[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago

Mon Aug 31 12:22:04 EDT 2009

But the retired railfan at least knows that the 'el' exists.  The FTA employees did not know that MARTA served the airport.  They took cabs according to co-worker that went to this conference.

cheers

John

> From: fwschneider at comcast.net
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago
> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:19:18 -0400
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> 
> 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:
> 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> 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
> >>
> >> That means that they can accept people like the Schneiders, Swindlers
> >> and Lybargers on whom they loose money?
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Aug 30, 2009, at 3:35 PM, John Swindler wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>>
> >>> John
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> 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
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes, depressing in those casinos populated by Seniors.
> >>>>
> >>>> Bob 829/09
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ----- 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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> 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:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> 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.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * 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.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Phil
> >>>>> Without a 'coast' but not a 'cause.'
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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