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Queen Anne, SeattleJoined September 2008
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I'm pretty sure I could drive a bus past cars parked legally here though I do not intend to test that theory.
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Described this area (105 Ward St) as a "Target rich environment" to a city Customer Service operator.
Ticket at will, my friends. There is no excuse for parking like this and damaging the sidewalk
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Is Candid Camera still a thing? Because I think they were filming my coach today, especially the last trip. Total chaos...
Today on Volts: some geeky fun! There is a circuit breaker between every single electrical device & the grid. I talk with the inventor of a *solid-state, digital* circuit breaker, which could make every device "smart." The possibilities are limitless!
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I'm kinda bummed since 6205 (along with 6203, 6211, and 6234) had stable AC/Heating. Most of the other 6200 series coaches have climate control systems that reboot themselves ... Every ... Time ... I ... Service ... A ... Stop... 🙄
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Shit... Another red bus down.
It's almost like anything wearing the color red is prone to disaster. Where have I seen this phenomenon before? 🖖
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Ok, let's try again. Maybe today will be better.
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I'm interpreting the lack of a response as "No" or you're just as overwhelmed as everyone else in the org. To be clear, this question comes as a passenger though, to be honest, I've mostly given up riding.
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"Fuck the haters"
Congratulations on the win. After you're done spiking the ball may I suggest asking why I-135 received only 53% of the vote while the last housing levy passed with 68% of Seattle voters saying "yes" to more taxes 🤔
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That's a fucking MANDATE y'all. Social housing winning in Seattle. Fuck the doubters. Fuck the haters. Listen to community.
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“You have the worst luck” - Mechanic as he sent me to another coach. Jinx!
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Sinking bridges in this region is a thing. Another good reason to start Eastlink service before issues with track across the bridge are resolved.
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February 13, 1979. 44 years ago, a 100-mph windstorm breaks up half of the #Hood Canal Floating Bridge.
Ferries once crossed the canal near this point, but emergency service was not an option and drivers were rerouted for 3 YEARS until it reopened. #wawx
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"The average forklift weighs about 4.5 tons, more than twice that of an average-size car."
... and the average 60' bus weighs about 5-6 times what an average forklift weighs so I've always felt safer on a bus.
Sadly, buses don't work for everyone's commute or errands 😢
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Family reels after woman killed by suspected DUI forklift driver in Seattle, @KromanDavid reports: seattletimes.com/seattle-news/t via @seattletimes
Received "miss" at work after calling in sick but wasn't put on the "sick list". Not a huge deal since I just need to see a chief. But... It's 2023. Can't we have an automated process to email proof of sick status?
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ALL your emails in 1 thread? Damn... This makes my old manager look tame, by comparison. He never deleted any emails and had to sift through the whole kit and caboodle when I mentioned an email I had sent to him
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Keep all your emails in 1 thread in your Outlook inbox & collaborate on it together without the unnecessary back and forth!
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Bonus: School buses are mobile energy dense backup batteries as well. It's early days but there are options for equipment that can connect those batteries to Hospitals or other critical services. Imagine all those buses as well...
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Fascinating podcast via on Electric School buses. Every parent, school administrator, and energy transition advocate should listen and look into the options available for your local school district:
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Well... This was unexpected... I picked a 545. 3 AM trips in the morning. Next thing you know, I'll pick Bellevue Base for the rest of my career and the cycle will be complete. Country Club, here I come! (No, not really.)
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Keep it up... Please...
Yesterday's winner: Watching (I think) YouTube videos while waiting to merge on I-5 near Madison St exit. Thought driver was letting me in (huge gap). Nope, distracted and quickly accelerated once driver realized bus was merging in front 🙄
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This is @wastatepatrol troopers activity in District 2 for the month of January 2023. This encompasses only #KingCounty.
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Make it stop...
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“Road is too steep to start the installation” is a brand new sentence twitter.com/clare_eliza/st…
Well... This is unexpected: wsj.com/articles/cemen
Burning scrapped windmill blades to make cement reduces CO2 emissions by 27% vs coal. Still, several manufacturers are developing fully recyclable blade materials. Fascinating.
"If you care about climate change, you should care about transmission." <- agree on this point by . This is why & examined we can do with existing authorities to build the grid we need energypolicy.columbia.edu/publications/b
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I'll miss London Plane but if this place is good and not as upscale, it'll be a welcome replacement.
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I failed my required PII training quiz at the county. Apparently, I'm a clear and present danger to others in my org because I didn't know what GLBA or FISMA were. Thankfully, I knew what FERC and HIPAA so not all is lost 😉
Excited to share this film.
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“Gas ovens leak nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and methane, even when they’re not on.”
A first look at Chasing Carbon Zero, a new documentary coming this spring, on what it will take to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050:
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Or... You could just throw kitchen scraps on the floor of a chicken coup and watch them disappear.
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please accept this 25,000 word EULA to continue using your garbage can. also, our services are now $100/month or your garbage can will stop opening.
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** I'm operating RapidRide which begs the question, why do I have enough time at stop lights to think about complicated transit routing possibilities?
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* Passenger finally gave up but I noodled on the complicate routing he was looking for while idling at several stop lights **
Finally figured out the best spot for him to go and grab another bus and let him know over the PA that I had an answer for him.
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No, I'm not going to look at your phone that you're shoving under the plexiglass shield while I'm driving. Really, seriously, not going to look at it so please, pretty please, stop trying to get my attention *
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Dear , How do I turn off "You Might Like" tweets? This "feature" is making Twitter even more unusable.
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[ Voice of Majel Barrett-Roddenberry ]: "Correct"
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So...Elon Musk let Andrew Tate back on Twitter, and Tate promptly used it to reveal his whereabouts to authorities in Romania who then arrested him.
All because Greta Thunberg owned him so hard his little wee-wee fell off.
Do I have that right? Please say I have that right.
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* Not really.
Don't recall ever hydroplaning in a bus but I'm sure it happens, especially out of East, North, and South Bases where they have more freeway routes.
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It's #TuesdayTriva! 
If you find yourself hydroplaning, you aren’t going to be able to control your vehicle with the steering wheel.
What's the first thing you want to do when it comes to approaching standing water to avoid hydroplaning?
HINT: bit.ly/3GlZJ5V
If you find yourself hydroplaning, you aren’t going to be able to control your vehicle with the steering wheel.
What's the first thing you want to do when it comes to approaching standing water to avoid hydroplaning?
HINT: bit.ly/3GlZJ5VShow this poll
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They couldn't just be happy with garden gnomes.
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A family in North Bethany woke up this morning to find this car on its side in their front yard. The Washington County Sheriff's Office says there were no injuries. bit.ly/2JM2uBh
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These are not your parents' Heat Pumps, my friends. Technology improves.
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The natural gas industry: "Heat pumps don't work in cold climates."
Heat pumps: twitter.com/DanEspo14/stat…
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Truth-O-Meter: 100 percent absolutely True
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One thing that’s mystifying about the rise of SUVs and mega pickups. Smaller cars are MUCH more fun to drive. Maneuvering some behemoth around in a city/suburb setting just objectively sucks
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I love the smell of burning brakes in the morning... Smells like early arrival home*
* Not really, though today that's how it worked out.
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Anti-Christmas Spirit seems to be the norm: f.freinetz.ch/display/f7fcf4
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"at least you’re not having to drive in it!"
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Me->driver of driver of car stuck at light next to me in heavy (SLU) traffic: "I get paid to drive in this, what's your excuse?" 🤣
They took it well and laughed. Then my queue jump light went vertical bar and I drove off
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Bus commuting is the Best! Even if stuck on a bus in that traffic, at least you’re not having to drive in it! Transit for the WIN!
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