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As a public service report of the School Bus Driver Video Blog for the general good of all the drivers in the world, this is a notice that things do not change.
The above video tells of a shortage that has been going on as long as there has been a need of students getting through trraffic or traveling long distances to school.
School Bus Driver Video Blog is for sure one of the few places drivers can show off their ride. To get things started. I have put in a couple of pictures from around the world that are intended to show you that there are school buses all around the world and our drivers although lowly paid take pride in their job expanding it to the buses they drive.
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A Blue Bird Vision School Bus with a propane-fueled engine.
Thailand School Buses?
Guatemalan Public Buses are recycled US school buses made by Blue Bird Co.
Armoured School Buses used in Judea and Samaria
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Personal Pizzas
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Personal Pizzas
A quick, easy, and low cal recipe to make personal pizzas at home that even the children can do for themselves. (Adult supervision is VERY advisable)
Low Fat/Calore Pizza Sauce
2 tablespoons olive oil.
One medium onion finally cropped.
10 cloves of garlic.
2-28 ounce cans crushed tomatoes
1-6 ounce can tomato paste.
2 teaspoons dried basil.
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano.
1 teaspoon salt.
1/2 teaspoon pepper.
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary.
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes.
3 teaspoons Splenda.
Two bay leaves.
Heat oil in saucepan over medium heat
add onion and garlic and 1/2 cup water and saut’e 9 for 10 minutes.
Turn heat on low and add rest of ingredients.
Cook stirring occasionally, for one hour.
If you have any recipes to add submit them to brobeno@schoolbusdriverblog.com
EnJoy, Brother Beno, Cheif Cook and Bottle Washer
Please go below and bookmark so others can find this delicious food.
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Independence, MO Holloween Parade 2009
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Independence, MO Holloween Parade 2009 and the entry of the Independence School Bus Drivers & Attendnets (ITEA) from planning to on Parade Route.
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This came across my notice today and I thought it was a perfect fit for School Bus Driver Video Blog and had to have put it on.
It is not what you would call the multi- million production BUT then as School Bus Drivers we are happy to cover our costs of gas to get to work recently.
So here you have it, a YOUTUBE Video: Bus Driver Song by Rahel, singer/songwriter and school bus driver.
Drive Safe, Brother Beno, Driver, Independence,MO School Dist. #30
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CROCK POT APPLE BUTTER from COOKS.COM
Great to do and I had fun doing it as you can see by the video. I have made three batches as of this writing and they have gone fast. I did buy some proper jars and gave them as gifts. Strange thing though, no one said they didn’t want or didn’t like Apple Butter as they got them. Or could it have been they didn’t expect it from me?
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CROCK POT APPLE BUTTER from COOKS.COM
5 quarts finely chopped apples
4 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cloves
4 tsp. cinnamon
Fill a 5 quart crock pot heaping full with finely chopped apples. (Tart
apples are best.) Drizzle 4 cups sugar (or less, depending upon sweetness
of apples), 4 teaspoons cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon cloves and 1/4 teaspoon
salt, over the apples. Cover. (Lid may not fit tightly at start, but
apples will shrink as cooked.) Begin cooking on high, then lower heat and
cook all day until thick and dark color. Stir occasionally. Place in small
peanut butter jars, cool and freeze.
And I said above they make great gifts. (A small amount goes a long way with dispatch. SHHHH!!)
Enjoy (as I have), Brother Beno, Cheep Cook and Bottle Washer
And if you would Please, just slip a little down and hit a bookmark for this page so others can find it easier. Thanks, Bro. Beno
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- Robert Hall
Robert Hall is a driver I met on a field trip and on his way back from going to the restroom past my bus, I waved him down and had him come join the conversation between me and another driver. In the process, we started discussing various things and found out that he was a country School Bus Driver, whereas I was a suburban driver and the other driver that was in the conversation was a city driver. So we of course discussed the differences in techniques needed to drive in the various locations. I unfortunately did not have my camera out at that time, but I did manage after he told a few stories of some of the things that he saw out in the country. I did grab my camera, set it up, and then got his permission to record him telling the story. And this is it.
Drive safe, Brother Beno (and do bookmark us below it will help others to find us)
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- Susan Carrick-Mc Connell,
School Bus Driver
Susan is the resident poet at the Independence, Missouri school district bus barn and was asked to read one of her poems for the drivers on the last meeting of the school year. I was there recording in, and that’s how I happened to get this video that you can view. Be in the last meeting I was also asked to tell stories which are on this blog, but I made a mess of on that day. So please feel free to listen because what she has to say does relate well to a driver’s first day. Not to mention the years that follow. So enjoy.
Drive Safe, Brother Beno (and do bookmark us below it will help others to find us)
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Robert is a fellow driver of mine in the Independence School District. His route at the present consists of picking up homeless children at various shelters and taking them to the schools they are enrolled in before they became homeless until their families can get settled again. And then if they need to they may attend a different school. This allows the children to still have some form of normal life and school life despite the turmoil that is happened. With his route there is a lot of temporary students that he picks up at established shelters, both in and out of the school district. He has to go pick them up no matter what how far out thus leading him to some long days. In that process he had a family member that became homeless. And this is the story that is related because of that.
Drive safe, Brother Beno (and do bookmark us below it will help others to find us)
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Bill Welliver, School Bus Driver
Bill is a driver that I met while on a field trip. We got into a discussion about the various things concerning driving a school bus and I found out that he has a special way of entertaining his HeadStart children with songs that he remembered from his past.
Not knowing how far into the past or from the what year. A song would come into his mind and he would sing it Then they would sing it and for sure it was an improvement over ‘The Wheels On The Bus Go Round And Round’ for untold rounds. So in this video Bill gives us an insight as to the songs he sings and how you can pick some to teach your HeadStart children.
Drive Safe, Brother Beno (and do bookmark us below it will help others to find us)
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