At 76 years of age and successfully beating the traumatic effects of Guillaime Barre Syndrome a few years ago, Richard is always thinking of new and better ways to do things. And his ways are always the better ways. This was done with a typewriter and a 1978 Compugraphic 7500 Editwriter, the machine shown below. There weren t any Personal Computers in the house and there are still not any. But Trolleyville s super Macintosh PowerPC G3 laptop was in the house and we introduced Richard Orr to the internet and the Trolleyville web site while we were there.
Most people vent their dryers and water heaters the easiest way possible, though a wall.
Richard, hand cut perfect circular openings in the cinder block foundation with hand tools. Such a hole was made for the water heater, clothes dryer, and his electric oven. When not making these items, he is working in his vegetable garden or road race running, capturing many medals in his long career. Some of these medals are shown at the bottom of column two. From 1972 to 1980, Richard marketed some streetcar calendars featuring photos of Omaha and Council Bluffs streetcars, ensuring that on each month with a historic photo, the same location was shown as it existed at the current time.