In Epping, a suburb of Sydney an unattended bus rolled down a bank and on to some rail tracks. No one was hurt but an eye witness said after the crash the driver came running out of a near by shop and to quote the Sydney Morning Herald she said, "Holy Shit. That's my bus".
I think my language would have been lot more colourful had I been in that situation.
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That's a bugger, isn't it? I thought it might be Torquay fo a minute
Many years ago, before mobile phones, I saw a guy get out of his Mercedes, walk across a carpark and into a phone box. The car decided to follow him and rolled into the phone box so he couldn't get out.
The funny thing was, the car had to make a left turn to get him.
He was alright, but must have been highly embarassed.
'Pacers' are old, moldy, abandoned Leyland National buses which are mounted onto a truck chassis and fitted with train wheels.
First Great Western currently have a massive fleet of these cold, drafty, suspension-less fleaboxes. Maybe this is just an update to a tired design?
Are those two (in the image) going to help, or just stand and watch their friends struggle to get the bus out of the embankment?
There is always someone standing there watching and offering advice but never getting their hands dirty. That's one of Sod's Laws.
Actually it's a shame the bus didn't run into the Epping Pub. It used to be a really nice place but it was rebuilt a few years ago and now looks more like a train station.
Ahhhh yes I remember you blogging about that some time ago
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