[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago

[Ken and Tracie]

I know Ford used to be very strict about not allowing competitors' vehicles 
in employee parking areas. But I will have to research this question as I 
really don't know answer.

K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phillip Clark Campbell" <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:09 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago


> From: Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 9:51:44 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago
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> Worked his entire life working in the industry and wouldn't use transit, 
> eh?
> Reminds me of the following.
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> During 1983, while in St. Louis, I couldn't help but notice that an 
> employee
> lot at one of the Chrysler plants was full of Ford, GM, Japanese and 
> German
> automobiles.
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> K.
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> Mr.Josephson;
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> With your interest in autos you can probably detail the history
> of the automakers disallowing 'foreign' autos in the employee
> parking lots;  they had to be from the mfgr didn't they.  That has
> obviously changed but I don't know when.
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> I know of transit employees who don't ride transit;  don't know
> the specific reasons beyond  'choice.'
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> Phil
> Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'
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> From: "Schneider Fred" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 8:19 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago
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>> And there is one retired railfan who has been preaching to me for
>> months about how he would never consider riding transit.   He was
>> explaining how he used to live in Upper Darby and worked at 30th
>> Street and simply would not even consider riding the elevated ... he
>> gave me every reason in the book why but I think it boiled down to
>> the "wrong kind of people" rode the el.   He also has been telling me
>> how none of his tax money should ever be spent on mass transit
>> because it useless.   Yet the man spent his entire life working in
>> that industry!
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