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LMAO! That helps I guess. I don't mind the hills that meander (a lot of turns), but if a hill is way too steep, it'll take a while to get used to before I'm comfortable with it. Yesterday was my first time skating down the Williamsburg Bridge since last summer and I slowed myself down so many times. You should have seen me, dragging my foot constantly along the pavement so I wouldn't go too fast. Thankfully I never had to bail off my board, like jump and run off onto a patch of grass or dirt to soften the impact if I should fall. But I guess I should prepare myself in case that does happen. I also might go to Jersey and skateboard over the George Washington Bridge. If I have enough time, I may even skate from the GWB to the Bayonne Bridge. But that will be one hell of a trek though.

Any hills in Riverdale you know of by the way? I'm due for a visit to the Bronx soon but not for buses...I'm in the mood to discover some new skating spots. I'm getting bored of Brooklyn and Staten Island, thought I'd expand my horizons a bit. Overworking yourself can damage your body as well. I've been real exhausted lately and even getting seven or eight hours of sleep doesn't really do much for me. I have a day off coming this Sunday, my first day off in months. I'm probably gonna stay in, no buses, no skating. Just catching up on some good old sleep.

2737 was on the S55 this morning. It did a school tripper from the Transit Center to Wendy Drive. I'm going to the Transit Center early tomorrow and see if I catch it. It left the same time it did on Friday when an MCI ran on the S55 as well. If a Prevost ran on the S55 I would be no good at all!!!

YES! Those auras are a real b!tch. I try to read something and I can't read it. I look at someone or something and all I see is blur. My friend had a migraine one day, we were taking the bus together from school one evening and she could barely see me, but she at least recognized me though. You're right about trying to eat something. My friend recommended eating something dry like crackers. I do love Ritz and Saltines so one day before meeting up with my driver friend I bought Saltines and a Ginger Ale (that also works wonders) and sat on one of those zero-gravity massage chairs in Brookstone in the mall. I hopped on the bus and took a nap on the trip into the city. By the time we got into Manhattan I felt completely better. So food and rest does help tremendously. I'm just finally glad I know what it was that triggers my headaches, took about three years to find out but at least I know what it is so I can prevent them and if I do get a headache like that again, I can be able to alleviate the pain so it won't ruin my day.

Oh yeah, I remember I head a migraine that was REALLY bad. I was heading to work one day and all of a sudden I started to get the migraine symptoms (saliva thickens, blurred vision, nausea, etc.) and it was unbearable. I got to work early and shut my eyes for like half an hour before I started, but it didn't do any justice. I was at work for only an hour and I just couldn't stand up anymore because my stomach was aching me terribly and then I ran to the bathroom and hurled. My manager allowed me to go home, luckily there was enough staff in the store to make up for the loss of one person, but I was passed that I only got an hour in because I was scheduled for six hours that day. As soon as I got home I took a nap, the only downside was I was awake for the rest of the night and I stayed in bed the next day because I needed a day to relax. I hate staying in at home all day but sometimes you need to catch up on some rest.

That's why I avoid caffeinated drinks as much as possible. I used to get really bad headaches and was trying as hard as possible to figure out what was the root of it. I tried everything...made sure I wasn't skipping meals, getting plenty of rest, but I couldn't figure it out. I then looked up more about what causes migraines (they were THAT bad) and it says that caffeine can trigger headaches. I realized I would drink a lot of soda that has caffeine in it, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, etc. I stopped drinking those sodas and would switch over to non-caffeinated drinks like Sprite, Ginger Ale and even seltzer water, the latter of which is good stuff. You get the carbonated feel/taste without the heavy sugar or sodium. I started this new regimen back in the summertime, early August. I've only had migraines in late September, at the beginning and at the end of January, and haven't had any since. Knocking on wood to hope I don't have another one ever again because those can really spoil your day. Once in a while I'll have hot chocolate from Starbucks. I looked up the contents of the drink, which has very little caffeine. The white hot chocolate has no caffeine at all (that stuff is so good!!!), so you put them together and it "dilutes" the caffeine contents of the drink to a degree.

It's just like the S79 that will have unwrapped hybrids or Orion 5s that pop up on the line from time to time. Probably the other wrapped Nova Artics were unavailable to make service, so they sent something else out.

Lmfaoooooooooooooooo that is hilarious

Why the hell would they have LBSS on an MCI? A local bus I can understand (a little), but an express?!

Well, the 5300s have the new seating configuration anyway, so I guess new 40' buses should the MTA order any (keeps fingers crossed), they'll just have the new seating config. And before anyone complains about the seating issue, because I've been reading up on loss of seats due to the seats facing the aisle, there are NO loss of seats. The seat that once faced backwards not faces the aisles, that is it. There is absolutely NO loss of seats with the new seating config. And although I'm not a fan of ZF, if it means no LBSS then fine (although they can always turn LBSS off on the Allison units, which is doubtful).

Honestly I don't think it has anything to do with the depot assignment of the buses, although I find it funny that Ulmer Park had ample trouble with the XDs at Castleton when they finally got their 29 in January. I never really experienced much trouble with the XDs myself except for an incident back in September when two XDs were taken OOS at Bay Ridge on the S53 due to foam coming from the passenger side of the bus in the back, meaning there was a half an hour gap in bus service.

I don't think it even has anything to do with LBSS, it's the buses themselves, otherwise the 15 Novas that have Allison transmissions in them would be OOS for the same reason. If a bus going to the vendor after one or two weeks after being in service is normal, then fine. But the buses constantly being taken OOS is not normal, not to mention we've had them for over a year now.

LMAO...at least Yukon's Orion 5s are in good hands. Everything else (except for the Prevosts) I could really care less about. Drifting off, I heard that 4899 (the bus with the school bus engine, forgot what the hell it's called) went back to the vendor due to engine problems. So that makes how many Xcelshits been recalled? I swear, the XD40s suck...people all hype over them all because of looks. The looks of the bus isn't that appealing to me at all. And if the bus model was as great as people proclaim them to be, then they wouldn't constantly be in and out of service, going back and forth to the vendor. So yeah, Xcelsior fans, looks like your favorite buses aren't "Xcelling" very well !!! /rant

Correct, the operator programs the farebox to collect either local or express fares, no matter what the bus type is. You can have a Nova LFS for what it's worth and it can do an express trip. Back when the Orion 5 and RTS suburbans were still around, those buses would do trips on both express AND local routes, all the driver has to do is program the farebox.

Still better than Castleton's garbage MCIs.... It was an express run, 92 on the X1-9 straight. Instead of the driver swapping buses at the depot, they dispatcher probably told the driver to take an MCI and keep it, then once he drops out from the school he finished the school piece at, he start at the Transit Center instead. Something was telling me to leave my house early this morning, I was seething when i saw the bus come up on GPS ! Not to mention 6300 was right behind it....

2733 was on the S55 this morning. You read it right, the S55, doing a school tripper from the Transit Center to Wendy Drive. I did a double take when I saw it on GPS, but tracked it until it got to the end.

Florence and the Machine on Pandora Radio!

On 7027 on the S53, front right suspension on the bus is gone. At least the bus isn't shuddering like it's sister 4xxx's.

If it sounds like a dolphin call, probably a worn-out fan belt. Believe it or not, in the 1990s the X17J used to the the X17B as it operated via West Street to "bypass" Lower Manhattan. In the early 2000s they rerouted the X17B to New Jersey, and called it X17J.

Why does it matter what car type it was?

I remember I worked a week straight...probably longer (eight or nine days). They weren't all eight-hour shifts, more like a combination of four, six and eight-hour shifts. Either way I was exhausted from working every single day !

Got to visit the old South Ferry station yesterday. It was so weird being in that station again. Last time I stepped foot there was back in 2009 when I was 17. Four years later and I got to relive a brief moment of my childhood. I have to say that 2013 has been an interesting year for me. I relived a few moments of my childhood: R62As on the (6)/<6>, R62As on the (post 9/11), and now the old South Ferry. What a year so far, and it's not even half over !

4139 is repainted as well. And I agree 4000 looks damn f***ing good !

Caught 7046 on the S79 Select last night !!!

They probably didn't have the time for that ! LOL!