#4130

And today we had #4130. It was a quiet running craft, but something was up with the engine. Seemed like it wanted to stall, so he kept the brake on while accelerating at stops, and then when he let off the brake, we'd zoom forward with a g-force effect. Lots of rocking and rolling among the passengers - the driver has the wheel to hold onto, but we're left to our own devices. I've started clenching alternate gluteal muscles to help stabilize through abrupt starts and stops. Who knows? Might end up with buns of steel from all this bus riding.

No exciting passenger incidents this morning. There is a semi-regular woman who gets on and she's a smoker - the smell precedes her. Today she sat next to me and it was particularly intense. She has lots of long, very bushy blond hair - looks like it isn't very well maintained - and I wonder how much of the smoke smell is caught up in the hair. Being warm weather time, it can't be too trapped in heavy clothing, so it must be the hair. Wonder if the smoke smell oozes out of the skin? The body collects tars and nicotine - wonder if some of that smoke smell actually comes out of the pores? Sure am wondering a lot today.