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

Mon Jan 29 15:18:46 EST 2007

Hi Fred

It wasn't a railfan trip - and it wasn't a history trip.  It was a 'enjoy 
the scenery' trip.  Yes, I did make sure we 'stumbled' across Lowell, but 
that sufficed for the historic site visit.  But I also made sure we avoided 
three New England trolley museums and Boston.

As for Baa Haabaa, where else does McDonald's sell "McLobster" burgers.

As for FDR, he had the sense to realize that Einstein was telling him 
something that might be significant, even if he didn't understand it.  And 
acted accordingly.  Otherwise it might be a far different world today, and 
many of us probably would not be here.  And he won that fourth term 
primarily because Dewey put his country above his ambitions, and keep his 
mouth shut, something that can not be said for the Republican congressmen of 
that time.

John

>From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Belize, Calcutta, Caribbean, Phoenix and so forth
>Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:06:25 -0500
>
>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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