"Soldiers have their sorrow
The wretched have their rage
Pray for the aged
It's the dawn of another age
Of another age
Of another age"
"Thomas Paine and Jesse James are old friends
And Robin Hood is riding on the road again
We were born in a revolution and we died in a wasted war
It's gone that way before"
"The dogs are chasing chicken bones across the lawn
If that was an election, I'm a Viet Cong
So I pledge allegiance against the flag
And the flaw for which it stands
I'll raise it if I can"
Tomorrow, CDTA gets to see how their 10 or so new articulated pusher buses will preform in the snow and ice.
Pusher buses are notoriously bad in the snow, they use the TRAILER rather then the TRACTOR to "push" them along the road. It's the opposite of semi-trucks that use the tractor to pull the trailer. Air pistons keep them from jackknifing when the steering wheel is going straight in normal weather, but they don't do very good in snow and ice.
Of course, they could just leave the articulated buses parked and just use the normal buses. But what fun would that be?