[PRCo] Re: OT: Leeches (was: Aerotrain)

[Bob Rathke]

Don,

This was 1953-55, and I believe that the leeches were the live variety,
although I never saw them up close.

Bob 2/1/03

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----- Original Message -----
From: Donald Galt <galtfd at att.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 4:40 PM
Subject: [PRCo] OT: Leeches (was: Aerotrain)


>
> On 1 Feb 2003 at 13:00, Bob Rathke wrote:
>
> > In the center of the building was Hahn's Florist next to the fountain,
and
> > Olga Snyder's Used Book Stand.  And, of course Hite's Drug Store in the
> > northwest corner of the building - they had a good camera department (a
> > place for me to shop, but not buy much).  Hite's also had a hand-painted
> > sign in the pharmacy reading, "We have leeches".
> >
>
> Wow! ahead of his time, eh?
>
> A caution, though: The name "leech" was also given to an artificial blood-
> drawing apparatus. Could the sign perhaps have referred to one of these?
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