11 least dangerous holidays for driving

  1. Mother’s Day (6.3% chance of accident)
  2. President’s Day (6.1% chance of accident)
  3. Super Bowl Sunday (5.9% chance of accident)
  4. St. Patrick’s Day (4.9% chance of accident)
  5. Veteran’s Day (4.1% chance of accident)
  6. Valentine’s Day (4.0% chance of accident)
  7. Columbus Day (2.6% chance of accident)
  8. Cinco De Mayo (0.62% chance of accident)
  9. Easter (0.58% chance of accident)
  10. New Year’s Eve (-0.7% chance of accident)
  11. Christmas Day (-14.2% chance of accident)

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When Passengers Spit, Bus Drivers Take Months Off

Of all the assaults that prompted a bus operator to take paid leave in 2009, a third of them, 51 in total, “involved a spat upon,” according to statistics the Metropolitan Transportation Authority released on Monday.

No weapon was involved in these episodes. “Strictly spitting,” said Charles Seaton, a New York City Transit spokesman.

And the encounters, while distressing, appeared to take a surprisingly severe toll: the 51 drivers who went on paid leave after a spitting incident took, on average, 64 days off work — the equivalent of three months with pay. One driver, who was not identified by the authority, spent 191 days on paid leave.

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Popsicle Stick Guitar

I decided it was time for someone to build a guitar completely from popsicle sticks……..Ordered 4,000 on ebay and used about 2,000………I used my Gremlin parlor size guitar as a pattern and started gluing……….took about 2 months working on it everyday…….I retired in Costa Rica and I don’t have a lot of tools so kind of made do with what I had……Turned out very nice and very playable…….Not a Martin but hey, what the heck

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