[PRCo] Re: 94 Sharpsburg - 62nd Street Bridge

[Ken & Tracie]

Good to "hear" from you, Don. I truly miss your wit and insight! :-)

K.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Galt" <galtfd at att.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 2:11 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: 94 Sharpsburg - 62nd Street Bridge


> On 5 Mar 2005 at 8:28, Ken & Tracie wrote:
>
>> Sounds like Milwaukee. People used to say the 27th Street Viaduct was the
>> longest bridge in the world....it connected Germany to Poland! :-)
>>
>
> Wow! as impressive as a bridge connecting the US and Canada.
>
> The cultural chasm between Germany and Poland, on the other hand - in the 
> era
> of those immigrants to Milwaukee, at any rate - no bridge could ever span.
>
> You want an impressive work of man, try the Great Northern tunnel in 
> Seattle,
> stretching from Maine to Virginia.
>
> Actually, I lie. It runs from Main Street to Virginia Street. The joke 
> works
> only in the spoken version - or in writing only if you attach the 
> alternate
> spelling in the manner of a French-language pun.
>
> Don
>
>
>