[PRCo] Fwd: Re: Re: 1600-1700 comparison

[John Swindler]

Actually, Fred, I picked up that line from you.  After all, why be original 
when plagiarism is so much easier......

But the perfect rebuttal was your former secretary's reply...... (:>)


As long as the subject has been somewhat changed, one observation (hmmmm, is 
there a pun here??) from CTA bus driving days is that frequently (well, 
maybe once a week) had to make a major adjustment to the inside rear view 
mirrors when making a on-street relief.  And it wasn't the younger bus 
drivers, but the older drivers that seemed to have the rear view mirror 
adjusted to knee level of the first cross seat behind the driver's seat.  
Not many - just a few - but enough to take notice.

Anyway, have been taking advantage of Derrick's offer to send people on 
vacation.  (thank you, Derrick)

John



>From: Fred Schneider <fschnei at supernet.com>
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org, j_swindler at hotmail.com
>Subject: Re: [PRCo] Re: 1600-1700 comparison
>Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 13:59:42 -0500
>
>It's a shame John Swindler is no longer on the list.  So I'll quote one of 
>his
>lines for him.  It is spoken slowly while drooling.
>
>"You can't beat youth."
>
>Ken & Tracie wrote:
>
> > "Dietrich, Robert J." wrote:
> >
> > > I also much preferred  the bench seats, especially during the great
> > > mini-skirt era. Of course I always sat across the isle.
> >
> > Hoo-ha! :-) You tell, 'em, Bob! I never rode a Pittsburgh PCC during 
>that era,
> > but I remember riding transit elsewhere and getting the finest view in 
>the
> > house, er, bus. :-)
> >
> > I do remember one incident, July 4, 1982. We were riding the 42/38 in a 
>1700,
> > I believe the U of P car. The motorman's girlfriend was riding with him. 
>She
> > was wearing painted on jeans, had a gorgeous, pear shaped "seat 
>cushion",
> > incredibly long legs and spent the entire trip from Mt. Lebanon to 
>Downtown
> > standing next to the guy, bent over his shoulder. My girlfriend, Cindy, 
>and I
> > were in the seat directly behind the single fan seat near the front 
>door.
> > Cindy was too terrified of the trestles to notice I was enjoying an 
>equally
> > spectacular view.
> >
> > K.


_________________________________________________________________
Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online  
http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963