[PRCo] Re: The Stillers

[Schneider Fred]

It can only go so long before they get evicted from the league  
because they win too many times!

My father-in-law used to love to play poker.   He was a good poker  
player too.   He eventually lost his membership in the Elks Club  
because the other guys got tired of loosing.   I think they figured  
he made enough as a surgeon and he did need their money too.


On Feb 4, 2009, at 3:21 PM, BobDietrich wrote:

> Three years ago I saw footage of the parade and kept wishing I had  
> gone.
> This year I was determined to not miss it.  I was one of the 300 or  
> 350
> thousand waving my towel like a little kid.  My wife was there too  
> but she
> didn't have a towel and we couldn't find a vantage point where she  
> could see
> much.  But she went for me - and to drive home.  It was an  
> experience, a
> happening, that I felt was worth the trip.  Everyone was in a good  
> mood and,
> except for the guy trying to rob a bank, there was no trouble at all.
>
> The Trip?  We did it in one day from Downingtown, about 25 miles  
> west of
> Philly.  We headed out at 6:30 with the hope of parking at the  
> Swissville
> park-n-ride but it was full (of course).  We were able to find a  
> spot in the
> municipal lot in Swissville and hopped the bus on the East Busway.   
> That got
> us into town in about 35 minutes with no traffic or parking  
> worries.  And it
> only cost 4 dollars round trip for my wife. After the parade, and  
> watching a
> hawk catch a pigeon on Wood Street, we lucked out and caught a bus  
> right
> away on Liberty Ave.  This worked out to be a quick easy way into  
> and out of
> Sixburgh with the least amount of driving.  I know they should have  
> trolleys
> on the busway but it sure beats fighting traffic.
>
> It was worth the trip but I'll pass next year when we get the 7th  
> Heaven.
>
> Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
> Frederick Sauerburger
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 12:27 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: The Stillers
>
> I'm getting' too old for this......Can you say 6-Pack ?  6 rings.....6
> Lombardie's
>
> The Grateful Fred
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
> Schneider Fred
> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 10:12 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] The Stillers
>
> Amazing recovering in the last couple minutes of the game, wasn't it?
>
> fws
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