Open Road

A Thai bus driver who made a fortune operating a fleet of luxury coaches now has his dream house. Samrauy Chuenchum’s four million baht (US$98,000) house is shaped like a double-decker bus. The two-storey, two-bedroom house outside Bangkok is 62 feet long and 13 feet wide, and includes a simulator with steering wheel so the house can be “driven”. His wife not only likes it, it was her idea. “He insisted on driving, and because he loved it so much, I told him to build our house like a bus,” she said. She is also a bus driver. (Reuters) ...Ralph Kramden, eat your heart out.