Bus Stop

[glider]

I built a bus stop about 11 years ago. Time to pass on to the neighbors with young kids. I brought it in the shop to clean it up and was suprised at how good it held up. Even the door still functioned well. Made me feel old. Anyway here are the pics from 2000 and 2011. I did repaint the trim. Was nice to see how well it did. Michigan has some bad weather.

 

[58Yeoman]

Looks good...both times.

 

[kmkalf]

always wanted one when i was younger- it really was bad to walk to the end of the street and have to wait for the bus in the dead of winter

 

[Cougar67]

You are a terrific neighbor! That's a really nice bus shelter.

 

[70redbee]

If noone wants it for a bus stop, it would make a great playhouse for the kiddies.

 

[5lima30]

It's great shelter plus encourages people to use the bus. Unfortunately around here very few kids utilize the school bus. We always joke about our county school system having mostly "short buses" due to the steep crooked mountain roads. YMMV.

 

[CrashTestDummy]

That's nice! Your kids are spoiled. I had to ride my bike to school, in the snow, UPHILL, _EACH DIRECTION_!!!!



Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas

 

[Brad54]

Man... I remember we had two bus stops in my neighborhood in Michigan when I was a kid... every kid from that section of the neighborhood would go to the bus stop in the morning, and that's where we'd get let off after school. There were probably 20 of us, standing around throwing snow-balls (or slush balls!!! Oh that sucked... nothing worse than a slush ball on corduroy pants), and of course, shivering.

I remember all the guys hair, still wet from our last-minute showers, icing over while we waited, while the girls who wore skirts would have bright red legs from the cold.

I also remember morning announcements having regular additions: "and teachers, please don't mark anyone from Bus #32 absent--their bus was stuck and is running late."

Now the bus comes to every kid's driveway, making the route take longer, and they pick up the kids closest to school FIRST, so that it's "fair" and they have to ride the bus as long as the kids out in the sticks, who get dropped off last at the end of the day.

We drive our kid to school in the morning because it's a 7 minute drive, but the bus came an hour and 15 minutes early... I'd rather have my kid get that extra hour of sleep.

-Brad

 

[kbs2244]

When I had a driving sales territory covering parts of 3 states I would often take the 2 lane blacktop to avoid the boredom of the Interstate.

The imagination, or lack of, you saw at the end of the driveway was interesting.
Everything from 4 old storm doors nailed onto a quick frame, to a piece of 4 foot dia concrete pipe with a tin roof and door hammered out of one side.

The best ones were at the end of the ¼ to ½ mile long driveways.
You could always tell if there were boys.
ATVs chained to a tree or even a little shed for them.

 

[lametec]

I've seen these little huts at the end of driveways for years, and I just this year (or possibly last year) found out what they are.

How is standing in the rain waiting for the bus any worse than riding your bike to school in the same rain? Rain, snow, whatever, I rode my bike, or walked when there was too much snow on the road for the bike, to school every day.