AND - no one ever asks you to drive - your friends often ask other people about their families, but they ask you "how's the bus?" - a commonly asked question around the holidays is "well, how are you going to get here?" - you book a rental car for Christmas 3 months in advance, when you don't even have plans - you always slow down crossing bridges, no matter what you're driving - a concern over driving in February is not getting stuck in the snow, but rather the risk of frostbite - people at work know you have a bus, but they're not sure whether or not you're married or have kids Incidentally, I went to Lallapalooza last summer at Great Woods in Mansfield, MA and was sitting in line to park in the massive parking lots they have, when a guy hopped out of a VW Golf 3 cars in front of me, ran back and said "Cool bus, do you want a VIP parking pass?" Which was very cool b/c it usually takes anywhere from 45 min to 2 hours to get out of an event there, and I was out in 2 min. after the show was over. (I also got an offer from a guy who wanted to paint a mural on the side, and a guy whose cousin does detail artwork for buses.) Mike '66 bus
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