local min summoned
Smile43 and I were dining this evening at a fine eating and spotting establishment on Broadway, and we engaged in some predictive spotting. Upon Smile43 spotting the local min 4200 coach northbound, I suggested that local min 4000 was right around the corner. Sure enough, said coach appeared southbound a few minutes later! I've ridden 4000 quite a few times recenetly and feel a certain connection...I had also spotted it northbound about half an hour earlier.
Lady of the streets
Given today's date (2/22) it's only fitting to celebrate the substantial number of Ms. White Door (#4022) spottings during the past week. In fact, there was a pair of cross-town spottings during one Saturday afternoon run! 151never was in town for the week and I had the pleasure of pointing out MWD as she passed us (white door facing away) downtown. MWD then looped around the block and passed us -- white door exposed! It was later confirmed that M*A*N (positioned several blocks up the hill) spotted the very same coach about 10 minutes prior to our crew's spot!
Spot-topia!
I've had the fortune of making two incredible spots in the past 24 hours:
1) New global max! Today I spotted the #4247 (!) for the first time while it was going north on Broadway on route 49 at 3:45pm. Unexpected!
2) SMILE was driving a coach back to Atlantic base down Union yesterday. At first, I thought I had spotted the first frontal rogue, but then I realized it was a full-advert bus instead. Thankfully, the SMILE sign in the rear window made up for that.
Advert-bus never!
Our friends at
Bus of the Month have posted this month's pick. Poor choice! Full-bus ads are lame and creepy. Do you really choose your coffee creamer based on the 49 that goes by you every morning? No.
DCish bus routing
As someone once said, "it's the same all over." Check out this
discussion on bus routes in Washington DC. Note that they might auction off old coaches!
Party Bus
The Multiple O crew had a strong showing last night. It was M*A*N's b-day! The #4214 was the Official Party Bus -- first taking the crew from the College Inn to the Bus Stop, then taking some MO affiliates home for the night. Metro had exhibited some weak moments earlier in the week, so all is well now.
(Faux reconstruction of Party Bus above!!)
Rigorous analysis: Key words CONFIRMED
The official
key words of 2005 were: rogue, fetid, and companion. I try to incorporate all that I learn and read about into my daily life and yesterday I spotted my first Fetid Rogue Companion (FRC)! The criteria for being an FRC are:
1) FETID: the coach must be fetid, this usually means hot, stinky, and littered.
2) ROGUE: the coach must sport the rear black panal, e.g. #4001, #4044.
3) COMPANION: the coach must be immediately following another coach -- hence, its "companion." Unlike in Chicago, this is actually a rare event. The coaches are general spaced apart in Seattle and don't bunch up 3-4 at a time like the #9 Ashland bus or #151 Sheridan.
However, last night at 5:50pm, goin west on Olive down Capitol Hill, the FRC was coach #4022 (also known as
Ms. White Door!). This coach (one of the blue 4000 series rogues) was closely following my bus (#4201). While I cannot confirm whether or not it was actually fetid inside, it was raining really hard which has a 90% sensitivity for being fetid inside. (I'm not sure about the specificity -- it's probably not as high.)
