[PRCo] Burning Leaves--and Coal

Bob Rathke bobrathke at comcast.net
Sun Oct 27 14:50:38 EDT 2013


In 1987 I was invited to a sales demonstration at Western Union where they launched what we now know as a search engine. It was a primitive, multi-step process. After a company paid a monthly fee, it got access to the WU via your computer and modem. You then did a Boolean Operator search similar to that used in libraries: key words linked with the Operators such as OR, AND and NOT.  If you wrere looking for an article on Ford trucks written by John Smith, you would enter, "Ford AND Trucks AND John AND Smith NOT Jonathon".  Western Union would then reply saying that John Smith wrote an article on Ford Trucks in the January issue of Automotive Digest.  Your next step was to get that magazine article, usually by going to a local library, or requesting a Fax copy from the magazine publisher. Not quite a Google search. 
  
We didn't take up Western Union on its offer, and instead found that a trip to a large library accomplished the same results at no cost. 

----- Original Message -----

From: "PC" <pcc_sr at yahoo.com> 
To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> 
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 1:11:48 PM 
Subject: Re: [PRCo] Burning Leaves--and Coal 

Did not the actual internet have its start with the military? 


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On Sat, 10/26/13, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote: 

 Subject: Re: [PRCo] Burning Leaves--and Coal 
 To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> 
 Date: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 5:13 PM 
  
 John, 
 There was a "kinda" Internet back in the early/mid 1980s. It 
 was nothing 
 like we're using today, however. 
  
 I had just bought a brand new Commodore 64 complete system 
 at Gimbles in 
 downtown Pittsburgh. Interesting that both Gimbles and the 
 Commodore 64 
 have gone to the museum of memories. My C64 was very 
 "cutting edge" for 
 1983/84 inasmuch as I had the keyboard, monitor ( nothing 
 more than a 
 television set with only green and black color), dataset 
 (for programs and 
 storage on cassette tape), two (mind you, two !) floppy disk 
 drives (so I 
 didn't have to switch between program and data-storage disks 
 on only one 
 disk drive), and a dot-matrix printer with these little DIP 
 switches in the 
 back which could be set to produce ten different print 
 styles, and a little 
 rectangle shaped box which plugged into the back of the 
 keyboard and was 
 called a "modem". For what I paid for all that stuff I could 
 have used that 
 same dollar amount today and purchased three or four 
 complete computer 
 set-ups. 
  
 Anyway, I wanted to use this investment to its fullest so I 
 signed up for 
 this service which was advertised as "connecting computers 
 and their users" 
 for the purpose of transmitting "mail-like electronic 
 messages" and 
 providing "interest groups" on varying subject matter. It 
 was, for all 
 purposes, the beginning of the Internet. The "Mail-like 
 electronic message" 
 service was called MCI Mail. You could send messages to 
 other users who 
 were on this system and you could also sent messages to 
 people not on the 
 service via this MCI Mail in selected US cities. For people 
 not hooked into 
 the "network" via computer, the messages went to a MCI 
 facility (located in 
 several major cities, Pittsburgh included) and were then 
 delivered by a 
 messenger to any address in downtown Pittsburgh or the 
 downtown area of the 
 other cities in the network. The drawbacks were many, 
 including the 
 messenger service, the fact that only the downtown areas of 
 several major 
 cities could be accessed via this service, and the cost. 
 This service last 
 only a few months as more and more people and businesses 
 began using 
 computers and became connected. 
  
 There were no photographs on this system, only plain text. 
 However, it was 
 the start of what we have today and I'm happy that I was a 
 part of it. 
  
  
 On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 11:00 PM, John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com>wrote: 
  
 > 
 > 
 > In 1968/9 Point Park College had a relatively new IBM 
 System 360 computer. 
 >  It was a stand alone unit about 5-6 feet 
 high.  An instructor said that 
 > the CPU took up less than a foot of this height - the 
 rest was empty space. 
 >  This was to fool purchasing agents who expected 
 computers to be big and 
 > bulky.  Miniaturization was already occurring. 
 > 
 > Doubt if you were thinking of using the internet in 
 early 1980s, Fred. 
 > Mid-1990s, perhaps, but not 1980s. 
 > 
 > A problem in the 1980s was the proliferation of 
 computer manufacturers and 
 > non-compatible software.  Also speed even when 
 there was a program that 
 > could convert from one language to another.  We're 
 talking 8086 and 286 
 > chips.  Today it seems that instantaneous just 
 doesn't seem fast enough.  I 
 > remember a LOTUS 1-2-3 spreadsheet.  Enter a bunch 
 of data, tell it to 
 > compute, then go for a cup of coffee.  It was used 
 to produce the 
 > Pennsylvania Mass Transit Statistical Report. 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > > Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 02:04:10 +0000 
 > > From: bobrathke at comcast.net 
 > > To: pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org 
 > > Subject: Re: [PRCo] Burning Leaves--and Coal 
 > > 
 > > Most of us from the 1970's have these computer 
 stories, Fred.  I used my 
 > first word processor in 1979 - a Digital computer the 
 size of a small 
 > refrigerator with a 9" monochrome screen, plus a noisy 
 daisy-wheel impact 
 > printer.  Hardly desktop, and no hard drive - the 
 word processing program 
 > ran from an 8" floppy, and documents were stored on 
 another 8" floppy. 
 > Those floppies had the massive capacity of 840KB each. 
 That Digital 
 > computer cost $12,000, but it wasn't linked to 
 anything, so in 1980 the 
 > company bought a modem to connect to another computer. 
 That modem cost $750. 
 > > 
 > > Bob. 
 > > 
 > > ----- Original Message ----- 
 > > 
 > > From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net> 
 > > To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" < 
 > pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> 
 > > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 7:48:16 PM 
 > > Subject: Re: [PRCo] Burning Leaves--and Coal 
 > > 
 > > Bob, 
 > > 
 > > I can recall when the state had a mammoth computer 
 room in the L&I 
 > Building in Harrisburg to handle all Employment Service 
 data reporting and 
 > all the Unemployment Claims …. huge place on a raised 
 floor to accommodate 
 > both the cabling and the air-conditing ducts to keep 
 the main frame 
 > computers cool. 
 > > 
 > > Today I know what is sitting on my desk … each 
 of them …. has far more 
 > power than what put the man on the moon back in the 
 1960s.   Probably the 
 > computers in most of our cars have more ooomph than 
 that computer that put 
 > Armstrong on the moon. 
 > > 
 > > In the early 1980s, I was the head of an 
 occupational information 
 > program in Pennsylvania to provide data to schools and 
 anyone else who 
 > might need it … mostly for counseling 
 kids.   The federal government wanted 
 > it all done on main frame 
 computers.   In Pennsylvania, we were 
 thinking 
 > about doing it on desk top computers and passing out 
 the information on 
 > floppy disks or linking them by this new internet to 
 desk tops in 
 > Harrisburg.   Washington told me that if 
 we tried to do it that way, we 
 > would not be given any grant 
 money.   Obviously someone who was making 
 main 
 > frame computers had lobbied heavily to have things done 
 his way.    Funny 
 > thing about that … two years later, my successor told 
 me that I had been 
 > right and we're doing it your way. 
 > > 
 > > It's not your grandmother's Buick…. 
 > > 
 > > Fred 
 > > 
 > > On Oct 25, 2013, at 7:14 PM, Bob Rathke wrote: 
 > > 
 > > > In 1965 I wrote and produced a slide 
 presentation for training U.S. 
 > Steel's customer service people in their offices around 
 the U.S.  I made 
 > several visits to the Muriel St. facility to get 
 background information on 
 > U.S. Steel's computer capabilities.  I remember 
 being impressed with the 
 > building's climate controlled environment and the 
 raised floors to 
 > accomodate under-floor computer cables. 
 > > > 
 > > > Today, an i-pad is probably more powerful 
 that the computer system in 
 > that building in 1965. 
 > > > 
 > > > Bob 
 > > > 
 > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
 > > > 
 > > > From: "Derrick Brashear" <shadow at dementix.org> 
 > > > To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" < 
 > pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> 
 > > > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 5:05:40 PM 
 > > > Subject: Re: [PRCo] Burning Leaves--and Coal 
 > > > 
 > > > it's a computer center 
 > > > 
 > > > 
 > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:46 AM, Bob Rathke 
 <bobrathke at comcast.net> 
 > wrote: 
 > > > 
 > > >> In the 1970's, USS's Muriel St. facility 
 was the Direct Mail Center - 
 > > >> computer operations, literature storage 
 and fulfillment.  If it's 
 > still 
 > > >> there, I'm not sure about its current 
 function. 
 > > >> 
 > > >> ----- Original Message ----- 
 > > >> 
 > > >> From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net> 
 > > >> To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" < 
 > > >> pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> 
 > > >> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 10:16:14 
 PM 
 > > >> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Burning Leaves--and 
 Coal 
 > > >> 
 > > >> It seems that back in the "big steel" 
 days the main producers of 
 > smoke and 
 > > >> fire were the USS Homestead Works and 
 just about everything J & L had 
 > > >> operating. 
 > > >> 
 > > >> USS also has some type of operation on 
 Muriel Street in Southside. 
 > I'm not 
 > > >> sure what they do there, however. USS 
 also has a research center in 
 > > >> Homestead still operating. Even with all 
 these operating facilities, 
 > the 
 > > >> number of people employed by USS comes 
 nowhere near what those 
 > facilities 
 > > >> used to employ. 
 > > >> 
 > > >> 
 > > >> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Dwight 
 Long <dwightlong at verizon.net 
 > > >>> wrote: 
 > > >> 
 > > >>> 
 > > >>> Herb 
 > > >>> 
 > > >>> But Irvin works is not a primary 
 producer but rather a rolling mill 
 > (as 
 > > >>> you said) and so would not generate 
 the "fire and brimstone" that 
 > > >>> characterized a primary steel 
 producer. 
 > > >>> 
 > > >>> I went by Clairton on a train in July 
 and did not notice any smoke at 
 > > >> all, 
 > > >>> just some condensed water 
 vapor.  I think the coking processes are so 
 > > >>> contained these days that very little 
 emissions emanate from it. 
 >  Besides 
 > > >>> environmental concerns, the 
 steelmakers have learned that the 
 > effluents 
 > > >>> from the coke making process are 
 valuable by products that need to be 
 > > >>> trapped and sold.  The days of 
 the beehive coke ovens that spewed 
 > all the 
 > > >>> byproducts into the atmosphere are 
 long gone. 
 > > >>> 
 > > >>> Dwight 
 > > >>>   ----- Original 
 Message ----- 
 > > >>>   From: Herb Brannon 
 > > >>>   To: Western PA 
 Trolley discussion 
 > > >>>   Sent: Monday, 
 October 21, 2013 10:41 PM 
 > > >>>   Subject: Re: [PRCo] 
 Burning Leaves--and Coal 
 > > >>> 
 > > >>> 
 > > >>>   Bob R, 
 > > >>>   It still had that 
 "orange glow" when I first moved here in 1972. 
 > Plus, 
 > > >>> when 
 > > >>>   atmospheric 
 conditions were right, it smelled like fire & 
 > brimstone, 
 > > >>>   everywhere. Even 
 today, on  humid days, I still smell the "fire & 
 > > >>>   brimstone" coming 
 from the Irvin Works just over the hill (on Camp 
 > > >> Hollow 
 > > >>>   Rd) to the 
 south-east of my place. 
 > > >>> 
 > > >>>   Contrary to popular 
 opinion steel is not dead in Pittsburgh. The 
 > > >> Clairton 
 > > >>>   Works still produces 
 coke as it always did, the Edgar Thompson 
 > Works 
 > > >>> makes 
 > > >>>   primary steel, the 
 Irvin Works produces rolled steel and the 
 > relatively 
 > > >>> new 
 > > >>>   Mckeesport Tubular 
 Works (old National Works, now reopened) makes 
 > > >> tubular 
 > > >>>   products for the 
 Marcellus Shale drilling industry. So the sulphur 
 > and 
 > > >>> fire 
 > > >>>   & brimstone can 
 still be smelled on humid days and the orange glow 
 > is 
 > > >>> still 
 > > >>>   available in 
 Braddock and Clairton. 
 > > >>> 
 > > >>> 
 > > >>>   On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 
 at 2:46 PM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net 
 > > 
 > > >>> wrote: 
 > > >>> 
 > > >>>   > Driving south 
 from Zelienople at night in the 1950's you didn't 
 > need 
 > > >> a 
 > > >>>   > compass to 
 locate Pittsburgh - the sky there always had an orange 
 > > >> glow. 
 > > >>>   > 
 > > >>>   > ----- Original 
 Message ----- 
 > > >>>   > 
 > > >>>   > From: "John 
 Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com> 
 > > >>>   > To: "Western PA 
 Trolley discussion" < 
 > > >>>   > pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> 
 > > >>>   > Sent: Monday, 
 October 21, 2013 10:16:09 AM 
 > > >>>   > Subject: Re: 
 [PRCo] Burning Leaves--and Coal 
 > > >>>   > 
 > > >>>   > 
 > > >>>   > 
 > > >>>   > Was chatting 
 with some PTM visitors yesterday, and among the 
 > > >> "Pittsburg 
 > > >>>   > smells" 
 mentioned was J&L sulfur smell upon exiting Squirrel 
 Hill 
 > > >>> Tunnels 
 > > >>>   > and heading 
 downgrade to Brady St. exit.   They were old 
 enough 
 > to 
 > > >>> remember 
 > > >>>   > air pollution 
 from late 1940s - (before my time). 
 > > >>>   > 
 > > >>>   > 
 > > >>>   > 
 > > >>>   > 
 > > >>>   > > From: dwightlong at verizon.net 
 > > >>>   > > To: pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org 
 > > >>>   > > Date: Mon, 
 21 Oct 2013 11:04:35 -0400 
 > > >>>   > > Subject: 
 Re: [PRCo] Burning Leaves--and Coal 
 > > >>>   > > 
 > > >>>   > > 
 > > >>>   > > Herb 
 > > >>>   > > 
 > > >>>   > > In Beaver 
 burning next to the curb was OK on concrete streets 
 > (we 
 > > >>> lived 
 > > >>>   > on one) or 
 brick ones (still several left in the 50s) but not on 
 > > >>> asphalt 
 > > >>>   > nor tarred 
 ones! 
 > > >>>   > > 
 > > >>>   > > Tar?  
 When I was in first or second grade I came home from 
 > school 
 > > >> for 
 > > >>>   > lunch.  On 
 the way back to school the alley that I used as a 
 > shortcut 
 > > >>> was 
 > > >>>   > being freshly 
 tarred.  I followed the tar dispensing truck, 
 > > >> fascinated. 
 > > >>>   >  When I 
 got to school I was sent home immediately.  I looked 
 > like the 
 > > >>>   > proverbial 
 tarbaby.  Lots of turpentine and stiff scrubbing 
 > later, 
 > > >> and 
 > > >>> a 
 > > >>>   > new suit of 
 clothes, I returned and was admitted. 
 > > >>>   > > 
 > > >>>   > > And we 
 still had plenty of coal furnaces in our town back then, 
 > > >>> although 
 > > >>>   > our house used 
 gas.  I well recall the smell of the coal burning 
 > on 
 > > >>> cold 
 > > >>>   > winter days 
 whilst delivering the Pittsburgh Press to my paper 
 > route 
 > > >>>   > 
 customers.  The last time I encountered that smell was 
 just a few 
 > > >>> years ago 
 > > >>>   > in a suburb of 
 Budapest while fotting the trams there.  Brought 
 > back 
 > > >>> many 
 > > >>>   > memories! 
 > > >>>   > > 
 > > >>>   > > Dwight 
 > > >>>   > > 
 > > >>>   > > From: Herb 
 Brannon 
 > > >>>   > > Sent: 
 Monday, 21 October, 2013 10:48 
 > > >>>   > > To: 
 Western PA Trolley discussion 
 > > >>>   > > Subject: 
 Re: [PRCo] Burning Leaves 
 > > >>>   > > When I was 
 a child, in Akron,  the common practice was to burn 
 > the 
 > > >>> leaves 
 > > >>>   > > in the 
 street but along the curb stones. Sometimes the piles of 
 > > >>> leaves 
 > > >>>   > were 
 > > >>>   > > so large 
 that the fires would become too large and would 
 > spread to 
 > > >>> the 
 > > >>>   > > treelawn. 
 Then the fire department would be called to put out 
 > the 
 > > >>> fires. 
 > > >>>   > It 
 > > >>>   > > made for 
 an exciting day or evening. Ranking right up there 
 > with 
 > > >> the 
 > > >>>   > smell 
 > > >>>   > > of burning 
 leaves are also the smell of coal smoke and the 
 > smell of 
 > > >>> fresh 
 > > >>>   > > 
 tar.............three of the "little joys of life" now gone 
 by 
 > the 
 > > >>>   > wayside. 
 > > >>>   > > 
 > > >>>   > > 
 > > >>>   > > On Mon, 
 Oct 21, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Dwight Long < 
 > > >>> dwightlong at verizon.net 
 > > >>>   > >wrote: 
 > > >>>   > > 
 > > >>>   > > > 
 > > >>>   > > > Herb 
 > > >>>   > > > 
 > > >>>   > > > I can 
 remember back in the 50s coming back to Beaver from 
 > auto 
 > > >>> trips to 
 > > >>>   > > > the 
 East that involved the Pa Turnpike—we would use the 
 > > >> Warrendale 
 > > >>>   > exit and 
 > > >>>   > > > the 
 back roads to Beaver.  Coming down into the (Beaver) 
 > valley 
 > > >>> off the 
 > > >>>   > > > hill 
 the whole floor of the valley would be engulfed in leaf 
 > > >> smoke. 
 > > >>>   > > > 
 > > >>>   > > > 
 Unhealthy, they say, but it sure did convey the impression 
 > that 
 > > >>> Autumn 
 > > >>>   > was 
 > > >>>   > > > upon 
 us! 
 > > >>>   > > > 
 > > >>>   > > > 
 Dwight 
 > > >>>   > > > 
 > > >>>   > > > From: 
 Herb Brannon 
 > > >>>   > > > Sent: 
 Sunday, 20 October, 2013 10:36 
 > > >>>   > > > To: 
 Western PA Trolley discussion 
 > > >>>   > > > 
 Subject: Re: [PRCo] Phil asked about music 
 > > >>>   > > > You 
 mentioned something I really miss.............the smell 
 > of 
 > > >>> burning 
 > > >>>   > > > 
 leaves in October. 
 > > >>>   > > > 
 > > >>>   > > > 
 > > >>>   > > > On 
 Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 8:37 AM, DF Cramer < 
 > > >>> alto_trombone at hotmail.com 
 > > >>>   > > > 
 >wrote: 
 > > >>>   > > > 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 Well, what have I been up to? The beginning of the month I 
 > > >>> performed 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 Copland, Brahms, & Dvorak with the Butler County 
 > Symphony,our 
 > > >> (my 
 > > >>>   > wife 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 plays cello) 28th season with the ensemble. I am back at 
 > IUP 
 > > >> and 
 > > >>>   > > > 
 delivered 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 two arrangements of French Noels from the Baroque period to 
 > > >>> begin the 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 semester and last week conducted a first reading of my "The 
 > > >>> Eternal 
 > > >>>   > > > 
 Flame", 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 a commemorative piece for double trombone choir and 
 > narrator I 
 > > >>> wrote 
 > > >>>   > to 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 mark the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination. 
 > All of 
 > > >>> that 
 > > >>>   > will 
 > > >>>   > > > be 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 performed on November 19 at the university. Next week I 
 > perform 
 > > >>> with 
 > > >>>   > IUP 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 brass & organ faculty at Zion Lutheran in Indiana for 
 > > >> Reformation 
 > > >>>   > Sunday 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 and the following week we are doing Charlie Chaplin's "City 
 > > >>> Lights" 
 > > >>>   > in 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 Butler. Chaplin created the musical score for this silent 
 > film 
 > > >>> and we 
 > > >>>   > > > will 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 be showing the film as we perform. (Side note: if you want 
 > > >>> tickets 
 > > >>>   > let me 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 know as soon as possible--I usually get 4 free ones) 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 Other than that, I spent quality time with Ed at the 
 > Alle-Kiski 
 > > >>>   > > > 
 Historical 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 Society, led a new operator training class at PTM, printed 
 > and 
 > > >>>   > stuffed 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 ballots for PTM, and am going to the opera today to see 
 > Aida 
 > > >>>   > (football 
 > > >>>   > > > fan 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 alert--Franco Harris is leading the Grand March in the 
 > opera 
 > > >>> today) 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 I spend lots of time practicing and cleaning up 
 leaves.  I 
 > > >> mulch 
 > > >>>   > some and 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 burn others---yes we are still permitted to burn here. 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 If you missed it--I also performed at the PTM 50th 
 > Anniversary 
 > > >>>   > luncheon. 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 See the most recent issue of PTM Trolley Fare, Fred 
 > Schneider 
 > > >>> took 
 > > >>>   > some 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 great images. 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 Dennis F. Cramer 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 http://home.windstream.net/dfc1/ 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 05:49:49 -0700 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > From: pcc_sr at yahoo.com 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > To: pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > Subject: Re: [PRCo] still having issues 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > Stereo-vision isn't it Mr.Cramer!  Soapbox 
 opportunity; 
 > make 
 > > >>> the 
 > > >>>   > most 
 > > >>>   > > > of 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 it! 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > You have not recently mentioned anything about your 
 > concert 
 > > >> or 
 > > >>>   > music 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 engagements. 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > I find them fascinating.  Music is not at all 
 unlike 
 > laughter 
 > > >>> is 
 > > >>>   > it; 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 both speak a universal language. 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > Yes; BB are the last posts I have seen.  There was 
 not 
 > much 
 > > >> of 
 > > >>>   > anything 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 before your BB posts for several weeks.  You mentioned 
 a 
 > book 
 > > >> in 
 > > >>>   > relation 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 to this; please tell more. 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > Phil 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > -------------------------------------------- 
 > > >>>   > > > > 
 > On Sat, 10/19/13, DF Cramer <alto_trombone at hotmail.com> 
 > > >> wrote: 
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 >  Subject: [PRCo] still having issues 
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 >  To: "pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org" 
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 >  Date: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 3:52 AM 
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 >  it seemed very interesting that after 
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 >  I posted on the list, several emails came 
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 responding with reply all. I have received no  posts 
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 >  Dennis F. Cramer 
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 *......the Greatest City In The U.S.* 
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 > > >>>   *......the Greatest 
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