Monday, August 29, 2011

Monday, August 29, 2011

Well, we survived Hurricane Irene - so far, so good at the Annex - no flooding to report--however, we may still get high water tomorrow before the rivers/creeks crest.

Hoping everyone fared as wll as we did. Stay safe

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Wednesday, August 24, 2011


Here's another bus wrap - looking like a fire truck!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Tuesday, August 23, 2011


I just love some of these bus wraps--here's one from Copenhagen!

Monday, August 22, 2011

Monday, August 22, 2011


We had a GREAT work session on Saturday: Tom Collins, Tom Mozer (Shop Foreman), Ken McNelis (Fleet Manager), Phil, Walter Earl and Jim (guy who cuts the grass)were at the August 20th work day at the annex.

The MCI 5 was buffed; grass was cut; extensive weed whacking (place looks great);
buses were moved; maintenance, both preventive and repair performed. Also batteries were charged; luggage bays cleaned out and one bus washed.

Thanks everyone for your hard work.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Monday, August 15, 2011

I apologize for not posting this last week--I had an exciting week compliments of Lancaster General Hospital cardiac unit - thankfully not a heart attack but such a rapid heartbeat they had to take me to the cath lab for 2 procedures....sure glad to be home.

Ken McNelis asked me to post the following for this Saturday's work session:

Saturday August 20, 2011
Work sessions are at the Annex- 7281 Union Deposit Road, Hummelstown from
8:00 A.M. until 2:30 P.M.

Please call or email Ken McNelis 610-203-7998 Busman398@aol.com or
Tom Mozer 717-343-0058 tomm1947@msn.com if you plan to be there. We need people to help with various items.

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Let me also remind you of some upcoming fall work sessions:

Fall Work Sessions: Saturday, September 24

Saturday, October 1
Saturday, October 15

Please call 2 weeks to 10 days prior to a work session date to sign up. You will be notified if you have signed up if that particular work session has to be cancelled.


Please watch the website/blog to see if the Fleet Committee schedules any
WEEKDAY WORK SESSIONS during both the late summer and the fall.

Friday, August 5, 2011

Friday, August 5, 2011

Are you a computer geek??? Do you love to write???

We are looking for a volunteer (who is also a "bus nut") to take charge of both our Facebook and Blog! Yes, after 7+ years at the helm, I am retiring from all this.

We are also in need of a volunteer webmaster. I will stay on until the end of the year--but then it will be someone else's turn. Hope you can help--if you can, please email us at thebusmuseum@yahoo.com

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Not sure how many of you use PayPal or have used PayPal--perhaps with a sale or purchase through eBay. As you know, the Museum had its gift shop online and payment was accepted through PayPal. About two months ago, on a Saturday, when I was out of town, someone hacked into our Museum PayPal Account. Thankfully, we had a small (under $60) amount of money in that account at that time.

It has taken me a full two months to obtain that money back. The person who hacked our account was from CHINA! PayPal was able to retrieve the money back from that person's account--but here's where it gets tacky! When I set up this account, so as not to put the Museum at risk, I opened a small checking account to link to the account and used my own Credit Card as the required credit card for PayPal--by the way, the ONLY way to have PayPal send you money that is rightfully yours is to have a Credit Card online with them--not good!

When the person hacked our account, they closed my checking account AND credit card on the PayPal Account AND changed all the contact info AND Password. Now here's the tricky part--PayPal reinstates the money into that account--the hacker still has control of it. HOWEVER, I can no longer get into the account--when I was finally able to call PayPal and get a real person on the line who spoke and understood English, they said the only thing they could do would be to send a check to the address listed on the account--which had been changed by the hacker! Duh! I asked for a manager--AGAIN, explained the situation and got that check stopped.

I then had to open yet another account and they placed the recovered money into that account......but I had not been able to access it--they would NOT send a check because there is no credit card attached to the account and I will not put the Museum in jeopardy. I finally, today, was able to send a payment to my own account--for which PayPal will charge me a fee--I can then personally write the Museum a check. After the check comes from PayPal, I will be closing my own PayPal account.

Boy, this has been some lesson learned! That is why our gift shop is offline! I certainly would think twice about ever using PayPal again!

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Board Meeting tonight at 6:30 pm at the Museum.