[PRCo] Realist

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

From: Schneider Fred <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org;
Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 6:10:03 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: PRC book


Philip, we may not agree on everything.   We may often
agree on little.   But I have found that you do read news
magazines.   You are pessimistic.   I guess I am too.
You said the following:

> (I hope I am wrong but I expect the economy to get
> much worse;  what others say is the end to the
> recession 'could' be just a breather before more
> problems present themselves.


Mr.Schneider;

You mislabel me  (I can't speak for you.)  At the very beginning
of the above quote I state that  "I hope I am wrong..."
this hardly makes me a pessimist does it.  'Realist'  is far more
appropriate.  Life has both positives and negatives doesn't it.
Recognizing the negatives is hardly pessimistic is it.


Re: PRC book:

	* You defined your interest  - that is fine.
	* I defined an interest  (after being asked) - this is just as fine.
	* Anyone  can define another personal interest - equally fine.
	* Contents of this book 'are' strictly preference.
	* It is 'not' a matter of right / wrong.
	* It is 'not' a matter of agreeing / disagreeing.
I cringed when the book topic surfaced because I am very well aware
of the associated drudgery regardless of interest by the author.
I made this perfectly plain in my email yet you preach as if
no one in this world could understand the same.  I myself would
not ask for a PRC book;  I did respond when asked about
'preferences.'

You took my roster comments totally out of context but that seems
to be your 'MO' as I have observed before and above, again.  Rosters
'are' an integral part of trolleys but not the whole;  without the equipment
we lack a transit system which then cancels any and all perceived
needs for a book doesn't it.

Goodness;  at 76 myself  (and PRC itself as a Rwy 'gone' since 1964)
I could never surmise railfans would disappear;  it is good you are here
to warn us.  Don't you have a fountain of youth in the east?
Maybe you should:  "Go west, young..."  On second thought, please let me
cancel that charge.

'If' a PRC book is undertaken I wish the author success beyond all hope
and endless delight to all readers.

Mr.Schneider; may your 'agendas' bring you joy.

I never took photos;  I don't have many trolley books.  Again, at 76, and
considering the time to bring a book to market, it is highly unlikely that I
will see 'any' PRC book.  Thus, please remove me from the book-list
for PRC.  Thank you.

This is not pessimism, just realism isn't it.



Phil
Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'
PS - I only read news magazines in the doctor / dentist office,
and that just a couple times a year.