[PRCo] Re: Off to see the Wizzard

Fred Schneider fwschneider at comcast.net
Tue Jan 30 11:08:54 EST 2007 

There are some places on the planet that I need to agree are less  
than stunning in beauty.   Chester has gone down hill.   It is sort  
of the eastern equivalent of Watts or South L. A.    You've got me John.

But they [those cities] will be back.      Here comes the gospel  
according to Fred ...    As the Chinese and the Indians bid up the  
price of fossil fuels, those of us who can afford $10, then 15, then  
20 a gallon gasoline and heating oil will travel and be warm.     
There will be a premium on compact homes, apartments, condominiums.   
The cities will come back, perhaps not in our lifetimes but I suspect  
in the lifetimes of our grandchildren ... and they will see huge  
suburban homes as a something that will be very difficult to sell.    
I can imagine heating homes by some other means (electric heat from  
hydro generation for example) but I cannot imagine people going great  
distances in automobiles.

On Jan 30, 2007, at 10:42 AM, John Swindler wrote:

>
>
> I vaguely recall we also ended up in beautiful downtown Chester  
> (:>), trying
> to identify some photo locations.  I'm guessing the Broad and Erie  
> stop was
> also to verify a photo location.  There was a time when it probably  
> was a
> safe/nice neighborhood.  Wasn't it also a Saturday morning - before  
> the
> locals would be out in force??
>
> John
>
>
>> From: "Bob Dietrich" <bdietrich at comcast.net>
>> Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>> CC: "'Richard Allman MD'" <allmanr at einstein.edu>
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Off to see the Wizzard
>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:55:14 -0500
>>
>> 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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