[PRCo] Re: Fw: Don Galt

[Schneider Fred]

I think we all owe a lot to Derrick for making this list what it  
is.   There are other groups that rigidly police the subjects.   You  
can only talk about this trolley line, you cannot deviate, and you  
cannot really get to know people.

And then we have this list and because of it we have gotten to know  
people like Don Galt.

No.   Fred did not personally meet Don.

But Fred has had the distinct pleasure of personally meeting Mark,  
Herb, Ken, Derrick and several others.   I saw the Grateful Fred on  
Saturday.  I wonder how Fred Brunn is doing because we don't hear  
from him often and he is one of those I've met.    I'll see Rich  
Allman on Friday.  I don't know why I'm here ... perhaps because Ed  
or John Bromley or Jim Holland told Derrick to contact me in the  
first place.

If it had not been for Derrick allow us to run the list our way, the  
loss of Don would not have meant so much to some of us.

Thanks Derrick for letting us be us.



Fred


On Feb 2, 2009, at 9:06 PM, Mark McGuire wrote:

>  I didn't know Don personally, but will say that on a few occasions  
> he returned a few of my list post off list. He was a class act for  
> sure and my regret is that I never had a chance to meet him in  
> person and shake his hand.
>  My prayers go out to Don and his family.
>
> -- "Ken and Tracie" <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Am shocked, to say the least and am still gathering my thoughts.  
> The loss of
> Paul Weyrich a month ago, some family deaths and losses in friends'  
> families
> since November.
>
> Don was a wonderful human being who freely shared knowledge, his  
> wit and his
> dry sense of humor.
>
> A major loss to both the traction community and his friends.
>
> K.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard C. DeArmond" <dearmond at sfu.ca>
> To: "etb site" <etb-news at sfu.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 11:41 AM
> Subject: Fwd: Don Galt
>
>
>> Sad news:
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. DeArmond,
>>>
>>> I am writing to report the sad news that my brother, Don Galt,  
>>> succumbed
>>> on January 19 to the cancer for which he had been undergoing  
>>> treatment for
>>> about a year.
>>>
>>> He clearly cherished your online friendship:  I found your name  
>>> and e-mail
>>> address on a brief list of friends whom Don wished to have notified.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Alan Galt
>>>
>>> 3025 Paseo Estribo
>>>
>>> Carlsbad, California
>>>
>>> (760) 930-0654
>>>
>>> alangalt at fuse.net
>>
>> Don was one of the first members on my etb-news lists and he was  
>> also one
>> of the first contributors of photos to my site. I will always cherish
>> these photos. Most are on the Seattle site and a a couple on the  
>> Portland
>> site. He also contributed photos of a few other cities.
>>
>> Sincerely, Richard
>
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