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Daisy May and CO monitors
Hidy
ho, Ms. Cindy!
Billy
Bob here in St. Catharines. Me and my
missus, Daisy May, was off to see her cousin, Juan José, the other day. When we boarded the bus, we “tapped on” with
our newfangled PRESTO cards we bought off Kijiji — we got us a real bargain!
As
Daisy May was exchangin’ pleasantries with our driver, she paused and pointed
behind the seat, and said, “What’s that doohickey? It weren’t there before!” Daisy May was pointin’ at the black stick
thing beside the speaker:
After
some hummin’ and hawin’, Daisy May finally got it out of the driver that it was
a carbon monoxide monitor. Well, Daisy
May’s eyes got real big, and she went quiet and walked direct to her seat.
When
I asked her what was wrong, she whispered, “Ms. Cindy’s last article on the
DD’s was true. If
they’re puttin’ carbon monoxide monitors inside the bus, the exhaust must be
leakin’ in here.”
By
the time we got to cousin Juan José’s house, Daisy May was in a real state over
what she’d learned. It took us half an
hour and a few shots of Jack Daniel’s to settle her down. Juan José didn’t understand how puttin’ the
monitor in the cockpit of the bus was gonna give a accurate indication of the
concentration of the CO in the bus, cuz (i) air from the outside floods in the front
when the doors are opened, and (ii) some drivers open the window that’s near
the monitor while rollin’ along.
Juan
José said not to worry. Juan José
runs a business sellin’ electronic gear, includin’ carbon monoxide
detectors. He had a Pocket CO KWJ 72-9021, kinda
like a keychain, but it was expensive. Juan
José is also a electronics genius of sorts.
He said Daisy May could have his DIY version that he made by convertin’
a stud finder. Well, that made my missus
happier than a clam at high tide!
When
we boarded the bus for the trip home, Daisy May spotted a CO monitor strapped
to the speaker cable conduit above the coat hooks.
It
didn’t trouble her none, cuz she was armed with her new carbon monoxide alarm
that she showed off real proud like to our driver who kinda got tongue-tied and
didn’t know what to say.
Daisy
May says you was smart buyin’ that car of yours, Ms. Cindy!
Best
wishes,
Billy
Bob
3 comments:
Well this is progress. At least they are finally doing something to monitor the air quality on these buses instead of just ignoring the problem.
I am so relieved there's progress on this.
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