[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago

[Schneider Fred]

And there is one retired railfan who has been preaching to me for  
months about how he would never consider riding transit.   He was  
explaining how he used to live in Upper Darby and worked at 30th  
Street and simply would not even consider riding the elevated ... he  
gave me every reason in the book why but I think it boiled down to  
the "wrong kind of people" rode the el.   He also has been telling me  
how none of his tax money should ever be spent on mass transit  
because it useless.   Yet the man spent his entire life working in  
that industry!


On Aug 31, 2009, at 8:34 AM, John Swindler wrote:

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> It's a game of percentages, just like so many other things.  There  
> is a percentage of the public that will play the lottery.  There is  
> a percentage that will visit casinos.  There is a percentage of PTM  
> visitors that will join PTM.
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> But yes, I can't see how the cruise lines make a profit on us, on a  
> micro basis.  (:>)  But we are just part of the mix on a macro  
> basis.  Everyone is different with different interests, and if the  
> cruise line can fill the ship, there will be a percentage of  
> gamblers and drinkers.
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> And we too have used local transit systems, both cruise ports and  
> elsewhere.  It's amazing how many people working in the transit  
> industry are unaware of public transit options in other cities.   
> FTA employees going to a training class in Atlanta didn't know that  
> MARTA serves the airport.
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> Cheers
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> John
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>> From: fwschneider at comcast.net
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago
>> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:08:44 -0400
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
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>> That means that they can accept people like the Schneiders, Swindlers
>> and Lybargers on whom they loose money?
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>> I remember settling up with the purser after our cruise to Alaska.
>> I owed Royal Caribbean $30. I wasn't what you can a profit
>> center. (You can buy the tour to the Mendenhall Glacier outside
>> Juneau for $60 on the ship or you can pay Capital Transit $1 each way
>> (plus medicare card).) Cheap Cheap Cheap Cheap.
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>> On Aug 30, 2009, at 3:35 PM, John Swindler wrote:
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>>> I was amazed at number of slot machines on a recent cruise. About
>>> one per ten passengers, and once outside territorial limits, most
>>> occupied full time. Plus all the other games of chance running non-
>>> stop. Combined with alcohol and drinks, helps explain why the
>>> cruise price can be so low. Perhaps the cabin price is just a
>>> 'loss leader' to fill the ship, on premise that there will be a
>>> percentage of the passengers who will generate a sufficient profit
>>> on casino, drinks and tour packages.
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>>> Cheers
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>>> John
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>>>> From: bobrathke at comcast.net
>>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago
>>>> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:50:06 -0500
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>>>> Yes, depressing in those casinos populated by Seniors.
>>>>
>>>> Bob 829/09
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>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Phillip Clark Campbell" <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
>>>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 10:21 AM
>>>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago
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>>>>> From: Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 8:47:57 AM
>>>>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Bob
>>>>> Rathke<bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>>>>> It always amazes me how many people in wheelchairs and on oxygen
>>>>>> are in
>>>>>> casinos pumping money into slot machines. I've seen people on
>>>>>> walkers
>>>>>> positioned between two slot machines play both machines at the
>>>>>> same time.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's something you can do if you're sedentary, which in many  
>>>>> but not
>>>>> all of those cases,the people are.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's that, TV, bingo...
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>>>>> How depressing Mr.Brashear.
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>>>>> * Know of but never played bingo;
>>>>> * rarely watch TV;
>>>>> * don't visit casinos.
>>>>> How about the internet? That's sedentary.
>>>>> Library as well.
>>>>> Ride the T.
>>>>> Visit friends at home.
>>>>> Volunteer - some such work hardly involves movement.
>>>>> Wheelchair bound could work on a food line where only
>>>>> movement is in the arms.
>>>>> Surely there's much better than TV, bingo, casinos.
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>>>>> Phil
>>>>> Without a 'coast' but not a 'cause.'
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