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RE: (erielack) Historic artifacts (was: Sale of Erie Lackawanna Station Sign)

If an employee gives you permission to take stuff destined for the dump, its not stealing. At least not in my opinion 

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From: Blake D. Tatar
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 6:59 AM
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Subject: (erielack) Historic artifacts (was: Sale of Erie Lackawanna Station Sign)

I refer to this as "LIBERATING". The 11 filing cabinets of employee records that I donated to Steamtown last year were "LIBERATED" from the Port Jervis roundhouse about 2 months before it burned. Those records were just rotting away in there and the Conrail policeman that I asked said "take what you want, it's going to the dumpster anyway". It was still technically stealing but I think that I did the right thing. "I'm not a fan of theft, but if stuff is going into the garbage, I'm all for taking it for the sake of preservation." -- Blake D. Tatar WWW.BLAKEDTATAR.COM bdtatar_@_optonline.net Custom painting, building, design & repairs...brass a specialty. The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html 
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