[PRCo] Re: Big Snow "Correction"

[raymond at nauticom.net]

>Ah, but the 1950s had the most stylish automobiles. Gotta love those fins!!

Ray



 Jerry:
>
> Like me, you were probably too young to recognize what was happening
> in the 1950s.   The golden calf had already been slaughtered.
> Pittsburgh's prime ended in 1949 when we caught up to the post World
> War II demand for goods and then the slow decline began.   Remember
> in the early 1950s how people used to remark that the Japanese and
> Germans were good copiers and immitators?   And then in 1953 the
> Germans began dumping those silly looking Beetles on us.   Most of us
> just didn't understand what was happening at the time.    Now we
> know.   The smoke was terrible but the best years for Pittsburgh
> might just have been 1942-1948.   Everyone who wanted a job had one,
> and good jobs at that.
>
> Fred
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> PS   That ought to stir up a few comments!!!!
>
> I might catch up to them from Florida.   Bye guys.
>
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> On Jan 9, 2006, at 9:15 AM, <mtoytrain at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>> James
>>
>> I would probably never move back to the Donora of today, but to
>> live back and experience the
>> Leave It to Beaver, the Ozzie and Harriet, or the Mayberry living
>> in the 1950s yes, however, if I could
>> find a nice spot near the "T" in South Hills, Mt. Lebanon, Bethel
>> Park area yes.   I would at this time be thrilled to be active in
>> helping PTM in whatever way I could.   If there ever was a "Golden"
>> decade to be living in the US of A it definitely was the FIFTIES!
>>
>> Jerry Matsick
>>>
>>> From: "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
>>> Date: 2006/01/09 Mon AM 09:02:47 EST
>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Big Snow "Correction"
>>>
>>> mtoytrain at bellsouth.net wrote:
>>> .
>>>
>>>> .......i will take a snow storm over these nasty Hurricanes here in
>>>> Florida.
>>>>
>>>> Jerry Matsick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jerry "Matt" Matsick <><
>>>
>>> .
>>> So  .......  You  ARE  Moving  Back  To  Donora,  Yes?!?!
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Jim__Holland
>>>
>>>
>>> I__Like__Ike.......And__PCCs!!
>>>
>>> down with pantographs ---- UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!!!!!
>>>
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