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September 28, 2026
Highlights and lowlights from my 116th two-wheeled trek to the Great State of New York:
1. When pulling up to the booth at U.S. Customs, the CBP officer who served me asked, “What’s up, playboy?”
2. Words of wisdom under the Scajaquada . . .
3. Serving me at Overwinter Coffee in Elmwood Village was a young girl with burn marks around her mouth.
4. Seated across from me were two black guys chatting. After being asked, “What’s going on, man?”, the heavy-set guy to my right had this to say: “Nothing much, man . . . putting in a new program at work . . . we will hire about 45 people . . . happy with the progress . . . I got a call from the CEO, ‘What’s going on with the Buffalo School Board?’ . . . people trying to have industry influence coming in . . . we need to hire a visionary talent.”
5. But I’m not sure I do . . .
6. Welcome to Elmwood Village:
7. If successful, Anne Joynt could send people to the joint . . .
8. The #77 bus I was on passed a big rig from Arnold Bros. Transport on the South Grand Island Bridge. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, the SPRM does follow me around.
9. Anyone forget their bag at the Niagara Falls (Canada) Bus Terminal?
10. Before departing Niagara Falls, a woman in the front row asked the GO bus driver if he was going to Burlington.
11. At 420 & Stanley, a disheveled middle-aged woman asked the driver, “Where are you going?” “Burlington,” he replied. So she walked away. Half a block later, she turned around and asked the driver, “Are you going to St. Catharines?” After the driver said yes, she boarded, then instead of paying, she showed the driver her release forms, obviously just having gotten out of jail. Then, at Niagara College, she asked the driver if he was going to the downtown terminal. He wasn’t, so she got off and caught a waiting #40B Niagara Transit bus, which was.
12. As soon as the driver opened the door at Fairview Mall, a young guy ran up and asked the driver if he was going to Burlington.
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