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| Over the next two and one half weeks I will be driving from Washington DC to Richmond VA to NYC to Boston Mass.
I haven't driven in America since 1973.
You have been warned.
And I will have SWMBO and 2 fighting kids in the car.
You have been doubly warned. |
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Location: big island | quadruply warned, isn't it? count again... |
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| Not only can I not drive, I can't count. It's why al loves selling me guitars. |
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Location: closely held secret | At least we feel relatively safe on this side. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | ... and he's pointed directly at my house!!!
I'll be up stairs. |
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| I'll be parked downstairs. |
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| Did you book anywhere for lunch or is breeze out hunting? |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
At least we feel relatively safe on this side. since schroeder and i are not related, i feel relatively safe too. |
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Location: NJ | Be advised that if you need to get away from the fuckwit-lawyer-brother-in-law, I'm a mere trainride of a visit away . . .
(If fact, I'll feel highly insulted if we don't "hoist one" together while you're here)
You've been warned. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I've got a lunch spot in mind... The place I'd really like to go is closed on Sunday, so it's plan "B"...
Breeze has prepared a little Vole Liver Pâté as hors devours |
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Location: big island | did schroeder post this thread to get you east coasters off the roads because he is actually concerned for your safety, or because he just wants to make better time driving? |
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Location: NJ | well, . . . if he wants to make ANY kind of time (and retain a modicum of "sanity"), he better stay the f@ck outta' Jersey!!! . . . |
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Location: closely held secret | Schroed, is the family coming to CT? |
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| Good God NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
I'll be back on my own a month later. It may seem kinda Rockerfellerish to be tripping lightly back and forth over the pond, but it's coincidence and unlikely to be repeated again in my lifetime.
(Be honest - you don't really expect to bring an 11 year old who could blow the socks off anyone at the Tour do you?) |
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Location: south east Michigan | Hey Schroeder!!!
You old tourist you!!!
I don't know how much time your going to spend in DC but here is my 2 cents worth of advise.
Of the 9 or 10 things we did there, 3 of them stood out.
First... the guided tour of the Capital building is very good.
The Viet Nam Memorial is a must.
And the newer FDR Memorial is very interesting.
The Museum of Natural History is nice but come on..... how many species stuffed ducks can you look at. And they do display hundreds of examples.
I think the Air & Space Museum has moved away from the location right on the mall.
Don't bother with the tour of the FBI building.
Lastly... The Hard Rock Cafes are always a let down.
As far a driving... If it feels wrong, your doing it right. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Schroeder,
Just remember - We drive on the passenger side of the road...
...and we moved our passengers to the other side! |
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Location: NJ | I just had a co-worker come back from a tour of the WhiteHouse . . . they spent the subsequest four hours afterwards complaining how much it sucked . . . . |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | Why is it that I don't feel any safer?
JB |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | "back from a tour of the WhiteHouse . . . they spent the subsequest four hours afterwards complaining how much it sucked . . . ."
....m...u...s...t.... n...o...t.... m.....a...k...e... b...i...g... D...i...c...k.... j...o...k....e |
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OT East Coast Stay off the roads