Posted on 07/29/2009 11:38:01 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
A cat has become such a well-known user of a Devon bus service that its drivers know where to let him off.
Casper has been queuing with other passengers to get the number three service from his home in Plymouth for months, bus company First said.
It added that he often sat in the queue and then quietly padded on board and curled up on a seat for the ride.
Casper's owner Susan Finden, 55, who picked him from a rescue home in 2002, said he had always been a free spirit.
Mrs Finden said she named her pet after Casper the Friendly Ghost, as he has a habit of wandering off.
A spokesman for First said that drivers had been bussing Casper around for months, but Mrs Finden said she had only just found out about his use of public transport.
The care worker said: "He'd always go off and have a wander.
"Once I had to walk a mile-and-a-half with a cat basket to bring him back from a car park.
"He does love people, and I don't know what the attraction is but he loves big vehicles like lorries and buses."
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An Amtrak employee wouldn’t go to the can without a triple-signed, union-approved work order.
Actually, I did a short trip on Amtrak recently, and Police Officers with their K-9s did a sweep of the train. Not the same as a *bus company* that looks out for a kitty as he makes his rounds!
Sweet story. Good people. Beautiful, lovable boycat.
I’ve got to give the Brits credit. No matter how they get pummeled by their government, they manage to live their lives doing their own thing.<<<<<<<<<
Yes, I love how she says that Casper liked to “go off and have a wander”. They have a picturesque way of describing things.
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