[PRCo] Moving target gets hit

[Fred Schneider]

I have two stuffed toy skunks on the deck in the back of my car.  They are both opposition party politicians.    I should have a whole nest of them and then they could represent all sorts of parties .. Democrats, Republicans, Laborites, Greens, Communist and I could have one called the "I'll Promise Anything To Get Elected Party."   Ah, but then the car would smell too bad….


On Apr 27, 2014, at 11:40 AM, Dwight Long wrote:

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> Fred
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> Goes back forever?  Sure does.  Anne X Alpern was probably my most hated villain when I was growing up.
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> Dwight
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> From: Fred Schneider 
> Sent: Saturday, 26 April, 2014 10:38
> To: Western PA Trolley discussion 
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Moving target gets hit
> I guess the typical railfan scans the trolley stories.   You and I read the newspaper and you find out that nothing really changes over time.   Only the names have been changed.
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> I am not condemning Matt for punching in the words trolley or street car to see what they bring up.  Computers have become fantastic search tools. 
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> But I still find it fantastic to simply sit here and start the year with January 1 and read right through to December 31st.   And that includes everything from what the Democrats were doing to what Al Capp wrote into Li'l Abner.   
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> Of course I am finding the fight against Pittsburgh Railways goes back forever.   They were evil because they didn't want to run the service on all routes every 30 seconds, without causing any congestion for automobiles, and without charging the riders a fare.  And since they were evil, the politicians always wanted to beat Fitzgerald and company (and successors) over the head.   Trouble is today we is them.   
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> It's a lot of fun reading things like all of 1947 … because I was in first grade then … couldn't read the papers … didn't really know what was going on.   Now I am finding out what was happening around me.
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> On Apr 25, 2014, at 11:50 PM, Dwight Long wrote:
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>> Fred
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>> Even worse was headline “Ike clears way for Chiang to attack Red China –or whatever it said.  Damn good thing that never happened or we could have had WW III and not be here to talk about it.
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>> Dwight
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>> From: Fred Schneider 
>> Sent: Friday, 25 April, 2014 13:47
>> To: Western PA Trolley discussion 
>> Subject: [PRCo] Moving target gets hit
>> Doncha chust luv this one … pedestrian walks out into the street and gets hit by a trolley and the poor motorman gets his name and address published in the newspaper.   
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>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=djft3U1LymYC&dat=19530202&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
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>> Pittsburgh Press,  Monday, Feb. 2, 1953, page 9
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>> Exerpt from article headed:
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>> 7 Dead, 7 Hurt on Highways in District
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>>     A University Club waiter who was struck by a streetcar Jan. 12 died yesterday in Presbyterian Hospital.
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>>  Deputy coroners said the victim, George K. Gomer, 58, had suffered a head injury when he steped in front of the No. 76 trolley on Fifth Avenue, near Atwood Street.
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>>   The Motorman was John F. Nolan, 38, of 6815 Frankstown  Ave. 
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