[Accrs] ACCRS Opening Day

Sun Jun 17 23:14:09 PDT 2018

Very well said Phil.

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> On Jun 17, 2018, at 9:02 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society <accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:
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> Message From: Theodore Tully  tullyme2 at gmail.com
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> Keep and identify the hobo camp.
> 
> Ted
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>> On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 6:25 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society <accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:
>> Message From: Larry Brickell  colorado at onemain.com
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>> Love it
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>> Larry Brickell
>> 925-314-5003 cell
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>>> On Jun 17, 2018, at 8:56 AM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society <accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:
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>>> Message From: Phil Edholm  pedholm at pkeconsulting.com
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>>> 
>>> Unreal
>>> 
>>> Perhaps, it would be good to explain that the word “hobo”within our modeling and layout is used in the historical context of the 1930s and the great depression when unemployed males (they were very few females) rode the rails seeking work ,not a reference to today’s homeless.  Hobos, by definition, had a specific relationship to the railroad and the country during the depression. Using any other term would essentially hide that aspect of the depression and equate them to today’s homelessness, which is, in the Bay Area, as much a lack of housing as it is a lack of employment or income assistance. Hobos were driven to the rails by a lack of work, they were not bums nor were they on any form of assistance.  The fact that they were virtually all males is a very important point to make about the differences between hobos and today’s homeless or unsheltered, today children are 25% of the homeless and there are almost as many women as men.  At the height of the depression there were over a million hobos, and they were 99% male. They were not homeless in that they were seeking work by following the rails and living nomadically, and many actually had homes and families they left to try to find work.  In that vein Bedouin herders who follow the herd are also homeless.  Only if the only definition of home is a fixed location. Rather than changing the term, we should use the opportunity to inform about history and the differences between the hobos of the 30s and the challenges of the unsheltered in 2918.   In the 30s their was no social assistance so the only way to make money to eat was to leave your family to try to find work. In fact, the hobos were a large part of the drive for the New Deal, Social Security, WPA, etc.  The WPA was established to create work in response to that unemployment including the hobos.
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>>> Let’s not acquiesce to the absurdity of the PC police when they are wrong and just uneducated. Use their ignorance to educate. 
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>>> BTW, I am sure that person that complained totally missed the real social-economic commentary of the entire piece.  Look at the juxtaposition of the three vignettes in the scene; the hobo camp at the bottom level, the Pirates of Emerson in the middle and the climbers high above everyone else. The message of the poor (the hobos in the lower level),the middle class (volume attendance at the Pirates reprinting the entertainments of the masses), and the wealthy pursuing more expensive individual recreational pursuits is actually a commentary on the structure of society and how wealth is allocated between classes (deliberate). So the hobo camp and their plight is actually part of a deeper commentary on society and how different classes live and are treated by our socio-economic structure. 
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>>> Finally, if that person comes back, please let them know that if they talk to me they need to use the phrase “folicularly challenged” (FC) as I am deeply offended if someone uses the “bald” word around me as it is clearly only used in society when  intended to be highly offensive to people unfortunately impacted by hair loss. If I even hear “thinning on top” I am thrown into near suicidal depression. Please be very conscious of offending those of us that are FC. There are many more of us than the homeless, and we are impacted by a curse that we have no personal responsibility for. Society needs to stop treating hair loss as a treatable choice and give the FC the respect and consideration we deserve. We are not FC by choice, we are the victims of this scourge on humanity. 
>>> 
>>> Seriously?
>>> 
>>> Phil Edholm
>>> PKE Consulting
>>> Office 925 264 9420
>>> Cell 408 832 5618
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>>> On Jun 17, 2018, at 6:19 AM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society <accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:
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>>>> Message From: Andrew Herrera  czephyr1949 at gmail.com
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>>>> Maybe we can replace the word 'Hobo' with the 'Unsheltered'.
>>>> 
>>>> Andy H.
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>>>>> On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 9:10 AM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society <accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:
>>>>> Message From: Joel Clark  clark.joel.a at gmail.com
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>>>>> 
>>>>> Gentlemen,
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>>>>> We had a good opening day. Thought I would share a few things.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The scavenger hunt cards were an excellent idea. That really got the kids engaged and they loved it. That said we will need more of those printed out and more pencils, as we go through them pretty quick. Lets consider putting some at the back door because some people got to the front and wished we had them at the back.
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>>>>> Some kids submitted them to me fully filled out and asked if there was a prize. I let them have at the donated magazines/tyco box, but ongoing maybe we can get some ribbons from the fair or something like the other exhibits give out.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I took Dick's advice to talk to everyone possible while on the chair. It was good advice, we got some good engagement and contacts. When I told some about our tenuous situation staying in the building they said "oh no I will send a letter to the fair" so that's good PR we need.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Also, one person I talked to was from the county housing department and took offense to the use of the word "hobo" on the scavenger hunt, as it reflects badly on our region's homeless. Perhaps we can just call it "campfire." Now, I'm sure many of you have different opinions on the matter and that's fine, I'm just reporting what was said to me.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Electrically there were a few hiccups but they were repaired. All should be good for coming weeks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> -Joel
>>>>> 
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