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|    George Pope to Joe Mackey    |
|    Hair cuts & more    |
|    07 Feb 22 21:42:56    |
      MSGID: 1:153/757.0 165765a5       REPLY: 1:135/392 72db9f3e       TZUTC: -0800       CHARSET: LATIN-1       > CP wrote --       >> Neither would leave the house without a tie on.       > I knew a guy one time to compromised on ties in the summer.       > He went without one, but had the top of his shirt buttoned.              No thanks on that, too, for me, as I get overheated too easily.              >> I never we4nt for cranked in my headphones music       > I have never cared for loud music in general, where you have to shout to       > the person beside you to be heard over the music.              Deffo -- I don't return to pubs that are too noisy for comfortable        conversations.              >> If I'm in my wheelchair, facing backwardsm, behind the driver       > Our buses have wheelchairs facing forward.       > The first few rows have fold up seats and the wheelchair is strapped in       > by the driver.              We had those, but we replaced the one, on the driver's side with a       rear-facing self serve bsy with a bumper to back against.              > When they reach their stop they are unstrapped, the door opened and the       > ramp extended again and they roll off.              Yup, so much better than when it was an elevator-type platform, that seized        often, if the driver wasn't parked exactly 'L' thus to the sidewalk.              The new one is an electic ramp that, in caes of failure, only requires 6lbs       of lift to deploy or stow it.              So handy, plus the bus fronts 'kneel' to accomodate seniors, walkers,       crutches, strollers, et al.              >> (I never got the sense of wearing it backwards or sideways       > I guess they think the bill is keep the sun off their necks. :)              You know you're a true redneck when. . . ?                     --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-5        * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 90/1 105/81 106/201 120/340 123/131 129/305 330       SEEN-BY: 129/331 134/100 138/146 153/105 135 141 757 7715 221/6 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 206 307 317 400 424 426 428 452 664 700 240/5832       SEEN-BY: 266/512 267/67 275/100 1000 280/464 282/1038 292/854 301/1       SEEN-BY: 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/11 200 396/45 460/58 633/280 640/1321       SEEN-BY: 712/848 3634/12       PATH: 153/757 7715 229/426           |
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