"Murphy was an optimist!"
MegaStink July 2, 2014 4:40 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Transportation, TravelThe problem with voicing the question, “Good God what’s that smell?!” Is that you may not want to hear the answer.
add a commentMegaWater July 2, 2014 4:38 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Transportation, TravelHipster water bottle
Megabus status July 2, 2014 4:04 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Transportation, TravelOur new driver made it known that the downstairs passengers have comfortable climate control while the upstairs passengers sweat. As night befalls us, the downstairs passengers will lose light and electronics while the upstairs parties on. Ignorance is bliss. The bus grumbles. We have become fractured into the haves and the have nots. A battle for limited resources looms.
add a commentMegaCrowded July 2, 2014 3:36 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Transportation, Travel“Mom, I’m crowded.”
Megabus status July 2, 2014 3:27 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Transportation, TravelWe’ve gone down a deadend road and now sit in the back parking lot of a run down motel. Insert obligatory hooker joke here.
add a commentMegabus status July 2, 2014 3:17 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Transportation, TravelA passenger from London thinks she can drive the bus since it’s a doubledecker. We pull out with cheers all around. The oncoming traffic is quick to get out of the way.
add a commentMegabus status July 2, 2014 2:59 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Transportation, TravelA mutiny has occurred and the driver has been ejected from the bus.
add a commentMegaStop July 2, 2014 2:54 pm
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Megabus status July 2, 2014 2:28 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Transportation, TravelTo contend with the ordeal, children have been subdued with movies and video games. Passengers hide from the misery by trying to awkwardly sleep double-overed upon one another in odd pretzel formations using the other body as a contrived mattress or simply leaning back and accepting the reclined seat in front of them as some peculiar top sheet.
add a commentMegabus status July 2, 2014 2:00 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Transportation, TravelWe seem to be making great progress. We’ve only got another…6 hours?! Forget Guantanamo. They should have just driven the detainees around the country on the Megabus. Shoot, I’ll talk!
add a commentMegaNap July 2, 2014 1:55 pm
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MegaArt July 2, 2014 1:50 pm
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Megabus status July 2, 2014 1:40 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Transportation, Travel30 minute lunch break complete. Now the bus smells like warm sweaty bodies AND grease.
add a commentFunny signs July 2, 2014 1:37 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Transportation, TravelAll my life I’ve been amused with Virginia’s road signs “speed limit enforced by aircraft”. It’s one of those signs which makes me wish I were a cartoonist or animator. Instead I’ll have to stick to written word. I think the signs should be appended to read “speed limit enforced by aircraft…because if our plane can catch you then you were really flying !”
add a commentFirst Megabus ride July 2, 2014 12:17 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeMegabus adventure thus far. Bus was already pretty full when arrived in Knoxville presumably from Atlanta. We were very fortunate to actual find 3 seats near one another. Bus is relatively comfortable if you don’t mind “warm” and “friendly.” The older lady with the neck brace has reclined her seat into my lap which is nice in that “this provides a sense of security like the safety bar on a roller coaster. The low rumble of road noise and blowing of something they toy with referring to as air conditioning has me wishing I had purchased the Parrot Zik noise canceling headphones. For some reason I can’t get the pressure equalized so my jaw is tiring from trying to pop my ears. Evan is thrilled and so am I. Cathy looks happy. The crowd is very subdued. The bus appears maintained with the exception of a blatant problem with the windscreen. (See picture) Not sure if that growing smell of sweaty person is odeur o’ Doug’s failing deodorant or my traveling companion. In an attempt to keep the bus a constant “warm” I am certain the driver is recirculating the air. I don’t know Washington D.C.’s pollution index (insert mandatory congress joke here) but I am quite looking forward to inhaling it deeply.
Would I ride the Megabus again? I can guarantee I will make one more trip.
