The Waiting Place

[EK WAFFLR]

Humm. I might do the Greyhound thing. I want to actually see stuff too. Besides I'm used to bus rides.

Not a 4000 Km bus ride.

And not in America.  Things happen on our busses, Waffle.  People go missing, or worse...But nobody ever talks about it, because the people that matter can afford the plane ride.

I'm... perplexed.
OK then. I'll fly.

[Doktor Howl]

Dok Howl -
As unpopular as this idea will be, it would work. As long as 'us vs them' presides, communication doesn't happen. I've found some real relationships build with people here when I've met them IRL, or talked with them over the phone, because there is no longer any guess as to whether they are a 'cheater', hiding behind a screen name. For me, anyway.

But for every you and I, Kai, there's someone being stalked by some shitknocker like Lumberjim.  Hell, that's happened to me (Tentasticle, etc), but I don't care.

But I'm not a single woman with three children in the house.  Or an older guy with limited mobility.

Fact is, most of the people involved in the usual business already have met in person and know each other's names.  Nothing short of face to face conversations would eliminate the anonymous effect.

[Doktor Howl]

Humm. I might do the Greyhound thing. I want to actually see stuff too. Besides I'm used to bus rides.

Not a 4000 Km bus ride.

And not in America.  Things happen on our busses, Waffle.  People go missing, or worse...But nobody ever talks about it, because the people that matter can afford the plane ride.

I'm... perplexed.
OK then. I'll fly.

You are perplexed because you live in a civilized society where something like a maniac shooting up a bunch of kids was completely unimaginable, before it happened.  Here, we have monsters everywhere.  Some of them are our police, and they're very polite, for a few minutes.

And some ride the busses or hang out down in Central Filth, looking for people who won't be missed.

It's not to say you SHOULDN'T take the bus.  Why not?  I personally occasionally do just that, to remind myself of all the damage cases and screaming lunatics that wander from coast to coast, for reasons that they can't seem to explain.

But it's a little bit MUCH, if you know what I mean, for your first exposure to Fat City.

[EK WAFFLR]

Humm. I might do the Greyhound thing. I want to actually see stuff too. Besides I'm used to bus rides.

Not a 4000 Km bus ride.

And not in America.  Things happen on our busses, Waffle.  People go missing, or worse...But nobody ever talks about it, because the people that matter can afford the plane ride.

I'm... perplexed.
OK then. I'll fly.

You are perplexed because you live in a civilized society where something like a maniac shooting up a bunch of kids was completely unimaginable, before it happened.  Here, we have monsters everywhere.  Some of them are our police, and they're very polite, for a few minutes.

And some ride the busses or hang out down in Central Filth, looking for people who won't be missed.

It's not to say you SHOULDN'T take the bus.  Why not?  I personally occasionally do just that, to remind myself of all the damage cases and screaming lunatics that wander from coast to coast, for reasons that they can't seem to explain.

But it's a little bit MUCH, if you know what I mean, for your first exposure to Fat City.

I see your point. And, I WOULD like to take the bus, actually, but after your posts on it, not by myself.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

A companion would be an excellent idea for that. Maybe two. If something bad happens to you theyll actually help you (which may or may not snap everyone else out of diffusion of responsibility)

[Doktor Howl]

I see your point. And, I WOULD like to take the bus, actually, but after your posts on it, not by myself.

Oh, that's okay.  You're never alone on our busses.

[EK WAFFLR]

I see your point. And, I WOULD like to take the bus, actually, but after your posts on it, not by myself.

Oh, that's okay.  You're never alone on our busses.

[AFK]

Humm. I might do the Greyhound thing. I want to actually see stuff too. Besides I'm used to bus rides.

Not a 4000 Km bus ride.

And not in America.  Things happen on our busses, Waffle.  People go missing, or worse...But nobody ever talks about it, because the people that matter can afford the plane ride.

I'm... perplexed.
OK then. I'll fly.

You are perplexed because you live in a civilized society where something like a maniac shooting up a bunch of kids was completely unimaginable, before it happened.  Here, we have monsters everywhere.  Some of them are our police, and they're very polite, for a few minutes.

And some ride the busses or hang out down in Central Filth, looking for people who won't be missed.

It's not to say you SHOULDN'T take the bus.  Why not?  I personally occasionally do just that, to remind myself of all the damage cases and screaming lunatics that wander from coast to coast, for reasons that they can't seem to explain.

But it's a little bit MUCH, if you know what I mean, for your first exposure to Fat City.

Utilizing public transportation, especially busses are subways really are educational experiences when it comes to human sociology and psychology.  I know I felt very educated taking a DC subway after 8 pm on a Friday. 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

... Waffle iron i think im in the process of formulating a womp story starring you.

[Doktor Howl]

I see your point. And, I WOULD like to take the bus, actually, but after your posts on it, not by myself.

Oh, that's okay.  You're never alone on our busses.

Besides, that's 4 days killed, days that we could be showing you the glory of Tucson.  And bourbon.  Not the kind of bourbon You People would drink, over there where you can get beer that tastes like beer and booze that doesn't chew the enamel off of your teeth.  No.  Our bourbon.  Stuff that would make Humphrey Bogart cry, and make George Thorogood give up on the sauce.  And we shall drink in the company of branding freaks and tape worm perverts, and we shall call it Right & Good.

No, best to not waste any time. 

[Doktor Howl]

Utilizing public transportation, especially busses are subways really are educational experiences when it comes to human sociology and psychology.  I know I felt very educated taking a DC subway after 8 pm on a Friday.

I once spent 20 hours riding the Tucson bus system, just to see how weird it could get.

It got pretty fucking weird.

[EK WAFFLR]

I see your point. And, I WOULD like to take the bus, actually, but after your posts on it, not by myself.

Oh, that's okay.  You're never alone on our busses.

Besides, that's 4 days killed, days that we could be showing you the glory of Tucson.  And bourbon.  Not the kind of bourbon You People would drink, over there where you can get beer that tastes like beer and booze that doesn't chew the enamel off of your teeth.  No.  Our bourbon.  Stuff that would make Humphrey Bogart cry, and make George Thorogood give up on the sauce.  And we shall drink in the company of branding freaks and tape worm perverts, and we shall call it Right & Good.

No, best to not waste any time.

I've tried Knob Creek. Does that count?

[Doktor Howl]

I see your point. And, I WOULD like to take the bus, actually, but after your posts on it, not by myself.

Oh, that's okay.  You're never alone on our busses.

Besides, that's 4 days killed, days that we could be showing you the glory of Tucson.  And bourbon.  Not the kind of bourbon You People would drink, over there where you can get beer that tastes like beer and booze that doesn't chew the enamel off of your teeth.  No.  Our bourbon.  Stuff that would make Humphrey Bogart cry, and make George Thorogood give up on the sauce.  And we shall drink in the company of branding freaks and tape worm perverts, and we shall call it Right & Good.

No, best to not waste any time.

I've tried Knob Creek. Does that count?

Wait & see.  No cheating.  Wait til you get here before you try it.

[EK WAFFLR]

Wait & see.  No cheating.  Wait til you get here before you try it.

I promise.

[CorbeauEtRenard]

From my experience, it's not on the busses that is the problem, you're just in uncomfortably close proximity to a lot of people who don't know what iPods are because this is their first time on "the outside" since before mp3 players were a thing. It's weird and uncomfortable, but everyone feels weird and uncomfortable together.

It's the stations that are risky. One of my friends was in a bus station where a single hobo managed to make off with 5 or 6 tickets, 3 phones (which were replaced by dummies), a couple of wallets, and 4 US Marines' uniforms--while there were uniformed cops standing around at the doors.

But that's Dallas/Ft. Worth. Not everywhere is that bad, some are just full of workers who are sanity-blastingly incompetent.