Wally? You missed this? Your Comments?
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Nov. 11, 2009 10:00 p.m. pete240z Dork
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Nov. 11, 2009 10:07 p.m. mad_machine PowerDork
that will buff right out!
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Nov. 12, 2009 7:03 a.m. Wally UberDork
The only possible cause I can think of for that accident is aliens. I found one other article that basically said the same thing. I googled the route and looking at the pics of the house on google earth the route passes perpendicular to the house meaning either the driver was northbound and turned half a block too soon, southbound and turned 90 degrees too far, or was abducted by aliens, and was set back down in the wrong spot while trying to accelerate away from the alien ship. If you look at the street view of the house the bus stop sign is just to the left of the bus meaning they went far enough off course to run through their own stop.
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Nov. 12, 2009 9:40 a.m. Supercoupe Reader
Oh come on Wally..you can clearly see it's a Grumman bus, the subframe probly cracked,shifting the engine and as such, pulled the throttle to the full position, and due to the sandy under construction roads caused a 360 degree spin and full throttle shot into the house....
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Nov. 12, 2009 9:45 a.m. JFX001 Dork
Was he on schedule?
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Nov. 12, 2009 9:50 a.m. nocones Reader
JFX001 wrote:
Was he on schedule?
She may have been. The bus driver was female.
I find it amazing that they razed the house in approximately 35 minutes after the crash. That is amazing. Crash happened late Tuesday, house demolished and gone wed. For chicago officials to do anything in that kind of response time is unfathomable, inconceivable even.
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Nov. 12, 2009 9:53 a.m. Tetzuoe Reader
"oh its easy to get to, you just turn left here--" BAM!
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Nov. 12, 2009 10:03 a.m. pinchvalve UltraDork
Have you ever ridden on public transportation? This is easy to understand.
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Nov. 12, 2009 11:10 a.m. Woody SuperDork
Wally wrote:
I googled the route and looking at the pics of the house on google earth ...
I guess the driver was looking at some other site at the time.
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Nov. 12, 2009 11:19 a.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
nocones wrote:
JFX001 wrote:
Was he on schedule?
She may have been. The bus driver was female.
I find it amazing that they razed the house in approximately 35 minutes after the crash. That is amazing. Crash happened late Tuesday, house demolished and gone wed. For chicago officials to do anything in that kind of response time is unfathomable, inconceivable even.
it will come out later that there's tons of evidence of all sorts of heinous stuff happened at that house, and the quick razing is tied to the blagdoucheovich family's involvement in said heinous stuff.
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Nov. 12, 2009 11:40 a.m. pigeon HalfDork
"But the GPS said to turn right now!"
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Nov. 12, 2009 11:49 a.m. pete240z Dork
nocones wrote: For chicago officials to do anything in that kind of response time is unfathomable, inconceivable even.
Not when Mayor Daley has an agenda.......
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Nov. 12, 2009 2:53 p.m. Wally UberDork
Supercoupe wrote:
Oh come on Wally..you can clearly see it's a Grumman bus, the subframe probly cracked,shifting the engine and as such, pulled the throttle to the full position, and due to the sandy under construction roads caused a 360 degree spin and full throttle shot into the house....
Not all of them dropped their engines in the street, some bunt up in electrical fires. Supposedly they were all fixed up brfore they were re sold. That was our fault anyway for ordering the bus built too wide and having bumpy streets.
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Nov. 12, 2009 7:18 p.m. Appleseed Dork
That bus driver clearly tried to PIITB!
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Nov. 12, 2009 7:29 p.m. Wally UberDork
Put it in the Basement?
It's not like they don't turn
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Nov. 12, 2009 8:06 p.m. aussiesmg SuperDork
I have sailed open oceans flatter than that
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Nov. 12, 2009 8:09 p.m. oldsaw HalfDork
Wally wrote:
Put it in the Basement?
It's not like they don't turn
That's the "before" pic; show us the "after".
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Nov. 12, 2009 9:02 p.m. MitchellC HalfDork
Wally wrote:
Put it in the Basement?
It's not like they don't turn
Note: A driver will only corner like this when the bus is packed with standing riders. See also: Running over curbs and slamming on the brakes at stops.
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Nov. 12, 2009 11:11 p.m. confuZion3 SuperDork
pete240z wrote:
nocones wrote: For chicago officials to do anything in that kind of response time is unfathomable, inconceivable even.
Not when Mayor Daley has an agenda.......
Listen, Mayor Daley didn't do anything wrong in closing Meigs Field. First and foremost, he wanted a damn park. That airport bothered him and he wanted it gone! Nothing was going to stop him--not even the law.
Secondly, the airport was a MAJOR security threat as it could be used as a way for Muslims to fly planes into buildings in Chicago! With the destruction of the only airport in Chicago close enough to buildings for planes to fly into, this became impossible. Crisis averted.
He's a hero who will likely go down as the man who brought honesty and diligence to Chicago politics.
[/endsarcasam]
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Nov. 12, 2009 11:12 p.m. confuZion3 SuperDork
So, by the way it sounds, busses handle pretty dern good. Has anyone thought of autocrossing them?
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Nov. 13, 2009 6:37 a.m. SVreX PowerDork
Sure. The clown has raced them on a figure 8.
In FULL clown attire!
