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Posted by BigBusDriver on Sun Jun 27 10:18:53 2010, in response to Bus Tales From The Early Days Of MaBSTOA 1968, posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sun Jun 27 02:41:54 2010. The snow bus would get crewed up and loaded with sand/salt and as the bus was rolling, the operators would actually shovel the muck out the open holes in the floor! No fancy spreaders, just muscles! 132nd St(NOT Manhattanville) used a fishbowl. Most of the rear windows were removed for when the "spreader" function was needed. No safety chains or ropes, just warnings: "You fall, you walk back to the depot.... IF you can!" Seniority necessary-about 120 years on the job!The other senior job was the money room. Pre vac days, when vaults were pulled by hand, moved by hand, sorted by hand and counted by machine. Do a vault, have a beer. Repeat as necessary, until the money was done, or the beer ran out! Now, THOSE were the days.... |
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