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Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies
Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Feb 4 11:21:39 2007 Cody Pfanstiehl, 90; Enthusiastic Spokesman of D.C. Transit Authority By Patricia Sullivan Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, February 4, 2007; C07 Cody Pfanstiehl, 90, the longtime spokesman for Metro whose consistently upbeat view of the capital's subways and buses eased many a commuter's ire, died of pneumonia Feb. 1 at Holy Cross Hospital. He lived in Silver Spring. Mr. Pfanstiehl (pronounced FAN-steel) cheerily steered the Washington area through strikes, fires, derailments, snow delays, jammed Farecards and the time Metrorail's tunnel-boring "mole" machine got stuck in a hole beneath Yuma Street NW. "Who else has an $8 billion set of trains to play with?" he once asked. He led countless hard-hat tours of the subway-in-the-making, stoutly defended the non-intuitive station names and touted the gee-whiz engineering marvels of what he called "the world's deepest subway." Ever genial, often exuberant and affectionately dubbed the "resident Pollyanna" of public transit, Mr. Pfanstiehl, in his 21 years as the public face of Metro, did his best to accentuate the positive, even in the face of challenges such as the nearly total breakdown of the bus system after the 1976 fireworks on the Mall. "Rush hour is going to be lousy and whammed-up," he warned commuters in 1982, a few days after a jetliner crashed into the 14th Street Bridge, a Metro train derailed underground and a record-breaking cold spell set in. "We still have the weather whammy and the 14th Street Bridge whammy and now this rail whammy. . . . We are triple-whammied." It wasn't always easy to be the public face of the transit system, especially after Congress ordered Metro to take over four failing bus systems in 1973. The spaghetti snarl of 750 routes, striking drivers and buses with broken lifts challenged his optimism. But most often, he was a glass-half-full kind of guy. "The flood," he said of a 1977 underground leak, "had a Noah and Johnstown popular appeal to the press. The water was 18 inches." In 1979, when a Red Line train took off from the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station without its driver, but with a full load of passengers, Mr. Pfanstiehl said it was under "complete automatic control" at all times, stopping at several stations, although its doors did not open. A passenger eventually jimmied the operator's cab door with a barrette, stopped the train and released its passengers. "At every second, the train was doing what it was supposed to do," Mr. Pfanstiehl explained. "The only problem was that there was no human being at the controls to open the doors." Mr. Pfanstiehl even managed to justify taking balloons away from children who attended the ceremony celebrating the opening of the Orange Line. "For starters," he told a Washington Post columnist, "Metro didn't supply the balloons. They were supplied by a citizens' association. "Second, there is no rule that says balloons can't be taken aboard trains. However," he went on, "it is our responsibility to discourage anything that might distract people from giving their full attention to the arrival of a train at 50 miles an hour. Can you picture the danger that would be inherent in a balloon getting loose near the edge of a crowded platform as a train came whizzing in?" But when a 7-year-old sneezed and lost his $1,800 braces through a street grate in July 1981, Mr. Pfanstiehl and a maintenance supervisor descended into the Farragut North station at 1 a.m. They climbed a ladder, squeezed past giant ventilation fans and searched through the muck below the grate until they found the boy's braces. Cody Pfanstiehl was born in Highland Park, Ill. He attended the University of Chicago without ever registering. After he was discovered, he was hired to work in the university's public relations office. He joined the Army Air Forces during World War II and was assigned to be an instructor in intelligence, based in South Carolina. He was discharged in 1944 and became a radio announcer, then worked in public relations in Chicago before taking a job in Washington writing for Air Affairs magazine and joining the press department of Warner Brothers theaters. He became publicity manager of WTOP radio, then public relations manager of the old Washington Evening Star newspaper. He led publicity for the Community Chest charity before it became the United Way. In 1961, when President John F. Kennedy created the National Capital Transportation Agency, Mr. Pfanstiehl was appointed community service director. The agency soon became the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Mr. Pfanstiehl retired in 1982, a year after the Downtown Jaycees named him one of its Washingtonians of the Year. His first wife, Margaret Vogel Pfanstiehl, died in 1981. In 1983, he married Margaret Rockwell, who founded Metropolitan Washington Ear, the reading service for the blind, which prompted his children to say Washington's mouth married Washington's ear. The second Mrs. Pfanstiehl invented Audio Description Services, which allow blind and low-vision people who wear radio-equipped headphones to hear descriptions of live performances they are attending. She called Mr. Pfanstiehl the co-founder of the effort, and the pair trained hundreds of people in the art, which is used by television stations, museums and the National Park Service. In addition to his wife of Silver Spring, survivors include three children from his first marriage, Julie Hamre of Bethesda, Eliot Pfanstiehl of Silver Spring and Carla Knepper of Baltimore; a stepson, Justin Robert Rockwell of Silver Spring; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandson.

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Posted by TransitChuckG* on Sun Feb 4 11:39:20 2007, in response to Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Feb 4 11:21:39 2007.* Nice write-up on Cody.. My condolences to the family. We have lost a great man.

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Posted by TransitChuckG* on Sun Feb 4 11:39:24 2007, in response to Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Feb 4 11:21:39 2007.* Nice write-up on Cody.. My condolences to the family. We have lost a great man.

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Posted by TransitChuckG* on Sun Feb 4 11:39:55 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by TransitChuckG on Sun Feb 4 11:39:24 2007.* Sorry, double post.

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Sun Feb 4 11:58:02 2007, in response to Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Feb 4 11:21:39 2007.* What a guy! He did some cool things and helped the public appreciate Metrorail for the gift to Washington that it is. Part of the way WMATA should pay homage to him, and honoring his memory, is by taking good care of its trains and stations.

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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH* on Sun Feb 4 12:48:04 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Sun Feb 4 11:58:02 2007.* Part of the way WMATA should pay homage to him, and honoring his memory, is by taking good care of its trains and stations. I think there are more fitting ways to honor his memory. WMATA should take good care of its trains and stations regardless. It sounds like you just wanted an opportunity to interject your commentary on what WMATA does and does not do in your opinion.

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Posted by Sand Box John* on Sun Feb 4 13:25:56 2007, in response to Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Feb 4 11:21:39 2007.* When I saw the thread heading the first words out of my mouth were “Ooooh my” as a tear ran down my cheek. Cody was a good friend, and mentor. There aren’t enough words in the english language to describe the admiration I had for this man. Cody never had harsh words with anybody, even with the Metropolitan Police Officer that pulled him over when I was riding with him in his Volkswagen Beetle for making an unsafe lane change on Massachusetts Avenue. Cody was eternal optimist. It was Cody that inspired me to accumulating the knowledge that I know. He will be greatly missed by those that new and loved him. I extended my utmost condolences to his wife and family. God speed Cody Pfanstiehl ! ! John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore.

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Sun Feb 4 14:12:06 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Feb 4 12:48:04 2007.* And I think you are posting like the child that you are, as usual.

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Posted by Sand Box John* on Sun Feb 4 14:47:28 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Sun Feb 4 14:12:06 2007.* And I think you are posting like the child that you are, as usual. Ron, I thing you are using the opportunity of the announcement of Cody Pfanstiehl's death to take a swipe at WMATA's present management. By doing so I also think you are dishonoring Mr. Pfanstiehl. You didn't know the man personally. I did. I consider your comment uncalled for. John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore.

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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH* on Sun Feb 4 15:14:47 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Sun Feb 4 14:12:06 2007.* WMATA Trivia: How did WMATA pay tribute to Carmen Turner? Everyone let Ron give it a try, especially if you already know the answer. If you want my opinion on the matter, doing something along the lines of how they honored Ms. Turner (should you even know what WMATA did) would be far more fitting for Mr. Phanstiehl than what you suggested.

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Sun Feb 4 16:32:26 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by Sand Box John on Sun Feb 4 14:47:28 2007.* "Ron, I thing you are using the opportunity of the announcement of Cody Pfanstiehl's death to take a swipe at WMATA's present management." Not so. However, that could be a possible motive for someone to say so. "By doing so I also think you are dishonoring Mr. Pfanstiehl." False. If (note IF)WMATA management is neglecting the Metrorail system, it is they who dishonor him.

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Sun Feb 4 16:37:18 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by Sand Box John on Sun Feb 4 14:47:28 2007.* "You didn't know the man personally. I did. I consider your comment uncalled for." Yourmisinterpretation of my comment is your responsibility, not mine. However, to clarify, I was not taking advantage of his death to swipe at anyone. And I stand by my comment. Cody obviously did his level best 100% of the time to promote the Metrorail system and present it in its best light to the public. The best tribute WMATA could give the man is to make sure the system is repaired and maintained properly so that what riders get is what Cody promised them.

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Posted by Sand Box John* on Sun Feb 4 16:55:08 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Feb 4 15:14:47 2007.* If you want my opinion on the matter, doing something along the lines of how they honored Ms. Turner (should you even know what WMATA did) would be far more fitting for Mr. Phanstiehl than what you suggested. I would hazard a guess most don't know there are two memorials to Carmen E. Turner. John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore.

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Sun Feb 4 16:59:25 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by Sand Box John on Sun Feb 4 16:55:08 2007.* Carmen Turner has a training facility named after him. Link here

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Posted by Sand Box John* on Sun Feb 4 17:37:08 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Sun Feb 4 16:59:25 2007.* Carmen Turner has a training facility named after him. That would be her Ron. Now can you name the other location. John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore.

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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH* on Sun Feb 4 17:43:47 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Sun Feb 4 16:32:26 2007.* "By doing so I also think you are dishonoring Mr. Pfanstiehl." False. If (note IF)WMATA management is neglecting the Metrorail system, it is they who dishonor him. Nice spin Ron. Let's see if anyone buys it...

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Sun Feb 4 18:01:30 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by Sand Box John on Sun Feb 4 17:37:08 2007.* Thanks for correcting me on gender.

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Sun Feb 4 18:02:24 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Feb 4 17:43:47 2007.* If you buy it it's a sign you're capable of learning something.

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Posted by JohnL* on Sun Feb 4 18:03:51 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Sun Feb 4 18:01:30 2007.* But don’t forget that you haven’t finished your research…

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Sun Feb 4 18:07:55 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by Sand Box John on Sun Feb 4 17:37:08 2007.* I'm looking. Meanwhile, here's another nice mention of her: Link here

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Sun Feb 4 18:09:37 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by JohnL on Sun Feb 4 18:03:51 2007.* I think this is the other one. Central Virginia Training Center Madison Heights, VA 24572

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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH* on Sun Feb 4 18:16:07 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Sun Feb 4 18:09:37 2007.* Nope...

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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH* on Sun Feb 4 18:17:03 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Sun Feb 4 18:02:24 2007.* Or that I can be easily fooled by your nonsensical posting. Luckily for me, I didn't buy it...

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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH* on Sun Feb 4 18:18:18 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Sun Feb 4 18:07:55 2007.* Where? Google? Or do you just not know much about WMATA in general to begin with?

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Sun Feb 4 18:31:33 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Feb 4 18:17:03 2007.* You're not smart enough to buy it.

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Posted by TransitChuckG* on Sun Feb 4 19:18:44 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Feb 4 18:18:18 2007.* Link to Ron's find

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Sun Feb 4 20:13:28 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by TransitChuckG on Sun Feb 4 19:18:44 2007.* Very cool webpage!

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Posted by TransitChuckG* on Sun Feb 4 20:14:16 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Sun Feb 4 20:13:28 2007.* Glad you liked!

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Posted by Fine, Howard, and Fine* on Sun Feb 4 20:18:07 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Feb 4 15:14:47 2007.* By buying the Hechinger's warehouse and naming it after her :-).

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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH* on Sun Feb 4 22:10:18 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by TransitChuckG on Sun Feb 4 20:14:16 2007.* Too bad it doesn't answer the question...

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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH* on Sun Feb 4 22:11:30 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Sun Feb 4 18:31:33 2007.* That's a lame comeback. If you knew what was good for you, you wouldn't hurt whatever credibility you still have on WMATA related issues on this board by making remarks like the ones in this thread.

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Posted by Sand Box John* on Sun Feb 4 22:28:17 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by Fine, Howard, and Fine on Sun Feb 4 20:18:07 2007.* By buying the Hechinger's warehouse and naming it after her :-). We are well beyond commenting on the achievements and contributing Cody Pfanstiehl made to WMATA. At the time when the Hechinger's property was procured many believed it was a bad idea to purchase the property. Many thought the thousands of square feet of the building would remain empty and unused for years. There were was even an idea floated to vacate the Jackson Graham building and selling or lease the 5th Street property to generate revenue to justify the purchase of the Hechinger property. Today the Carmen E. Turner Maintenance and Training Facility houses functions and departments that are used by many agency both transit and non transit from around North America. John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore.

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Sun Feb 4 23:19:21 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by Sand Box John on Sun Feb 4 22:28:17 2007.* Somebody had foresight....

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Posted by Sand Box John* on Mon Feb 5 00:59:33 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Sun Feb 4 23:19:21 2007.* Somebody had foresight.… All of the square footage in the facility are yet to be fully utilized. Much of the space is now occupied by departments that were formerly housed at various sites in Washington DC and Maryland. John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore.

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Mon Feb 5 10:29:56 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by Sand Box John on Mon Feb 5 00:59:33 2007.* Was this departmental consolidation a good thing? I would guess so, but I don't work there.

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Posted by Mark S. Feinman* on Mon Feb 5 13:46:52 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by Sand Box John on Sun Feb 4 13:25:56 2007.* I just started reading "The Great Sociery Subway", another book on the history of Washington's Metro. I hope he's covered positively in the book. I know he spoke very positively of Metro all the time. --Mark

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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH* on Mon Feb 5 13:50:17 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Mon Feb 5 10:29:56 2007.* I>I don't work there. We all know that... BTW, the other tribute to Carmen Turner is that the Smithsonian Station is dedicated to her memory. Here is a photo of the dedication from www.schuminweb.com: A far better way to honor a former employee who made valuable contributions to WMATA than your out of line suggestion.

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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH* on Mon Feb 5 16:12:16 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by Mark S. Feinman on Mon Feb 5 13:46:52 2007.* He wrote a very good foreword for Ron Dieter's Story of Metro...

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Posted by JohnL* on Mon Feb 5 16:36:41 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Mon Feb 5 13:50:17 2007.* There also appears to be a scholarship in Carmen’s name, sponsored by the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) Philadelphia chapter.

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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH* on Mon Feb 5 16:42:44 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by JohnL on Mon Feb 5 16:36:41 2007.* That doesn't appear to be a WMATA backed tribute.

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Mon Feb 5 18:43:24 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Mon Feb 5 13:50:17 2007.* The only one out of line here (and very childish) is you. But we all know that and hope you'll grow up one day. Who knows, if you put as mucvh effort into studying as you do into your railfanning, maybe you'll get a scholarship like that, too. But you'll need to take your foot out of your mouth first...

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Mon Feb 5 18:44:06 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Mon Feb 5 16:42:44 2007.* So what?

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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH* on Mon Feb 5 18:46:08 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Mon Feb 5 18:43:24 2007.* If I'm the only person out of line here in your view, then who made this post? I also think that your repeated insults of other people's maturity and education, things you usually know nothing about, are quite out of line and unnecessary. Why don't you try engaging in civil and polite conversation instead of insulting people when you don't agree with them?

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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH* on Mon Feb 5 18:47:13 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Mon Feb 5 18:44:06 2007.* The question asked of you was for WMATA backed tributes to Carmen Turner, not whatever you could manage to discover on Google because you didn't know the answer. Of course, had you not taken that unnecessary swipe at WMATA management, this never would have started.

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Mon Feb 5 18:48:37 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Mon Feb 5 18:46:08 2007.* You need to earn people's trust before you can demand anything. Show your maturity and your knowledge through your posts, instead of your obsessions and your foolishness. I am being very civil to you. I am pointing out what you need to change. Now change it.

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Mon Feb 5 18:49:53 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Mon Feb 5 18:47:13 2007.* Nothing was started here except for your childish reply to my posts. Grow up.

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Posted by R30A* on Mon Feb 5 18:54:43 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Mon Feb 5 18:48:37 2007.* Your unfounded sense of superiority would be quite funny if I didnt think you were delusional enough to think you are actually above anyone.

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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH* on Mon Feb 5 19:09:42 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Mon Feb 5 18:48:37 2007.* I show my knowledge when I post. The rest of us would appreciate it if you did the same, or admitted the times that you can't. You are also not civil when addressing many people on this board, although you don't seem to realize that. For example, telling me what I need to change and demanding I change it is not civil, considering I have never met you in my life, and I don't think you can judge me as a person based on my behavior on this board, whether you perceive it correctly or not.

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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH* on Mon Feb 5 19:10:37 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by RonInBayside on Mon Feb 5 18:49:53 2007.* Click here for the truth. It is contrary to what you just posted.

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Posted by RonInBayside* on Mon Feb 5 19:22:40 2007, in response to Re: Former WMATA Spokesman Cody Phanstiehl Dies, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Mon Feb 5 19:09:42 2007.* "The rest of us " Please don't do that when you haven't earned it. And if "rest of us" means a few obsessed railbuffs, well....

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