Re: PC: those care free 70's and the future

[Mike Dettmers <mdettme9@xxxxxxx>]

Christian Axsiom wrote:
> 
> To the undergrads I teach, I think 26 (my age) is old.  But I don't think
> 35 is old at all.  Kelly asks an interesting question.  How old are all of us?
> 
> At 10:18 PM 4/8/98 -0000, you wrote:
> >I agree with Christian Axsiom, the 70's were
> >carefree and you gotta love em. I first discovered
> >trains, and the Penn Central, in 72-73. The once a
> >week freight, on Thursdays, was the highlight
> >of my early teens. One day, other then a Thursday,
> >I heard the air horns across town and after some
> >fast talking, my father,brothers and me were in the
> >car and in pursuit. We caught up with a northbound
> >PC work train with a GP-9 and some gons and a
> >crane of some sort., which we followed for a few
> >miles. While to my none railfan family this was a
> >total bore, to me its a memory I'll always cherish.
> >
> >Recently we got our 3 year old son a Lionel set,
> >having grown up with TYCO and Lifelike HO as
> >a kid, I'd never played with the 0 scale stuff.
> >WHAT A BLAST!!!!
> >So now when the ol layout in the basement acts
> >up, I put er on hold, go up and set up the figure 8
> >with the kids, and MODEL RAILROADING IS FUN.
> >
> >One question, is 35 young or old in this group??
> >
> >Kelly
> >
> ________________________________________________
> 
> Christian Axsiom
> Geography Department
> Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
> Syracuse University
> 048 Eggers Hall
> Syracuse, NY  13244
> (315) 443-9025

34 and doing what I've wanted to do...dispatch trains!