[PRCo] Re: PRC Roster

[Fred W. Schneider III]

Jim Holland wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Fred W. Schneider III wrote:
> 
> >> I have been typing a generalized roster for you fellows ... numbers,
> >> builder, year built, car type, general information on apparatus and
> >> changes thereto, generalized scrap dates (not specific by car but often
> >> first, last, and majority).
> 
>         This is already in Tom's booklet - most of us on this list have Tom's
> book and thus have this information!

I'M SORRY BUT BEFORE YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU HAVE, READ WHAT YOU ARE GOING
TO GET. OK?  
> 
> >> For that reason many cartographers put insignificant mistakes in their
> >> maps in order to prove in court that someone ripped them off.)
> 
>         I can see a commercial venture doing this (I know SF Muni does it with
> their maps) but not a very informal railfan listing such as this -
> doesn't make sense to put in errors when enough already exist!
> 
> > Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> 
> > -hates inaccuracy as over time if enough people believe the wrong
> > something it can become gospel whether your work was "copied" or not
> > -and now back to work, since my deliberate inaccuracies, er, bugs, are
> > causing problems
> 
>         I have similar feelings, Derrick, but as humans, we are perpetually
> trapped with inaccuracies - part of our  *in*--human nature.  But I
> don't like those made on purpose!!  Definitely with you there!!<G>
> 
> --
> James B. Holland
> 
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