[PRCo] Re: Steeler Stuff In Cleveland

[Schneider Fred]

Coward.

On Jan 26, 2009, at 9:07 PM, John Swindler wrote:

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> It wasn't 1965, Fred.  It was late January 1966.  We had 55 inches  
> of snow in Syracuse at the same time that Oswego had 108.  I car  
> pooled back to Syracuse, but we dumped the car in Erie at a  
> relative of the driver.  Boarded the "New England States" and told  
> the conductor that I was surprised that they were only 2 hours  
> late.  He said that they were the train from the day before.  I  
> have pictures looking along a street, and only the roof top of the  
> parked cars is visible.
>
> I use to like winter.  After two years in Syracuse, no longer liked  
> winter.  And we are becoming addicted to winter vacations in some  
> point south - like the Caribbean.
>
> Cheers> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Steeler  
> Stuff In Cleveland> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:26:13 -0500> To:  
> pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > What's astonishing is that  
> there are fish in Lake Erie again. > Remember those days in the  
> 1940s, 1950s, 1960s when nothing could > live in that water?> > The  
> other thought that comes to my mind, Herb, is, "Were the fish >  
> flash frozen when the cold air hit them?"> > I've been using the  
> miracle of the internet to listen to beautiful > music from  
> Minnesota Public Radio. Periodically they break in with > the  
> weather report.> In St. Paul today ... 5 below zero with a wind  
> chill of minus 20. > Tomorrow should be the same. Bill Middleton's  
> wife grew up in the > Du'lut (spelled Duluth) area ... Dorothy grew  
> up over a drug > store ... probably a good place because warm air  
> rose from downstairs > to the second floor. Bill talked about the  
> last snow melting in June.> > I have a cousin who grew up in  
> Oswego, New York ... !
>  south side of > Lake Ontario. To them a normal winter week was two  
> feet of new > snow. They simply picked it up and dumped in into the  
> lake from > whence it came. His parents used to send snap shots of  
> them > shoveling the snow off the roof to keep the house from  
> collapsing. > They used to drive around with red flags on the car  
> antennas so you > see approaching autos at the intersections over  
> the snow drifts. I > only remember once when Tom said they closed  
> the schools because of > snow. That was in 1965 when they had 108  
> inches in one week and 96 > inches in the first storm. The  
> newspaper shut down for one day and > the next day published on  
> their front page a picture of the tunnel > through the snow they  
> dug to get into the office to go back to work.> > Am I suitable  
> describing the North Coast, Herb?> > We do want to make those two  
> guys in Florida and that chap in the > Nevada desert feel  
> comfortable.> > Fred Schneider> > > On Jan 26, 2009, at 7:10 PM,  
> Herb Brannon wrote:!
>>>> All Cleveland area Giant Eagle stores and Get-Go stations began
>>> selling all> > types of Steeler stuff today. I frequent the Giant  
>>> Eagle store at > > W. 140 &> > Detroit. The Steeler display there  
>>> is 20 feet long x 4 shelves high. I> > haven't seen that many  
>>> "Terrible Towels" since 1978. All manner of > > sweats,> > tees,  
>>> hoodies, and Jerseys too. This is something not usually seen in>  
>>> > Cleveland stores. I think I will take them a photo of the  
>>> "Terrible> > Trolley".> > Not related to anything "Pittsburgh"  
>>> whatsoever, however nonetheless> > interesting, is a news story  
>>> being shown right now on FOX 8 Cleveland> > evening news. A large  
>>> (60 inch) water main broke on Superior Avenue > > at East> > 74  
>>> Street today. The pipe carries raw water from Lake Erie to a > >  
>>> treatment> > plant on East Blvd. Superior Avenue became flooded  
>>> from East 61 > > Street all> > the way to East 85 Street. Just  
>>> shown was taped footage of quite of > > number> > of both Yellow  
>>> and White Perch swimming in the area between East 71 > > and  
>>> East> > 75 in the normal t!
>  raffic lanes of Superior Avenue. This is the > > first time> >  
> this has been know to happen here. I'm sure a lot of them will end  
> > > up on> > dinner tables tonight.> >> > -- > > Herb Brannon> > On  
> America's North Coast> >> >> >> >
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