member
United States
202 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2007 : 10:24:30 PM
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| Does anyone know what a "Hacky Sac" is? For those that don't, it's a little woven ball that's filled with beans, kinda like a bean bag, and kids kick it around to each other. Anyway, they were quite popular for a while and my kids had them on the bus ALL THE TIME. Well, anyway I'm on my way to School in the morning with the kids, and all of the sudden, I don't see Hunter; my one 1st grader. His seat partner looks down to the floor and says, "Hunter, what are you doing?" Hunter's reply was... "I lost my balls, and I can't find them!" (referring to the 3 "Hacky sacs" he had brought on the bus this Morning)... I was laughing so hard I had to pull over; my kids thought I was Crazy. Hunter's seat partner, Ben; just looked at him after he said that and goes, "Well... is that so!"... that just added on to the rest of it. Oh my, I love my kids... they are GREAT! They keep me on my toes! |
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ATRE 1507
Top Member
United States
673 Posts |
Posted - 05/28/2007 : 10:26:27 AM
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Originally posted by disp29
Does anyone know what a "Hacky Sac" is? For those that don't, it's a little woven ball that's filled with beans, kinda like a bean bag, and kids kick it around to each other. Anyway, they were quite popular for a while and my kids had them on the bus ALL THE TIME. Well, anyway I'm on my way to School in the morning with the kids, and all of the sudden, I don't see Hunter; my one 1st grader. His seat partner looks down to the floor and says, "Hunter, what are you doing?" Hunter's reply was... "I lost my balls, and I can't find them!" (referring to the 3 "Hacky sacs" he had brought on the bus this Morning)... I was laughing so hard I had to pull over; my kids thought I was Crazy. Hunter's seat partner, Ben; just looked at him after he said that and goes, "Well... is that so!"... that just added on to the rest of it. Oh my, I love my kids... they are GREAT! They keep me on my toes!
NICE!! HAHA
These stories are so fun to read.
Sadly...I don't have any to tell.  |
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Fairfax County
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schoolbus64
Active Member
United States
28 Posts |
Posted - 06/06/2007 : 08:06:35 AM
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| I have a few good stories like that. One of them is one of my kids missed the bus in the morning so in the afternoon they said "Why didn't you come get me?" I said,"Well I tooted on my horn for ya." All of a sudden my favorite kid,Alyssa,an 8th grader said,"EVERYONE PLUG YOU NOSE!!!" Everyone just staarted laughing histerically includeing me! I love my job and that kids that come with it! |
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dweaver
New Member
USA
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Posted - 07/03/2007 : 10:07:47 AM
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| Yea, had to handle the "gay" question from my middle school kids. They got on the bus on PM and one of my "favorites" says, Mr. Weaver are you gay?. Course that sets off a bunch of bells in my head but did the same as you did and replied, "Yep, I'm happy and having a good time." Kids got a laugh out of it and they started asking me that every so often and I'd always reply the same. Had a good bus once we (me and school) got the two trouble makers off the bus, thank goodness for video. Since my daughter was a student at the same school, (Dad, you can drive any bus but mine!) and when I told her about it that night she said that the current use of "gay" at school was for anyone who did something stupid. Gotta watch those kids and their slang, it changed every year. |
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dweaver
New Member
USA
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Posted - 07/03/2007 : 10:14:29 AM
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| Had a funny thing with my elementary kids. One of my kinders who sat 3 seats back noticed that the air brakes made a noise when I set them at each stop to unload or load kids. "Mr. Weaver, whats that noise? he asked. And I told him that was the air brakes setting. "Well they sound just like me dad's farts!" Well couldn't argue with that and everyone in the front is laughing so I said okay and I said "well from now on, everyone stays in your seat until you hear the bus fart, okay." Worked like a charm. All year the young kids were telling anyone who got up to soon, to "stay in your seat until the bus farts." Had a good laugh and the kids learned to stay in their seats without me being a heavy. |
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Lena
Senior Member
United States
120 Posts |
Posted - 07/09/2007 : 4:59:49 PM
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Today was the first day of summer school...I picked up a first grader (what a little cutie)....he said:
you gonna be my butt driver for summa school?
lolololol....mind you, I met this child a year or so ago at Halloween. We live out in the boondocks and do a haunted driveway and his parents brought him over...of course my bus was in the driveway and I heard him say "butt driver" that night! We laughed and laughed...but today was tooooo funny having him on my bus and now I AM HIS BUTT DRIVER!!!!
gotta love it!
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YellowBox
Advanced Member
Puerto Rico (USA)
239 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2007 : 6:43:31 PM
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Well !!!!One of my kids told me this:
" My DAD told me that if I do not finish school, I will end up driving School Buses like you do"
" Driver...Did you finish your school ?
VERY FUNNY....DAD  |
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disp29
Advanced Member
United States
202 Posts |
Posted - 07/25/2007 : 03:49:45 AM
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Originally posted by Lena
Today was the first day of summer school...I picked up a first grader (what a little cutie)....he said:
you gonna be my butt driver for summa school?
lolololol....mind you, I met this child a year or so ago at Halloween. We live out in the boondocks and do a haunted driveway and his parents brought him over...of course my bus was in the driveway and I heard him say "butt driver" that night! We laughed and laughed...but today was tooooo funny having him on my bus and now I AM HIS BUTT DRIVER!!!!
gotta love it!
Oh My God! Lisa, you definitely have the BEST stories... and from the way it sounds... the funniest kids.
Reminds me of one of my Summer School kids. We have a dirt Race track for Sprint cars and such in our town. Well, on race nights I'm always on our Ambulance for the track, in case there's an accident. One of my Summer kids goes to the Races like EVERY Saturday... well, last Monday he got on the bus and right away said, "Kevin, I saw you on the Track Ambulance on Saturday Night!" My response, "You did... well Colton, what was I doing when you saw Me?" His response... "You were telling everyone to get the HELL out of your way". OMG... I about DIED! I guess I have to watch my mouth even if I'm NOT on the Bus! No joke... I figured or hoped you get a kick out of it. |
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ATRE 1507
Top Member
United States
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Posted - 07/26/2007 : 7:39:21 PM
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Originally posted by disp29
Oh My God! Lisa, you definitely have the BEST stories... and from the way it sounds... the funniest kids.
Reminds me of one of my Summer School kids. We have a dirt Race track for Sprint cars and such in our town. Well, on race nights I'm always on our Ambulance for the track, in case there's an accident. One of my Summer kids goes to the Races like EVERY Saturday... well, last Monday he got on the bus and right away said, "Kevin, I saw you on the Track Ambulance on Saturday Night!" My response, "You did... well Colton, what was I doing when you saw Me?" His response... "You were telling everyone to get the HELL out of your way". OMG... I about DIED! I guess I have to watch my mouth even if I'm NOT on the Bus! No joke... I figured or hoped you get a kick out of it.
HAHAHAHA!!
Was there an accident of something...
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were you just telling people to "get the hell out of your way"?
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Bus 1507: 2001 AmTran RE
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Fairfax County
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coolbusguy
Active Member
Canada
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Posted - 08/12/2007 : 4:53:26 PM
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| im a newbie , still in the yard and have not been on a run yet kinda newbie , I have to say these stories are really funny , and I can hardly wait to get out there! |
First Student Canada
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NathanW
Advanced Member
United States
310 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 4:17:20 PM
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I work 8 hours in the morning driving a commuter bus and sub on school buses in the afternoon (also do the ambulance thing on the weekends and know how it is when you go to the house of one of the school kids).
I never know where I'm going. On any given day I could drive in either of two states and any of 15+ towns. I get all kinds of kids.
The funniest time I had on the bus wasn't for anything that was said, but for the high schooler that turned sideways and fell between the seats and got stuck. Since we were sitting at the elementary school waiting to pick up the little kids I actually got out of my seat and went back and took her picture while the other kids were trying to pull her out.
The next time I drove that bus I made sure I had a copy of that picture for her. She loved it.
In the two years I've driven school buses I've had three kids get stuck between the seats (and two of them were high schoolers).
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Funniest time the kids had due to my driving was when I was doing a route for just the second time and was coming up on my first stop. I had one of the highschoolers helping me and she said I was to stop at the next road. I HEARD her say STOP, but for some reason my brain wanted to turn. So....I turned. I got through the turn okay, but when I had to back out onto the original road (no place to turn around) I got stuck. I had the back wheels completely off the ground and couldn't go anywhere. The fire department came out and was going to use airbags to lift the bus off what it was stuck on, but ended up just using a HUGE front-loader to pick the bus up and shove it out of the spot it was in. The kids loved it.
They were all told to get off the bus once I realized I was stuck and couldn't go anywhere and told to wait in the yard of a neighbor while another bus came and got them.
Needless to say the next time I drove that route all the kids made darn sure I only stopped and didn't turn. *grin*
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Lifestar Fe
Top Member
United States
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Posted - 08/13/2007 : 4:35:45 PM
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If I knew how to insert pictures I'd post them.
You have to create an acount where you can upload pictures too, like photobucket. theen you upload the picture and then you can either post the URL link here, or click on the insert image button right above where you type when you post and insert the URL there. the first one will show up as a link, the second way will show up as a picture here |
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ThomasC2
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United States
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Posted - 08/13/2007 : 8:15:46 PM
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Hi, umm.. oh yeah one time i was on a bus and i rode it to school, and then i went to school, and then i got out of school, and then i got on my bus, and then i rode the bus to my house and then i got off the bus, and then a kid said bye to me. |
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NathanW
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United States
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Posted - 08/14/2007 : 2:58:09 PM
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Here's a couple of shots of when I got the bus stuck.
Hope everyone gets a good laugh, my boss did (afterwards). *grin* |
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Sam
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United States
308 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2007 : 2:37:06 PM
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LOL, I was doing ok until the last picture, then I lost it. You are VERY brave for:
1. Posting your pictures here.
2. Driving those kids again.
That being said, I'm really glad you can laugh at yourself, thanks for sharing!
PS, how long did the fire department work on it before the front loader arrived? |
"Ma'am, please don't yell at me. I'm just a substitute!" |
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ThomasC2
Top Member
United States
649 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2007 : 3:03:24 PM
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| Also did the loader do anything to the bumper???? |
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n/a
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Posted - 08/18/2007 : 4:50:06 PM
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| Bethlehem NH? Golly, we have 5 of those same buses in our town. EX. 7863 is one. That is quite the accident. Did you try to take a corner and then got stuck? |
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bus724
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 08/18/2007 : 5:37:50 PM
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Wow, and I thought it was bad when I got my freightliner stuck in some mud....wheels were spinning but at least i didn't crush anything. Just had to get towed out by a highway dept truck.
Going back to the original topic, a funny story from a KG run: Our town is kind of rural with a few farms, and you get used to various odors at certain times of the year. Well, one day, as the bus was going past one farm, they noticed a particularly strong smell....worse than cow manure, worse than horse, it could only be from chickens. (Anyone who's been on a farm knows what I mean). As everyone covered their noses, one little K girl got this disgusted look on her face and said "What the...what the HELL?...What the HELL is that SMELL?" The driver just about went off the road she was laughing so hard... |
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NathanW
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United States
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Posted - 08/18/2007 : 7:23:38 PM
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Originally posted by Sam
LOL, I was doing ok until the last picture, then I lost it. You are VERY brave for:
1. Posting your pictures here.
2. Driving those kids again.
That being said, I'm really glad you can laugh at yourself, thanks for sharing!
PS, how long did the fire department work on it before the front loader arrived?
It was about a half hour of trying other things until they went with the front loader. The funny part was the air brakes were on, and once our maintenance guy realized that he started sprinting to disengage them.
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Originally posted by 08BBVision
Also did the loader do anything to the bumper????
Not a darn thing. It's one tough bus.
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Originally posted by the First Student guy
Bethlehem NH? Golly, we have 5 of those same buses in our town. EX. 7863 is one. That is quite the accident. Did you try to take a corner and then got stuck?
I made it around the corner just fine (forward) but when I tried to back up I drove the rear hooks right into the ground. |
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