The first school bus I ever rode on was like a 40-something Chevy.
I rode this bus, driven by Mr. Ritchie, for the first two or three years of my school career. It was the only bus I has even known. I knew every seat. I knew the smells. I knew what the pedals sounded like when the bus was stopped and took off at the RR track incline. I knew all the kids. It was MY bus.
Then one morning this came around the corner:
It was foreign. It was new. It was a great yellow void of the unknown. I wanted old Number 4 back. This one didn't feel right.
The new seats were nice and soft. It was quieter inside and you could actually carry on a conversation without waiting for the bus to stop. Some kids figured out how to open the windows on the new one. Then came cold weather. The heater actually worked on the new one. After about a week I had to admit to myself...the new bus was better.
So if you find yourself wishing the "old" SurveyorConnect format was still here...hang in there. This IS really better.
And Wendell is a helluva lot nicer than Mr. Ritchie!
I'll be happy when I can view recent threads rather than recent posts. I hope Wendell can make that happen. He's already made a couple of options available - I'm hoping for one more.
Looks good from DownUnder.
Just got to work out why Enter puts in a line space! I'm on a Samsung Note 8.
Good analogy Paden. I can relate to that storey.
paden cash, post: 322161, member: 20 wrote: The first school bus I ever rode on was like a 40-something Chevy.
I rode this bus, driven by Mr. Ritchie, for the first two or three years of my school career. It was the only bus I has even known. I knew every seat. I knew the smells. I knew what the pedals sounded like when the bus was stopped and took off at the RR track incline. I knew all the kids. It was MY bus.
Then one morning this came around the corner:
It was foreign. It was new. It was a great yellow void of the unknown. I wanted old Number 4 back. This one didn't feel right.
The new seats were nice and soft. It was quieter inside and you could actually carry on a conversation without waiting for the bus to stop. Some kids figured out how to open the windows on the new one. Then came cold weather. The heater actually worked on the new one. After about a week I had to admit to myself...the new bus was better.
So if you find yourself wishing the "old" SurveyorConnect format was still here...hang in there. This IS really better.
And Wendell is a helluva lot nicer than Mr. Ritchie!
I know that you are making a different point, but the buses jogged my old memory. I learned to drive a straight drive in a '47 Chevrolet pick-up truck. Its front end looked just like your first bus.
North Carolina used student bus drivers. I drove my junior and senior high school years. The first one I drove was a '52 Chevy and then I had later 50s buses after that. Four-speed transmissions, but first gear was a granny gear that was very seldom used. Pay was great: $27.50 per month flat regardless of how long your route was.
And no, I would not go back to those good old days.
