[PRCo] Re: Lincoln

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

Mr.Schneider;


Many times it is not necessary to state the obvious is it;  I am sure everyone here
knows the inflation-principle involved.  The basic concept still stands though doesn't it;
he who is faithful with a little will be faithful with much - being unfaithful with a
little results in that little being removed.  Parable of the Talents isn't it.
Regardless of the amount involved Mr.Lincoln 'lived' his belief that what is not
his should be returned to the rightful owner.  Also, this is not unlike the statement of
'nickeling and diming the budget to death.'  Saving a little here and there results in bigger
savings doesn't it.  All the time even today I see people stop to pick up pennies, nickels,
and dimes.

We think of wealth in 'amount' don't we but look closely at the definitions; while
'abundance' is mentioned it also states that anything that has 'value' is wealth regardless
of how little or much.  It is not how much we have but 'what we have' and our attitude
toward it.


Phil

PS---Please look behind you first before bending over for that $40.(VBG.)






----- Original Message ----
> From: Schneider Fred <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 1:54:56 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Lincoln
> 
> But if we work on the assumption that we move the decimal one place  
> for every 50 years, a penny equals a dime in 50 years, a dollar in  
> 100 years, ten dollars in 150 years.    Three pennies in 1830 might  
> be about $40 today.   Is that worth returning?   Is that a  
> significant error?  A penny today probably isn't worth hurting my  
> back to bend over and pick up off the sidewalk.   But if I see four  
> $10 bills laying on the sidewalk, I'm going to bend over.
> 
> Judge history not by today but by what was acceptable then!
> 
> 
> On Feb 13, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell wrote:
> 
> >> ----- Original Message ----
> >
> >> From: Dennis Fred Cramer 
> >> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:11:38 AM
> >> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Lincoln
> >>
> >> I spent my entire career attempting to tell the truth and
> >> encouraging others to do what they could to help the
> >> world become a better place.
> >>
> >> The wonderful thing about music is parts of it are incredibly
> >> absolute and the other is incredibly indescribable.
> >>
> >> No matter how much I love music, I taught people first, not music.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Dennis F. Cramer
> >>       Trombone
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> >
> > Mr.Cramer;
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> > I hope you are able to see some of the fruits of your labor;
> > generations could be blessed because of your efforts.
> >
> > Could you please recommend some reading on Lincoln?
> >
> > Also, using the transit reminder concerning rules:
> > 'Lest We Forget'  --  would you please share some of the
> > other information you have learned about Lincoln?
> >
> > I have always remembered the story of Lincoln receiving too
> > much change for a purchase and walking several miles to return
> > some pennies.  I often hear people today saying that it was the
> > clerk's mistake and thus their loss.  Dead wrong isn't it.
> >
> >
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
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> >