[PRCo] Re: Compassion!

[Jerry Matt Matsick]

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From:Jerry "Matt" Matsick 
Jacksonville, Florida

Fred, my good man, you are still in my prayers and thoughts and
when we (those over 65) are getting to the end of the trolley line, enjoy each day and make the best of it,  I am hoping that my health will permit me to travel with Mark for the PTM November gathering.


-------------- Original message from Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>: -------------- 


> I saw this from Herb and mistakenly thought it was to me based on 
> earlier correspondence.... 
> 
> So now all of you know the gory details. And I guess idiocy runs in 
> the family because I didn't look closely to see that it came through 
> dementia. Mea culpa. 
> 
> On Oct 9, 2007, at 3:11 PM, Fred Schneider wrote: 
> 
> > Herb: 
> > 
> > There is a rather crazy member of the museum that sleeps there. 
> > There is no way on God's green earth that I would stay in the same 
> > caboose with that character. I am not prejudiced about people by 
> > race, ethnicity, national origin, etc., but I reserve the right to 
> > dislike certain individuals just because they are stranger than 
> > fiction. 
> > 
> > By the way, they say that trouble comes in threes and I hope the 
> > count began with my wife's stroke and the third strike hit last 
> > weekend. I really don't want to see another one after this last 
> > weekend. 
> > 
> > Oh, you'd like to hear about it? 
> > 
> > Well, I popped in on my granddaughter yesterday. She was a little 
> > sullen. I asked where her live in lover was, i.e. the father of my 
> > great grandchild. Amyne Mohammed, it turns out, didn't understand 
> > the song lyrics that go, "You gotta know when to hold, and know when 
> > to fold." He didn't fold. He made the mistake of drinking in a 
> > rural, small town bar in northern Lancaster County. Why, I haven't 
> > a clue. Some other men (idiots, maybe) called him a nigger. He 
> > decided they were fare game and tried to punch out their lights. I 
> > guess that worked in a black neighborhood in Philadelphia where he 
> > came from but not in white suburbia. Probably no one will remember 
> > the hate crime that precipitated it but they will remember Amyne's 
> > fists. He is now in Lancaster County Prison in default of $200,000 
> > bail which Shannon doesn't have. She also cannot afford an 
> > attorney. I'm fighting my wife so I really cannot afford any 
> > additional attorney bills. I suggested that since the provocation 
> > was a hate crime, Shannon should perhaps start by calling the ACLU 
> > and see if they can find a pro-bono attorney. Of course it gets 
> > worse. He was the stay at home dad while she worked as a nurses 
> > aide to pay the bills including the mortgage and try to put herself 
> > through an RN program, which is actually pretty awesome for a 19-year 
> > old whose father refuses to pay a dime. 
> > 
> > She said she can't go to Grandma because she "will probably have a 
> > nervous breakdown." I can see her stone drunk over it. And she 
> > can't go to her mom (my daughter) because she is the other alcoholic 
> > in the family. 
> > 
> > I'm really glad, Herb, that Marie's father isn't living to see 
> > this. It would kill the man to see this. He was the opposite 
> > pole ... a self made man who rose to be one of the highest regarded 
> > thorasic surgeons in Lancaster County in spite of an Italian 
> > background at a time when the German's did not suffer Italians 
> > gladly. His father's surgical partner was my school board president 
> > back in the 1950s. 
> > 
> > I understand my wife has been doing a lot of crying over this. The 
> > museum is probably coming out the winner because they are going to 
> > wind up with my collection long before I die in order to protect 
> > it. I understand that Ed Lybarger and John Swindler are going to 
> > spend six days packing it while I'm in Europe and then the museum 
> > president, who just happens to own a moving and storage company, will 
> > haul the archives, the darkroom, and the shop machinery to PTM. 
> > Then I guess we can dissolve the marriage and sell the house. 
> > 
> > Of course, if she has been crying, why did she start all this? 
> > 
> > Fred 
> > 
> > On Oct 9, 2007, at 4:32 AM, Herb Brannon wrote: 
> > 
> >> Is the 'caboose' at PTM available for rental ?? That would actually 
> >> be a fun place to stay. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 10/8/07 --- Cleveland Indians-6 New York Yankees-4 
> >> 
> >> Thanks Cleveland Indians For A Great Win -- Now, On To Boston 
> >> For Another Victory 
> >> GO TRIBE 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> "Edward H. Lybarger" wrote: 
> >> No one has made reservations here yet! 
> >> 
> >> Race Track Road area has a Holiday Inn, a Comfort Inn and a brand-new 
> >> Hampton Inn. 
> >> Murtland Avenue area has a Motel 6 and a smallish Hampton Inn. 
> >> Off Route 19 by Wal-Mart is a Spring Hill Suites. 
> >> W Chestnut Street interchange area has a Red Roof Inn, a Ramada Inn 
> >> and a 
> >> Days Inn, plus a new Comfort Suites. 
> >> Near the Canonsburg exit there is a Super 8. 
> >> Off the Southpointe exit is a Hilton Garden Inn. 
> >> 
> >> So there's something for all tastes and finances. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message----- 
> >> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org 
> >> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of 
> >> Bob 
> >> Dietrich 
> >> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 9:04 AM 
> >> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
> >> Subject: [PRCo] November get-together 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Our planned get-together is but a few weeks away and I haven't heard 
> >> anything about making room accommodations. Have you folks made 
> >> arrangements 
> >> other than staying at Ed's place? If so please clue me in. If not 
> >> should 
> >> we try to get into the same place? How many of us need rooms? I 
> >> know there 
> >> are a few places on Race Track Road, I can call for rates. Any other 
> >> suggestions? 
> >> 
> >> Bob 
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> >> Herb Brannon 
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