[PRCo] Re: census challenge

[John Swindler]

Further to the exodus:
 
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/archive/s_607381.html
 
 
I left when I interviewed at PAT in 1972, was told that there was a hiring freeze, but then asked if I would mind if my resume was sent to PennDOT.  (isn't that what happens at all job interviews??? (:>)  Have been 'homesteading' ever since.  And it was a fortunate decision.  Otherwise, would not have met my wife, nor been in position to enjoy 27 years in the reserves.
 
There have been some fleeting thoughts about returning to Pgh after retirement, but only fleeting.  PTM (both as hobby but more so people connection) would be the only attraction.  A lot will depend on what the legislature does with cost of living in this state, and there is a certain appeal of warmer climates.  I can just as easily watch the Steelers in the (warm) comfort of our home.  
 
As for job opportunities, they are out there.  Any interest or knowledge about rail car wiring?  SEPTA has several maintenance positions to fill that go up to around $25 per hour.  Red Rose is also looking for drivers.  So is SEPTA.  Drivers have become difficult positions to fill.  
 
Also a need for people in the medical field.  What's on the horizon is the baby boom generation hitting 63 this year.  Also, haven't seen any mention about what consumer's are doing with their credit card debt.  (recent article seemed to imply that the public was paying down their debt latter part of 2008, but need more info)  And the shortfall in the highway trust fund NOT due to reduction in people's driving habits.  It's due to reduced truck sales according to recent article in one of the Pittsburgh papers.  This would imply a 'spin' on propaganda out of Washington so as not to offend the trucking industry.
 
Back to important issues.  The Steeler game is the late game on Sunday.  Go Steelers!
 
Cheers
John
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:24:00 -0500> From: bob.dietrich1 at verizon.net> Subject: [PRCo] Re: census challenge> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > I saw an explanation of the "Steelers Nation", of which I am a proud member.> When the steel mills began closing in the early eighties we left to find> jobs and scattered all over the country. (I thought we left because the> Steelers quit winning) But we never lost our love for da 'burgh and all the> things that make it special. Now our offspring are moving back there taking> high-tech jobs and becoming Steelers fans themselves. But, the article> said, we would never go back - we are stuck out here in nowhere land. > > How true is that? It applies to me - I came east in 1982, got married, had> a daughter who went to Pitt Engineering and is now working for Penn Dot and> living in Squirrel Hill. Go figure and go Steelers.> > > > -----Original Message-----> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Gray,> George> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 3:57 PM> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: census challenge> > I, too, was fortunate that after Vietnam and graduate school the job I> took was in Atlanta. I can't imagine what trouble I would have had if I> had returned to Pittsburgh. (Even though I loved the place.)> > -----Original Message-----> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of> Schneider Fred> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 3:53 PM> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: census challenge> > > ......> > I liked the area then. Looking back, I think my father, without > realizing how lucky he was, made a rather fortunate move from a job > in Ambridge to a job in Lancaster. He might have hung in there but > he did a lot better where he moved.> > > > > 
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