[PRCo] Re: Fwd: Re: Off to see the Wizzard
Richard Allman
allmanr at verizon.net
Thu Feb 1 23:55:06 EST 2007
thanks, Mark-Rich works for me!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark McGuire" <macmarka at netzero.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 8:39 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fwd: Re: Off to see the Wizzard
> Welcome aboard Richard! "ding ding"
>
> Or should we call you Rich?
>
> -- "Richard Allman MD" <allmanr at einstein.edu> wrote:
> count me in , Derrick! THANKS! To correct my bio, I have been an
> employed physician since 1984. From 1984-92, was director of the
> Internal Medicine residency program @ Bryn Mawr Hospital, and since
> 1992, have been @ Albert Einstein Medical Center in North
> Philadelphia,
> where I am a member of the clinical faculty in the divisions of
> General
> Internal Medicine and Rheumatology clinical ethics consultant,
> associate
> residency program director, medical staff president, and associate
> professor of medicine @ Jefferson Medical College. I try to hurry home
> from work for the days's major activity, -trolleying!BEST will be to
> direct to my home email allmanr at verizon.net THANKS!! RICH
>
>>>> Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net> 01/31/07 7:29 PM >>>
> You want to be part of the Pittsburgh Railways mailing list, you tell
>
> God. God is Derrick Brashear .... address is shadow at dementia.org.
>
> The list started out as a Pittsburgh Railways and southwestern
> Pennsylvania trolley fans list. We have one member who used to try
> to police it ... even he has given up recently. It has more or less
>
> turned into a group of friends ... railfan friends ... who all have a
>
> love for Pittsburgh Railways, West Penn Railways, some like
> Johnstown, some like Wheeling or Monongahela West Penn or
> Steubenville and from there it can sometimes get really off list.
> We had a long discussion last weekend about how essential it is to
> speak Spanish if you want to drive a bus in Cleveland. Oh, did I
> forget to tell you, I think the list was expanded to include
> Cleveland by popular demand. So, if you want in, just tell Derrick.
>
> Derrick is a young man ... computer geek ... started the list in
> order to find out more about trolleys. He is also interested in
> industrial archeology of steel mills. I want to think Derrick is in
>
> his late 20s but he has to have moved into his early 30s by now
> because I'm later than I want to admit. He lives in Pittsburgh.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: "Richard Allman MD" <AllmanR at einstein.edu>
>> Date: January 31, 2007 1:28:54 PM EST
>> To: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Re: Off to see the Wizzard
>>
>> I can't post on that list-guess I have either been blackballed or
> else
>> have never learned the secret handshake. Yeah, either cut the
> sticker
>> off or previously, just use the T sticker as long as possible. The
>> trick
>> was pay one month's premium, get the sticker, then cancel the
>> policy-maybe it still is. Why should the locals have insurance? I
>> have
>> enough for all of them...!
>>
>>>>> Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net> 01/31/07 11:13 AM >>>
>> Either I didn't know anyone could post on the Derrrick's list or I
>> didn't know my old buddy Rich was a member but I think the good
>> physician outranks Fred3 when it comes to cynicism. I guess that
>> comes from working every day at a hospital in the bowels of North
>> Philadelphia. Rich, you forgot mentioning having to carry your
>> car's license plate inside the car to prevent having it stolen.
>> Philadelphians know that there is a clause in the state's motor
>> vehicle code (or a regulation) that allows people from that part of
>> the state the liberty of protecting their license stickers. You
>> cannot get a license renewal in Pennsylvania without insurance and
>> third-party insurance in Philadelphia is so expensive that many
>> resort to cutting the corner stickers off other people's license
>> plates or stealing the whole plates. I've counted as many as three
>> cars in one block on Chestnut Street one morning with the corners
> cut
>>
>> out of plates.
>>
>> On Jan 31, 2007, at 8:12 AM, Richard Allman MD wrote:
>>
>>> you know what your problem is, Bob D.? You fail to perceive the
>> inner
>>> beauty of N. Phila! The bright sunshine reflecting off a knife just
>>> before someone rams it into someone else, the chirp of birds
>>> punctuated
>>> by gunfire,two friends greeting each other while one slips a crack
>>> vile
>>> into the other's hand, the leafy trees and the burned up cars, the
>>> flowers with someone under the influence vomiting on them. I could
>>> go on
>>> and on, but bottom line,sometimes you've just gotta stop and smell
>> the
>>> roses(or is it the cocaine?!). Back to Paradise!
>>>
>>>>>> "Bob Dietrich" <bdietrich at comcast.net> 01/30/07 9:55 AM >>>
>>> Yea, but Allman thinks that is such a nice area he goes there every
>>> day!!!
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>>> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
>>> John
>>> Swindler
>>> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 7:43 PM
>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Off to see the Wizzard
>>>
>>>
>>> I was visualizing of our extremely brief visit to Broad and Erie
>> with
>>> Rich
>>> Allman.
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>>>> Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Off to see the Wizzard
>>>> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:37:05 -0500
>>>>
>>>> But there are parts of North Philly ... Chestnut Hill in
>>>> particular ... that are just crowded with houses built before we
>>>> separated from England and became a nation in our own right.
> They
>>>> are truly worth the time for a "look see" as my father used to
> say.
>>>>
>>>> But let's bring it back on track. Isn't it a beautiful sight,
>>>> driving in Freeport Road or Route 28 and watching downtown
>> Pittsburgh
>>>> unfold ahead of you at night. Or even more dramatic, burst out
> of
>>>> the Fort Pitt Tunnel at night and suddenly there is Pittsburgh.
>> It
>>>> has the same impact as perhaps the Empire State Building or the
>>>> Golden Gate.
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 29, 2007, at 3:33 PM, John Swindler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Fred once made the comment that it is impossible to take a bad
>>>>> (meaning not
>>>>> scenic) picture in Switzerland. Never been there, but it is easy
>>>>> to agree
>>>>> with that assessment. North Philly, on the other hand... (:>)
>>>>>
>>>>> In between, yes, there is a lot to see - and to paraphase Lake
>>>>> Woebegone,
>>>>> most of it is above average. (I think we are saying the same
>>>>> thing, Fred)
>>>>> The older I get, the more I appreciate the journey. And yes, the
>>>>> ride on
>>>>> BritRail north from Stirling was more enjoyable then Inverness.
>>>>>
>>>>> Still haven't figured out how to capture western scenery on film.
>>>>> Perhaps
>>>>> impossible to do it justice.
>>>>>
>>>>> John
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>>>>>> Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>>>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>>>>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Off to see the Wizzard
>>>>>> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:20:13 -0500
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Of course all our opinions about what is or is not beautiful are
>>>>>> personal opinions. If someone were to ask me what was the
>>> nicest
>>>>>> place I've ever been, I would probably say EVERYWHERE. Just
>>> open
>>>>>> your eyes. The whole world is pretty if you simply approach it
>>> with
>>>>>> an open mind.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I once thought Texas was ugly but that was probably because I
> was
>>> 19
>>>>>> years old and missed the green landscape of home. I probably
>>> also
>>>>>> missed my family and disliked the Army. Time has a way of
>>> changing
>>>>>> one's perspective. The stark landscape of the Guadlupe peaks
> in
>>>>>> West Texas are absolutely stunning. The pine forests of
>>>>>> southeastern Texas are equally pretty in their own way. The
>>>>>> thousand miles of corn and wheat fields of the heartland of
>>> America
>>>>>> need to be seen to be appreciated ... perhaps over and over by
>>>>>> car ... journey after journey ... until the beauty sinks in.
>>> I've
>>>>>> last count how many times I've driven across the Great Plains
> and
>>> I'm
>>>>>> looking forward to doing it again this summer. We should all
>>> drive
>>>>>> the Pacific Coast from Canada to Mexico before we die ... the
>>>>>> Redwoods ... the old homes in places like Eureka ... the bottle
>>> brush
>>>>>> cactus blooming along the California coast ... Hearst Castle at
>>> San
>>>>>> Simeon ... it's all breathtaking. The wilds of the Scottish
>>>>>> Highlands are also beautiful (and John Swindler , I know would
>>>>>> agree). And who could argue against including the Bernese
>>> Oberland
>>>>>> in Switzerland. And maybe I'll even get to see an elephant in
>>> Tibet
>>>>>> someday.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And yes, Ed, a dozen alligators sunning themselves in the
>>> Everglades
>>>>>> are worth a picture too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 28, 2007, at 7:29 PM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It isn't obligatory do any of the things Fred mentioned while
>>>>>>> cruising. We
>>>>>>> don't. And you can see the same things he'd like to see for a
>>> lot
>>>>>>> less than
>>>>>>> land tour prices.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> P.S. Alaska's not nearly as beautiful as Yosemite National
>>> Park!
>>>>>>> But we
>>>>>>> wouldn't have learned that unless we had gone.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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