Re: sizing request - help!

Jonathan Lewis wrote:
>
> I think partitioning by age would be a big problem -
> what do you do with families ? Perhaps you should
> give them their own special space, and make the
> whole family sit in a cluster.
>
> Of course if the passengers are all sorts of different
> sizes you then have to worry about constraints -
> do you want to take the pessimistic approach
> and use seat-belts, or the optimistic approach
> and use air-bags.
>
> I've realised that there is an alternative to the
> reversing issue - you can get custom vehicles
> built with a driver's cab at both ends. I'm not
> sure if you need a special licence to drive one
> though, or whether two ordinary licences would
> do, but it does avoid the issue of turning the bus
> round at the end of the journey.
>
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> andrew_webby at hotmail wrote in message
> <987083202.20382.0.nnrp-02.c30bdde2_at_news.demon.co.uk>...
> >I had thought of that Steve. Perhaps some sort of partitioning would be in
> >order - for example, that the kiddie winkies don't annoy those of a more
> >senior disposition?
> >
> >This would also benefit anyone wishing to converse with the more mature in
> >that their elevated volume levels would not affect others. Likewise,
> >children screaming would annoy others, so I can see many benefits to this.
> >
> >The down side to that is that I may have to guide these people on the way
 in
> >and direct them to the appropriate partition - which is going to slow the
> >insertion down a little and will probably cause a queue to form. I had
> >thought of taking them in one at a time, shutting the door between each and
> >personally directing them appropriately, but am wary as I'm afraid I might
> >place undue stress on the latch/lock. Can anyone advise how many
> >insertions/minute I can get this way? As I've already said, the bus is red
> >and has 8i engine so someone will know this surely...?
> >
> >Thought: perhaps I should handle the insertion the night before we are due
> >to leave, so that come 9am my bus is already loaded and ready to go?
> >
> >Hmmm.. so many variables... and still no-one has given me concrete figures
 I
> >can present to my boss. I live in hope... ;-)
> >
> >"Steve Bell" <swayne.bell_at_sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> >news:3AD5A3C4.5CC8A202_at_sympatico.ca...
> >> Good points Jonathan, each worthy of a seasoned bus builder.
> >>
> >> Do we need seprate seating pools for the old farts we want to keep? Or do
 we let
> >> them get thrown out of the bus according to our birthday list..
> >
> >
> >

Being the murderous, maniacal person that I am, I can't wait to be the first person to issue

"drop bus cascade families_and_young_children"

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