[PRCo] Re: OT Boston

[Fred Schneider]

Or San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, or almost any other  
city.   As long as the money to pay for transit is controlled by  
politicians you can often expect the worst to happen.

On Apr 27, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Boris Cefer wrote:

> 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.
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