Biography

[Fred W. Schneider III]

I've got a class B CDL with passenger endorsement ... considered driving
bus after I retired ... something different in life ... after working
behind a desk, managing others,  trying to use gray matter, and taking work
home with me, the idea of something that is over when you lock up the bus
is appealing.  I gave up when I discovered that the local charter operators
pay about as much for drivers as McDonalds does for counter help.

Charles Brown wrote:

> OK, I'll throw in my two cents worth.  Since I'm the one with the least
> experience with PR, I'll keep it short.  This may even be off-topic.
>
> Born 1954 in Long Beach, CA, where I grew up in.  Lived in Cincinnati
> from 1972-75.  Heard that they had a subway there.  Went down to a
> station to check it out, waited for a train, but gave up after 3 years.
> Was in Frankfurt, Germany from 1976-79.  Came back to Long Beach and
> have been driving a bus for the local bus company since 1980.  My main
> reason for joining this group is part of a covert operation to kidnap
> everyone on the list, lock them in an abandoned Woolworth's basement in
> Fresno, and keep them there until they write the definitive 3+ volume
> history of Pittsburgh Railways with lots of maps, rosters, and
> ancedotes.  Failure to comply will result in a lifetime membership to
> the Orange Empire Railway Museum or getting run over by a speeding
> Greyhound bus.  Most people opt for the bus.
>
> Charlie
>
> Charlesebrown at webtv.net