Literacy+ Wrote:
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> No hestitancy about identifying myself. However,
> it seems that catchy "Written By" often draws more
> attention than a real name. Be that as it may,
> FYI, my name is Joe Hoffmann, I hold a BS and MS
> in Journalism from the University of Oregon in
> Eugene, Oregon, spent 40 years employed by a
> national aerospace engineering company, am retired
> from employment, and am active in the South Bay
> Historical Railroad Society at the Santa Clara,
> CA, former Southern Pacific depot, where I am the
> president of the organization. I also am active
> in the Central Coast Chapter of the NRHS. I have
> been involved with railroads my entire life
> (through family), have been a reporter and
> photographer of railroads (both employed and
> freelance) and continue, after 67 years, to be a
> railfan, too. (BTW, I chose aerospace because the
> pay was so much better than railroading!)
>
> I'm sorry if such a simple request to proofread
> posts drew so much of your wrath.



Appreciate you adding your name to this Joe, thanks. While you make some valid points,
there was no wrath whatsoever in my previous message and I think you know that.