[PRCo] Re: Top 10 Reasons.......Replies

[Kenneth Josephson]

Ooops, Charlie...you're being too  vicious...thisi s a family site.....

Charles Brown wrote:

> Here are the top 10 reasons why this list has been so quiet lately:
>
> 10)  Drastic reduction in cost of accessing pornography sites.

Like the IRM Cleveland PCC and the PTM 1711 stripped to the frame for
rebuilding? (Hubba-hubba!)

> 9)  Nothing left to discuss except workcars and who wants to talk about
> those things???

Me. I love 'em! But we do that off list.....

> 8)  Transit Research Corporation patent rights on discussing PCC's has
> expired.

Well, then let's talk about Low Floors, High Floors, pre-PCC interurbans and
West Penn.

> 7)  Jim Holland has discovered religion, girls, or drinking.

Don't you think he's been that route? :-) As a veteran of "Uncle Sam's Canoe
Club", I'll bet he turned to trolleys to avoid that stuff. ;-)

> 6)  Shocking revelation that most PTM members prefer the New Orleans car
> over the Pittsburgh PCC's.

We can't all be Bruce Wells! :-)

> 5)  Ed Lybarger seen talking with directors of the new Electric City
> Trolley Museum about defecting to Scranton.

Believe me, with his common sense, they'd regret that! Especially if he
drags Fred the Third along to help!

> 4)  Television having the same effect on list members as it did on West
> Penn ridership.

What? Selling enough electricity to be able to afford to fight the
communities wanting to retain traction service? :-)

> 3)  Ken Josephson's daughter is kidnapped by rabid Milwaukee traction
> fans who demand that he only talk about TMER&L.

Believe me, my daughter would be safe around most of them (ouch-ouch
-OUCH!!!)

> 2)  Several list members killed when escalating disputes over photo
> locations turn deadly.

Or a mob from Brooklyn descended upon PTM to convince them of where the
first revenue production PCC ran.

> And the number one reason:
>
> 1)  Many list members switching over to the new Skybus discussion list.

They're giving away photos of John Dameron with a bull's eye over his face
to the first thirty subscribers.....