[PRCo] Re: OT Boston

[Boris Cefer]

I did not fail. I stirred up a hornet's nest because I wanted to see 
enthusiastic comments. What with these money-makers? Shoot them without 
witnesses :-)

We have been gradually experiencing the infection of brain cancer too... I 
can teel you in my language where today's world is going but I probably 
don't know the correct words or idioms to tell it in English. Some may thank 
God for that.

I think I understand the idiocy of Boston but it is very difficult to live 
with it. Thanks God, I do not live in Boston!

B

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 5:21 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: OT Boston


> Sorry Boris but you fail to understand the American legal system.  It
> is better to make sure windows don't open so public must keep arms,
> hands and all body parts inside.   Otherwise they would get knocked
> off by tree limbs and passing cars and then the victims or their
> parents or other family members would sue the MBTA for damages rather
> than accept the fact that they are stupid for hanging out the
> windows.  I don't think you were here long enough to observe the
> timing of legal advertisements on television ... they are generally
> broadcast during daytime hours when the indigent (lazy) are sitting
> around doing nothing but watching television.   It is generally a we
> will make you rich scheme.   If you were offended, see us and we will
> sue.   If you took the wrong medicine, see us and we will get a cash
> settlement for you.   If your doctor didn't make you better, come see
> the law offices of Catchem, Screwem, Twistem and Bindem.  It has made
> a lot of lawyers rich.   (And I know one member of this list is going
> to take offense at this.   I also know I'm planning a high school
> class reunion and we have one doctor who will not come if a certain
> lawyer, who makes his living suing doctors, does come.)     It is
> simpler for the transit agencies to seal the windows and air-
> condition the cars.   As a sidebar, I'm reminded of a suit in New
> Orleans that went against the New Orleans RTA about a year ago ... a
> kid fell out the window of a streetcar because the mother let him sit
> next to the window and climb out ... then she sued the RTA for
> allowing it to happen.    Come on now, who is negligent, the RTA for
> not putting safety bars on the window (converting the car into a
> jail) or the woman for not controlling her brat?   Well, we know the
> court sided with the woman.   She got big bucks.
>
> I would probably agree with you on the field shunting.  Boston had a
> lot of trouble in the 1960s and 1970s with resilient wheels on PCCs
> working loose.   One friend of mine suggested that they didn't have a
> clue how to torque the bolts.   The problem started after the
> Riverside line opened and cars began running much faster than they
> had previously.   I could research this through channels with friends
> but I suspect I would find out that the cutting down on the speed
> might have had a lot to do with not knowing, in the first place, how
> to keep resilient wheels tight.