[PRCo] Re: Belize, Calcutta, Caribbean, Phoenix and so forth

[Fred Schneider]

The nice thing about Baa Haabaa is what is naath of thaar.   The  
tourists seem to die out at Bar Harbor and it becomes a lot more  
civilized to the north.   Did you ever take the time to see Franklin  
D. Roosevelt's summer home on Campebello Island, New Brunswick, just  
across the water from Maine.... a good half day north of Bar Harbor.   
It was where he developed polio.  I think he only went back once.

I've been fascinated by FDR because he had the ability, over and over  
and over, to say what I tried didn't work, now let's try something  
else.  Perhaps that was the single most important reason why the  
public elected the man for four consecutive terms.    I don't think  
he would have stubbornly "stayed the course" in Iraq.    It's  
intriguing too that he was raised in wealth and served his country as  
a Democrat.   His wife was quite an integrationist for her time.    I  
wonder if he had lived long enough, would he have converted the  
military to an integrated service instead of Harry Truman????    
Whoever, I owe them thanks for opening my eyes.

Damn, that's about as far as you can get from Pittsburgh trolleys.

On Jan 29, 2007, at 10:08 AM, John Swindler wrote:

>
> Hi Fred
>
> Carol and I don't exclude places just because there are no rail  
> lines.  It's
> not our top priority.  But it is also nice to know what exists just  
> in case
> one is in the area. (where there are some rail lines)  For example,  
> during a
> recent holiday in New Hampshire, it was nice to know that a tourist  
> line
> exists at Bellows Falls.  And if traveling towards Bar Harbor, if  
> Lowell
> just happens to get in the way....
>
> Everyone on this list has a rail interest.  It's just the emphasis  
> that
> varies.
>
> John
>
>
>
>> From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>> Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Subject: [PRCo] Belize, Calcutta, Caribbean, Phoenix and so forth
>> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:54:45 -0500
>>
>> But British Honduras (oops, Belize) doesn't have a subway or light
>> rail, do they?   I wish these countries wouldn't keep changing their
>> names.   I still have not put new names in my mind on all those
>> places in Africa that I used to understand in high school.
>>
>> Actually I don't know when I will get back to the Caribbean.   There
>> are trolleys still running in Calcutta (Kolkati), India that have my
>> name on them ... one doesn't go to India in the summer.   Remember
>> the old line, "Only Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday
>> sun."      And the Phoenix light rail opens early next year.   And
>> the Caribbean is another place you don't want to go in the summer.
>> My schedule for next winter is getting pretty crowded.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 28, 2007, at 6:06 PM, John Swindler wrote:
>>
>>> Gosh, Fred.  I've been telling you that since 1995 about the
>>> Carribean.
>>> Carol and I have made fled the northeast winter weather 6-7 times
>>> so far.
>>> We also enjoyed a day trip to the rain forest on our last winter
>>> break.
>>> That was part of a cruise out of Norfolk.
>>>
>>> Should try Belize sometime.  They haven't discovered tourists to
>>> quite the
>>> extent as other places.
>>>
>>> John (:>)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>>>> Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: McKeesport_--_WP_-&-_PRCo
>>>> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:16:04 -0500
>>>>
>>>> Go to San Juan, its hot.  I'll bet the beaches in Brazil are torrid
>>>> in more than one way.
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 28, 2007, at 6:18 AM, Derrick J Brashear wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007, Jim Holland wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> May I be the first to observe that this is an Absurdly High Death
>>>>>> Rate
>>>>>> --  Even for All PRCo!!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Blame has nothing to do with cause. Pointing fingers is free,  
>>>>> easy,
>>>>> and
>>>>> requires no proof.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, I'm going to walk downstairs, out the door, into the 22
>>>>> degree
>>>>> weather and snow and get on the subway to go get lunch.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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