This was the way Ted wanted to live, in a converted bus, and for four years he did just that. So began the life of the bus with Ted.
A month after the bus was acquired another friend of his had a 1965 Volkswagon van to get rid of. The friend gave it to him and they immediately began getting it ready for major modification. The van was hauled up to the hills where Ted had chosen to set camp with the Bus. Ted had set up a hoist, way up in a few trees, so he could lift virtually anything he wanted off the ground. After attaching the straps to the four corners of the van, they got out the torch and proceeded to cut the van in half right at the middle joint. After it was removed from it's bottom, the top of the van was hoisted up on to the bus. Ted positioned it towards the back of the bus so that it was facing backwards. This was so he could open the van's back door (which still had good hydraulics to hold it open) when he was at a drive-in, party, or concert, he could have a little deck to walk out on. Most of the van's features still work like the lights and the windshield wipers.
The bus had no generator for electricity inside other than when the engine was running, but the alternator would only supply enough to run the bus's original wiring and no more. Ted needed a power source. Conveniently located by a river was a barn that belonged to a local farmer. The barn had power to it and was not far from the water's edge, which was exactly where the bus was parked. After doing a little midnight mission, the bus had power and things were a little easier for Ted. The cops ended up telling him he had to move the bus for ordinance reasons. The river he was parked next to happened to be the county line. So he moved the bus to the other side of the river so he was still legal. Everything seemed all right until somebody needed power. The power was across about 100 feet of water and at least another 80 feet of grass.
Don't ride the buses to work, to town, to school, or anywhere on Monday. ... But please, children and grown-ups, don't ride the bus at all on Monday. ... The bus company refused their proposal. ... After the boycott came to a close, snipers shot into buses in black communities. ... The Montgomery Bus Boycott was significant on several fronts. ...
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a year-long protest in Montgomery, Alabama. ... There were three effects that the Montgomery Bus Boycott had on the Civil Rights movement. ... One important leader who contributed to the Montgomery Bus Boycott was Martin Luther King Jr.. ... King started his activities in 1955 when he protested Montgomery's bus system. ... After her arrest, all African Americans were told to boycott the bus system. ...
Once I arrive at the bus stop, I find myself repetitively checking the time on my phone only to notice the bus is once again 10 minutes late. ... Other people waiting for the bus around you start complaining and you keep telling yourself the bus should be pulling up at any second, and as those seconds pass, no bus arrives. ... As its pulling up I examine the bus seeing if its packed or empty. Depending on the time of day, not only is waiting for the bus a pain, but actually riding the bus is even more of a nuisance. Some days when the bus is super packed, I feel like that is when the bus ride...
The Wheels on the Bus It was a wet, slippery and soggy morning, as my dad and I were waiting at the school bus stop sign for the first time in my, which was only eight years. ... Suddenly, I heard the distant puttering of a bus. ... I gingerly started to walk up to the bus. ... I hoped that it would shatter the glass door at the back of the bus so that I could escape. ... I was no longer afraid of riding the bus to school, because I had a new friend. ...
Outside, a group of about 10 men gathered around the bus. ... We put on hands on our heads as the bus started moving. ... Before we knew it, the bus soon slowed to a halt. The armed hijackers started shouting for us to move down the bus. ... On our way to safety, we caught a glimpse of the bus that brought us here. ...
The double decker bus slammed right through the barrier and finally the driver hit the brakes but it was too late, the VIA Rail train came and crashed right into the bus' front end ripping it off. ... I can't believe that a bus driver would be distracted and not looking on the road while driving. ... A bus driver's job is to get his passengers to their destination while keeping them safe. ... People who usually take a bus to school, work, or just to get around may not trust the safety of the bus and may discontinue their practice of using buses. ... I can't believe the des...
Why do people's personas alter so greatly in a confined area with strangers such as the Illinois 100 bus? ... In an attempt to for answers to multiple questions we raised, we boarded the 100 N on a mesmerizing slushy Saturday bus, and weaved our way through the packed crowd, settling down at the very end of the bus in quiet observation. ... The bus picked us up at one of the livelier parts of the campus known as the "six pack." ... As the bus slowly disembarked from the terminal, a noticeable change, in the eyes of an observer, permeated its way throughout the bus. ... As the bus continue...
In Steinbeck's The Wayward Bus, an assorted group of people, from respected company presidents to erotic dancers, find themselves in a lunchroom all waiting for the same bus that will take them to San Juan de la Cruz. Their presence in the lunchroom and on the bus brings about their sexual desires in an otherwise sexually inhibiting situation. ... Alice runs the restaurant because Juan is to busy with the bus and the garage, and she is helped by a young employee named Norma. ... Pritchard, the president of a large corporation, finds himself in a similar situation to that of "Pimple&#x...
They worked together and decided to boycott the city buses until they could sit anywhere they wanted without being told to move back or stand up when a white entered the bus. ... They would pay for their ride and walk around to enter the bus through the back, as they were supposed to, and the bus driver would drive away, leaving them behind. ... One young black girl, Claudette Colvin, was dragged from a bus and arrested after refusing to give up her seat in the middle section of the bus. ... The group decided to let people vote on whether to continue with the bus boycott. ... The bus boycott s...
