Subj : Hair cuts & more To : Joe Mackey From : George Pope Date : Mon Feb 07 2022 21:42:56 > 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) .