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Another One Bites the Dust
by Ali Gator (not his real name)

As I walked past a Tim Horton's location outside in St. Catharines, I glanced at the Friday Toronto-bound traffic on the QEW and what to my wandering eyes did appear? But a GO transit Double-Decker (DD) bus with four-way flashers on.  I glanced at my watch and thought that bus should have been through St. Catharines by now – time to investigate.

By the time I arrived at the bus stop, the DD was loading.  For those unfamiliar with the Fairview Mall stop, Friday afternoons are a zoo, because drivers are required to handle many cash sales and luggage.  There was a throng of folks queued to get on the bus. What I found unusual was that there seemed to be significant discussion with the driver and just as many people were exiting the bus as were boarding.  I concluded this bus (8121) had reached the end of the line.

The Friday afternoon express bus (MCI model) from Burlington arrived and disembarked its passengers.  The driver and passengers (their luggage and hockey gear, too) from the disabled DD transferred to the MCI and continued their trip – 40 minutes behind schedule.  The driver of the express bus drove away in the problem DD, presumably back to the garage in Niagara Falls.

Soon thereafter, the all-stops bus from Burlington arrived; it, too, was a MCI model.  Something was seriously amiss here.  When I asked why the bus was not a DD, I was told that it, too, had failed and was replaced by the MCI.  In fact, a total of THREE Double-Decker buses had failed that day – all with passengers on board, and all with serious impacts to scheduled trips.

You’re wondering, what’s the issue?  Equipment fails in the field all the time; those are the hazards of running a transit company. You’d be correct, if that equipment were in service for some time.  All the DDs that failed on Friday (2013/07/26) were the brand spanking new buses from Alexander Dennis Ltd.  You'll recall the hype surrounding them earlier this year.  The mass media went gaga over the Minister’s photo-op and parroted everything that was said about the buses, like the Star article linked in the sentence previous.  I don’t know about other routes, but these new buses are an operational disaster on Route 12.  If these buses were passenger vehicles, I suspect there would be a class action suit against the manufacturer.

I subscribe to GO Transit e-mail alerts for Route 12.  For the three Double-Deckers that failed on Friday, I received absolutely NO e-mail alerts for these incidents.  Was this pure coincidence, or are Metrolinx/GO Transit covering up the failings of these vehicles?  At $800,000+ a bus, they are destined to become a major embarrassment to management and the government – worse than the 12-speed MCIs in the fleet.

Stay tuned for follow-up reports on these vehicles, unless, of course, the mass media want to step up and do it. Otherwise, reports will be found here on ThisCrazyTrain's website.

Driver of bus 8121 prepares to take it out of service. Our tax dollars. Hard at work indeed.

Photo by Ali Gator

Part 6 of an installment, exclusive to This Crazy Train, "Meet the Deckers"

Editor's note: If you have had issues while aboard a Double Decker bus, or have a story about a Double Decker experience, drop me a line at cj@thiscrazytrain.com

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Paging Mr. Clean

by GO Voyageur

Ali Gator normally writes these articles, but over a beer a couple of weeks ago, he suggested I submit this story, because of the photos I had amassed.

First, let’s run the newsreel from April 3, 2013.  Glen Murray, then Minister of Transportation, was positively gaga over the new Enviro500 double-decker buses (#8101—8125) purchased by GO Transit from Alexander Dennis Ltd.  Even more of these buses were acquired; the equipment numbers are now north of 8200.

With all the hoopla over these vehicles, you’d think the very least GO Transit would do is keep the minister’s pride and joy buses clean.  Wrong!

I’m not referring to the occasional spilt beer in the rear of the upper saloon, or a youngster dumping their soft drink. I’m referring to the continual filth due to neglect by the maintenance staff.  Why isn’t the acrylic glass on the stairway cleaned more often?  Who wants to look at the following mess for an hour or more?

BTW, that’s not an isolated incident.  Here are more:

● DD # 8150

● DD # 8176

● DD # 8116

Let’s compare GO’s buses to one from Niagara Region Transit.  This one looks clean; it had been on the road for half a shift before I snapped the photo:

And peering into the bus, I noted that the windows were spotless — on both sides.

Let’s compare that to DD # 8142 this weekend.

Did someone take this baby off-roading and forget to run it through the wash bay?  Looks can be deceiving.  That grime isn’t on the outside of the bus; it’s on the inside of the window!

Is that the worst of it?  Nope.  It’s time to get serious.  Have you ever examined the air vents on the double-deckers?  Look closely at the following photo.

What are those soot marks to the front and rear?  Most air vents I’ve looked at have those dark stains on the ceiling.  Is this dirt being forced in from the engine compartment?  Let’s recall that OC Transpo’s deckers had issues with fumes inside some of their buses.  Does this happen, too, with GO Transit’s DDs?  Yes.  Fumes inside the bus precipitated the following email alert.

If the ventilation system is indeed pumping dirt into the bus, then it must be settling somewhere, and it should be detectable.  A quick wipe of the front dashboard with a paper towel provided the answer.

Exactly what is this soot, and what is its source?  How much of a health hazard is this crud, not only for passengers but especially for drivers?  Maybe it’s time for the mainstream media to investigate this problem as a matter of public concern.

Part 2 of a new installment, exclusive to This Crazy Train, "Meet the Deckers"

Editor's note: If you've also been a victim abandoned mid-trip due to a malfunctioning Double Decker, drop me a line cj@thiscrazytrain.com

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Hello CAA? Can you send a tow-truck please?
by Ali Gator (not his real name)

I continue this series, Meet the Deckers, in which I review the double-decker (DD) buses in GO Transit’s fleet.  In part one, we took our first look at the issues plaguing the shiny new Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) DDs deployed on Route 12 between Niagara Falls and Burlington station.  To recap, the Minister of Transportation unveiled these green gems with much pomp and circumstance on April 3 of this year.  The media lapped it up and fast-tracked to print everything said by the minister and Metrolinx.  Here’s an example, an article titled, New double decker GO buses 'better value for tax dollars'.

On Thursday (2013/08/15) I was waiting for my St. Catharines Transit bus at Fairview Mall.  The DD from Niagara Falls en route to Burlington arrived.  The driver got out immediately and addressed the passengers who had queued to board; more riders than usual disembarked the bus.  No one boarded the bus, which then drove off.  This sequence of events was not the norm – time to investigate – queue the theme from Dragnet.

I asked a group of passengers, who had waited to board the DD, what was wrong.  They said they weren’t sure, but all riders in St. Catharines would be accommodated on a non-stop bus that was due to arrive shortly. 

I thanked them, and as I turned around, my eyes caught the sun’s rays reflecting off a puddle of pink fluid that hadn’t been there before.  The problem was evident – yet another DD with a coolant leak.  Yes, this type of failure has happened before with these new buses.   

Metrolinx loves to share their QUICKFACTS with us.  In the one titled GO Green Initiatives, we are told that ADL Enviro 500 double-decker buses “have one of the most environmentally-friendly bus engines on the market”.  Really?   How does engine coolant benefit the environmentally-sensitive Golden Horseshoe Greenbelt?  Is it possible to have the Ministry of the Environment follow these buses every kilometer of the way just to mop up the mess?

I subscribe to GO Transit e-mail alerts.  The alerts that follow are but a sampling of the double-decker problems that have caused service interruptions on Route 12.  By the way, there was no e-mail alert for the incident described herein.  Is this just another “coincidence”?  I’m becoming more suspicious.

You may be wondering whether GO Transit’s Service Guarantee applies to these travel interruptions.  Per the policy published here, the answer is NO!  When travelling on the new $800,000+ double-decker buses, you lay down your cash (or tap on), and you roll the dice.

Some of the new DDs fail repeatedly.  The bus in this story is 8121, the very same bus that wreaked havoc on the afternoon of Friday, July 26.  Not only are the manufacturer’s engineering standards and quality assurance procedures suspect, but so are the capabilities of GO Transit’s maintenance crews.  Why are we seeing the same problem recurring in the field?  Did head office not order the correct set of spanners to maintain the buses purchased from a company in Scotland?

The news release from our provincial government titled 25 New Double-Decker GO Buses On The Way stated the following:

“By adding more GO Buses, we are providing commuters with more travel options and making it easier for them to get to work, school or appointments. Our unprecedented public transit investments are making transit a better choice for commuters, reducing congestion on our roads and contributing to a better quality of life for Ontario families.”

Making it easier to get to our destination?  Seriously?  Incidents with the double-decker buses take a toll on passengers and drivers alike.  The stress I saw on the faces of all involved – especially the drivers – was quite evident.  How is that a better quality of life?

Are you still deciding whether GO Transit’s new double-decker buses are better value for your tax dollars?  Stay tuned for more reports on these vehicles.  Of course, the mass media are quite welcome to step up and share their own findings.

Oh, I almost forgot.  You’ll be happy to know the rescue bus (an older model MCI - thank goodness) did arrive in St. Catharines, picked up the waiting passengers, and delivered them to Burlington in time for their train connection.  Three cheers for MCI and the bus driver!

Part 3 of a new installment, exclusive to This Crazy Train, "Meet the Deckers"

Editor's note: If you have safety concerns about Double Decker buses, drop me a line cj@thiscrazytrain.com

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What would Ralph Nader say?
by Ali Gator (not his real name)

In this segment of the series, Meet the Deckers, I look at safety concerns with the Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) double-decker (DD) buses that GO Transit has deployed on Route 12, between Niagara Falls and Burlington GO Transit stations.  Let me start by saying that I have not been involved in any incident that has caused bodily injury to myself or others while commuting on these buses.  What other passengers and I fear are what will happen should a mishap occur with one of these buses on the QEW.  Let me say that I have the utmost regard for the drivers on Route 12; their track record is not under scrutiny.

So what are the concerns?

From the first day I travelled on an ADL DD in June of 2011, I was convinced it was a bus suited for intra-city commuters, not inter-city travellers/tourists.  Route 12 draws much tourist traffic with folks heading to Niagara Falls, especially in summer, and with that comes luggage, strollers and bicycles – and plenty of them.  Unlike the traditional MCI coaches, the double-deckers have negligible cargo capacity.  Items that are normally stored underneath the bus on a MCI model are brought on board a DD.

The cargo area is essentially the luggage rack over the front wheel well.  This picture shows an average amount of luggage, four strollers, each with an infant.   On the QEW, the bus can reach speeds of up to 109 km/hr.  Note how low the seat backs are in comparison to those on a MCI bus.

When the luggage rack is full, suitcases, etc. overflow into the accessibility area as shown in the photo above.  Occasionally, a suitcase on wheels will break away from the pack and roll down the aisle.  Have you ever seen a happier group of passengers?

Did I mention bicycles?  When the bike rack is full, supervisors authorize drivers to allow bicycles inside the bus with passengers.  This one doesn’t look to be secured with bungee cords or duct tape, does it?

And what happens when a driver is required to transport nine bicycles?  Well, two are mounted on the bike rack, three go in the rear cargo closet, four ride inside the bus, the trip is delayed, the train connection in Burlington is missed, and passengers are very unhappy

You’re probably wondering, what’s all this all leading to?  The QEW is very unforgiving when something goes wrong.  I was on an early morning bus to Burlington when we came upon this collision that had happened shortly before we got to the scene: Woman killed by flying tire on Ontario highway.  Earlier this year, the QEW near St. Catharines was closed because of this fatal crash.  Both these fatalities would have turned baggage and bicycles into projectiles within the bus.  Even a lesser crash, like this one – which turned the Niagara bound lanes into a salad bar – would have wreaked havoc on board the bus.

I know what you’re thinking.  Weren’t the double-deckers modified to have a cargo bay (of sorts) added to the back of the bus?  You’re absolutely right!  However, that cargo bay is rarely used because of safety concerns for the drivers.  I’ll address the “cargo closet” in a future article.

So, with all that stuff crammed inside the bus, how do these double-deckers manage to conform to the PublicVehicles Act?  You know, the part that says:

17. Where a public vehicle is used for the transportation of passengers or express freight, the licensee shall provide accommodation therefor so that there is no interference with the free and ready ingress and egress of passengers to and from the vehicle and the accommodation shall be so constructed as to prevent the property or freight from injuring a passenger.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 982, s. 17.

They obviously don't ... unless there are exceptions I don't know about.

Scary stuff, right?

If any of you reading are highly knowledgeable (in the legal sense) of traffic laws and the Act, your input is welcome.

Let's move on.

The decorative aluminum strip on the driver’s door has sharp burrs on the corners.  Two drivers showed me the gouges they received when they brushed against these corners.  And we all know what job-related injuries mean – WSIB paperwork!

Whereas MCI buses allow up to 19 standing passengers, for safety reasons, none are allowed to stand on double-deckers – anywhere.  The following photo shows three standing passengers; two on the stairs – a definite no-no!  I’ve heard reports of triple that number standing.

OC Transpo in Ottawa also operates ADL double-decker buses in their fleet.  Last winter, two DDs were blown off Woodroffe Avenue.  Per this CBC article, the buses will not operate on that municipal road this coming winter.  The union representing the transit workers was quite vociferous in influencing that decision.

Imagine this in green and white …(click here for the CBC story and video)

In 2011 and 2012, GO Transit operated the double-deckers on Route 12 only during the summer months.  I’ve asked the drivers when the DDs are leaving this year, and I’ve been told that they’re staying.  In spite of what happened in Ottawa, it appears Metrolinx has decided to run those buses at freeway speeds across the windswept Burlington and Garden City Skyway bridges during the periods of what is the worst weather in the Golden Horseshoe.  Why?  As far as I know, the GO Transit bus drivers’ union has remained mum on this matter.  Will it take an incident on the QEW to force a discussion? Why are brass waiting for something to happen?!

Recently, I received an invitation to take another Let GO Know survey.  GO Transit wants to initiate yet another “pilot program” - this one to install a digital Audio Video Recording System (AVRS) on some double-decker buses.  Yes, Big Brother is coming to a DD on a route near you.  Supposedly, recording everything we say and do on the bus will make the trips safer for us.  The introduction to the survey never   explained how increased safety would be achieved.

If you completed the survey and can explain how electronic surveillance equipment will mitigate the issues I've outlined, could you share your insights, please?

My word. What would Ralph Nader say? 

Part 10 of an installment, exclusive to This Crazy Train, "Meet the Deckers"

Editor's note: If you have had issues while aboard a Double Decker bus, or have a story about a Double Decker experience, drop me a line at cj@thiscrazytrain.com.

Read previous installments here.

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By GO Voyageur

Household dust and so much more

In my last report on the dirty DD’s, I said the reply from GO Transit’s Customer Relations Supervisor scared me.  I’ll elaborate, but first, let’s revisit the following line in the supervisor’s response:

·         “I have looked into the results of the investigation of the Indoor Air Quality report conducted on our GO buses.” 

Buses?  Plural?  More than one bus was tested?  No.  As was pointed out in the comments to the prior article, only one bus was tested — apparently it was a relatively new (at the time) #8201.  Why didn’t GO Transit test any of the buses given as evidence in this blog?  I should mention the supervisor did not attach a copy of the report as evidence to support their assertions.

The following line is the one that scared me:

·         “The results concluded that no unusual particulate materials were identified and the composition of the dust samples was similar to that observed in typical household or office settings.”

Shortly after receiving the supervisor’s e-mail, the Toronto Star ran an article titled New study highlights health hazards of household dust.  More details can be found in the article Not Just Dirt: Toxic Chemicals in Indoor Dust from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).  What I find particularly vile is that Metrolinx paid money to a company whose job it is to know this information, but neglected to apprise Metrolinx, who then turned around and quoted the report as if it were gospel.

Why does this black soot fiasco rile me so?  I was raised in Sudbury.  Before INCO built their Superstack, three smaller smokestacks belched sulphur dioxide, denuding the countryside with acid rain.  On days when low clouds trapped the stacks’ emissions, the smoke would roll into the valley where we lived.  I could feel the gas searing into my lungs, which x-rays revealed later had become scarred (I’m a non-smoker).  I would sit in the basement waiting for the SO₂ haze to dissipate.  So, yes, I have an aversion to dirty air.  Do those folks who are exposed to this soot, i.e. regular passengers and GO Transit drivers, need to be featured in a Toronto Star investigation like GE employees in Peterborough?

Why have I waited so long to share all of this?  Around the time the supervisor’s e-mail landed in my Inbox, GO Transit replaced all double-decker buses on Route 12 with the new DDSL model (#83xx).  Here is the inside of #8342 on its inaugural trip on Route 12.  It was pristine; it still had its “new” smell.

Did Metrolinx management roll the dice and bet that since the new buses did not show the black soot stains, I no longer had a reason to discuss the problem?  If that were the case, I took it as a victory — my fellow passengers and our drivers had clean air to breathe.  However, my gut told me to wait; this saga wasn’t over.

And I was correct.  I boarded #8318 not long ago and was dismayed to discover the following tell-tale markings:

Just as Philip Kives implored us to “wait, there’s more”, well, there is more.  The latest SNAFU on Metrolinx’s double-deckers is diesel exhaust fumes inside the cabins, e.g. #8353.  This problem isn’t really new; it was reported to GO Transit over a year and a half ago…

Five days later…

Even before that, in November 2012, CBC reported that OC Transpo admitted their double-decker buses — also built by Alexander Dennis Ltd. — leaked diesel fumes into the cabin. 

Who allowed these substandard Scottish-engineered monstrosities into Canada?  Was it Transport Canada?  Why has Ontario’s Auditor General kept mum on these Metrolinx vehicles?  Perhaps it’s time to escalate this mess to Ben Spurr at the Toronto Star, or CBC’s Marketplace, or CTV’s W5.

In Part 6 of this series, I included a photo of bus #8142, which had white dust covering the inside of the bus.  It was a mystery how the interior got to be in that state.  There have been times when I’ve noticed a fire extinguisher sitting on the floor in the accessibility area of a DD rather than being strapped to the wall.  My conjecture…  The straps are so flimsy, they can’t hold the fire extinguisher when the bus hits a significant bump in the road.  The extinguisher falls to the floor, and on rare occasions, the pin pops and the trigger is activated thereby dumping the contents.  Plausible?  Ask your driver.

Back to the supervisor’s e-mail and the following line:

·         “I would like to assure you that we continue to remain committed to ensuring our buses are maintained to the highest standard.”

Maintained to the highest standard you say?  The following photo is of the grill above the rear seat in the lower saloon on DD #8317.  It looks like it has NEVER been cleaned.

Enough of these assurances from Customer Relations management!  They are past the point of triteness.  They are now downright insulting.  Isn’t it time Metrolinx’s new CEO, Phil Verster, had “career discussions” with his staff?

Them dirty Double-Ds

Yep, that's blood.

And dried vomit.

Credibility
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by Hy Perbolé

We at TCT Academy love it when pupils are diligent and submit their assignments promptly. Such is the case with the composition handed in by a supervisor in the Customer Relations department at GO Transit regarding the cleanliness of double-decker buses.  So, full marks for that.  Those of you not familiar with the issue of dirty DD’s, I leave it as a reading assignment for you to come up to speed on the matter.

After having read the correspondence, I am left wanting more information, like the following:
• What exactly is a "small number of buses"?  That relative quantity clarifies nothing.  That’s like waiting two years for real-time bus information and being told we’ll have it “soon”.
• Where exactly is the fresh air intake that so much dirt enters the bus?
• Why does the problem “seem” to be related to the bus cabin filter?  Are we hedging bets?  How does the faulty cabin filter convert normal coloured dust to black soot?  What metamorphosis is happening in the HVAC system?  What is the exact chemical composition of this soot, i.e. what exactly are we breathing?
• Why does the manufacturer (Alexander Dennis Ltd., Scotland) need to be involved in a cabin filter problem?  Is GO Transit admitting there is yet another quality assurance issue with these $800K+ buses?  TCT has reported previously on some of the many faults these buses have.
• Regarding the overall cleanliness of GO Transit buses, what does “brought up to our standards” mean?  If clear and enforceable standards existed, would passengers be subjected any of the current conditions that exist on the DD’s?
• Regarding the supervisor’s assurances we “will see an improvement going forward”, I submit the following post on Twitter:

If GO Transit were serious about cleaning up their act, wouldn’t they have gone after some “low hanging fruit”, removed bus 8142 from service, and given it a bath? Have the “small number of buses” with soot problems been removed from service to fix whatever ails them?

Whereas “truthiness” may work for Stephen Colbert, it does nothing for the official response from GO Transit. Customer Relations needs to stop pumping out these perfunctory platitudes. They do nothing for the corporation’s credibility, especially in advance of Metrolinx’s December board meeting in which inflationary fare increases — to support “improved service” — are expected to be announced yet again. I hope senior management proves me wrong on this.

As much as I would like to give this composition a marginal passing grade, the high standards of TCT Academy prohibit it. Sorry. It’s a fail.

Sometimes pictures aren't the whole story

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At the  risk of starting anything, i am captured in your recent photo. I just wanted to defend myself as i stand in the very corner out of the way until the doors close. No one bumps me, I've never gotten in anyone's way and I make sure to move for everyone. I stand in the door because a) I sit. All day. I don't want a seat. And 2) because i have a son to get by 6 pm or I am chqrged an outrageous surharge. And I stand in the corner away from the doors that open so I'm out of the way. I can't and don't speak for the rest.  When the doors close I move over. I always get off and let people through. There was no walker on friday. He was sitting on a stool attached to his back pack. And there was no where else for him to go. He chose the bathroom. We didnt toss him in there. Someone made a comment on your post about the nasty comments being from me. I want to assure you they are not and in this one statement I can say I speak for us when we say dd#1 is none of us. We think a lot of the comments about your appearance are way out of line. I know your blog, I read your blog. But I have never commented. I am asking if possible, would you please not post this text.  I'm not happy about my photo being on your blog with my face not fuzzed out, but know there's not much I can do about that. But I am hoping you'll accept my request and not post this. Thank you.

Feb 03 7:04pm

I've  had a lot of anxiety about that post and I'm glad you texted me because I need to hear  these things. I get so many submissions of people supposedly doing bad things that it's hard to make a judgement call sometimes which is why I had a practice of cutting people's faces out of the photos which in turn, caused me flak for being a "pussy" and not showing faces. I've had another text from 1 person on the 453 train who told me there was a conversation about me or that post from people near the doors. That raised my anxiety levels because the point of the post was the fact people were standings in the bathroom which is just odd. Knowing that people actually chose to stand in the bathroom is just creepy but to each his own. Having been inundated with comments from people focusing more on the deliberate door blocking that does happen on trains, it was unfair of me to publish the photo unaltered. In fact, that was a bad judgement call on my part and I will be editing the picture tonight. First and foremost, your personal safety and right to ride a train without being singled out for something you're not guilty of resonates deeply with me. I am glad you texted me. I'm sorry you got caught up and lumped into a post that was targeted at people who make boarding difficult.
Feb 03 7:19pm

I'm the red head actually lol. We try hard not to block the doors. But there are some that even irk us. We were talking about the post. Mainly that some people were defending us, and how inappropriate the name calling was. No matter what people think of your site, there is no call for the names. That's rude. And we were mostly offended by dd#1's comment because it lumped us in ( we are dds. We know this. We try to be respectful dds) and we didn't want to be lumped in with that commentor. Lol As I said. I read your blog. And I never comment. But I've seen how snarly people get over pics. I figure you're a reasonable person. Asking will get someone farther than shrieking abuse. Lol

Feb 03 7:48pm

Hi! It sure does! Oh man, I feel awful. I don't think there's enough kittens in the world right now. The pic is edited. Any facial features I couldn't crop are blurred. I won't remove the post because there are RUDE door donkeys. I've encountered them. Again, I am so sorry you became a target. Lessons learned a plenty.

Feb 03 8:00pm

Don't beat yourself up. Even we get angry at the rude ones. There is one that insists on standing on top of me even though she has lots of room to stand.

Feb 03 8:04pm

But she stands on me. There are rude ones. I just wanted to prove we aren't all like that. I give you permission to post all of this now since it didn't turn into either of us wanting to throat punch the other lol.

Feb 03 8:04pm

People need to know were not all bad :)

Feb 03 8:04pm

Are you sure? Sleep on it. But yes, you're not all bad and you deserve a shot to defend yourself. I'm heading out for a long walk. Let's touch base in the morning.

Feb 03 8:08pm

I actually commented already on your post. So yes, I'm sure. People need to know it wasn't what it appeared and not to make assumptions. 

Feb 03 8:18pm

Enjoy your walk my dear. Rest easy.

Feb 03 8:18pm