Saturday, December 1, 2007

hopping busses

how many rememebr those cold snowy winters and waiting for a bus to come so you could hop on the back and take a free ride down verdun or bannantyne. If there was enough snow or ice on the road you could hold on to the bumber of the bus and slide all the way down wellington street!!
 
gotta luv ut
 
jd
 

14 comments:

wendythepool MSN said...

Yes, I remember, I guess it's you and me tonight baby. lol Wendy

shirleyb-h MSN said...

OMG I am going to have to ask my son if he ever did this - for sure it was mostly a guy thing to do and it is lucky none of you got killed. Well I think there were some bad accidents like riding down Atwater hill towards the market etc. Now something the girls did - we used to split our bus tickets and hold them in our mouth and then when we got on the bus slap our hand down and the wet bus ticket would stick to the side of the chute - well not nearly as dangerous as riding the back of the bus.

sailorboy68 MSN said...

Yes I renenber waiting at 4th. and bannatyne to hop on the bus going to VHS. I also remember waiting at 3rd.and Bannatyne for a car to slow down making the turn and running behind it then grabbing onto the back bumper slidding down the street having a ball.   BOB allen  

sgwu731 MSN said...

Also used to hop on the back of oil delivery trucks in the back lanes.   Ron

laurie MSN said...

I remember Ronny Sweeny near St. Willibrord church running to hop a milk truck. Well the truck stopped for his next delivery, but Ronny didn't. The driver chased Ronny who was still dazed from the impact.   Another time, Freddy McCann and I used to hop cars home from school. Freddy had his schoolbag and tossed it unto the trunk of a taxi, then dove for the bumper.... but missed it. There went his books down 1st Ave. with Freddy standing there.   I got caught by the cops a few times hopping busses on Wellington. We would open the fuel door to hold on and sit on the bumper.   Ahh those "Glory Days".

winnie3ave MSN said...

Bob Allen of 3rd Avenue? Amazing. Hi Winston Allison here from 835 3rd avenue. I guess we all did the same thing. Eddie Featherstone. Jimmy Miller, Philip Emard, Wayne Carlin. Any of these guys ring a bell?

screwballrandy MSN said...

Bumper skiing as we called it..I think if i ever caugt my kids doing that I'de join in...Now the cars all got plastic bumbers   not the the old metal ones...I think most of the people knew we were riding for free so that took a bit of care for our safty..Well I tip my hat to all who enjoyed the ride  back then     Randy moss

the lad MSN said...

Hi   One of the guys in my 6th grade class came in one morning and would not sit down. I asked him why.. told me he hopped the bus down Verdun to Church...his old man was sitting in the car right behind him all the way..somehow he did not spot him.. took a couple of days for the discipline to wear off... Man it seemed funny at the time now I guess he could charge his father...   Lad

sailorboy68 MSN said...

yes Winston, Jimmy was Tommy's younger brother Eddie was just up the street. Amazing times they were.   Bob

victah12 MSN said...

Hey 'Bus -hoppers' of the 40's, we did that, but I finally was persuaded that it was  a stupid and dangerous thing to do! My younger brother didn't agree, wouldn't listen. One Saturday morning my Mom took the Verdun bus uptown (worked at Eaton's) To her dismay and shock, she looked out the large back window and spotted my brother and a few friends looking back at her. She had the bus stopped exitted out the back door and grabbed my brother and gave him a 'lickin' right there!  (Luckily, I wasn't with them) He got another one, when my Mother got home from work that night! Had my Dad not been overseas with the Army, my brother might not be alive today! Unfortunately, while 'hanging and sliding' on a KIK truck, one of our pals, on ice skates, hanging on the metal step in front of the double wheels lost his footing on the ashes they used to spread near corners. He fell under the double wheels and was killed. I still remember the BUMP and the drink cases banging! We were forced to sit in the McGilvary funeral home on Wellington St for hours by my Mother. She took us to his casket and made us stand there.  Needless to say, most of us gave up 'Bumper sliding!'  A sad memory and a tragic lesson. Those were the daze! They weren't all FUN!                  sez Victah

kencm3 MSN said...

One time in the late 60's someone got the idea to tie  a bus to a building. This was at the corner of Willibrord and Verdun. So  a rope got tied to the railing of the stairs going up to the second floor. The the other end got tied to the end of a bus that had pulled up. The idea was to stop the bus but what happened was that the bus pulled out as usual except it pulled the staircase right off the building.   If that wasn't enough, the bus dragged the staircase to Church avenue before someone flagged the driver.   Maybe an urban legend but a lot of people tell this one.   Ken M

les__f MSN said...

Hello KenCM3..........................    We all do know that one,.....as it was attached to the balcony stairs,above Halpins Funeral Home....Willibrord & Verdun,.........and I agree it is according to legend............or Urban Myth                   Yikes..........hahjahahaha   good Recall Ken.........................  hf&rv

guy5479 MSN said...

Victah, You mention the 40s so you must be of my generation. What part of Verdun do you come from. Guy

habfan MSN said...

That was so dumb looking back, but I did it too lol. I even did it in summer hanging onto the rear ad sign while on top of the bumper. So dumb