¡Seattle
Remembers Slain Bus Driver!
¡Ususal Bus Service Disrupted! |
| Seattle Metro bus driver Mark Mclaughlin,
was laid to rest on Tuesday in a Memorial service at the Key Arena. Several
bus drivers from around the region attended the service, with some coming
from as far away as California and Vancouver B.C. Since most of the Metro
Drivers attended the service, Passengers had to find other means of transportation
in the morning. Metro however told it's customers to take a taxi and send
the bill to Metro and they would pay for it. In addition to today's service,
Metro announced that they were retireing route 359. |
| ¡JOHN
STANFORD REMEMBERED! |
| Several thousand people attended
the John Stanford Memorial last week at Hec ed. The memorial was standing
room only. Earlier in the day, Seattle schools students read from their
favorite books for fifteen minutes in tribute to John Stanford. John
Stanford was buried at Arlington National Cemetary outside of Washington
D.C. John Stanford
Memorial Website |
| ¡More
incidents reported on Metro Buses! |
| Just one week after a Seattle Metro
bus driver was shot and killed by a passenger, Two assults on bus drivers
were reported. The first happened as a driver was crossing the aurora bridge.
The driver was threatened by the passenger. The second incident happened
when a passenger hit a metro driver in dispute over fare. Both passengers
were arrested. |
| ¡Favorite
Quote of the week! |
| "Nothing is so embarrassing
as watching someone do something that you said couldn't be done"
-Sam Ewing
|
| ¡Useless
Facts! |
HE WAS UNTOUCHABLE: AL CAPONE'S
TANKLIKE AUTO
·Make-Early 1920S Cadillac
·Body-Armor Plated
·Fuel Tank-Steel-Lined
·Glass-Bulletproof
·Rear Window-Removed for
gunner
·Top Speed-70 Mph
·Accessories-Secret gun
locker and police siren |
¡BONUS
USELESS FACTS:USELESS HOLIDAY FACTS!
Christmas Traditions around
the world |
·The choice of December
25 was made by the Pope Julius I in the fourth century AD because this
coincided with the pagan rituals of Winter Solstice, or Return of the Sun.
The intent was to replace the pagan celebration with the Christian one.
·In 1752, 11 days were dropped
from the year when the switch was made from the Julian calendar to the
Gregorian calendar. The December 25 date was effectively moved 11 days
backwards. Some Christian church sects, called old calendarists, still
celebrate Christmas on January 7 (previously Dec. 25 of the Julian calendar.)
·Many of the traditions
associated with Christmas, like the giving of gifts, lighting a Yule log,
singing carols, and decorating an evergreen) hark back to the older religions. |
| ¡New
weekly Feature-Remember When. . .! |
1949- Fats Domino records his first
major hit-The fats man
1957-Jerry Lee Lewis marries his
first cousin while still married to his first wife.
1964-Sam Cooke is shot and killed
in a motel in Los Angeles
1967-Otis Redding is killed in
a plane crash. Three days before the crash, he records Sitting on the dock
of the bay which is a number one hit for two months.
1980-John Lennon of the Beatles
fame was murdered just two months after turning 40.
1988-Roy Orbison dies at the age
of 52. |
| ¡Name
That tune! |
Each week i will print a lyric
to a song here. All you have to do is guess what it is. I'll post the answer
next week.
Last Week's Lyric-They'll be no
more lives torn apart, and war's would never start, and time would heal
our hearts. Every man would have a friend and right would always win and
love would never end. . . .
Answer-
David Foster, 1990 Grown Up Christmas
List
This week's lyric: . . .
Please have snow, and Mistletoe,
and presents under the tree. . .
Answers Will appear next week. |
| ¡Journal! |
Dear Journal,
This week was pretty fun. First
Serena and I went on a field trip with her school. We went to the Story
Book Theatre's production of Sleeping Beauty. It was one of the best play's
I have ever seen. Serena loved it. Afterwards, we all went to Mcdonalds
for lunch. I really love Serena's pre-school program it is great.
She has done more here than she ever had done at the daycare. On monday
Serena and I made Jelly to give as gifts. Bummer! I have to make two more
batches. Oh well I better get cooking. Til next week
Happy Surfing!
¡DavE! |
| ¡And
now for !'s opportunity to chip his teeth! |
"Rude passengers on Metro Buses."
I saw something on the news this
week that really pisses me off. This week a week after a metro driver was
killed, assults on bus drivers increased. I couldn't believe my ears when
I heard that. What kind of stupid idiot would attack a bus driver especially
after such a tragedy? I would have thought that these crimes would have
gone down. What really makes me sick, is that these people are being rude
because they can't follow the rules. They think the world was made just
for them and no one else and they demand to stop at an unscheduled busstop,
or refuse to pay a fare. Then they take it out on the same person who was
kind enough to take a job driving a route for metro. I don't get it. I
hope what they say is true. What goes around comes around.=-\ |
