[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh-Some Place Special

[Fred Schneider]

Tha tis horrible, Mark.  In my era we had to be content with Sears Roebuck's
catalog.   (Not really true.  My father took a lot of pictures in burlesque
houses over the years by hiding a camera on his knee under the coat and then
choosing an aisle seat.  For summer use he later built a 35mm camera into one
barrel of a pair of binoculars.  I inherited that entire collection, but it never
was very well hidden.    I once found a how-too marrriage manual in his book
shelf.  When I opened it a 1930 Pittsburgh Railways sunday pass fell out.  I
never formally asked for it ... I just figured it was put there so he could tell
when I found the book ... so I assumed it now belonged to me.   fws

Macmarka at cs.com wrote:

> In a message dated 2/3/03 8:54:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> fschnei at supernet.com writes:
>
> <<  I remember going into the Smithfield St. store with my father >>
>     Just curious. Was this the same place that became "Smithfield News"?   I
> remember when I was 13 or 14 years old, I would hop on the 42/38 at Dormont
> Junct., play a few games of pinball at Smithfield News, then walk down to
> Fort Pitt Blvd. and take the 35 or 36 lines to the end of the line. Would
> always hope to get a motorman that knew me. That way, I'd get on for free.
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