[PRCo] Re: Off subject mail

[mtoytrain at bellsouth.net]

Fred
WOW!    LOL - I never heard of the "motorman's friend"   need one on the interstates these days!

Jerry
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> From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> Date: 2006/08/02 Wed PM 05:05:33 EDT
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Off subject mail
> 
> Jerry:
> 
> Let me explain a little device called a Motorman's Friend.   It was a  
> leather pouch with straps to hold it to the operator's leg, and an  
> opening at the top through with a certain male appendage was inserted  
> at the beginning of the shift.  It could be emptied when a convenient  
> place was found.
> 
> I've never actually seen the advertisements for the Motorman's Friend  
> but I have been assured that they were sold in the industry.
> 
> I can also assure you that interurban motormen then, just as bus  
> drivers today, knew all the restaurants and dives where they could  
> run and and run back out.   And if necessary, you had to stop and  
> inspect the trolley pole out in the woods.
> 
> fws
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> On Aug 2, 2006, at 4:03 PM, <mtoytrain at bellsouth.net>  
> <mtoytrain at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> > Speaking of being dried up, no answer yet as far as bathroom  
> > facilities on interurban runs?
> >
> > Jerry M
> >>
> >> From: Jim Holland <prcopcc at p-r-co.com>
> >> Date: 2006/08/02 Wed PM 03:55:22 EDT
> >> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Off subject mail
> >>
> >> Fred Schneider wrote:
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> >>> For those who wonder if the list has dried up, this is posted  
> >>> just to
> >>> create the illusion of mail.
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> >> .
> >> Silence___IS___Golden!!!!!!!
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