> 79 fiesta

Haha yup, third picture was the orange one.

And (old) people say cars today all look alike.

That's more likely or an old Civic hatchback (though again I think the tail-lights are wrong for that).

The orange car looks like a Yugo to me but the tail-lights don't seem to match. Been so long since I've seen one in person.

> Middlebury and drive from Barre

Do yourself a favor and do not listen to your GPS when it tells you to go through Waitsfield and Bristol. Even on "good" days it's not the nicest of trips in the winter. Depending on your GPS it might also suggest Hinesburg &/or Huntington which are both better but if you've never been on snow before and there's even a chance of it on the day you go; you should absolutely take the extra time and just take 89 -> 189 to 7 (through Shelburne).

> N95 if concerned though

N95's do absolutely nothing for asbestos. The mine and surrounding area is off limits for a reason and suggesting any part of it is "more or less safe" is stupid. Even if parts of it are "mostly" safe, the type of person who needs to ask, isn't qualified to make that decision.

Asbestos is a fibrous mineral comprised of short barbed threads. When it is in a solid form it's highly heat resistant and fairly chemically inert. The problem is when it becomes aerosolized (eg dust kicked up by walking around) it sticks to your skin and clothing becoming an irritant (think like fiberglass itching). Worse still is when (not if) you breath it into your lungs, those barbs act like fish hooks trapping the fibers in your lungs basically forever. Over the years these fibers will cut and irritate your lungs causing scar tissue (Asbestosis) or cancer (mesothelioma) or both. In the case of mesothelioma, once it develops the survival rate is only 23% and is a horrible, painful death; typically in less than 2 years.

Under no circumstances should you go anywhere near a known source of loose asbestos like at a mine. That mine ran for 60+ years and will have dangerous amounts of dust virtually everywhere that someone would consider "interesting". Dust masks/N95 will not provide protection and even something fancier like a 3M P100 is not intended for that level of exposure (it's meant for limited exposure like what you might get renovating an old house that "might" have asbestos, not exploring a mine that does have asbestos). Workers who deal with asbestos (such as for asbestos abatement projects) will wear full body clean suits, including sealed gloves and boots as well as negative pressure air-purifying respirators.

Designer frames, Carhart coveralls he dry-cleans. If he's a Vermonter, he's never strayed outside of Chittenden county unless it was to hit up one of the farmers markets.

Yeah but timber isn't worth jack squat - you might be able to recoup enough to cover legal fees if you can actually manage to collect on the judgement. "Decorative" trees however can bring big money depending on type, location and age.

The difference being, a tree in the woods is only considered worth whatever it would be in lumber value. Last I saw, split hardwood was going for around $300/cd - roughly 3 14" dia trees; whereas a decorative one has to account for "replacement" cost of a like tree being brought in. So if you have a big 100yo Maple in your front yard cut down, a similarly sized one would need to be brought in to replace it. Since this is not only insanely expensive (big equipment for big trees, then finding a suitable "donor" tree) but also highly likely to fail (a big tree like that isn't likely to survive the moving and transplanting), it's "base" value is much higher; so once the treble damages kick in, you can see judgements in the 6 figures pretty quick with just a few trees.

It's called the VTTrans bus, runs twice a day and operated in partnership with Greyhound and Amtrak for the last 9 years. Goes all the way from Colchester Park & Ride to Albany (including the Greyhound bus terminal and Rensselaer Amtrak station).

> They declined the city’s offer to tow the bus because the vehicle was in too poor condition to handle it, they said.

This tells me one of two things. Either the bus was in such poor shape that it absolutely should not have ever been on the road or that the owners knew if they made themselves a big enough nuisance that someone would "fix" the breakdown for them for free / cheaper than a service call.

Since the article also notes that a mechanic eventually showed up to prime the engine and get it moving again; I'm voting in favor of the latter, with the added kicker that the owners of the bus are idiots who should have their licenses revoked.

Running out of fuel in a diesel vehicle is certainly a bigger PITA than doing so with a gas car but getting a prime almost never takes more than 1 or wrench. Crack open the line on the fuel pump, crank engine until the bubbles stop coming out the the line. Tighten it, then do the same thing on your injectors*. Should take less than 10 minutes and is absolutely something every owner of a diesel should know how to do on their vehicle. 10 seconds on google gives you dozens of videos and articles showing you exactly how to do it.

* Technically most diesels you can get away with just cranking the engine in 30-40 second bursts given enough time for the starter to cool down between attempts but this is more abusive to the starter and depending on how badly you lost the prime you can kill your batteries before you actually get it started.

> they are giving away is in a jail cell

Considering most prisons you have to pay for the "privilege"; not even that is free anymore.