Thursday, August 28, 2008
ROAD RAGE AHEAD
One of Dirk's recent signs that has yet to see widespread useNewsbreakers: Dirk Ritter, Road Sign InventorGRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (CAP) - If you drive a car, chances are pretty good that you've been stuck in traffic created by road construction. And if there was no police detail to help you figure out the maze of cones and barrels, chances are pretty good a well-designed road sign helped you find your way.Chances are also pretty good that 71-year-old architectural engineer Dirk Ritter invented that road sign
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
FIRST AID KITS FOR BUSES
I bought this little kit of first aid supplies at Goodwill for $1.50. I think it would be a good idea if every pouch had one of these in them.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
BILL ALLOWS AMERICANS TO HAVE CAKE-EAT IT
Rep. Rick Renzi awaits the final vote of his bill to allow Americans to commence with eating their cake.WASHINGTON (CAP) - Today the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that would make it legal for American citizens to have their cake as well as eat it. Proponents of the bill are calling it "a great day for cake lovers."
"I like having cake," said Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) who sponsored H.R. 2480, "but I also like eating cake. Americans are a priveleged people. Why can't we have both? I say we can, and we should."
Saturday, August 23, 2008
AL MISSES HIS CHANCE TO TALK TO MICHAEL MOORE!
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Friday, August 22, 2008
ROSS WREDE REPORTING!
http://rosswrede.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-buddy-and-blogging-mentor-al.html
Two of Merlo's Finest!
AL MARGULIES: THE MASTER OF THE 76 LINE (FOR ANOTHER WEEK AT LEAST)
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
ATTEMPT TO CENSOR SUNSET BOB'S BULLETIN BOARD!
This picture of Sunset Bob's highly praised and award winning bulletin board was taken at approximately 4:30 PM Tuesday August 19th and illustrates an attempt to silence Sunset Bob and bring TRIMET personnel back into the "stone age" where only "official" information will be allowed to filter to employees.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
I WANT THIS OLD ABANDONED SIGN
Sitting on top of this electrical panel now for several months is this old ticket machine sign.
I REALLY WANT THIS ABANDONED SIGN!
I sent a letter to Peggy Hansen asking for permission to take it!
SUNSET BOB'S BULLETIN BOARD!
Last time Bob went on vacation someone completely ruined his bulletin board.
SO FAR NO ONE HAS TOUCHED IT!
Monday, August 18, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
SOME SORT OF TRANSIT VOUCHER?
This woman kept getting on my bus presenting me with the above document stating that it authorized her to ride TRIMET buses. Being the laid back driver I am I let her on. After about a week though I started wondering about this document so I asked her to let me take a picture of it. I NEVER SAW HER AGAIN!
Friday, August 15, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
BIG NEWS STORY!
Neighborhood residents rejoiced on Monday with the early completion of the TriMet bus stop sign replacement project at northbound Murray Blvd. and Linda Ln. “Since the old sign has been missing for the past two years, church service attendance has suffered.” says Rev. Larry Falwell of the nearby Village Baptist Church. “ The temporary sign they put up had been there so long that the letters were totally faded and unreadable. Most parishioners and many bus drivers had no idea a bus stop was located there.”
Funding for this project was part of TriMet's new green line MAX expansion. When no one at the agency could figure out what a bus stop in Washington County had to do with the MAX line, TriMet officials decided to “fast track” the replacement and finish one full year ahead of the scheduled Fall 2009 target date.
Of course a project of this enormous scope involved some controversy. A comprehensive environmental impact statement was required. Many activists who are now opposing replacing the Interstate bridge were on board early insisting that a toll should be required to pay for the new sign. Their objections subsided when they were reminded that a fare is actually required to board a bus in that part of the city. A few rouge bus drivers were also grumbling, saying that they were turning in yellow cards regarding the missing sign and felt that TriMet was ignoring them. One driver thought that a road supervisor could have spent five minutes several months ago and put up a new temporary sign. If only life could really be that simple.
On a related note, TriMet also announced on Monday that a new division of the Transit Police has been established to battle theft of TriMet property. Since the transit agency has practically eradicated fare evasion and rowdy behavior on the system, manpower can be utilized for two goals: Prevention and recovery of stolen bus stop signs and to curb the alarming increase of bus operators taking rubber bands home with them.