We Have It Good!

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Rudeness is big business these days.  We have become a nation of partisans
rather than co-operators, of the quick buck instead of the long haul
investment, and we're worse off for it.

Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
[mailto:owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org]On Behalf Of Kenneth
Josephson
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 3:07 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: We Have It Good!


The following is from an exchange concerning problems on another transit
discusion
list. I am passing it along to show how good we have it on our list. Let's
not take
the Western Pennsylvania trolley list for granted. Ken J.

> >Lately he has ruled with an iron fist on these group lists.  Some
> > people are losing patience with him.  These are people who have been on
these
> > lists for a long time.  These are senior citizens who own their own,
very
> > expensive, conversion coaches.
>
> For some reason, the Western Pennsylvania traction list is rather polite
and
> generally stays on topic. Some of us digress from time to time. Some
members are
> serious students of the topic, others are chatty and gossipy (like me.)
There
> are doses of humor and reality checks. Derrick seems to be a rather laid
back list
>
> moderator. His gentle reminders are few and far between.
>
> Like the PTM itself, this group is friendly, helpful and mature. I do not
know
> why other discussion lists have problems with rudeness, etc.