Skeleton_Erisma

joined 2 years ago
[–] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 39 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Why does Mr. Fantastic look like a character in the Grand Budapest hotel tho 😭

[–] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 28 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

PragerU but everyone has a grating Boston accent.

[–] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm glad I'm not the only one who's noticed. I remember getting into a back and forth with my ex once because they showed me an extremely detailed art of some anime girls laying out all the equipment in a panzer tank and I had said "this person must really love fascist shit to put that much detail and effort"

[–] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 35 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Once in a generation huh?

debord-tired

[–] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have my bets on an-tifa

[–] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 36 points 1 week ago

Conservative damage control is funny because we all know you got all excited and wouldn't shut up about that list when billdawg showed up but suddenly get cold feet and start bemoaning about how tiring the list is when trump is also on there.

>perspective, nuance, patience, and common sense need to make a comback

LOLOL That's absolutely rich, go fuck yourself.

[–] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

bump + tummy ache

kitty-cri-potato

[–] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

None of my neighbors have any extra bikes to spare or sell. So I'm just walking for now. Thankfully where I live there's a train service. It's not the best but it's doable.

>It really angers me that I can't help you directly and can only write this shitty comment. Sorry.

Is okay, I just mostly wanted to cry and vent

[–] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
 

It wouldn't be so bad but I literally need these for work. The metro closes at midnight and Im often working past those hours to cover owl shifts.

I now have to walk everywhere, watch what duty I get because im on the "Extra board", and beg the agency for a ride if they have me work in another yard.

Im angry and sad, mostly sad.

[–] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 10 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I could join but I'm super duper busy, tho when I drive a bus that's going near the protests, I get stuck because the surrounding car traffic is garbage. So when I reach the end of the line and have no layover break, I get to flex my union rights and stretch/relax regardless if the bus is late.

 

Quick update: Today marks the second week of revenue service training. My DL170 certificate is on its way, once received I can go to a DMV office to get my VTT on the spot and approval for CDL (which comes in the mail)

Today while practicing a route, I had to make a buttonhook turn into a tight intersection. Thankfully the city designed a "keep clear" box for us to successfully facilitate that turn.

But today a cybertruck was blocking us, he went completely across the limit line and into the box, clearly all that money and he can't read or doesn't care.

But that's okay, because my instructor told us to "teach him a lesson" and do the buttonhook anyways.

Absolutely satisfying making a cybertruck back down and reverse at the absolute size of your massive bus.

sicko-laser

 

I am now a class B CDL holder with passenger endorsement!!!

meow-bounce YES! WOOOO!lets-fucking-go

 

This test will demonstrate to the state, the federal government, and the general public that I can safely drive a bus.

It composes of four sections. Air brakes, pre trip inspection, skills (parallel parking, alley dock backing) and road test.

The stakes are extremely high, because of how sensitive personal finances and life in general has become due to this risky career change. I've gotten this far in my endeavors to become the best bus driver and public servant I can be and I'm absolutely terrified I will fuck this up.

Save my spirit- I'm trying not to cry in so fucking stressed.

catgirl-cry

 

kitty-cri-potato

 

screm

 

Tho a bestie described it as "DDR ahh ass vehicles"

blob-no-thoughts

 

Tired and liberal: you can't spell earth without art

Wired and sicko: you can't spell FART without art

 

Idk possum-dog I can't do both so sue me

 

Be not afraid, it's just the air brake system.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net to c/urbanism@hexbear.net
 

Pictured: unit 4 at lizard head pass, Colorado, 1950. Photo by the Ridgeway railroad museum

The Galloping Goose was a series of railcars built in the 1930s by and for the Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS) (Not to be mistaken with the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad) as an attempt to maintain revenue during the great depression when passenger and freight traffic severely dropped. During this time, RGS was strapped for cash and sought mail contracts. They developed a lightweight and cheap solution for their narrow gauge infrastructure which was fragile and battered by both deferred maintenance and the harsh elements of the rocky mountains.

Such solution was a series of gas and diesel automobiles fitted with bogies and cargo space- with the first unit constructed utilizing the front end of a Buick Master Six. Several additional units would be constructed using Pierce Arrows and GMC bodies with a variety of configurations to carry small freight, US mail and the occasional passenger. During WW2, the RGS continued to run irregular heavy freight service to haul livestock in addition to their goose lineups.

By 1950, the RGS lost their mail contract as the postal service found trucks more favorable. Few cars would remain and RGS would run occasional scenic tours throughout Telluride. In 1952, after losing the mail contract and being unable to maintain finances, the RGS would fold, with the final run of the cars assigned to carry track being torn up.

The name behind the “galloping goose” is unclear- but it is asserted that the name originated from the jittery nature of the railcars rolling through the battered trackage along with the installed horn resembling the sound of a duck.

A few units have been preserved and are mostly relegated to museum displays. However, two units run on excursions at the Knotts’ Berry Farms Ghost Town & Calico Railroad.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net to c/memes@hexbear.net
 

kitty-cri-potato (day 69 of making memes out of strange emails i got from work)

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