[PRCo] Re: Steeler Stuff In Cleveland

[John Swindler]

Yes, and wearing short sleeve shirts a couple weeks ago.
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Steeler Stuff In Cleveland> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:25:29 -0500> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > Coward.> > On Jan 26, 2009, at 9:07 PM, John Swindler wrote:> > >> >> > 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> >> >> >> >> > _________________________________________________________________> > Windows Live™ Hotmail®> > more than just e-mail.> > http://windowslive.com/howitworks? > > ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_hm_justgotbetter_howitworks_012009> >> > > 
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