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on the last night my friend Tamara was to be in Mongolia, we decided to meet for a chat at the “Café Amsterdam” downtown. i thought i’d take the bus instead of a taxi even though i was running a little late and it was somewhere around -20 outside. as far as i knew, the ride was going smoothly, but suddenly the bus stopped in the middle of traffic. the driver then climbed out of his seat holding a skinny little wrench in his hand and then exited the bus. moments later he was back inside the bus still holding his skinny little wrench. and there we sat for about 5 minutes in the middle of traffic while he revved the engine a dozen or so times. eventually, we started moving again and the rest of the ride went fine.

i’d really like to know what the driver did with that skinny little wrench.