tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075448.post7322686183635266515..comments2024-02-15T05:08:32.917-06:00Comments on Cliff's Crib: Saturday Night School Memories: Bus Tickets and Canal StreetCliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389032037779987856noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075448.post-15415360892779953042020-01-23T04:58:25.324-06:002020-01-23T04:58:25.324-06:00I remember we would split them in half and get twi...I remember we would split them in half and get twice as many trips, then the drivers started collecting them by hand and check both sides so we would try to hurry up and put it in the machine before they could grab it if they didn't block the machine like I remember one driver doing, i had to give him both sides or else he was going to put me off and I couldn't do that, lived uptown but went to O. Perry Walker. Waaaaaaay too long to walk home.heatsstylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13372325682800906764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075448.post-13297698888922937232010-08-11T06:49:34.595-05:002010-08-11T06:49:34.595-05:00Yes, I remember those bus tickets. I would put th...Yes, I remember those bus tickets. I would put them in the letter holder and give you and your brother and sisters each day you attended school, to and from home. I also remember when you were at Clark High School and lost your bus ticket to get home. We lived across the bridge in the lower ninth ward on St.Claude. That was a long, long walk home. But you made it. Thank god the weather was good. You drank all the water you could find. After that day, you rode the bus with a ticket everyday. HA! HA! HA! By the way, is that your long lost bus ticket you have posted on this blog? It finally showed up,HUH. A little late, don't you think?<br /><br />With all the love in the world,<br /><br />Your MAMAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075448.post-36075470925319121162010-08-09T22:17:17.927-05:002010-08-09T22:17:17.927-05:00Man, you brought back some memories. Yes indeed. ...Man, you brought back some memories. Yes indeed. After school I used to transfer to my bus to the Westbank on Canal St., and I remember that place was crawling with teens and school uniforms! I also remember how the bus drivers would pass up the girls from Seton and the Warren Easton kids when they were looking a bit too rowdy that day. lol <br /><br />We used to get tickets to cross the bridge in the morning without paying the toll. My momma commuted with me to her job every day for 4 years! LOLE.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03991132355619070842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075448.post-66763992540917722302010-08-08T18:17:40.663-05:002010-08-08T18:17:40.663-05:00Would you believe, my brother still has that RTA I...Would you believe, my brother still has that RTA ID. He posted it on his facebook page. Kids were everywhere with that thing.bayoucreolehttp://www.bayoucreole.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075448.post-82977308516378796462010-08-08T11:54:53.129-05:002010-08-08T11:54:53.129-05:00I lived in a little town on the Gulf Coast without...I lived in a little town on the Gulf Coast without a sewer system. We dreaded rain because the next morning mosquitos were everywhere; the wait for the school bus meant a constant flailing and slapping by every kid at the stop!K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075448.post-14734660248815392742010-08-08T07:09:06.453-05:002010-08-08T07:09:06.453-05:00We acted a FOOL when they introduced those ID stic...We acted a FOOL when they introduced those ID stickers. If a friend lost their ID, that's when you do the window toss. You get on the bus, wait, and the friend tosses the ID out the window. Those tickets were the business. I was 21 years old still using my sister's bus tickets when I was broke. She had a mad case of pretty girl syndrome, so she was getting a lot of rides after school.<br /><br />The evening bus ride was the comedy show. We'd been pent up all day, so on the ride home, we would get it IN. I had no problem talking to strangers, so between the bus ride on the S. Claiborne and the Paris Road, we accumulated a lot of padnahs. Good times man. <br /><br />It drives me NUTS that there is no bus service of any sort in DC. You can't do ANYTHING to show these kids that you give a damn about how they get to school, or if they even go at all? That's very telling.Beauty Jacksonhttp://beautyjackson.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075448.post-42943767200503783712010-08-08T01:28:10.528-05:002010-08-08T01:28:10.528-05:00LOL!!
We had bus tokens in DC. Student ones. I re...LOL!!<br /><br />We had bus tokens in DC. Student ones. I remember getting on the bus with one once and being told by the driver that I couldn't use it because school had already ended. I was HOT because school had NOT ended for me. I refused to get off and he refused to move the bus. Someone on the bus got mad and paid my fare. <br /><br />There are NO school buses in DC for regular students going to public schools unless you are special ed...<br /><br />Public transportation is it unless you're lucky enough to get a ride.Miz Blissnoreply@blogger.com