My Christmas present

[rowhard]

Got the guess-ta-mate today, 5200 bucks so should be okay for repairing and not totalling, but if they do, will keep it, fix it myself and buy another one, either foxfire or proton.

Hasn't been a great holiday period. Have been suspended from work for 5 days without pay. We have been chained up with the snow and all on the buses and restricted to 25mph. They changed a snow route detour on 12/23/08 which was using the right hand lane of I-5 south, to U.S.101 and taking the first exit which was maybe 3/4 of a mile up 101. They wanted me to take a different route, get on I-5 North, U.S. 101 exit then cross 3 lanes of traffic at 25mph with traffic traveling up to 60 mph to take the same exit. I refused on the grounds of safety and was relieved, put on admin leave for a week then they handed down the sentence today. The Union is fighting it and it will go to arbitration.

To error is human, but to forgive is not Intercity Transit policy, or put another way, the difference between Intercity Transit and the Boy Scouts is the boy scouts have adult supervision.

[Ldub]

Got the guess-ta-mate today, 5200 bucks so should be okay for repairing and not totalling, but if they do, will keep it, fix it myself and buy another one, either foxfire or proton.

Hasn't been a great holiday period. Have been suspended from work for 5 days without pay. We have been chained up with the snow and all on the buses and restricted to 25mph. They changed a snow route detour on 12/23/08 which was using the right hand lane of I-5 south, to U.S.101 and taking the first exit which was maybe 3/4 of a mile up 101. They wanted me to take a different route, get on I-5 North, U.S. 101 exit then cross 3 lanes of traffic at 25mph with traffic traveling up to 60 mph to take the same exit. I refused on the grounds of safety and was relieved, put on admin leave for a week then they handed down the sentence today. The Union is fighting it and it will go to arbitration.

To error is human, but to forgive is not Intercity Transit policy, or put another way, the difference between Intercity Transit and the Boy Scouts is the boy scouts have adult supervision.

That's a hard rub...especially when doing the right thing is considered an "error"...

It's an unfortunate truth, that common sense is getting less & less common...

Chin up mate...hopefully you're getting the worst of 09 behind you & now comes the good stuff!

[nocturnalVX]

Man... I hope that all the bad is behind you, and that the rest of '09 is good to you. I also hope that this run of VX damage is over, and that all our babies (and members too!) stay out of harm's way. Good luck getting the repairs taken care of.

[TheGanzman]

Extra bad when you've obviously taken precautions AGAINST such a thing - sorry for your "loss"! My friend in Carbondale IL had his '57 Chevy that he's owned since 1970 totally CRUSHED in October by a falling 150 year old oak tree that demolished his neighbor's garage where he has had it safely stored since he bought it...

Mother Nature is a fickle mistress; here's to a proper repair!

[Riff Raff]

John--- I'm so sorry to hear of your misfortune. It seems a lot of times, the holiday period can be filled with rotten bad luck, and can often put a black cloud ending to the previous years events. I hope they fix your beautiful Dragon back to its glory days condition, and your employment issues are resolved in short order.

At my previous residence, I had used one of those tent garages for 14 years to store my Corvette, and then later to store my FJ-40. During our Washington State windstorms, I would always remove the vehicle if I saw high winds forcasted in the upcoming weather report. Oftentimes, I would park my FJ-40 with a tire on one of the cross-bar braces of the tent in order to prevent the tent garage from literally turning into a Wizard of Oz house and fly across the neighborhood. It surely would have happened on a few very windy occasions, had I not been proactive.

Unfortunately, our Washington State Winter season of rath is not yet over and there may be more challenging days ahead with more severe blizzard weather. Thank you for standing up to your employer and protecting the safety of your bus riders. You should be commended. Riff Raff

[kodiak]

Crap!! Sorry man.

[rowhard]

Hey everyone, thanks a bunch, I was just venting to the only really family I have. Am sure my beloved VX will be good as new, and the discipline will be arbitrated and I'm sure I will win since they have violated 4 separate laws and two of their own rules. Bottom line is I have my health, two lovely ladies that love me and you.

Happy New Year to one and all