ON THE ROAD AGAIN!
We are now bussed! We are bussy! We are resplendant with bus-iosity! We are literally bathed in busitude!
After pondering and planning ... and then almost buying a bus ... and then deciding not to buy a bus now ... and then pondering and planning some more ... and then pondering ... and then planning ... Yes, Folks, we have finally bought a school bus!
By "we" I am not actually referring to me. I am referring to my buddy, Skooly Pete, whose life I often live vicariously through. This is not just because I have a wife and kids and a house and a mortgage and all of the other trappings of boring stability. It is also because Pete does a whole lot of really cool things (some of which may involve taking liberties, Animal House-style, with beautiful young women -- unless my wife is reading this sentence, in which case, they don't).
One of the cool things he's decided to do was spend his life living out of a school bus. At least that was his plan. And after an extended negotiation that involved lawyers, guns, lots of money and even more alcoholic beverages, Pete has agreed that -- if and when he decided to actually pursue that dream -- I can be the one to document his travels and travails in this Blog.
A bit about Pete
I met Pete in Towson, MD, in 1987 when we were both Radio Shack employees. He had just dropped out of college, and was sort of a long-haired hippy type. He was also a computer geek. Remember the movie "War Games," where a kid could hack into military computers and nearly start World War III? That was Pete.
He is the son of an engineer who had either taught him, or encouraged him, to understand scientific things. As a result, Pete learned early on how to solder, do plumbing, do woodwork, make electrical circuits and -- eventually -- design, build or fix almost anything.
If you plan to follow this blog, here's the basic storyline for our future: Pete buys school bus; Pete personally modifies and customizes his school bus; Pete will then live out of his school bus -- which has been dubbed "Furthur 2" by this Blog -- while he travels around the country doing interesting things with interesting people.
(And if anybody associated with TV or the movies is interested in buying the rights to this continuing story, have your people call my people. We can do lunch ... and then dinner. Warning: thanks to this whole Atkins weight loss thing, which requires me to eat 4 steaks per meal, so I'm not a cheap date. But I digress.)
Some time in January, 2007.
Pete drives down to Florida from Baltimore, MD. His goal is to hang with his family (his folks and sister live on the Gulf Coast) and to begin trolling for a bus.
Miami, FL. Sunday, February 4, 2007 ("Super Bowl Sunday"). Very early in the morning.
Pete gets invited to some type of party in Miami. He goes, meets a 32-year-old female lawyer, and somehow is able to convince her to rent him a room. She lives on an acre of land near Orlando, and is REALLY into the whole customerized bus idea. As part of the deal, she agrees to let him work on the bus on her property ... if he ever actually decides to buy a bus.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007. 11:40am.
Message left on my cellphone by an enthusiastic Skooly Pete. He's found a bus candidate! And not just any bus; it's a bus that he's personally driven before! At one point about 3 years ago, Pete was going to buy a bus, went up to New York, drove one down to Florida for a Floridian friend of his (who actually buys and sells school buses), fell in love with the bus, and then decided he didn't feel comfortable enough in his financial situation to complete the deal.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007. 9:22pm.
Well, I did it! I own a great big vehicle now!"
We are now bussed! We are bussy! We are resplendant with bus-iosity! We are literally bathed in busitude!
After pondering and planning ... and then almost buying a bus ... and then deciding not to buy a bus now ... and then pondering and planning some more ... and then pondering ... and then planning ... Yes, Folks, we have finally bought a school bus!
By "we" I am not actually referring to me. I am referring to my buddy, Skooly Pete, whose life I often live vicariously through. This is not just because I have a wife and kids and a house and a mortgage and all of the other trappings of boring stability. It is also because Pete does a whole lot of really cool things (some of which may involve taking liberties, Animal House-style, with beautiful young women -- unless my wife is reading this sentence, in which case, they don't).
One of the cool things he's decided to do was spend his life living out of a school bus. At least that was his plan. And after an extended negotiation that involved lawyers, guns, lots of money and even more alcoholic beverages, Pete has agreed that -- if and when he decided to actually pursue that dream -- I can be the one to document his travels and travails in this Blog.
A bit about Pete
I met Pete in Towson, MD, in 1987 when we were both Radio Shack employees. He had just dropped out of college, and was sort of a long-haired hippy type. He was also a computer geek. Remember the movie "War Games," where a kid could hack into military computers and nearly start World War III? That was Pete.
He is the son of an engineer who had either taught him, or encouraged him, to understand scientific things. As a result, Pete learned early on how to solder, do plumbing, do woodwork, make electrical circuits and -- eventually -- design, build or fix almost anything.
If you plan to follow this blog, here's the basic storyline for our future: Pete buys school bus; Pete personally modifies and customizes his school bus; Pete will then live out of his school bus -- which has been dubbed "Furthur 2" by this Blog -- while he travels around the country doing interesting things with interesting people.
(And if anybody associated with TV or the movies is interested in buying the rights to this continuing story, have your people call my people. We can do lunch ... and then dinner. Warning: thanks to this whole Atkins weight loss thing, which requires me to eat 4 steaks per meal, so I'm not a cheap date. But I digress.)
Some time in January, 2007.
Pete drives down to Florida from Baltimore, MD. His goal is to hang with his family (his folks and sister live on the Gulf Coast) and to begin trolling for a bus.
Miami, FL. Sunday, February 4, 2007 ("Super Bowl Sunday"). Very early in the morning.
Pete gets invited to some type of party in Miami. He goes, meets a 32-year-old female lawyer, and somehow is able to convince her to rent him a room. She lives on an acre of land near Orlando, and is REALLY into the whole customerized bus idea. As part of the deal, she agrees to let him work on the bus on her property ... if he ever actually decides to buy a bus.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007. 11:40am.
Message left on my cellphone by an enthusiastic Skooly Pete. He's found a bus candidate! And not just any bus; it's a bus that he's personally driven before! At one point about 3 years ago, Pete was going to buy a bus, went up to New York, drove one down to Florida for a Floridian friend of his (who actually buys and sells school buses), fell in love with the bus, and then decided he didn't feel comfortable enough in his financial situation to complete the deal.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007. 9:22pm.
Well, I did it! I own a great big vehicle now!"
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