[PRCo] Re: "Fred we are behind you!"

[Jerry Matt Matsick]

Fred
Sorry to hear of the "troubled" times and  you will be in my prayers!    Just remember God is good, all the time!
He will give you strength to carry on!    I have enjoyed and will continue to look forward to your great and 
"lively" emails and history of our beloved PRCo.
Jerry M
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Jerry "Matt" Matsick 
Jacksonville, Florida


-------------- Original message from "Boris Cefer" <westinghouse at iol.cz>: -------------- 


> Fred, I felt something because your contributions were being sent from the 
> comcast web and not from your e-mail program (was it Outlook?). Tell us 
> about your plans for the future! What about moving closer to PTM? 
> 
> B 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: 
> To: 
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 5:50 PM 
> Subject: [PRCo] Welcome Phil. 
> 
> 
> > Phil and the rest of you: 
> > Fred isn't gun shy about the list. Some of you know what has happened to 
> > Fred and some don't. Fred was evicted from his home two weeks ago by his 
> > wife of 37 years under court order. He is now living in an apartment and 
> > finding out who his friends and enemies are. He just can't routinely 
> > participate. He is trying to buy furniture, pots, pans, got to court 
> > appointments, the normal routine doctors appointments, and try to keep a 
> > decent mental outlook. 
> > 
> > Some of you guys like Bob and Mark and Rich Allman and Ken and Herb knew 
> > about it off list. 
> > 
> > So far he has found some wonderful friends. His heartfelt thanks go out 
> > to his long time friend Ed Lybarger who drove from Pittsburgh dragged most 
> > of his clothes and computers out of the house last weekend. I expect to 
> > have the computer on line Monday afternoon. In the meantime, the manager 
> > at the Travelodge where I stayed for two weeks is generous enough to allow 
> > me to pop in from time to time and check my e-mails. There are also some 
> > wonderful people in my church and some great people on my high school 50th 
> > class reunion committee who have been very non judgemental. 
> > 
> > But Fred doesn't have access to the route cards, his photo files or 
> > anything else. However, his bride did tell Ed that she understands that 
> > I wanted everything to eventually go to the PTM library and she doesn't 
> > plan to make that an issue. But there are psychological issues ... when 
> > you can't use the files, have no cable connected, etc., etc., etc. ... 
> > it's hard to do much in the evening except curl up and go to sleep. 
> > 
> > More often than not I find myself at a local Chinese restaurant that I'm 
> > been patronizing for more than 20 years because I have always felt like 
> > part of the family ... a place where I don't sit with the regular 
> > customers but with the owners and the waiters. I remember the day when I 
> > ordered something totally off the wall and the owner came out of the 
> > kitchen to find out who ordered it before wasting stock making it, his 
> > wife pointed to me, and he muttered, "Oh, he's half Chinese anyway." I 
> > took it as a compliment. They help to keep my spirits up. Mama called 
> > me Pop the last night. Smiled. Said I'm her family. The people at 
> > the local Indian restaurant are just as nice. 
> > 
> > OK guys. I always said we were friends on this list. So this blather 
> > has nothing to do with Pittsburgh Railways. It just has to do with one 
> > of us on a downer. 
> > 
> > Life will get better. It always does. And it's a lot better today than 
> > it was two weeks ago. This is really an after the fact explanation of 
> > why I haven't been as active on the list. 
> > 
> > Now, Phil, tell us about yourself. 
> > 
> > Fred Schneider 
> 
>