[PRCo] Re: McKeesport

[Fred Schneider]

The sage from Lake Woebegone, Garrison Keilor,  once remarked that  
there were a lot of towns in Oregon that were unpronounceable so that  
the natives knew who to run out of the state when the sun set.    
Willamette as in Wi-LAMB-it River is one of them.

Perhaps, Jim, the cop was just following you to make certain that  
someone with California plates didn't overstay his welcome?    Next  
time you see an Oregon car in the Redwoods, you can send them back  
north.   <BG>

On Aug 27, 2006, at 6:34 PM, Jim Holland wrote:

> Fred Schneider wrote:
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>> It's particularly nice because it shows a gas station from before the
>> "slob in the box" era of gasoline marketing, back to when they were
>> called service stations and when you received service when you  
>> went there.
>
> .
> Oregon is still Full Serve  --  Self Serve against the law  --  they
> check oil and clean the windows.       Usually forget that when I  
> am up
> there  --  jump out of the car and prepare to pump gas and I Get
> Attention Very Fast!!       Basically very nice!
> .
> I don't view Self Serve as bad  --  just evolutionary process.
> Even many drugs are downgraded to OTC that were once prescription  --
> department stores are Mostly if not All Self-Serve  --  many other
> examples as well.
> .
> BE____Careful   on Oregon highways  --  highway patrol is Overly
> Enthusiastic.       Never received a ticket  (never got  
> caught??!!)  but
> had a cruiser follow me south on 101 - Coast Highway  --  considerable
> distance.       (((This is when I had my VW Diesel Camper  --  Great
> Torque but Horrible For Speed  --  had tractor trailers passing me
> UpGrade on Freeways  --  OFTEN!!!)))       Finally pulled off the road
> at Visitor Site and waited a spell  --  never saw cruiser again.
> .
> Others have also indicated that Oregon highway patrol is quite
> energetic.       CAlifornians are not well liked up there but I never
> really experienced problems.       L-o-n-g---Ago  I learned to say  
> I am
> from Pennsylvania  (I__AM!!)  --  not from CAlifornia!!!!!!!       Why
> the CA plates  --  Rental Car??       Beautiful State,  Oregon  --   
> Very
> Beautiful.
> .
> I was in a small Colorado town with one very small section that  
> could be
> considered  Yuppified.       Stopped in restaurant there and:::
> One person brought place setting
> Another One brought Water.
> Another One brought Menu.
> Another One served.
> Another One asked about dessert.
> .
> Gross Overkill in service!!!
> .
> .
> .
>
>> .......And we didn't even have a fancy name for it like
>> detailing.      It was simply vacuuming the seats and washing the
>> windows to get the tobacco off them.
>
> .
> Janitors  vs  Custodial  Engineers!!!!!!!
> .
> Not unlike Barbers // Haircuts.       Some are particular about their
> haircuts  --  that's fine.       I just like to walk in, get a  
> haircut,
> and leave.       Walked into   *_Barber___Shop_*    (so I thought)  in
> Burlingame and one barber was occupied, 3 others standing  
> there.       I
> was asked if I had an appointment?   """NO!"""       Each asked the
> other if they could accommodate me and one begrudgingly did  --
> NO--One  came into the shop while I was there.       Cheeze__Whiz!
> .
> .
> .
>
>>>> From: "Boris Cefer" <westinghouse at iol.cz>
>>>> Date: 2006/08/26 Sat AM 06:39:18 EDT
>>>> To: "PRCo" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>>>> Subject: [PRCo] McKeesport
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