Free bus rides in St. Paul, and more

Last spring, Freddy Jackson, an unemployed hotel concierge in St. Paul, Minn., bought an old junkyard bus for $2,000.

Free bus rides in St. Paul

Last spring, Freddy Jackson, an unemployed hotel concierge in St. Paul, Minn., bought an old junkyard bus for $2,000. He fixed it up, and now drives around the Twin Cities giving free rides to people at bus stops. “My grandpa died last February and left me a little inheritance,” Jackson says. “So I decided to blow some of it on this new hobby.” He offers free coffee and encourages singalongs. “One guy tried to stick a $100 bill in my shirt pocket just to help cover the gas,” he said. “I told him Grandpa is covering the gas.”

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