Growing up in Pittsburgh

[Kenneth and Tracie Josephson]

"Dietrich, Robert J." wrote:

> Apologies but you guys started the off-topic stuff.
>
> My dad also had the cheap coal dumped on the front sidewalk, for the same
> reason.  But he didn't bother shoveling it into the basement, he gave me
> that privilege, err job.
>
> Never had a draft blower, they cost money; but I know we didn't use good
> coal because I had to haul the ashes/cinders/clinkers out.

Just in case anyone cares to know (this is waaaaayyyy off topic), residential &
business use of coal (both hand fired and stoker) was still prevalent in some
Southern Utah communities until just about four years ago. So was open wire
telephone line construction with crossarms, glass insulators, etc.

A new natural gas pipeline and population growth made both of these old
technologies recent memories. At least Salt lake City reintroduced electric rail
transit on the innermost section of the former Salt Lake-Orem-Provo right of
way.  Ken J.